Contra Costa County

Former East Bay high school football star sent to prison in gang robbery spree

Shurod Thompson, 27, was once ranked the No. 8 safety in the country, but instead of a college football career and shot at the NFL, he's currently serving a state prison sentence.

Pittsburg High’s Shurod Thompson (18) runs the ball in for a touchdown after making an interception in the second quarter of their football game against California High in San Ramon, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

LAFAYETTE, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 23: Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office coroners take a dead body into coroner van as officers from different law enforcement agencies investigate an unspecified scene on Taylor Boulevard near Whittiers Avenue in Lafayette, Calif., on Saturday, March 5, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

‘Welcome to the Bay’: Inside the violent Bay Area gang that got rich through street robberies

A drone view of the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

East Bay gang plotted how to scout robbery victims and get away with murder

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Contra Costa County

BART said all of its stations were opened and accessible on Wednesday, a day after a fire near the San Leandro Station caused a major service interruption.

All BART stations open for commute a day after fire shut down part of system

Delays were expected and trains were running slower than normal.

Central Contra Costa

The regular burrito ($12.95) is served at La Victoria Taqueria in San Jose, Calif., Friday, May 9, 2025. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Your Bay Area favorites have gotten much more expensive. How much higher can prices go?

We looked back at early online reviews and photos to track prices since 2015.

East Contra Costa

East Bay firefighters respond to vegetation fire

The fire broke out Tuesday evening.

West Contra Costa

John Benson’s Vibrating Milk, a huge vat of milk that makes music by vibrating and which is seen above at 2023’s Garden of Memory event in North Oakland’s Chapel of the Chimes, will be one of the acts performing at this year’s event.

Snapp Shots: Garden of Memory returning to Oakland’s Chapel of Chimes

The esoteric and experimental music and arts event has taken place on the summer solstice...

East Bay

Oakland City Councilmember Janani Ramachandran says she’s tired of constantly hearing, “Well, that’s just Oakland.”

Ramachandran: Oakland needs a culture of enforcement

Councilmember says applying civil laws protects health and safety of residents while substantially growing city...

Bay Area

San Jose City Hall. A proposal by Mayor Matt Mahan would establish a “pay-for-performance” model for the San Jose City Council.

Opinion: Mahan plan would politicize San Jose City Council pay

ability comes through elections, public hearings, audits and media scrutiny, not politically set salary formulas.

Contra Costa County

Contra Costa County

Former East Bay high school football star sent to prison in gang robbery spree

‘Welcome to the Bay’: Inside the violent Bay Area gang that got rich through street robberies

East Bay gang plotted how to scout robbery victims and get away with murder

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History made: Valkyries win first game in franchise history, beating Washington Mystics in dramatic fashion

NCS playoffs: Wednesday’s baseball, softball first-round scores

Concord: Woman killed in two-vehicle collision

Contra Costa County

All BART stations open for commute a day after fire shut down part of system

CIF NorCal boys volleyball: First-round scores in all divisions

Californians are late paying 18% of their student loans

It’s officially rattlesnake season in the Bay Area

Central Contra Costa

Your Bay Area favorites have gotten much more expensive. How much higher can prices go?

NCS playoffs: Tuesday’s baseball, softball first-round scores

Letters: Finance continues to rule U.S. health care

State Farm seeks to boost California home insurance rate hike to 30%

East Contra Costa

East Bay firefighters respond to vegetation fire

Gang assassins waited outside East Bay man’s home and killed him, DA says

Summertime sips: wine, beer and spirit events

San Francisco Bay fish are contaminated with levels of ‘forever chemicals’ that could harm anglers

West Contra Costa

Snapp Shots: Garden of Memory returning to Oakland’s Chapel of Chimes

Live organ donation rising, but need is growing: ‘It’s the greatest feeling to know I helped someone live’

A Silicon Valley senator is proposing to insure multifamily development loans. Could it help spur more construction?

Polls closed: Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week

East Bay

Ramachandran: Oakland needs a culture of enforcement

Opinion: Californians insist that immigrants deserve a path to citizenship

A woman’s body was found stuffed inside her car’s trunk. Now, a jury will decide whether her fiancé is to blame

Two brothers with the same name jailed in separate Oakland and Anaheim pimping cases

Bay Area

Opinion: Mahan plan would politicize San Jose City Council pay

San Jose man arrested for alleged indecent exposure

Caregivers charged with elder abuse, fraud after operating unlicensed San Jose care home

San Jose: Man facing deportation charged with assaulting ICE officer

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