Emeryville News

It happened while racing sailboats one day on the San Francisco Bay. A flash of lyrical inspiration woke Michael Robinson from a nap.

The city of Oakland is already trying to pull itself out of a financial hole, and things could get worse if city officials agree with a newly released audit of the Kids First! fund.

Converting old factory buildings into lofts is common in Emeryville, a practice that makes for some interesting, one-of-a-kind places to live.

The Alameda County coroner's bureau today identified a 37-year-old San Rafael man who was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon at the Emeryville Marina.

Two pedestrians died in separate incidents involving the same Amtrak train Friday afternoon, one in Berkeley and another about two hours later in Oakland, Amtrak officials said.

A San Rafael man found dead inside a car parked at the Emeryville marina is the city's first recorded homicide victim of 2009, police said.

The Oakland Unified School District has officially regained control of the city's schools, and new Superintendent Tony Smith started his first day on the job with promises of accountability, improvement and some tough decisions.

Development of this city's historic, long-vacant railyard has received a giant boost with the Town Council's recent approval of a master plan and environmental impact report.

Coming into its second year, the East Bay Green Corridor Partnership continues to grow and estimates it has drawn $76 million to the region in investments for sustainable programs and projects.

A bottled water company is looking to build a bottled water facility in Orland and pump groundwater, and is working its way through the permit process.

'green corridor' update: Officials from Richmond, Berkeley, Emeryville and Oakland will update one another on their progress in a partnership forged 1-1/2 years ago to create a "green corridor" for generating jobs and revenue.

First came the idea of getting people to pay a buck or two for bottled water. Then came bottled iced tea.

At first glance, Dug stands as the only visible indicator of Fenton's newfound stardom.

In-Shape Health Clubs Inc. has sealed a deal to become the new anchor tenant of the seven-story downtown tower formerly known as the Pacific State Bank building at 6 S. El Dorado St.

Colby Curtin got her final wish. The 10-year-old girl desperately wanted to see the new Disney-Pixar movie, "Up." But the cancer-stricken girl was too sick to go to a theater.

Just one day after the launch of America's Army 3, the U.S. Army has opted to close its main Emeryville, CA-based studio in an effort to "consolidate development." A representative for America's Army confirmed the news with Shacknews, noting that future development of the free-to-play PC military simulator will occur at the program office in ...

Demonstrators hold a picture of Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who ran in the Iranian presidential election against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as they protest the Iranian election results and the Iranian government's handling of demonstrators in Iran, on the Stanford University campus on June 17, 2009.

Think you know how to balance the state budget? An interactive Web site gives every Californian a chance to try.

Gallery owners and artists Matt and Lena Reynoso are shown during the Art in the Box show at the Compound Gallery on Friday, June 5, 2009, in Oakland, Calif.

Days after hundreds of Iranian-Americans streamed into California polling stations to vote in Iran's presidential election, neither the voters nor the volunteers who ran the polling sites are happy with the way the election turned out.