Landlord group pays ‘activists’ to oppose Bay Area rent control measure
Facing pressure from tenant advocates, landlords and frustrated residents, the Concord City Council in March approved ...
On Oracle Park’s 25th birthday, SF Giants ring in new era in multiple ways
It begins with the man in charge, Buster Posey, whose reign as the president of baseball operations is off to about as fast a ...
Pedro Pascal’s new movie celebrates the strangest Oakland moments of the 1980s
"Freaky Tales," starring Pedro Pascal, takes inspiration from a real-life nazi showdown outside the punk rock venue 924 ...
My childhood Bay Area mall food court drastically changed. That's a good thing.
When a bamboo basket of brightly colored soup dumplings arrives at my table inside Palette Tea Garden restaurant, I can’t help but marvel at the transformation of Hillsdale Shopping Center. The large ...
Earthquakes celebrate 30 years of MLS with first-game rematch
The San Jose Earthquakes host D.C. United on Sunday to commemorate Major League Soccer’s first matchup in 1996 at Spartan ...
A Reagan-era Oakland of punks, basketball and rap battles comes to life in ‘Freaky Tales’
The new indie from co-writer-directors Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden keenly evokes a Bay Area of the 1980s, a settling that ...
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Thousands turn out for anti-Trump rallies in Sonoma and Napa counties as part of nationwide protest movement
In communities large and small across the North Bay, people turned out to protest virtually every artifact of Trump’s first ...
Oakland teen, 17, reported missing
A teenage boy has been reported missing by the Oakland Police Department. Jayce Spikes, 17, was last seen on Monday, March 31 around 4 p.m. on the 3000 block of E 18th Street in ...
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Fighting Elon Musk, One Tesla Dealership at a Time
It’s ironic that, as a pro-democracy and pro-climate group, we’re protesting against electric cars,” one activist said. “But ...
Prepare for takeoff: In this zippy debut novel, a woman lusts for airplanes
This came to mind more than a few times reading Kate Folk’s sleek and darkly comical firs Sky Daddy ,” which follows a ...
Omer Neutra street renaming in Plainview honors fallen IDF soldier, Long Island native
Daniel Neutra stood on a corner in front of the Mid-Island Y JCC in Plainview, looking up at the street sign now bearing his ...
As Athletics begin their Sacramento residency, a city tentatively opens its arms
The A's three-year stopover in Sacramento on their way to Las Vegas is unusual in the extreme, and that has meant some ...