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Bay Area COVID-19 update: counties, cities implement aggressive mitigation measures

In an attempt to mitigate the spread of 2019 novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, Bay Area counties have acted aggressively in…

4 years ago

Executive order waives unemployment waiting period, allows emergency property commandeering

Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a new executive order Thursday in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, which now has nearly…

4 years ago

Several 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…

4 years ago

Antioch 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…

4 years ago

Sheriff 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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

‘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.

5 years ago

Update: How Bay Area cities, counties, transit agencies are preparing for power outage

PG&E has confirmed a massive Public Safety Power Shutoff that could begin as early as midnight Wednesday and last up…

5 years ago

Officials 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…

5 years ago

SF 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…

5 years ago

Inland 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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

Police identify driver in red light crash that killed one pedestrian, injured another

San Francisco police released the identity of the driver involved in a crash Sunday afternoon in the Tenderloin neighborhood as…

5 years ago

SF 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…

5 years ago

SF 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…

5 years ago

PG&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…

5 years ago

SF 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…

5 years ago

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.

5 years ago

Creative retirements imagined for legacy BART cars

Most of BART's 669 worn-out old cars, some almost 50 years old, are set to be retired by 2023.

5 years ago

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.

5 years ago

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