A six‑story, 70‑unit affordable building will rise at El Cerrito Plaza BART as the first phase of a 743‑unit transit‑oriented plan. Officials say modular construction will speed delivery.

Etched.ai has leased about 80,000 square feet in Milpitas as chip startups hunt for high-power industrial space, highlighting limits in many older buildings' electrical capacity.

ACSO says detectives and parole agents arrested a wanted felon in unincorporated San Leandro after seizing roughly 546 pounds of commercial‑grade fireworks.

A shelter-in-place warning briefly locked down neighborhoods east of Highway 680 in Walnut Creek after a chemical odor set off alarms. Officials later lifted the order after monitoring found no active spill.

Tino Abbate, 24, known as Top Shotta, has been charged after a November shooting under the Carquinez Bridge; he has pleaded not guilty and is due to stand trial in August.

A judge in Oakland heard arguments about whether a key witness may testify in the manslaughter case against a daycare owner, keeping the case in the pretrial spotlight.

Walnut Creek police say a juvenile tracked names on the state's sex-offender registry and confronted people while armed; investigators later tied a related raid to an alleged student hospitalization.

Prosecutors say a woman set a car and a tree on fire on International Boulevard in East Oakland and then assaulted first responders, injuring an officer.

An ALPR alert and drone tracking ended with deputies disabling a white BMW at Bayfair Center; the driver was detained and faces multiple felony charges.

San Francisco Business Times' new ranking finds the Bay Area's 19 largest residential brokerages closed $56.2B in 2025, highlighting consolidation and a still‑hot luxury market.

A track obstruction between San Bruno and South San Francisco has caused major delays on BART's SFO line, disrupting airport and East Bay service.

A San Francisco judge refused to toss a major class action accusing Workday’s AI hiring tools of discriminating by race, age and disability. The decision keeps key claims alive.

A California bill to let insurers use smartphone and in‑car telematics for rates has drawn sharp criticism from consumer and privacy groups over tracking, retention and equity risks.