Hercules police reported seizing 13 firearms from city streets, including stolen weapons and guns held by convicted felons.

Alphabet’s Wing will start residential drone deliveries across the San Francisco Bay Area in the coming months, the company says.

A low-lying Bay Area island, Alameda is weighing seawalls, marsh restoration and even oyster reefs as rising tides and groundwater threaten streets and basements.

Richmond will break ground March 25 on a $34.2M renovation to modernize its 1949 Main Library; a temporary Auditorium Branch will serve patrons during construction.

Juice House Co. will shutter its five Bay Area stores on April 4, founder Tiana Duvauchelle announced. Gift cards remain usable in‑store but refunds won't be offered.

A suspected DUI crash on southbound I-880 near Davis Street in San Leandro killed two men and sent a woman to Eden Medical Center, CHP says.

Hundreds of nurses rallied outside Alameda Hospital as part of a national Red Alert tour, warning Medicaid and Medicare cuts could force local services to shrink.

Contra Costa homicide detectives are investigating a death on Westminster Place in Lafayette; officials have released few details and no arrests have been announced.

The state’s petroleum watchdog has opened probes into some gas stations after sudden pump‑price spikes. Regulators are collecting records to see whether illegal gouging occurred.

Antioch police want AI agents to field non‑emergency calls so dispatchers can focus on 911. Residents and a retired officer are warning about glitches and safety risks.

UC’s top investor warned regents that AI could upend career prospects for nearly 300,000 students and put parts of the university’s $214 billion portfolio at risk.

Sutter Health paid roughly $450M for the 12‑acre Emery Yards site and plans a $1B, 1.3M‑sq‑ft Emeryville medical campus that will reuse two buildings and add a new hospital.

Prosecutors say a Bay Area woman secretly sold an Oakland church’s parking lot and pocketed about $480,000; charges were filed in Alameda County on March 20, 2026.