San Francisco’s Marufuku Ramen will open a downtown Walnut Creek location next Wednesday, bringing its signature Hakata tonkotsu and a roomy patio to 1630 Cypress Street.

A Danville advisor admitted to running a decades-long Ponzi scheme that prosecutors say took at least $9.5 million from more than 93 investors.

Oakland approved roughly $3.1M to fund summer jobs and enrichment programs, splitting awards among 21 nonprofits and offering paid 100‑hour placements for teens.

UC Berkeley Law will bar most student use of generative AI in coursework and exams this summer, citing fabricated citations and faulty legal analysis. The policy keeps narrow exceptions for AI‑fluency training.

Bodycam and social video show officers and students clashing at Fairfield High; two teens were arrested and the department says it's investigating.

The California Transportation Commission approved roughly $540M to fund zero‑emission transit, Bay Bridge work and dozens of local walking‑and‑biking projects statewide.

A former Latter-day Saints bishop in Livermore was arraigned Thursday on 18 felony counts alleging child sexual assault; prosecutors say the alleged crimes date to the 1990s and early 2000s.

An Alameda County jury convicted James Wheeler in the May 2023 Emeryville killing of Dexter Appleby. Sentencing is scheduled for June 10, 2026.

Gov. Newsom signed an executive order directing California to study AI‑driven job disruption, from WARN updates to severance, training and a public dashboard.

Pleasanton’s Alternate Response Unit won an Alameda County EMS award after hundreds of evaluations and a drop in student psychiatric holds.

AT&T has taken its landline fight to the FCC and federal court while pledging $19 billion to speed a switch from copper to fiber; regulators and residents warn losing landlines could endanger emergency access.

A months-long Vallejo probe led to five arrests and seizures including three kilograms of cocaine, $85,396 in suspected proceeds and large amounts of marijuana.

USA Properties Fund paid $11.5M for a Centerville parcel that will fund Centerville Plaza — planned as a 290‑unit, 100% affordable development with phased financing.