Covid-19 update: Six senior facility residents die, virus sweeps through jail, Newsom goes big for PPE funding
It has been a grim past two days with a quickly rising death toll across the nation. Covid-19 has killed more than 3,800 people in the U.S. since just...Read More
VIDEO: Watchdog group says police shot man with rubber bullet while on knees, hands empty
A Berkeley police watchdog group says it’s concerned about an incident last month in which it says a police officer used a less-lethal weapon to shoot a black man...Read More
School district settles with former student over parody posted during school election
The San Ramon Valley Unified School District has reached a $665,000 settlement with a former student body president who was disciplined for participating in a James Bond parody video...Read More
Supes push for 8,000 hotel rooms in emergency ordinance
San Francisco supervisors Tuesday moved to introduce an emergency ordinance that would require The City to procure more than 8,000 hotel rooms to house unsheltered individuals who remain on...Read More
Concord paves way for townhome project despite objections
A 70-townhome residential project in northeastern Concord can move forward, with the Concord City Council’s rejection of an appeal of the project’s Feb. 19 approval by the city planning...Read More
VTA light rail service resumes for limited essential travel
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail service is resuming Thursday after being suspended for two weeks because an operator trainee tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. Service will...Read More