East Bay

By day, Dextra Denovo hovers over a computer, hammering out contracts, trademark agreements and other legal processes. But once evening rolls around, Denovo launches into an hour-and-a-half hair and makeup session before heading off to the next drag queen performance. 

A crash involving two big-rigs Tuesday morning snarled traffic on westbound Interstate 80 in Richmond, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A four-alarm fire erupted at an abandoned warehouse near Antioch Marina late Monday night, according to the Contra Costa Fire Protection District.

No one was injured in a freeway shooting in Oakland Monday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Concord police are stepping up patrols and encouraging people to report illegal fireworks.

In the run-up to Juneteenth, Berkeley held a week-long celebration of the holiday culminating on Sunday with an event where nearly a dozen musical acts played.

One person was injured in a series of crashes, involving two cars and a big rig, on I-80 Westbound in Rodeo Saturday night, according to Contra Costa County Fire.

Nearly a year and a half after police believe she was killed by her ex-boyfriend, Alexis Gabe was laid to rest in Concord Saturday.

One person died in the wake of an early morning shooting in Oakland Saturday, police said.

A pedestrian is dead after being hit by a driver who left the scene in Oakland Friday night, police said.

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to visit fairs in Alameda and Solano counties over the next few weeks.

A man in his 20s was shot and killed in the parking lot of a San Leandro-area skate park Thursday night, according to the sheriff’s office.

Daniel Ellsberg, who copied and leaked documents that revealed secret details of U.S. strategy in the Vietnam War and became known as the Pentagon Papers, has died.He was 92.