Union video shows Oakland crews mounting an interior attack at a working fire near 29th and West. Officials had not released full details when the reel was posted.

A fast-moving fire at Blackford Elementary in San Jose was contained to one classroom and extinguished quickly; SJFD's Arson Unit is investigating.

Drone video shows multiple great whites feeding on a whale carcass off Martin's Beach. Scientists link the sightings to warm ocean conditions and early El Niño signals.

A six‑story, 70‑unit affordable building will rise at El Cerrito Plaza BART as the first phase of a 743‑unit transit‑oriented plan. Officials say modular construction will speed delivery.

A shelter-in-place warning briefly locked down neighborhoods east of Highway 680 in Walnut Creek after a chemical odor set off alarms. Officials later lifted the order after monitoring found no active spill.

Tino Abbate, 24, known as Top Shotta, has been charged after a November shooting under the Carquinez Bridge; he has pleaded not guilty and is due to stand trial in August.

A 69-year-old Anderson Valley man died when his logging truck left SR‑128 and struck a redwood near Navarro. The California Highway Patrol says the cause remains under investigation.

Life360 cofounder Chris Hulls has seeded a $15M fund to buy and protect Point Reyes Station’s storefronts and services. The nonprofit says it will hold landmarks for community use and offer lease terms that favor locals.

A bystander’s video shows a man throwing objects and clinging to an SUV on California Street in the Richmond District; SFPD arrested a 49‑year‑old suspect.

A nearly 14,000‑sq‑ft Hillsborough estate at 455 Pinehill Road lists for about $39.9M with a 10‑hole putting green and a 1,600‑bottle wine cellar. The listing is aimed at tech founders and young VCs.

California will award $227 million in Proposition 64 grants to boost enforcement, youth prevention and environmental cleanup tied to illegal cannabis activity. The fourth funding cohort pushes Prop 64 awards past $350 million statewide.

San Francisco's Californios just did something no Mexican restaurant anywhere in the world — including in Mexico — has ever done, and the rest of Wednesday night's Michelin ceremony had its own share of surprises, from a Sonoma winery rocketing to three stars to a Green Star comeback nobody saw coming.

SFPD’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force says 35 people were arrested in May–June operations and more than $8,000 in stolen goods were recovered, including high‑value purses returned to a victim.