Berkeley’s Bay Area Book Festival runs May 29–31 with 350+ authors, dozens of stages and a free Bookworm Block Party. Evening headliners at The Freight are ticketed.

Roxette stops at Toyota Pavilion in Concord on Oct. 3 with Taylor Dayne, Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets. Concord presale Thursday; public sale Friday at 10 a.m.

The state’s new HOPE program seeds $3,000 trust accounts for eligible foster youth and children who lost a caregiver to COVID. Applications and pilot sign‑ups are rolling out this spring.

A Brentwood man was arrested in Milpitas after prosecutors say he handed $20 to an undercover agent posing as a 14‑year‑old's cousin. Court records show he faces a 10‑year minimum to life.

A local ownership group is reviving the Uptown sports bar at 59 Grand Ave, rebranding it as Oakland Athletic Club and aiming to open by the World Cup kickoff on June 11.

A Danville e‑motor seizure underscores how motorcycle‑grade electric machines are pushing safety limits on the Iron Horse Regional Trail. Lawmakers and police are responding.

A shooting on eastbound I-80 near Hilltop Drive left one person hospitalized and snarled traffic; the CHP is investigating and no arrests have been announced.

Yosemite’s no‑ticket summer collided with an early spike in rattlesnake bites, turning holiday crowds into a safety headache for parkgoers.

Menlo Park officers used a GPS tag to track a dark sedan to Berkeley; juveniles were arrested and the driver was booked on a reckless‑evasion charge.

A young man was found stabbed inside San Antonio Park Saturday evening; homicide detectives are investigating.

An Oakland driver was arrested after allegedly waving a gun at another motorist on southbound I‑880. Police say multiple firearms were recovered and the suspect was booked into Santa Rita Jail.

Nearly 28 years after Rick DeVecchi was run down outside his family’s West Berkeley trucking business, his family and investigators continue to press for tips. A new Bay Area Unsolved segment has put the cold case back in the spotlight.

The EPA is awarding California roughly $27.5M to locate and replace lead service lines, with funds flowing through the state’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.