East Bay

A Brentwood man is being called a hero after he saved a 3-year-old girl from a burning car in Contra Costa County.

Fire officials said two brush fires that broke out in Antioch on Thursday afternoon were contained without injuries or damage to structures.

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao said Thursday the city has found ways to address a nearly $300 million shortfall in the next two years.

A preliminary 2.5 magnitude earthquake struck Antioch on Thursday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey.

A Chipotle restaurant in Fremont will be closed until further notice following a small fire Thursday morning, the city’s fire department said.

In a late-night move Wednesday, Antioch Unified School District trustee Mary Rocha called for board members to “discuss the potential removal of Board President Antonio Hernandez from his position as president.”

One person died and one was injured late Wednesday night after a mobile home caught fire in Pleasanton, according to the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department.

The Walnut Creek City Council on Tuesday approved a new Chick-fil-A restaurant on the corner of Oak Grove Road and Citrus Avenue with one big concession to neighbors: no drive thru.

The federal Bureau of Prisons will go to trial next year over claims it allowed an environment where guards at a now-shuttered California prison abused incarcerated women. In the first public hearing since FCI Dublin closed last month, the judge on Wednesday also ordered a special master she appointed in March to continue to handle the cases of som...

A pedestrian was killed after getting struck by a car early Thursday morning on Interstate 580 in Richmond, according to the California Highway Patrol.

An Oakland woman who was reported missing Tuesday in Mendocino County has been found safe and is doing OK, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said on Thursday.

Power was restored on the UC Berkeley campus early Thursday morning after an hours-long outage, campus officials said.

Here’s a list of Memorial Day ceremonies and events in the Bay Area.