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San Jose firefighters respond to two house fires Tuesday morning

San Jose firefighters responded to two different residential fires on in South San Jose on Tuesday morning. The first fire, which broke out at ...

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Bay Area

Weather service warns of extreme heat with Thursday highs up to 108 degrees

The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory and an excessive heat warning Monday night for much of the Bay Area beginning Wednesday, ...

By Bay City News3 hours ago0

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Refunds coming for about 32,000 overcharged Golden Gate Bridge toll transactions

The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District is providing refunds to tens of thousands of people who were overcharged at the bridge ...

By Bay City News6 hours ago0

California

State adds expenses-paid vacation prizes to Vax for the Win program

State officials introduced another Covid-19 vaccine incentive program Monday, offering six expenses-paid vacations throughout the state, including in San Francisco. The state will select ...

By Bay City News24 hours ago0

News

Crews stop forward progress on Silicon Fire

A brush fire that broke out Monday in the area of Silicon Valley Road and Basking Ridge Avenue in San Jose was 80 ...

By Bay City News1 day ago0

Crime

Antioch man stable after shooting in botched home-invasion robbery

A 19-year-old man is in stable condition after being shot Sunday morning during an apparently botched home-invasion robbery in Antioch, police said. Officers responded ...

By Bay City News1 day ago0

East Bay

Multiple agencies conduct live-fire training in Rodeo through week

Fire crews from multiple agencies will be participating in live-fire training exercises in Rodeo for several days starting Monday. The training involves setting controlled ...

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Housing

All residents find shelter after Market Street supportive housing fire

Hotel rooms have been secured for all 80-plus residents who were displaced by a two-alarm fire Sunday at San Francisco’s National Hotel at ...

By Bay City News1 day ago0

Business

Supervisors move to expedite backlogged cannabis permit applications

Sonoma County supervisors approved the use of $370,000 in one-time funds last week to deal with the backlog of cannabis permit applications and ...

By Bay City News1 day ago0

News

Crews contain Santa Rosa middle school grass fire

Crews have contained a grass fire that blackened a large field near Hilliard Comstock Middle High School on Sunday. The blaze, reported about 11:40 ...

By Bay City News2 days ago0

Crime

One of two San Jose stabbing victims dies in hospital

One of two men stabbed in separate incidents early Sunday in San Jose has died, police said. Officers responded about 2:30 a.m. to a ...

By Bay City News2 days ago0

California

Group urges legislature to approve Newsom’s plan for statewide fiber-optic broadband

A group of rural and urban leaders is urging the state legislature to act on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s three-year, $7 billion plan in ...

By Bay City News2 days ago0

News

Two women die in high-speed solo crash

Two people died Saturday night in a solo-car crash near the Foxtail Golf Club in Rohnert Park, police said. The collision was reported about ...

By Bay City News2 days ago0

Crime

Two 15-year-old boys expected to survive after Windsor shooting

Two teenage boys were shot Friday evening in Windsor, an incorporated Sonoma County town, and a suspect has been taken into custody, the ...

By Bay City News3 days ago0

News

Vallejo police find man fatally shot in parked vehicle

A Vallejo man was discovered shot to death in a vehicle on Maine Street in Vallejo Saturday morning, police said. The 33-year-old man was ...

By Bay City News3 days ago0

Crime

Twelve-year-old girl faces arson charges in connection with four Berkeley fires

A 12-year-old girl has been arrested on suspicion of setting four fires in the Berkeley hills on Friday, Berkeley police said. The girl is ...

By Bay City News3 days ago0

Environment

Healdsburg bans all sprinkler, drip system use amid drought emergency

People living in Healdsburg must turn off their sprinklers and drip irrigation systems because the city has declared a drought emergency, city officials ...

By Bay City News3 days ago0

Crime

Police arrest driver suspected of backing truck into outdoor diners, killing one

A suspect has been arrested in the Friday night crash that killed one person and injured two others when a vehicle crashed into ...

By Bay City News3 days ago0

Crime

Catalytic converter thieves shoot 12-year-old boy in foot

A 12-year-old boy was shot early Friday morning in Oakland after someone in his home threw a chair at the thieves trying to ...

