Bay Area Bloggers Alliance (B.A.B.A.)

The Bay Area Bloggers' Alliance (BABA) is your online source for local news and information throughout the major cities and counties in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The list below is displayed in real-time, and will update when local independent bloggers update their sites.

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

Richmond Confidential

In the mood for dinner and an opera? A Richmond restaurant has you covered on first Fridays. - On certain Friday nights, patrons entering Biancoverde restaurant at Point Richmond’s Hotel Mac are serenaded with arias from an operatic voice in a cozy...
1 week ago
CLAYCORD.com

Storm-Related Electrical Emergency Closes Two Bores Of The Caldecott Tunnel - A storm-related electrical emergency has closed two bores of the Caldecott Tunnel on state Highway 24 on Wednesday evening, Caltrans said. Eastbound… The...
1 week ago
BART RAGE - Bay Area Rapid Transit Blogs

New cars - Hey everyone....haven't posted in forever but was curious, has anyone ridden the new BART cars yet? Forums: General Topics
7 years ago
Halfway to Concord

Local voting at all time high for Presidential election - They were super busy in the precinct where I cast my vote on election day. By the time 8pm came around, over 800 residents had cast ballots. With those in...
9 years ago
The Frugal Find - Bay Area

Why I think the “52 Week Money Challenge” isn’t the best idea out there… - Have you see this posted on Facebook, Pinterest, or Twitter? Surely you’ve seen it by now, it seems everyone I know is sharing it like it’s a magic diet p...
10 years ago
Mister Writer

BACK IN BLACK, SOMETHING JUST 1% OF AMERICANS CAN SAY. - I just love getting PRE-APPROVED, I AM SPECIAL notices from idiotic financial institutions. Today it is the BLACKCARD from VISA, made of carbon composi...
13 years ago

ALAMEDA COUNTY

Berkeleyside

Remembering Phyllis Carr, flight attendant, real estate broker who founded her own company - In Berkeley, she founded the group Neighbors of Stanton Street and once picketed City Hall solo until it relented and paved the pothole-ridden street.
7 hours ago
Oakland North

Looming in 2026: Trump’s push to shift housing policy leaves Alameda County providers in limbo - Last in a three-part series about Oakland agencies preparing for major federal funding cuts. The Trump administration has paused plans that could substan...
2 weeks ago
Oakland Local

Festive! Opens Soon at Manna Gallery - Manna Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition for the holidays featuring reasonably priced paintings and works in fused glass by Mark Lightfoot and c...
7 years ago
San Leandro Bytes

San Leandro Police Try to Generate Support for Red Light Cameras - At the June 30, 2018, United for Safety Open House, the San Leandro Police had a series of videos from red light cameras being displayed on a laptop. This ...
7 years ago
Living in the O

November 2014 endorsements: Libby for Mayor, Abel & Annie for Council, and more - It’s been nearly two years since I’ve written anything here and nearly three years since I announced a “hiatus” for this blog, but as I was writing my endo...
11 years ago
Today in Montclair, 94611

Stomper, First Cat Mayor Of Montclair Wins - It’s a new era. Stomper has been elected as the very first cat mayor of Montclair Village. The election results were tallied yesterday and verified today...
13 years ago
A Better Oakland

Greg McConnell: Is Oakland Worth It? - This guest post was written by Gregory McConnell, President and CEO of the Jobs and Housing Coalition, which represents major businesses in Oakland. Many O...
14 years ago
The Island - Alameda

Welcome to The Island, Archives Edition - The Island is a website that covered local news in Alameda, California from February 2008 through April 2011. If you need information about anything that h...
14 years ago
East Bay Citizen

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SAN FRANCISCO & NORTH BAY

SFist

Day Around the Bay: Blood-Soaked Fistfight Breaks Out at Disneyland Over People Cutting in Line - This year’s SF Sketchfest will feature a live show on a moving BART train; a Union City man effectively busted himself for child porn; and a brawl broke ou...
15 hours ago
Marooned In Marin

Phase One of Virginia Reopening Will Not Take Two Years, Claims Governor's Office: Why Should We Believe Him? - An uproar occurred this weekend regarding comments made by the State Health Commissioner regarding Phase One of reopening the Commonwealth of Virginia from...
5 years ago
Burrito Justice

Blue & Green Yellow & Brown - not the worst temporal loop
6 years ago
CityMama - San Francisco

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SOUTH BAY & PENINSULA

Pacifica Riptide

OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC PREDICTS COLD, WET WINTER - weather forecast
2 years ago
Coastsider - San Mateo County

Inaugural Half Moon Bay Pride Celebration, Sunday - The Inaugural Half Moon Bay Pride Celebration kicks off at noon on Sunday, June 11 at Mac Dutra Plaza. Schedule Noon — Staging for the parade at Filbert an...
3 years ago
Absolutely Foster City

Sloooowww….. - OK, so I’m 29 years in on this kooky Real Estate career now. Sometimes I wonder if I can make it to 30…and that’s only a few months away now. The things th...
7 years ago
San Jose Metblogs

Lego Lunchtime Build-a-thon - Build wonderful, amazing things with Legos at the Mountain View Public Library’s Lego Lunchtime Build-a-thon. The free drop-in event with no registration r...
7 years ago