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UC Berkeley ordered to shelter in place due to ‘credible’ threat

UC Berkeley is under a shelter-in-order due to a credible threat. Police are searching for someone who may want to…

2 years ago

Processing plant explosion risk prompts school closures, evacuation orders

A processing plant fire in Salinas poses explosion and ammonia release risk, prompting school closures and orders to evacuate or…

2 years ago

Shooting near high school prompts shelter in place

A shooting injured a male victim and prompted a shelter-in-place at the nearby Yerba Buena High School campus.

2 years ago

Chemical spill prompts shelter-in-place advisory

Businesses on Martin Avenue in Rohnert Park are have been asked to shelter in place due to a nearby chemical…

2 years ago

Orinda police ask residents near police activity to shelter, lock up

Police in Orinda are asking residents living near Altamount Drive and La Cresta Road to shelter in place or avoid…

3 years ago

Armed suspect peacefully surrenders to police after overnight standoff

A 32-year-old armed suspect peacefully surrendered Monday morning and police lifted a lockdown on a Pinole neighborhood that lasted for…

3 years ago

Great Mall under shelter-in-place as police investigate possible shooting

Milpitas police are investigating a possible shooting at the Great Mall. Police have asked all stores to shelter in place…

3 years ago

Tanker fire shuts down I-80 near Hilltop Drive

All lanes of Interstate 80 are closed between Hilltop and El Portal drives in the San Pablo/Richmond area due to…

4 years ago

UPDATE: Armed homicide suspect releases hostage, remains barricaded in police standoff

An armed double-homicide suspect is barricaded in an Oakland commercial building Thursday afternoon. The man had taken a hostage who…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: Dorsey gifts $15 million, state helps school families buy groceries, Bay Area cases exceed 10,000, Senate weighs caution versus ‘magical thinking’

The Senate grilled Covid-19 medical experts in a surreal virtual setting, Jack Dorsey gave San Francisco $15 million, Contra Costa…

4 years ago

Oakland shuts down another 5 miles of roadway for Slow Streets Program

Oakland city officials on Thursday announced an additional 5 miles of streets that will receive soft closures to help support…

4 years ago

Six counties plan shelter order extension through May with some restrictions eased

Public health officials in several Bay Area counties and cities said Monday that they plan to announce later this week…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: State to allow elective surgeries, widespread face covering orders take effect, activists use tech in Earth Day call to action

Stay-at-home orders did not stop activists and the rest of the world from celebrating the 50th year of Earth Day.…

4 years ago

Martinez Marathon refinery to temporarily idle production as gas demand plummets

The Marathon Petroleum Co. plans to temporarily idle its refinery in unincorporated Contra Costa County, because of plummeting demand for…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

Caring for your mental health: free resources for meditation, counseling and more

These are trying times. The shelter-in-place order and quarantines related to COVID-19 have turned normal life upside down. Between the…

4 years ago

Police arrest suspect connected to Tamalpais High School lockdown

Marin County sheriff's deputies arrested a Fairfield man on suspicion of possessing a replica AK-47 rifle near Tamalpais High School…

4 years ago

Tamalpais High School remains locked down for police action

Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley is locked down Monday afternoon because of police action involving criminals in the area,…

4 years ago

Chemical spill near Tamalpais High School pool prompts shelter order

The Mill Valley police and fire departments have responded to a chemical spill near the pool at Tamalpais High School…

4 years ago

Investigation finds suspicious SF State package poses no threat

San Francisco State University police said they have completed an investigation into a suspicious package that was found Monday afternoon…

4 years ago

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