Covid-19 update: Teachers urge donations for immigrant families, festivals cancel, Newsom lays out six-point plan, Trump cuts WHO funding
As of now, it looks like most large gatherings scheduled through 2020 around the Bay Area are unlikely to occur as evidenced by the cancellations of San Francisco’s Pride...Read More
A quiet year in SF: Pride, 420 festivals canceled out of caution
Two of The City’s landmark festivals have been officially canceled in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic: San Francisco Pride and 420 at Hippie Hill. SF Pride organizers announced...Read More
DA charges man with murder for allegedly selling opioids leading to fatal overdose
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday announced a murder charge has been filed against an 22-year-old San Jose man who allegedly sold powerful opioids to a...Read More
Newsom gives six-point framework to reopen state, says new normal will be ‘anything but’
Gov. Gavin Newsom set a roadmap Tuesday for how California could begin to resume a modified version of daily life during the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Newsom and California...Read More
Essential workers’ rights take center stage in proposed bill
Bay Area-based U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Santa Clara, teamed up with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, on Monday to propose a federal “Essential Workers Bill of Rights,” demanding that frontline...Read More
Two UC Berkeley students spend shelter time producing hand sanitizer for most vulnerable
A pair of students at University of California at Berkeley has taken to producing more than 100 gallons of free hand sanitizer each week to give to homeless shelters,...Read More
Police investigate Lower Dimond fatal shooting
A man was fatally shot in Oakland’s Lower Dimond District on Monday morning, police said. Officers who responded to a report of a shooting in the 3100 block of...Read More
Teen girl goes missing from Rohnert Park home
The Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety is asking for help in finding a missing 16-year-old girl. Kyra Reep left her Rohnert Park residence Monday night and has not...Read More
DeSaulnier makes it out of ICU, sons call him ‘a fighter’
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Walnut Creek, who has been sick with pneumonia and in an intensive care unit since last month, was moved out of intensive care Monday, his office...Read More
Covid 19 update: Bay Area cases surpass 5,000, Trump versus governors showdown looms
President Donald Trump made it clear Monday that he believes it is in his own “total” power to decide when states will reopen from Covid-19 shutdowns. The president said...Read More
Police find woman dead inside burning home, arrest naked man covered in blood
A 29-year-old man was arrested after authorities responded to his burning Mission District residence Sunday morning and found him naked and covered in blood on a patio with a...Read More
Burris says family may sue Hayward facility for Covid-19 death of 87-year-old man
Civil rights attorney John Burris said Monday that he’s considering filing a lawsuit against a Hayward facility where an 87-year-old man recently died of the Covid-19 coronavirus even though...Read More
Police investigate woman’s murder in Mission District
A woman is dead of a suspected homicide in San Francisco’s Mission District on Sunday morning and a man is in custody in the case, police said Monday. The...Read More
Coroner identifies Antioch woman killed by brick through vehicle window
The Contra Costa County coroner’s office has confirmed the identity of an Antioch woman who died Friday night after getting hit with a brick that crashed through a window...Read More
Insurance commissioner orders premiums reimbursed through shelter orders
Insurance companies will need to return premiums to customers and business affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic by order of California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, his office announced early...Read More
SF shuts down illegal nightclub operation during Covid-19 pandemic
San Francisco police and the City Attorney’s Office have shut down a nightclub that was operating illegally while a public health order is in effect prohibiting all gatherings. City...Read More
Easter Bunny drops off treats for furry friends at empty SF Zoo
Animals at the San Francisco Zoo and Gardens were treated to Easter-themed treats this weekend. The zoo, which is currently closed to the public, is still taking care of...Read More
Man with memory issues missing from Daly City assisted living home
Daly City police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man who went missing from an assisted living facility on Sunday. Masood Mirza, a 59-year-old man who...Read More
Fire department rescues man from Bay near Pier 14
A 30-year-old man was rescued late Sunday afternoon from the San Francisco Bay waters off Pier 14 off San Francisco’s Embarcadero, the San Francisco Fire Department reported. The rescue...Read More
Covid-19 update: landmark bookstores need saving, SF shelter confirms 76 cases, holidays offer some hope
Today is considered holy for many across the nation and world over, and in that light it may be comforting to reflect on words and insights associated with Easter...Read More