Crews have contained a three-alarm blaze early Friday morning in Fremont near Interstate Highway 880, fire officials said. Around 2 a.m., the Fremont Fire Department said on social media that its crews and Milpitas firefighters were battling a three-alarm fire commercial structure at 49103 Milmont Drive, east of I-880. Fremont and Milpitas firefighters are at the scene of a 3-alarm fire at 49103 Milmont Dr. Dispatched as a commercial structure fire, crews arrived to fire extending through the roof. Defensive operations underway. No reports of injuries. pic.twitter.com/k4iIoz7U3r — Fremont Fi ..read more

BART train service on the Red line between Richmond and MacArthur stations was suspended early Friday morning due to an equipment problem, transit officials said. Around 5:15 a.m., BART said on social media Millbrae service will be provided by a shuttle train between SFO and Millbrae stations. The transit agency said Richmond riders should seek other means to get to MacArthur station. BART also said extra staff are at each station between Richmond and MacArthur to guide riders to bus alternatives. AC Transit listed the routes for BART riders to take to different stations in a social media post ..read more

REDDING -- Each spring, everyone who's anyone in the world of aerial firefighting converges on an open field just outside Redding, California, for one of the biggest drills of the year.  The event, which comes complete with fire retardant airplanes and helicopters equipped with water buckets, includes dozens of crews from both state and federal agencies.   Perhaps the most intriguing unit is one you've never heard of. Cole Skinner is what's known as a smokejumper, an elite group of highly trained firefighters who parachute into the wilderness from 3,000 feet to put out blazes no one ..read more

SEBASTOPOL -- Some would consider it a gem in the North Bay -- seven and a half acre property with a botanical garden and nursery is up for sale. The owner had hoped he wouldn't have to part with the land that he loves. Welcome to the Hidden Forest Nursery in Sebastopol. Mike Boss left his award-winning landscaping business in San Francisco and bought this property in 2017. "I was living in paradise," Boss said. "My dream was coming true." Boss' love for nature started at a very young age. "I'd mow the lawn 20 times before I would vacuum the rug," Boss recalls. When the opportunity to buy this ..read more

SAN JOSE -- Police are investigating after a man was shot Thursday evening near Interstate  280 in San Jose. The shooting was reported about 5:45 p.m. near McLaughlin Avenue and I-280, police said in a post on social media. The area is near the Grand Century Shopping Mall. The man was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries but no other information was available. The Highway 280 off-ramp is closed and motorists were asked to used alternate routes to avoid the area ..read more

LOS ANGELES -- The University of California Board of Regents is expected to accept a recommendation that UCLA pay University of California at Berkeley $10 million a year for six years as a result of the Bruins' upcoming move to the Big Ten and the demise of the Pac-12. The recommendation was made by UC president Michael Drake and will be voted on during a regents meeting Tuesday at UC Merced. In order for the Regents to affirm UCLA's move to the Big Ten in December, 2022, the university agreed to pay UC Berkeley between $2 million and $10 million because of how the move would affect the Cal at ..read more

SAN JOSE -- It's a head-scratcher: Only 37 percent of recyclables get recycled but 95 percent of Californians have recycling. Most of it ends up in landfills, but one Bay Area city is hoping to remedy that situation with the help of its community. Anthony Santamaria is a man on a mission. Early morning on collection day, he flips the lids of dozens of recycling bins to eyeball the top contents.  "Well, we see some non-recyclable paper. Ah, plastic wrap," said Santamaria, as he looks inside one bin.  Santamaria is one of six recycling ambassadors established as part of a new pilot pro ..read more

A renowned family of San Francisco restauranteurs is branching out to a new type of cuisine - but one that's still close to home.  At Elena's Mexican Restaurant, flavor doesn't fall far from the tree. Elena Duggan and her daughters worked together to create the newest Latin restaurant in San Francisco's West Portal neighborhood. As a mother of three daughters, she wanted the eatery to reflect her children's Mexican heritage while also adding new and vivacious culinary energy to the community. "Well, I wanted to create a space where people could feel at home, like they were in my home. Th ..read more

OAKLAND – Officials with Oakland International Airport gave final approval to add "San Francisco Bay" to its name, rebuffing claims of trademark infringement from San Francisco city officials and from SFO. Commissioners with the Port of Oakland, which operates the airport, approved the renaming in a unanimous decision, reaffirming a vote held on April 11. "Since our initial vote, the Port has met with dozens of community leaders and stakeholders and heard their concerns. We are moving forward with a commitment to honoring our past while building a stronger, more inclusive future," port commiss ..read more

Four Santa Clara University students won first place in a developers challenge for the social media platform X this spring by pitching new features to check the truthfulness of content and provide more perspectives on any given topic.  They worked together as a team during a marathon weekend competition before presenting their idea to the company's owner, Elon Musk. "When we saw this challenge, it felt like the perfect opportunity to build a really cool product for an app that we all love," said Neel Valeti, a junior at SCU studying economics and computer science from Oakland. "It was re ..read more