A massive public artwork has loomed over Hilltop auto mall for four decades without a sign. Can it be saved from obscurity?

The civil rights case is the first to attempt to enforce a California law requiring districts to meet safety and classroom staffing standards.

More than 4,000 fans were in downtown Oakland to see the Olympic ice skating champion, including Bay Area athletes and musicians.

Highlights include a new show of works by muralist John Wehrle, a play debuts at Masquers in Point Richmond and a Baxter Creek cleanup.

Supporters of WCCUSD’s only ROTC program are trying to save it from cuts, with 615 people signing a petition and begging the school board to reconsider its decision.

Gus's, The Barbary, The Athletic Club, and Xocolate's Rockridge shop were some of the food businesses to shutter recently.

Black Historical Legacy Project is planning a museum, educational markers, and other public art and cultural activities to ensure that a vital part of the city's past isn't forgotten.

A running list of restaurants that have recently closed in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond.

District 2 council member Cesar Zepeda will run unopposed while RPA-endorsed Claudia Jimenez and three others will try to unseat RPA-member Mayor Eduardo Martinez.

Lulu's Little Kitchen, 'ammatka, Ox 9 and Saints Smokehouse were just a few of the restaurants to recently debut.

City council members ran out of time to discuss it while Police Chief Timothy Simmons said delaying a decision hampers their ability to solve time-critical cases, such as one involving a missing minor believed to be a sex trafficking victim.

A running list of restaurants that have recently opened in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond.

What started as a 7-year-old's innocent question about why so many people are in need inspired a food drive and two community meal events set for April 11.

Residents at a community meeting in North Richmond weighed in on what they’d like to see the money spent on, including more parks, safer streets and cleaner air.

About 1,000 people gathered in Oakland Sunday to honor “Miss Betty,” once the nation’s oldest park ranger, whose vision helped ensure Richmond's Rosie the Riveter museum was inclusive of all experiences.

The WCCUSD school board has approved cutting the equivalent of about 300 full-time jobs to help solve a $127 million deficit and avoid state takeover.

Marine reservist Angel Montaño, 27, was shot and killed last August by police officers responding to a call for help from his family.

Highlights: Black History Month celebrations, Los Cenzontles music program fundraiser, free groceries.

A running list of restaurants that have recently closed in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond.

In a reversal, the Richmond Progressive Alliance endorsed Claudia Jimenez as the group's mayoral candidate for the city's 2026 primary election.

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Stan Byias of Richmond was incarcerated in Marin County when he felt a religious calling to change his life. He founded an organization that feeds the hungry and helps the unhoused.

With $54 million in assets, Sogorea Te' has big dreams for its reclaimed West Berkeley shellmound site. Its voluntary shuumi land tax has become wildly popular in the East Bay even as it has drawn criticism from other Ohlone groups that say the money doesn't reach the broader community.

The granddaughter of the city’s first Black police sergeant, who died of Alzheimer’s, created a foundation in her grandparents’ name to support families impacted by dementia.

A running list of restaurants that have recently closed in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond.

Richmond gets more than an inch of rain within 24 hours as Bay Area cities grapple with switch back to wintery weather.

Body camera footage shows police officers pleading with Jose Mendez to surrender. He was fatally shot after coming at them with what looked like a knife.

A running list of restaurants that have recently opened in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond.

The California least tern, which look like 'little angels hovering above the waves,' have been on the endangered species list since 1970. A wildlife biologist and 8,000 volunteers have created nesting habitats in Oakland and Hayward.

Quirky shop selling art, jewelry and vintage gifts is shutting down in April after a decade, owners say, due to a 44% rent increase.

Tommy Ryan's burger spot was born from a desire to make the most out of all the meat moving through his Hercules barbecue joint.

It was a rough start to February for restaurants and bars around downtown Oakland, with Uptown's Athletic Club, Old Town's Attaros and Boba Binge in Chinatown all shuttering.

The beloved national park ranger and civil rights pioneer died in December at her Richmond home. She will be honored at the Kaiser Center for the Arts.

The Fairmont Elementary community doesn't want a private military service that works with ICE and Homeland Security near their school.

A group is collecting signatures to put a measure on the November ballot. It would raise Richmond’s sales tax to 10.25 cents to help fund public transportation.

Sumo Sushi, Uzen, Coffee Cultures, and Delah Coffee's Berkeley location all shuttered in the first month of 2026.

A San Francisco jury on Monday issued a verdict rejecting a claim that excessive force played a role in Concord man's death during a 2021 encounter with Richmond officers.

District officials say cuts are necessary to fix a $127 million deficit and prevent a state takeover, but parents and teachers say they weren't consulted.

Brandon Hodges, a 13-year veteran of the Richmond Police Department, was the officer who shot and killed Luis Angel Torres Rivera last month.

A running list of restaurants that have recently closed in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond.

Richmond officers took the stand to defend their restraint tactics in a federal wrongful death civil trial expected to end Monday.

A former Kennedy High girls varsity volleyball coach, who worked at several WCCUSD schools, was arrested on suspicion of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

One of the Richmond officers testifying in civil rights lawsuit breaks down in tears, insisting he only wanted to help Concord nurse Ivan Gutzalenko, who died in 2021 after being restrained and forcibly sedated.

Marina Bay area residents say Richmond hasn’t adequately scrutinized the company's planned expansion, which would nearly double truck traffic and increase rail trips.

As Santa Clara prepares to host Super Bowl LX, anxieties about a possible ICE operation in the Bay Area have grown. Here's what is known.

Luis Angel Torres Rivera, a father of two, was named by the state Department of Justice as the man who was killed on Jan. 22.

One man says he was nearly hit on the head this week. The issue has apparently been going on since 2023, and residents and business owners are frustrated that BART hasn't solved the potentially dangerous problem.

On Thur. Jan. 29, 2026 the city swore in Timothy Simmons as its police chief. Simmons has been with the department for 17 years.

WCCUSD wants to combine Betty Reid Soskin and Pinole middle schools, reduce 300 jobs and have elementary schools pay for their own band programs.

From couples who just started dating to those decades past “I do,” Nosh has a holiday spot for you.