Baristas at three East Bay Blue Bottle coffee shops are on strike, requesting fair pay and workplace representation, and urging a customer boycott until a satisfactory contract is reached. The strikes are part of wider unrest in the service industry.

A shelter-in-place was enforced in Novato due to a US Coast Guard incident. Local authorities responded, and residents were later told it was safe to resume activities. Details are limited; investigations continue.

San Jose police resolved a Thanksgiving standoff with a felon who barricaded himself and an elderly relative; the suspect surrendered peacefully, and a shotgun was recovered.

Vacaville Police arrested Wenceslao Munoz Orellana for DUI on Thanksgiving; he ran a red light with a BAC over twice the limit and open beer containers.

The NWS San Francisco alerts for coastal hazards due to high waves, sneaker waves, and rip currents. Bay Area weather will see milder temperatures and mostly sunny skies, with a slight chance of rain forecast for the end of next week.

A small asteroid with a non-zero percent chance of hitting the Moon in 2032 has scientists from the Bay Area to Houston and New York scrambling to refine its orbit. As teams weigh everything from reconnaissance missions to nuclear disruption, the question is whether the odds will shrink before time runs out.

Osaka Marketplace is opening a new store in Foster City with a grand opening featuring a taiko drum performance and sake ceremony. The first 100 shoppers will receive goodie bags. It's part of a Bay Area trend of expanding Asian grocery stores.

MIT’s new Iceberg Index finds AI can already perform work equal to about 11.7% of U.S. wage value — roughly $1.2 trillion — and the exposure is spread beyond tech hubs.

Kesha performed "Tik Tok" at a Palo Alto bar, but was asked by a guard to get off the furniture. She stayed to dance and sing with patrons afterward. No police were involved.

CHP increases patrols for Blackout Wednesday in memory of three students killed in a DUI crash in Piedmont last year, with community safety measures in place.

West Contra Costa Unified School District teachers, represented by UTR, may strike over stalled contract negotiations, demanding higher raises and better benefits.

Four suspects, including three juveniles, were arrested after detectives linked them to two late‑August gang‑motivated attacks in San Jose, police say.

A former FCI Dublin correctional officer was sentenced to five years of probation and electronic monitoring after pleading guilty to abusive sexual contact.