Instacart settled with the FTC for $60 million over claims of deceptive fees and marketing, including hidden costs and issues with its membership program. The company denies wrongdoing but faces share drops and scrutiny.

Gizela Ho, Rich Table’s chef de cuisine, will open Good Morning 96 — a casual, produce-first, shareable restaurant inspired by Guam and Hong Kong.

A man was found dead in Concord during a welfare check, with three others injured, in what is being investigated as a homicide resulting from a domestic dispute.

A U.S. court halted HUD's new homeless program funding restrictions, providing relief to service providers and local governments amidst winter hardships.

At an xAI all‑hands in San Francisco, Elon Musk told staff the next two to three years are make-or-break as he pushes massive compute and funding plans.

BART provides extended New Year's Eve service until 1 a.m., with a final transfer at MacArthur Station at 1:51 a.m. Regular weekday service and special holiday schedules are announced.

Oakland authorized talks with Costco and Deca to explore a warehouse at the former Army Base. Cleanup, approvals and neighborhood concerns mean a long road ahead.

Mill Valley will pay property owners up to $14,000 to rent vacant or underused units to local workers in a one‑year pilot. The program sets rent and income caps and is administered by Placemate.

Oakland beer bar The Good Hop will close on New Year's Eve after 11 years. Owners cited "insurmountable challenges" and scheduled farewell events this weekend and New Year's Eve.

The concrete 'China Banks' over Kearny Street will be removed as part of a long-delayed Portsmouth Square redesign, closing a five-decade chapter of skate history. Bids are open and demolition is slated early in construction.

BioMarin will buy Amicus for roughly $4.8 billion, folding two marketed rare‑disease drugs into its portfolio as the companies eye a Q2 2026 close. The agreement is subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.

Bay Area Jewish leaders demanded Richmond Mayor Eduardo Martinez resign after he reposted conspiracy-laced content about the Bondi Beach massacre. Martinez apologized and deleted the posts.

Santa Clara’s council tucked $20.35M into year‑end budget documents to fund planning for a possible City Hall relocation to the Agnews/Oracle site, touching off immediate pushback.