Nataki Garrett, who faced threats while leading the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, is interim artistic director at the African‑American Shakespeare Company as it rebuilds.

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.

Elon Musk’s xAI has leased roughly 105,536 sq ft at Page Mill Center in Palo Alto, expanding its local campus and filing permits for engineering‑style buildouts. The move tightens a Musk‑linked cluster near Tesla’s engineering hub.

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.

Broadcom’s 1.1M‑sq‑ft Stanford Research Park campus was sold to a Harvest–TPG partnership and industry coverage says the site could attract a major tech tenant. Buyers plan to reposition the campus for multi‑tenant lease‑ups.

Chef Susan Dunn will open Esme, a French‑inspired bistro at 311 Divisadero in May, serving rillettes, steak frites and a return of Pearl 6101’s strawberry mascarpone tart.

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.

Cursor is prepping Composer 2, a code-only model for long coding tasks, while fundraising chatter could push the SF startup’s valuation toward $50B.

Late-night house fire on Cutter Drive sent CAL FIRE and local crews to the scene; two cats were rescued and no injuries were reported. The cause is under investigation.

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.

Defense attorneys say DA Jeff Rosen traded the Stanford prosecution for fundraising; a judge will decide whether his office must step aside later this month.

NapaSan will raise sewer charges about 3% a year through 2030, pushing a typical single‑family annual bill from $738.60 toward about $856.