Contra Costa emergency services chief arrested on drug possession charges
A 19-year veteran of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District has been arrested on suspicion of drug possession, prompting fire officials to remove, inspect and ultimately replace their...
View ArticleCreative retirements imagined for legacy BART cars
Homeless shelters, taco trucks, scrap metal — these and other possibilities were discussed at a BART board meeting Thursday morning for what to do with hundreds of old, soon-to-be-junked legacy BART...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SF General hospital shifts adult urgent care center to new building
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital has moved its Adult Urgent Care Center into Building 5 in an effort to centralize the hospital’s care services under one roof. Mayor London Breed joined...
View ArticleSF would tap CEO salary tax to cover substance abuse services for residents
San Francisco voters will decide come November on whether The City should provide 24/7 services to help treat people suffering from mental health illness and substance abuse disorder. Supervisors...
View ArticlePG&E holds wildfire, emergency preparedness open house events
A series of open house events on wildfire safety and emergency preparedness will be around the Bay Area in July and August by Pacific Gas and Electric Company. The drop-in events will have information...
View ArticleSF receives grant to combat youth human trafficking, exploitation
The state has awarded San Francisco a $9.3 million grant to be applied toward providing services and housing for youth at-risk of human trafficking, specifically in commercial sex industries. The...
View ArticleSF protest planned to denounce ICE raids
Following reports that U.S. President Donald Trump will order Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids Sunday to deport undocumented immigrants in several U.S. cities, protesters will rally Thursday...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Police identify driver in red light crash that killed one pedestrian, injured...
San Francisco police released the identity of the driver involved in a crash Sunday afternoon in the Tenderloin neighborhood as 21-year-old Vallejo resident Kelsey Mariah Cambridge. Police arrested...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Activists ‘die-in’ to demand climate change legislation
A few dozen climate change activists lay strewn across the entrance to 1 Post Street Tuesday afternoon. The demonstrators, many of whom came with the group Extinction Rebellion, held a die-in amid San...
View ArticleInland cities brace for days of excessive heat
Cities across the Bay Area are preparing for a heatwave expected to continue through Thursday evening, but as usual, inland areas will be hit the hardest. Temperatures in some cities are expected to...
View ArticleSF officials lift gas leak advisory
Officials have lifted a gas leak advisory issued Tuesday morning in the area near 39th Avenue and Geary Boulevard. The San Francisco Fire Department issued the advisory in a Twitter post at 10:28...
View ArticleOfficials confirm one fatality in Fairmont Hotel hazmat incident
Officials have confirmed one fatality in connection with a hazardous materials emergency at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown San Jose on Saturday. According to a press conference held Saturday afternoon,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Update: How Bay Area cities, counties, transit agencies are preparing for...
PG&E has confirmed a massive Public Safety Power Shutoff that could begin as early as midnight Wednesday and last up to five days in portions of 34 counties across Northern and Central California,...
View Article‘Sobering center’ recommended for San Francisco meth ‘epidemic’
A final report from San Francisco’s Methamphetamine Task Force recommends The City invest in creating a Meth Sobering Center for individuals to seeking treatment and to connect with city services....
View ArticleClik here to view.
10,000-acre uncontained Kincade Fire burns unknown number of structures
More residents are being evacuated as the Kincade Fire burns out of control, damaging at least two structures in rural northeast Sonoma County early Thursday morning, according to Cal Fire and Sonoma...
View ArticleSheriff orders Crockett residents to ‘leave now’ as Vallejo fire spreads
An immediate evacuation notice has been issued for residents of the unincorporated town of Crockett due to a “fast moving fire,” the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department said in an advisory. The...
View ArticleAntioch shooter claims life of 17-year-old girl, injures teen boy
A 17-year-old girl was killed and a 17-year-old boy was injured following a shooting in Antioch on Tuesday evening, according to police. Several gunshots were reported near the intersection of Morro...
View ArticleSeveral injured, one extricated in multi-vehicle San Ramon crash
Crow Canyon Road has reopened in both directions in San Ramon after a crash that left multiple people injured Monday morning, according to police. The multi-vehicle collision was reported around 6...
View ArticleExecutive order waives unemployment waiting period, allows emergency property...
Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a new executive order Thursday in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, which now has nearly 200 positive cases reported in the state. Newsom’s executive order waives a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bay Area COVID-19 update: counties, cities implement aggressive mitigation...
In an attempt to mitigate the spread of 2019 novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, Bay Area counties have acted aggressively in the past week. Most school districts have suspended in-person classes and...
View Article
