LIVERMORE — Prosecutors in Alameda County have charged a man with attempting to murder two people with a machete in a ...

Valuing himself | Oppose Trump | Government culpable. East Bay Times reader letters to the editor for Jan. 13, 2026.

In a move that highlights the ongoing debate between easy public access to national parks and preservation of their natural ...

Investigators concluded that the driver in a November hit-and-run crash fled then falsely reported he was a carjacking victim ...

Police describe it as a gangland assassination, where three cars containing four gunmen pulled up and opened fire on Bert ...

A house in Hayward that sold for $550,000 tops the list of the most affordable real estate sales in Hayward in the past week.

OAKLAND — A traffic collision in East Oakland Sunday night left one driver dead and the other under arrest, authorities said.

A person suspected of stealing copper from Caltrain tracks in South San Francisco has been arrested.

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San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini believes Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon are the best players in the NHL.

OAKLAND — A 16-year-old boy shot multiple times Saturday morning in East Oakland remained in critical condition Monday, ...

An Oakley neighborhood was in lockdown Monday afternoon while law enforcement officers searched for an armed man who may have ...