6+ hour, 16+ min ago   (165+ words) Several suspects were taken into custody after fleeing from a reported stolen vehicle, prompting a multi-agency police search in East Palo Alto on Monday. The East Palo Alto Police Department assisted the Oakland Police Department after Oakland officers followed the…...

7+ hour, 46+ min ago   (284+ words) A mystery unfolding in San Francisco is all about art. A local couple is trying to determine the origins of a sculpture found in their backyard, and they believe there is a good possibility it was created by a well-known…...

10+ hour, 55+ min ago   (426+ words) Drivers heading from San Francisco to the East Bay at night should brace for some slow going the next two months. Caltrans has kicked off lane closures on the eastbound direction of the western span of the Bay Bridge five…...

11+ hour, 10+ min ago   (500+ words) The requirement stems from a 2022 update to the city’s fire code approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Upgrades mandated for some homes in San Francisco could range in cost from $15,000 to nearly a quarter of a million dollars,…...

12+ hour ago   (405+ words) A week out from a special election that will decide who will complete the remainder of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s term, state Sen. Aisha Wahab and BART Director Melissa Hernandez are making their final pitches to voters. Hernandez and Wahab…...

12+ hour, 17+ min ago   (289+ words) The devastation of Monday's 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Colombia was felt thousands of miles away in the Bay Area. Many Colombians living in San Jose spent the day anxiously checking phones, trying to reach loved ones and watching videos of the…...

13+ hour, 14+ min ago   (224+ words) Responding to community concerns about the accessibility of tobacco products to minors, the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety conducted a three-phased enhanced enforcement operation at local smoke shops in June and July of this year. The operation resulted in the…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (227+ words) During the “Talent Mobility, Innovation and Technology Competition” seminar, moderator Mark Cohen of the Asia Society Northern California framed the debate around a question increasingly confronting policymakers: whether the very qualities that made Silicon Valley successful now leave it exposed....

21+ hour, 50+ min ago   (277+ words) Journalist Gil Durán argues that a small circle of Silicon Valley billionaires and venture capitalists have concluded that democracy is in their way — and that they should be governing in its place. Durán traces their fringe ideologies from blogs, manifestos…...

19+ hour, 9+ min ago   (750+ words) Software engineer Josh Dersch loves old computers. He spends countless hours tinkering in his garage, trying to coax decades-old machines back to life. He estimates he owns more than 200 vintage computers and devices in his Seattle home. “It’s always been…...