Oakland police say they seized roughly a dozen firearms, high-capacity magazines and ammunition from a West Oakland home after an assault. The haul renews debates over magazine bans and enforcement.

California’s attorney general has launched a statewide sweep into “surveillance pricing,” asking retailers, grocers and hotels to explain whether they use personal data to set individual prices. The inquiry will examine disclosures and pricing experiments under the CCPA.

An officer dispatched for a welfare check in Leona Canyon Park pursued and detained an individual with outstanding warrants totaling $417,500, including assault and firearm charges.

Nearly 300,000 California students were identified as homeless in 2024–25 while targeted school funding is tiny and one‑time pandemic aid has run out.

Sunset Development wants to convert Bishop Ranch into a walkable neighborhood with roughly 8,400 homes; several projects — including AvalonBay and Eden Housing — are already moving forward.

Amazon will eliminate about 16,000 corporate roles and give most U.S. staff 90 days to seek internal positions. The cuts follow October layoffs and could touch Bay Area teams.

El Cerrito police seek public help after an early Sunday residential burglary on Lexington Avenue. The suspect fled after a break-in attempt, described as an African American male, aged 35-45. Authorities urge those with information to contact them.

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office is seeking information on the 1991 cold case of Vicenta Turcios Sanchez-Orellana, whose charred remains were found by hikers and recently identified through DNA.

Fremont Police issued an alert for missing at-risk 21-year-old Edwin Leal-Rodriguez, last seen near the I-880 onramp on Monday afternoon, and are seeking public assistance.

UCSF is modernizing its Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland campus: a three‑story support building is wrapping up and a seven‑story hospital tower is moving into full construction phases. The program includes more beds, a NICU, a larger emergency department and a new parking garage.

Oakland’s It’s All Good Bakery — in the building that once housed the Black Panther Party’s first HQ — quietly shut in mid‑January after roughly 30 years. The future of the historic storefront is uncertain.

A new state portal lists 19 surplus properties and simplifies proposals to speed conversion of state buildings into housing and businesses.

A new venture called Emberpoint pairs Lockheed Martin aerospace tech, PG&E data and Salesforce AI to speed wildfire detection and response.