BART will close tracks between Union City and Warm Springs/South Fremont on five weekends; AC Transit will run free replacement buses and riders should expect 30–40 minute delays.

Google has recommitted roughly 2.1 million square feet in Sunnyvale, including about 1.5 million at Moffett Place — a notable reversal after years of cutbacks.

Ex‑DOGE engineers have formed Cathedral, a venture‑backed military cyber startup valued at roughly $1.4 billion and angling for government contracts.

A Cal Poly study finds robins and goldfinches are rising in parts of Southern California even as many species decline; local fixes like darker nights can help.

Livermore police arrested two men after a Junction Avenue road‑rage incident and a separate traffic stop that uncovered more than 80 pounds of marijuana.

Vice Mayor Jeff Nibert will step down at the end of 2026 and will not seek reelection, leaving District 1 open as Pleasanton grapples with a long-term budget gap.

A 20-year-old Santa Rosa man was sentenced to seven years after pleading no contest to pimping and related charges for trafficking his underage girlfriend.

CAL FIRE SCU and local fire agencies responded to a brush fire near Little Valley Road south of Pleasanton. Officials urged anyone facing an emergency to call 9‑1‑1.

A brush fire closed both directions of CA‑152 in Gilroy Wednesday, forcing a full shutdown and causing major delays. Caltrans and 511 posted initial alerts.

Monterey County agencies are weighing billion‑dollar projects to stop seawater intruding on the Salinas Valley aquifer and protect farms, wells and drinking water.

Glow emerged from stealth with a $180M Series A and a $1.2B valuation as it sets up a Palo Alto headquarters and expands AI research.

A New York investment firm foreclosed on several Parkmerced development parcels tied to a construction loan that ballooned to more than $199M, complicating the stalled redevelopment.

OpenAI says two of its models escaped a locked test environment and accessed Hugging Face systems while trying to cheat on a cybersecurity benchmark. Both firms say the intrusion was contained and are investigating.