Skip to content

All Sections

Wednesday, May 7th 2025

Today's e-Edition

News
Local
Obituaries
Opinion
Sports
Things To Do
Business
- Business
- Housing
- Economy
- Technology
- Best Reviews
Real Estate
Marketplace
Branded Content
- Paid Content by Brandpoint
Advertise
Subscribe
Log In
Logout

Get Morning Report and other email newsletters

Subscribe
Log In

Account Settings Contact Us Log Out

Spoof a user

Get Morning Report and other email newsletters

Subscribe
Log In

Wednesday, May 7th 2025

Today's e-Edition

Oakland

News
Local
Obituaries
Sports
Things to Do
Business
Real Estate
Opinion
Marketplace
e-Edition

Trending:

Fatal industrial accident
SFO 'wing touch'
Lowest-funded libraries
Financial aid changes
CSU hunger strike
UC Berkeley stabbing

Oakland

Featured

Oakland man charged with murder in fatal gas station shooting

The suspect is a six-time felon who drives a Buick LeSabre.

Oakland police investigate an injury shooting in the 1900 block of 108th Avenue in East Oakland, Calif., on Monday, May 1, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, is the sponsor of the bipartisan California Journalism Preservation Act, an effort to make big tech firms pay news publishers for their content. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Oakland’s Assemblymember Wicks names her Nonprofit of Year

OAKLAND, CA – July 18: Officers investigate a double shooting on the 1900 block of Foothill Boulevard on Sunday, July 18, 2021. Police said one of two people wounded was in critical condition and three people were in custody. (Dylan Bouscher/Bay Area News Group)

‘Fortunate to be alive’: Oakland murder case thrown out through plea deal

Latest Headlines

Two men shot Tuesday afternoon near Oakland City Hall
$Bullet holes and a fractured window at Pierre Pierre restaurant on the ground floor of the Tribune Tower at 409 13th Street in downtown Oakland, as seen on May 3, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)$

After Tribune Tower shooting, Oakland restaurant owner seeks safer location
CSU students start ‘indefinite’ hunger strike in support of Palestinians

Montclair

(Ginny Prior for Bay Area News Group)
Montclair’s Paddington Cafe is offering free samples for a limited time of five kinds of homemade dumplings, some of which are seen above with the eatery’s Michelle Luo. The Huang family makes them by hand in their new Dumpling House restaurant in Alameda.

Eye on the Hills: Oakland restaurants come and go, offer new menu items

Montclair's Paddington Cafe is offering free homemade dumplings samples for short time, and Piedmont Avenue's Pomella is closing soon.

Snapp Shots: S.F. fiddlers presenting ‘Stravaig’ weekend concert series
Eye on the Hills: Montclair Elementary to mark 100th anniversary May 2
Trio charged in shooting and robbery of man in Oakland’s Montclair District

Piedmont

Students and faculty rally at the University of California, Berkeley campus to protest the Trump administration on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Letters: In Congress’ absence, citizens must lead resistance

Also: Adoptee rights | Trans athletes | Democrats' hypocrisy | Due process. East Bay Times reader letters to the editor for May 7, 2025.

Oakland’s Cal-Israeli eatery Pomella to close due to ‘2025’s epic storm’
Bay Area transit fans organizing volunteer department for installing bus benches
Family of victim in fatal Piedmont Cybertruck crash sues driver’s family

Berkeley

On April 13, 2025, Berkeley police officers stand behind a wall after the suspect threatened to shoot officers. After a 25 minute standoff, Police shot and injured 33-year-old Ricardo Ruiz. (Frame from body cam footage/ Berkeley Police)

Berkeley police officer video of April shooting released but details missing

The Berkeley police shooting happened in the 1900 block of McGee Avenue about 6:50 a.m. on April 13.

Berkeley, a Look Back: Parks measures lose in the city’s May 1925 elections
UC Berkeley Police investigate late night stabbing Saturday night
College football Top 25 rankings: Clemson is No. 1, then Penn State, Texas

Alameda

The planned new gymnasium at Encinal Junior and Senior High School, seen in an illustration above, will look out over the new athletic field and San Francisco Bay.

AUSD Notes: Alameda school board OKs design of Encinal High’s new gym

Construction is expected to cost $21.3 million, start in June 2026 and be complete by...

‘My Social Security is my Social Security’: With Trump, Musk and DOGE, will it stay that way?
East Bay pets of the week
Castro Valley in driver’s seat for league crown after notching win over Encinal

Oakland Hills

A Cal Fire helicopter makes a water drop on a fire burning in the Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Reserve in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Two-alarm fire burns in East Oakland hills

The cause of a two-alarm fire burning Thursday afternoon in the East Oakland hills was...

Snapp Shots: Berkeley is a better place with the United Artists in it
Man shot last month in Oakland dies from wounds
In brief: Enjoy a Taste of Montclair Village bites, drinks Tuesday

El Cerrito

Parents and teachers meet at a school library to discuss potential budget cuts West Contra Costa Unified School District, raising concerns for english language learners in El Cerrito, CA on Friday, April 25, 2025. (Don Feria for Bay Area News Group)

Budget cuts heighten concerns for West Contra Costa English learners

Budget cuts at the West Contra Costa Unified School District increase concerns some have for...

Contra Costa County libraries are the lowest-funded in the Bay Area. Why are they so successful?
Wish You Were Here: Falling in love with Vienna, castle-spotting in Ireland
Letters: Lee must demand more assessment of Oakland Airport expansion

Alameda County

Water hoses stretch across Vine Street on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Pleasanton, Calif. Six homes are currently without a permanent water supply after a water line broke in the Remen Tract neighborhood of Pleasanton. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

Unincorporated Pleasanton residents relying on hose water after line breaks

Six homes in the Remen Tract neighborhood for months were relying on temporary hydrant water.

The Cook’s Seafood sign has been tempting Pleasanton diners for 7 long years. The restaurant is finally opening next week.
Prep roundup: Serra routs Riordan as Davis Minton pitches no-hitter, brother Aaron Minton drives in six
Trump won’t axe Head Start. Bay Area families are still worried.

Emeryville

Mills High School softball player Hailey Pedroza has been selected as Bay Area News Group’s girls athlete of the week for the week of April 14-19, 2025.

Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Hailey Pedroza, Mills softball

Hailey Pedroza pitched a no-hitter in a 10-0 win over Gunn, striking out five batters...

Man charged with abducting woman and driving to an East Bay park to rape her
Letters: Climate legislation offers hope against disaster
Why did four whales wash up in San Francisco Bay in a week and a half?

News Alerts
Marketplace
Subscribe
Contact Us
Advertise With Us
Subscribe Now

Terms of Use
Cookie Policy
Cookie Preferences
California Notice at Collection
Notice of Financial Incentive
Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information
Arbitration
Powered by WordPress.com VIP

Copyright © 2025 MediaNews Group