Piedmont

More than 32,000 PG&E customers were without power in the East Bay Thursday evening, the utility company said.

It was a second day without power for some Oakland Hills residents after strong winds swept through knocking down trees and powerlines. Christie Smith reports.

More than 2,000 PG&E customers were without power in the Bay Area Sunday morning, the utility company said.

A police officer pulled an unresponsive person and a dog out of a burning car in Oakland Tuesday night, according to the Piedmont Police Department.

NBC Bay Area responds to a Piedmont man whose hotel room was missing an essential item, a door that locks. He called consumer investigator Chris Chmura’s team for a little help getting his money back.

Several people in a Piedmont neighborhood say they’re disturbed and disappointed after a vandal targeted Black Lives Matter signs more than a half a dozen times recently.

Several People in a Piedmont neighborhood say they’re disturbed and disappointed after a vandal targeted Black Lives Matter signs more than a half a dozen times recently. Jodi Hernandez reports.

As holiday shoppers are packing their cars with presents and delivery drivers are leaving boxes by front doors, thieves are out in force waiting to rip consumers off and some are becoming more and more high tech. Sonja Shin reports.

As holiday shoppers are packing their cars with presents and delivery drivers are leaving boxes by front doors, thieves are out in force waiting to rip consumers off and some are becoming more and more high tech.

Rising global temperatures are worrying truffle hunters around in the Italian town of Alba, where the most prized specimens can fetch twice the price of gold. This particularly warm October, eight out of 10 white truffles unearthed by Carlo Olivero with his trusty 3-year-old dog Steel were dark, withered and dried out. “They are clearly signs of the temperatures,’’ Olivero...

Nutella fans, rejoice! The company that produces the popular hazelnut spread has announced Hotella Nutella, a one-weekend only pop-up hotel coming to Napa Valley in January.

A woman and a man were arrested Wednesday in connection with a recent string of thefts of catalytic converters in Berkeley, police said. More than 30 vehicles have been damaged in the series of catalytic converter thefts throughout Berkeley, which started in late July, according to police.

A three-alarm fire that damaged a roofing supply company in Pittsburg on Sunday afternoon originated in an adjacent homeless encampment, according to a fire spokesman.

Starting Saturday, people with the 510 area code will have to work a little harder to get their calls through. That’s because on that day, in preparation for a new area code, people will have to dial 1 plus the area code plus the phone number of whomever they’re trying to reach, according to the California Public Utilities Commission.

It’s one thing to give a dollar to a homeless person, and it’s another to welcome them as guests into your home. But that’s exactly what one man in the East Bay is doing.

Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson is hosting the “Alameda County Emergency Preparedness Day” on Saturday to help community members be ready for disasters such as fires and earthquakes.

A 44-year-old Piedmont woman is recovering after surviving two violent attacks.

The City of Piedmont is giving out information about – and gathering public input on – a prospective public safety camera program, and a meeting Tuesday is planned as a platform for information flowing in both directions.

Police are searching for three armed home invasion suspects who pushed their way into a Piedmont home last week.

Three pedestrians have been seriously injured after being struck by vehicles in two separate incidents, Berkeley police said Saturday.