The nearly 50-year-old Lincoln Rec Center, once down to four bathroom stalls, is being rebuilt triple its size with a solar microgrid.

Panoramic Hill residents call Cal's stadium concert push "bad planning," citing fire evacuation fears in Berkeley.

West Berkeley closes two blocks Aug. 29 for reduced-fee adoptions from more than 30 shelters and rescues.

A 25-year-old Oakland plumber received a fully equipped work van and professional tools from the OK Program. The gift marks a full-circle moment for a former student who is now mentoring others.

Union City’s free National Night Out celebration brings food, music, school supplies and first responders to Union Landing Tuesday.

Pleasant Hill’s free Night Market returns Friday with food trucks, artisan vendors, live music and a full slate of family activities at Chilpancingo Park.

Oakland’s National Night Out returns Tuesday with 175 registered block parties, free street closures, and visits from police, firefighters, and city staff.

Teamsters Local 856 says more than 2,000 Contra Costa County workers authorized a strike by over 90% as contract talks continue. Negotiations resume this week.

A Walnut Creek parent says her 4‑year‑old walked away from a day camp at COPA and was found a few blocks away. Advocates say California’s lack of day‑camp licensing leaves families with little recourse.

California now posts the nation’s priciest gas; Bay Area averages sit in the high‑$5s as crude and local supply strains push pump prices up.

Tesla reached a confidential settlement with three Fremont workers alleging racism at the plant, but hundreds of related worker suits and state and federal actions remain active. The deal closes one piece of a much larger legal fight.

A UC Berkeley‑backed Civic Assembly will pay 40 Oaklanders to help reimagine thousands of vacant lots and storefronts. Twenty thousand households were mailed invitations.

It walked right up to the fire engine, wheezing from the smoke, and the crew of Engine 29 cupped a tiny mask over the pigeon's beak. The 15-second clip of what happened next has more views than most Oakland stories get in a year — and the tiny mask has a backstory the video never mentions.