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.

A bank closed multiple Bay Area branches and cut more than 100 jobs, the Mercury News reports. Here’s what customers need to know about notices and FDIC protections.

The historic Breuner Building at 2201 Broadway sold to B3 Investors at roughly an 80% discount, highlighting investor interest in Oakland's distressed office stock.

A person was stabbed multiple times in downtown Oakland Friday morning on Broadway; police say the victim was taken to a hospital and are seeking witnesses.

The Berkeley L&L on Telegraph Avenue appears to have closed, with local reporting and the chain’s listings currently giving mixed signals. The shuttered storefront sits near the UC Berkeley campus.

Oakley approved a 164‑acre industrial campus at a former vineyard after the developer removed a proposed data center. The plan calls for roughly 3.1 million square feet and promises thousands of jobs.

Uber is backing a ballot initiative that would force crash victims to keep 75% of recoveries — a move lawyers and doctors say could shrink access to counsel and care.

A Science Advances analysis led by Stanford and UCSF estimates California likely missed about 11,600 COVID deaths in 2020–21, part of a U.S. undercount of roughly 150,000.

A Lathrop tax preparer was sentenced to 18 months and ordered to repay $1.23M after prosecutors say she filed more than 1,000 fake returns that cheated the IRS.

A two-alarm fire early Thursday damaged a Berkeley Hills home and spread to a nearby building; utility crews responded and no injuries were reported.

BART is piloting an all‑agency unlimited pass while saying monthly passes remain unavailable because fares fund operations.

Assemblymember Mia Bonta has introduced AB 2600, a bill to fund attorneys for immigrants in removal proceedings with a priority for people held in detention.

A coalition filed a ballot initiative to raise Alameda County's minimum wage to $30 an hour, with phased deadlines for large and small employers.