By Bay City News4 days ago0

Coronavirus

Santa Clara County to phase out four of five mass vaccination sites

Four out of Santa Clara’s five mass vaccination sites are closing in the next few weeks, but it is not a bad thing, ...

By Bay City News4 days ago0

Bay Area

Experts warn residents of increased mountain lion sightings in urban areas

Are the mountain lions of the Bay Area retreating from the Santa Cruz Mountains and into the urban sprawl? Mountain lions have been caught ...

By Bay City News4 days ago0

Crime

Police arrest teen girl suspected of slashing man with knife in escort interaction

A 17-year-old Stockton girl was arrested Thursday after allegedly slashing a man with a knife after he had used an internet service to ...

By Bay City News4 days ago0

California

California pushes back with appeal on judge’s assault weapons ban ruling

Following a decision last week by a U.S. District Court judge to overturn a statewide ban on assault weapons, Gov. Gavin Newsom and ...

By Bay City News5 days ago0

Crime

Details emerge about VTA shooter’s workplace behavior

Could we have predicted that Sam Cassidy, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority employee who killed nine of his co-workers before turning the ...

By Bay City News5 days ago0

Crime

Police investigate Market Street shooting

San Francisco police are investigating a shooting Thursday morning in the area of Market and McAllister streets. The Police Department wrote on Twitter at ...

By Bay City News5 days ago0

East Bay

Eighteen-year-old Antioch woman dies after overturn ejection crash

An 18-year-old woman was killed in a crash on state Highway 4 in Antioch on Wednesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The ...

By Bay City News5 days ago0

Culture

Meet Oakland’s newest Youth Poet Laureate

Myra Estrada of Oakland High School has been selected as Oakland’s Youth Poet Laureate. Estrada will receive a $5,000 scholarship and the opportunity to ...

By Bay City News5 days ago0

News

‘He’s just like me’: Spokane boy meets namesake otter, raises money for San Francisco aquarium

Nine-year-old Ryer Kadyk came all the way from Spokane, Washington, to do two things: hang out with his namesake river otter pal and ...

By Bay City News6 days ago0

Crime

Woman in critical condition after Santa Rosa park shooting

A woman was in critical condition late Wednesday afternoon with life-threatening injuries after a shooting earlier in the day at a Santa Rosa ...

By Bay City News6 days ago0

Government

San Mateo County moves to tighten gun dealership laws in unincorporated areas

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors gave initial approval Tuesday to an ordinance that will update firearm laws with stricter licensing and ...

By Bay City News6 days ago0

Beyond SFBay

Update: Tracy police say ACE train struck construction worker, not street sweeper

A San Jose-bound Altamont Corridor Express train struck and killed a construction worker Wednesday morning in Tracy. ACE officials reported shortly after 7:20 a.m. ...

By Bay City News6 days ago0

Beyond SFBay

ACE train kills street sweeper in collision near Tracy

An Altamont Corridor Express train struck and killed a person Wednesday morning near Tracy. The transit agency reported shortly after 7:20 a.m. that train ...

By Bay City News6 days ago0

Coronavirus

Covid-19 in Contra Costa: Vaccination rates high, but so are cases

With a week to go until the state likely lifts most Covid-19 public mask mandates, Contra Costa County residents seem ready, having received ...

By Bay City NewsJune 8, 20210

Bay Area

Kaiser begins Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine trials in children ages 5 to 11

Kaiser Permanente officials announced Tuesday that they are expanding Covid-19 vaccine trials to include children ages 5 to 11 in Oakland, Santa Clara ...

By Bay City NewsJune 8, 20210

News

Fire victim dies after rescue from burning Sunnyside home

A woman rescued by firefighters from a burning home on Monday in San Francisco’s Sunnyside neighborhood succumbed to her injuries, San Francisco Fire ...

By Bay City NewsJune 8, 20210

Beyond SFBay

San Jose woman suspected of killing 7-year-old son awaits extradition from Denver jail

A San Jose mother was arrested Tuesday in connection with the killing of her 7-year-old son whose body was found in Las Vegas ...

By Bay City NewsJune 8, 20210

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