The five-day festival runs October 7-11 with 14 mixologists battling for a $5,000 prize and student designers upcycling foraged materials into couture.

Gunfire erupted on the BART-to-Antioch transfer platform in Pittsburg, wounding three.

Slashed tires and a vandalized display case have Walnut Creek's Rossmoor planning a unity symposium.

Corteva will face limits on its loyalty rebate program for a decade, with purchase thresholds capped at 50%, under a deal California joined with the FTC and other states.

TechEquity Action plans a statewide campaign spanning the Bay Area to Orange County.

An unhoused person died before dawn outside Williams Chapel Baptist Church in East Oakland, prompting the congregation to demand more resources.

Gunfire near a Prewett Ranch Drive party left a 16-year-old wounded and two houses struck. Police have no suspect information yet.

Mojdeh Mehdizadeh steps down Dec. 30, capping a tenure that survived a $1.5 million retaliation settlement.

A 64-year-old Oakland driver stayed at the scene and cooperated as police shut down Telegraph Avenue for hours.

Alpha Delta Phi is throwing rush events again after a 19-year-old drowned in its pool, even as a wrongful death suit heads toward a 2027 trial.

LifeLong’s 165 union-represented providers weigh a strike as pickets were reported at two Oakland centers and providers raised concerns about death-certificate work.

Over 100 philosophers and AI researchers spent three days at a Berkeley rationalist compound debating machine consciousness and whether AI could be tortured.

Zane Ishmael Covington held a position of trust with the victims, prosecutors said. He remains in federal custody.