Saratoga
Saratoga, CA · Municipal
livermorevine.com
Check the new digs: SRVUSD moves into new headquarters – and new role as landlord
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... School districts becoming commercial landlords is a new normal in the Tri-Valley. Following a similar strategy to Pleasanton Unified School District three years earlier, the San Ramon Valley Unified School District has fully moved into the Canyon Commons Corporate Plaza building it purchased to house its headquarters and open up a new revenue stream of rental income.
contracosta.news
City of Pittsburg Mourns Former Mayor Merl Craft
PITTSBURG, CA — The City of Pittsburg is deeply saddened by the passing of former mayor, councilmember, and City Recreation Supervisor Marilyn “Merl” Craft, on October 26, 2026. A lifelong Pittsburg resident, Merl served the community as a City employee, elected leader, and tireless volunteer. Merl believed...
allamericanatlas.com
5 Best Restaurants in Richmond, California You Need to Try Before Everyone Else Finds Them
Richmond, California — a city where the Bay’s salt air drifts through neighborhoods old and new, where murals bloom on brick and stucco, where the clang of shipyards and the laughter of children echo across parks and avenues. Here, the skyline is a patchwork: cranes and cranes, eucalyptus and palm, each block humming with the stories of those who built, rebuilt, and keep rebuilding. Richmond is a crossroads — of Black, Latino, Asian, and white, of newcomers and old-timers, of artists, activists, and dreamers who refuse to let the city’s spirit fade.
SFGate
Oakland named one of the US's best cities, confirming what locals already knew
Locals are demanding the respect the city deserves.
NBC Bay Area
Star witness in Sheng Thao corruption trial details alleged bribery scheme
The star prosecution witness in the federal corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao testified Friday about his role in an alleged scheme to funnel money to her in exchange for political favors. Mario Juarez, a long-time Oakland political operative and former City Council candidate, testified about how he...
bayareatelegraph.com
Martinez Is Closing Parts of Its Waterfront as Extreme High Tides Arrive
MARTINEZ, CALIFORNIA — Martinez is temporarily closing marina parking areas and limiting shoreline access Wednesday as unusually high tides threaten to flood parts of the waterfront. The city is asking people to avoid the marina and shoreline on five dates between now and January. Parking lots and walkways could...
SFGate
oaklandside.org
ICE showed no warrant when they took Highland Hospital patient, officials say
Community members, healthcare workers, and elected officials are demanding answers after Oakland’s Highland Hospital discharged a man into the custody of federal immigration agents without confirming the agents had a warrant authorizing his detention. At a tense Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday evening, officials with Alameda Health System, which...
KQED
A Park for the Living, Rest for the Dead: The Shared Space of Mountain View Cemetery
View the full episode transcript. Up in the hills above Oakland’s Piedmont Avenue is a beautiful, peaceful stretch of more than 200 acres of land, dotted with little lakes, ornamental trees and thoughtful winding paths. It’s something of a public park: Locals picnic here. Walk their dogs. Bring their kids to play.
KRON4 News
piedmontexedra.com
Best Bets: Oakland Museum of California, San Jose Jazz, Wake the Dead, Elim Chan, ‘The Marriage of Figaro’
Freebie of the week: Acclaimed Japanese interactive/media artist Masaki Fujihata’s latest project goes behind one of the darkest chapters in American history to examine how photographs impact viewer’s knowledge and memory. Those interested can view the results of that effort for free this Sunday in “BeHere/1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration,” showing now through Dec. 27 at the Oakland Museum of California.
bayareatelegraph.com
Pleasanton Residents Could See Sewer Bills Jump Under Proposed Rate Hikes
PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA — Pleasanton residents could be paying more for sewer service starting in January, with a proposed increase adding $25.50 to a typical single-family home’s bill every two months. Under the city’s official public hearing notice, that combined sewer bill would rise from $97.11 to $122.61 —...
Pleasanton Weekly
Letters: Last call for Tri-Valley election recommendations
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... I’m supporting Kathy Narum for Pleasanton City Council. Kathy brings value to our city: experience, good judgment and a long record of service to Pleasanton. She has served on both the Planning Commission, City Council, as well as Zone 7 Water and has continued giving back to our community in other roles.
livermorevine.com
berkeleyside.org
South Park Drive in Tilden to close for 5 months to protect newts
Why did the newt cross the road? In the case of those that live in the East Bay hills, it’s so they can breed. And because the park district cares about its wild inhabitants, every year it closes the road in question to avoid the prospect of salamander carnage.
Pleasanton Weekly
KRON4 News
Concord home transformed into spooky haunted house for Halloween
dogtrekker.com
Dog-friendly restaurants and breweries in Concord
Concord’s dog-friendly restaurants and breweries include a chain restaurant with its own dog menu at the Willows Shopping Center and a downtown brewery whose beer garden welcomes pets around the corner from Todos Santos Plaza. This guide covers both, the state rules for dogs on California restaurant patios, and the city dog parks and open space trails that make a good stop before a meal. For taquerias, see DogTrekker’s separate Concord Taco Trail guide.
San Francisco Chronicle
Oakland voters might give the mayor more power — as the former mayor is on trial for corruption
The federal corruption trial of former Mayor Sheng Thao is unfolding at the worst possible time for supporters of Prop EE, which would revise Oakland’s charter to give the mayor more power.