Muni to offer free rides for vaccination appointments
Beginning Tuesday, Muni will offer free rides to passengers heading to Covid-19 vaccination appointments, Mayor London Breed announced Friday. Passengers will be required to show proof with either a...Read More
Marin County small business owners can soon apply for pandemic relief funds
Marin County small business owners will soon be able to apply for nearly $1 million in grants and interest-free loans from the county’s pool of federal Covid-19 pandemic relief...Read More
Grocers association sues San Leandro over hazard pay ordinance
A day after the San Leandro City Council voted on Tuesday to give grocery workers hazard pay, the California Grocers Association filed suit against the city. Like Oakland, San...Read More
Suspect stabs officer, injures another in struggle
Two police officers and a suspect were injured early Wednesday when police tried to make an arrest in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood. Officers were in the area of...Read More
Advocates want city to buy hotels for homeless with FEMA reimbursement
Homeless advocates in San Francisco on Wednesday called on the city to purchase more hotels to continue to house the city’s homeless residents as the Covid-19 pandemic endures. The...Read More
California legislators reach agreement on state’s Covid-19 relief package
Gov. Gavin Newsom and the leaders of the state Senate and Assembly announced an agreement Wednesday on a package of financial relief programs, including $600 payments to the state’s...Read More
SFMTA eyes May target for partial Muni subway service restoration
San Francisco public transit riders have been without subway service for nearly a year, but transit officials say partial downtown service could be restored in May. The San Francisco...Read More
Alameda County Fairgrounds opens gates as vaccination site
Alameda County has opened the county fairgrounds in Pleasanton for Covid-19 vaccinations. In conjunction with Sutter Health and Stanford Health Care-ValleyCare, the county public health department is now administering...Read More
Firefighters find person dead in tent after blaze
A person was found dead in a tent on fire in San Francisco’s Bayview District late Tuesday night, according to police. Officers responded at 11:55 p.m. to the tent...Read More
Police investigate Mosswood Park encampment death as homicide
A person found dead in a tent Sunday evening in Oakland’s Mosswood Park had reportedly suffered traumatic injuries, police said Tuesday. Someone reported the death to police at about...Read More
San Francisco opens third high-volume Covid-19 vaccination site in Bayview
San Francisco opened a new high-volume Covid-19 vaccination site Tuesday in Bayview/Hunters Point neighborhood in partnership with Sutter Health. The opening marks The City’s third large vaccination site. The...Read More
Sex offender in custody on suspicion of indecent exposure at Vallejo home
A registered sex offender was arrested over the weekend for allegedly fondling himself while peering into someone’s home in Vallejo, police said Tuesday. Bennie Rapacon, 36, was arrested after...Read More
Berkeley extends vaccine eligibility to grocery, education, childcare workers
The city of Berkeley will expand its coronavirus vaccine eligibility to grocery and convenience store, education and childcare workers, the city said Monday. Berkeley residents in those occupations can...Read More
Lafayette police search for runaway teen
Lafayette police are asking for the public’s help in finding a 17-year-old girl who went missing after running away from a group home Monday. Maria Diaz was last seen...Read More
Santa Clara County hits vaccination milestone for residents at least 75 years old
The Covid-19 vaccine rollout has been difficult and is taking longer than expected, but finally Santa Clara County officials say they are seeing notable progress. On Monday, the county...Read More
AC Transit bridges service during BART Oakland Airport Connector line shutdown
BART’s Oakland Airport Connector line is down Monday morning due to an electrical problem, according to the transit agency. BART issued an alert shortly before 9:45 a.m. about the...Read More
Padilla to chair Senate immigration subcommittee
U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla has been named chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Immigration Subcommittee. Padilla made the announcement Sunday, noting that his priority is to restore humanity, dignity...Read More
Dose shortage forces temporary pause at Moscone, City College vaccination sites
San Francisco will temporarily pause two of its Covid-19 mass vaccination sites this week due to a lack of supply, city officials announced Sunday. In a press release issued...Read More
Police file criminal complaints against man suspected of threatening peaceful MLK Day marchers
A man suspected of threatening protesters during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 18 has been identified, Alameda police said Friday. A two-count criminal complaint was filed...Read More
Coliseum vaccination appointments open Sunday, site opens Tuesday
Appointments opened on Sunday for Covid-19 vaccinations at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum site for eligible Alameda County residents, officials announced. Residents with priority for the site, which is scheduled...Read More