2+ hour, 25+ min ago  (157+ words) OAKLAND " An 18-year-old Vallejo man was shot in an altercation early Saturday morning in Oakland's Uptown, authorities said. He was in stable condition at a hospital and was being treated for a gunshot wound to his lower back, according to…...

2+ hour, 47+ min ago  (175+ words) The historic Camron-Stanford house, the last Victorian estate on Oakland's Lake Merritt and the city's first museum, was damaged in a fire early Saturday morning. The Oakland Fire Department said the initial call came in at 12:38 a.m. Saturday and 25 firefighters responded....

1+ hour, 26+ min ago  (184+ words) Northern California UFCW pension plan to receive $2.6 billion in federal relief'mercurynews.com By Bay City News A Northern California pension plan covering more than 138,000 service industry workers and retirees will receive $2.6 billion in federal relief funding, Rep. Mark DeSaulnier announced…...

1+ hour, 59+ min ago  (715+ words) Following the death of former Santa Clara County Supervisor Rod Diridon at age 87 on Friday, elected officials at various levels of government, as well as organizations connected to Diridon, reacted to his passing. Those comments are excerpted here: U.S. Rep. Sam…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (221+ words) HAYWARD " A local resident has been charged with pimping an 18-year-old woman who told police he set her up to be a sex worker and took her around the East Bay, court records show. Heru Amin Shabazz, 33, was charged with…...

19+ hour, 46+ min ago  (548+ words) Gbari Gilliam, a Berkeley High graduate who moved to Los Angeles to forge a thriving dance career in community, theater, TV and film, was in the hospital Friday, fighting for his life, after he suddenly collapsed from a previously undiagnosed…...

12+ hour, 32+ min ago  (368+ words) Rod Diridon, the former Santa Clara County Supervisor who was known as the father of Silicon Valley's transportation system, died Friday at age 87. Diridon, who had survived throat cancer several years ago, had been in the hospital the past two…...

17+ hour, 10+ min ago  (219+ words) Firefighters battled a blaze at San Francisco International Airport on Friday, an incident that didn't affect flight operations but did trigger the closure of some roadways near the aviation hub. San Francisco and San Mateo County fire crews were on…...

19+ hour, 46+ min ago  (617+ words) MARTINEZ " A successful legal challenge to language used for Contra Costa County's sales tax measure that will be on the June ballot will force the county to make revisions. Voters will be asked to approve or deny a 0.625% general retail…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1033+ words) For commuters like Andrew Emer, who drives more than 40 miles round trip to get to his job in San Rafael, there is no getting around the skyrocketing gas prices. "It's horrendous," said Emer, a Sonoma County resident who spends upwards…...