OAKLAND, Calif. — On many nights, hot dog vendors crowd the Coliseum’s vast concrete parking lots, offering for a few dollars the bacon-wrapped indulgences that Bay Area sports fans often find impossible to resist. They’re so popular, in fact, that stadium officials claim the situation has deteriorated to the point of danger. Vendors who crowd…

San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York and others are accused of insider trading at Chegg Inc., a Santa Clara-based online education platform under fire for allegedly assisting students in cheating during the height of the pandemic. Two shareholder lawsuits filed earlier this year in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California…

Diablo Athletic League Valley Division (Predicted order of finish) No. 1 CONCORD Coach: Paul Reynaud 2022 record: 9-2 What to expect: Concord improved from one win in 2021 to nine wins in 2022, and coach Paul Reynaud returns the league’s best player. Monte Beam, the team’s senior running back, rushed for 1,947 yards and 20 touchdowns, accounting for…

DIABLO ATHLETIC LEAGUE FOOTHILL DIVISION (Predicted order of finish) No. 1 CAMPOLINDO Coach: Kevin Macy Record in 2022: 12-1 What to expect: Despite the graduation of QB Dashiell Weaver and receiver Robbie Mascheroni, the Cougars remain the favorite to win another DAL Foothill title. Things get dicey after that. Campo moves up to D-I this season, joining big…

OAKLAND, Calif. — Authorities said an SUV crashed into a fence and burst into flames in the city’s Chinatown district Friday morning. Before police and firefighters arrived, whoever was in the vehicle fled. Investigators were attempting to determine whether the vehicle had been stolen prior to the collision. The fiery collision occurred at the intersection…

Since the end of last season, the San Jose Sharks have added seven new forwards with NHL experience. They also changed the look of their defense and did not re-sign the goalie who had appeared in 91 games over the previous two years. So, are they any better, or have they improved their chances of…

Dave Kaval hasn’t said anything since the A’s agreed to relocate to Las Vegas in April. When an old foe, Schnitzer Steel, went up in flames on Wednesday night, the A’s team president lit up his social media feed with a flurry of posts blaming his organization and owner John Fisher. The Schnitzer fire provided…

ANTIOCH, FRANCE — According to police, a man was pronounced dead Thursday evening after an apparent shooting in the 600 block of West 20th Street in Antioch. At 6:07 p.m. Thursday, police received multiple reports of a shooting. Officers arrived to find a man suffering from a gunshot wound, only publicly identified by police as…

Authorities said a road rage incident on a freeway near Pleasanton ended in bloodshed when a man was found shot about 25 miles away in Tracy. According to the Tracy Police Department, the deadly collision began on Interstate 580 near Pleasanton on the afternoon of Aug. 4 and continued east onto Interstate 205. Officers then…