Preschool teaching assistant mourned in Hayward after car crashes onto sidewalk

Loved ones are remembering a preschool teaching assistant whose life was tragically taken Monday morning in Hayward. 26-year-old Lydia Guerra was walking to work at Ruus Elementary when an out-of-control driver struck her on the sidewalk.

Bay Area turf dancers break new ground at Super Bowl during Kendrick Lamar halftime show

Ten Bay Area dancers have helped make history, performing in Kendrick Lamar's record-breaking Super Bowl half-time show on Sunday and bringing the Bay Area's own turf-dancing style, for the first time, to a national stage that drew more than 133 million viewers.

Message outside Black woman's East Bay home probed as hate crime

An East Bay woman is in anguish after someone spray-painted "No Black" on the fence outside the first home she's ever owned.

Hayward pedestrian struck by SUV dies at hospital

A pedestrian who was struck by an SUV in Hayward on Monday morning has died from their injuries, officials say. 

Fremont to vote on banning homeless camping in public spaces

Fremont's City Council on Tuesday is set to vote on an ordinance that would make it unlawful for any person to camp on any public property including any street, sidewalk, park, open space, or waterway.

Hayward vehicle collides into pedestrian: viewer video

Hayward officials say a pedestrian is being treated for her injuries after the driver of an SUV struck her Monday morning. 

Fremont poised to punish those helping people in homeless encampments

In Fremont, leaders are set to vote on a new ordinance that could punish people for helping people stay in a homeless encampment.

Thousands of chopsticks spill onto Hayward highway

A Hayward highway was temporarily shut down due to a sticky situation: thousands of chopsticks spilling from a vehicle's cargo load. 

Sociologists mourn retired UC Berkeley professor killed in hit-and-run crash

Sociologists across the country are mourning the loss of retired UC Berkeley Professor Michael Burawoy, who was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Oakland.

Hayward man charged with killing friend of 25 years

In an update to Hayward's first reported homicide of 2025, authorities have charged a man in the fatal shooting of a landlord killed in his own home.