With the A's stuck between Oakland and Vegas, 2025 creates unique MLB betting angles—from spoiler wins to quiet home games and valuable player props.

In many ways, predictions about the future of the East Bay’s restaurant industry sound totally dystopian: robots, ghost kitchens, and the slow death of the traditional restaurant as we know it ...

Javier Arango can still feel the bullet lodged against his spine. It paralyzed him instantly and is a reminder of the war he’s managed to survive. But this battle wasn’t waged in Kandahar or ...

Imagine the flooded streets and extreme storms of this past winter — and then flash-forward 50 more years. If you live in West Oakland, especially in the community of Dogtown, a storm could ...

I got kicked out of a public, federal immigration court hearing yesterday because I’m a newspaper reporter. And it wasn’t the judge who wanted me to leave. It was the Immigration and Customs ...

Here’s the pitch: Oakland mayor Jerry Brown wants to build housing in Oakland’s uptown area; City Manager Robert Bobb wants to build a new ballpark for the A’s.

An outline of breweries, wineries, restaurants. Cooking tips, dining reviews, sustainable food sources, interviews with local chefs.

When Coach Blake Chong cut Lynn Rubin's son from the varsity basketball team at Union City's Logan High School, he found himself with a different kind of court date.

Reviews and previews of films, movies, music, television, theater, art shows, literature and more.

The Exotic Erotic Ball may be known for having “nothing to hide,” but its producers get a little cagey when the talk turns to their event’s history. For the past three years, the venerable ...

California is a very confusing place. Medical cannabis is somewhat legal, but that three-foot skull bong sticking out of your convertible can earn you a trip to the slammer. Existing law makes it ...

Downtown Oakland was flooded with people on the evening of November 2. Tens of thousands of participants in Oakland’s first general strike since 1946 were trickling back to the city center after ...