The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner on May 2 confirmed the county’s first overdose death due to carfentanil, a drug 100 times more potent than fentanyl. A 39-year-old man was found dead in late April with fake M30 pills made to look like prescription oxycodone. The medical examiner warned that M30 pills may be laced … Read more
An alleged retail theft ring that spanned the Bay Area was disrupted when four people were arrested, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. The “high impact takedown” targeted a ring that was allegedly tied to 200 Home Depot thefts and more than $92,000 in stolen merchandise, the Sheriff’s Office said. Four people were … Read more
The California Highway Patrol’s so-called “surge” operations in Oakland have netted nearly 400 arrests so far this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said earlier this month. In addition to the arrests, CHP officers recovered 614 stolen cars and seized 30 guns during that time period. Newsom announced he was providing Oakland and other parts of … Read more
Two people suspected in multiple bank robberies throughout the Bay Area pleaded guilty to the crime on Thursday, April 17 the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Dontae Jerome Jones Jr., 20, and JoMya Mauriyne Futch, 21, each pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of bank robbery, and Futch also pleaded guilty to one … Read more
The San Francisco Bay has been hosting an influx of gray whales over the past couple weeks or so. One was found east of Angel Island State Park on April 2 and another was found off Fort Point Rock Beach close to the San Francisco end of the Golden Gate Bridge on April 4. On … Read more
The California Department of Water Resources announced Friday that the statewide Sierra Nevada snowpack is at 90% of average for this date, though precipitation levels in Southern California have been far lower than those in the northern part of the state. The department conducted its monthly manual snowpack measurement Friday at Phillips Station in El … Read more
Tucked away in the Santa Cruz Mountains is a new, state-of-the-art facility dedicated to helping care for sick and injured wildlife. The Larry Ellison Conservation Center for Wildlife Care, or simply Wildlife Care Center, is located in Saratoga. It is run by the Peninsula Humane Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, … Read more
The 14th edition of the Cheese Trail map of California was released this month, the map’s publisher said. The 2025 map features over 44 artisan cheesemakers across the state, including 23 in the Bay Area, most of which offer tours, tastings and retail sales. For over a decade, the Cheese Trail map has guided foodies … Read more
More than a thousand associate lawyers at the nation’s most powerful and prestigious law firms are telling their bosses that it is time to stand up and be counted. As of the morning of March 24, 1,390 lawyers had joined an open letter to the leaders of their respective law firms, calling on them to … Read more
A Stanford University student journalist who entered a campus building last summer while covering a student protest in support of Palestinians during the war between Israel and Hamas will not be criminally charged, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said on March 6. The decision comes about six weeks after the university said it … Read more