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Robbery turned hit-and-run crash
A car into an apartment, guns found on scene, and a hit-and-run crash in the Richmond District of San Francisco left a neighborhood shaken up. SFPD said it happened after a robbery nearby, while the suspects were trying to get away. The suspects were caught after a neighborhood search.
You need $131K to live comfortably in this Bay Area city
OAKLAND, Calif. - The cost of living in the Bay Area continues to rise, mirroring national trends. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the San Francisco Bay Area Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased by 2.4 percent in February compared to the previous year, with housing costs being a significant factor.
Good Samaritan prevents laptop theft at San Francisco coffee shop
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Over the weekend, customers at a San Francisco cafe stopped a man from taking off with a woman's laptop. The San Francisco Police Department says a man ran into a Sana'a Cafe, grabbed a laptop and ran. But a man named Henry Flynn was right outside. He tackled the alleged thief […]
NorCal Army soldier who died in Philippines prison camp during WWII accounted for
The remains of a U.S. Army soldier from Northern California who died as a prisoner of war in the Philippines during World War II have been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Tuesday. Pvt. 1st Class Marcus A. Engesser, 21, of Vallejo was accounted for in September 2023, but the DPAA said his family just recently received their full briefing on his identification. Engesser was a member of Company L, 31st Infantry Regiment in the Philippines when Japanese forces invaded the islands on December 8, 1941, just hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Thousands of...
BPD: Police arrest man with gun who tried to hide from cops
Berkeley police arrested a man who was spotted downtown holding a gun Tuesday afternoon and attempted to evade capture, authorities report. The man tried to hide in a downtown parking garage, but police found him as well as the handgun he had tried to ditch under a parked car, Berkeley police said.
New Anchor Brewing owner expected to be announced by end of May
The assets of the 127-year-old Anchor Brewing could have a new owner by the end of May, nearly four months after a winning bid was originally expected to be announced. Buyers involved in the bidding process said the assignee in charge of the shuttered beer company’s assets hasn’t yet made a decision, which has led to a delay in publicizing the bid results. Sam Singer, a San Francisco public-relations executive...
BPD: Man arrested after groping 2 women at bus stop next to Cal
A man who groped two young women Friday at a bus stop right next to UC Berkeley is in custody this week, authorities said. Berkeley police say 30-year-old Shan Woods (homeless) groped two women at the same bus stop on Friday evening before he was arrested nearby in the Southside neighborhood.
San Francisco’s free booze for homeless alcoholics program slammed by critics
San Francisco is getting hammered for spending millions of dollars on a program that gives free booze to homeless alcoholics, but researchers are insisting the multimillion-dollar strategy has merit. Keanan Joyner, a professor and researcher in the Clinical Research on Externalizing and Addiction Mechanisms Lab at the University of California, Berkeley, called San Francisco’s Managed Alcohol […]
California sees a surge in minimum wage violations
Minimum wage violations have more than doubled in California cities like Los Angeles, costing workers billions. California workers lose up to $4,000 per year in major metro areas that include San Francisco, San Diego and San Jose, according to a study by Rutgers University. “This is the time to be strengthening — not weakening — […]
SoMa businesses, residents brace for three years of construction to its main artery
San Francisco city leaders broke ground Monday on a nearly decade-in-the-making street redesign that will transform one of the city’s main arteries that carries vehicles to downtown. The Folsom Street streetscape project will remake the bustling thoroughfare across the entire SoMa neighborhood, from 11th Street to Second Street. While...
Revelations of possible radioactive dumping around the Bay Area trigger new testing at parks
A former chemical plant dumped thousands of tons of industrial waste around the San Francisco Bay Area. The deposits were made in places that are now open to the public — and could contain radioactive material.
Pro-Palestinian encampment at UC Berkeley taken down following agreement
BERKELEY – Protesters who set up a pro-Palestinian encampment on the University of California, Berkeley campus ended their protest Tuesday, following an agreement reached by university officials.According to the agreement reached with chancellor Carol Christ, the university has agreed to look at whether companies it invests in align with its values. The focus would be on companies that might be involved in weapons manufacturing, mass incarceration or surveillance.In a letter, Christ also said that she plans to call for a ceasefire in Gaza."I, too, am concerned about the horrific killing of tens of thousands of Palestinians as well as the destruction of the Palestinian educational infrastructure. I plan to make a public statement by the end of the month sharing my personal support for government officials' efforts to secure an immediate and permanent ceasefire," Christ said in a statement. "Such support for the plight of Palestinians, including protest, should not be conflated with hatred or antisemitism."Meanwhile, the university rejected an...
Pacifica woman completes historic swim without wetsuit
SAN FRANCISCO - A Pacifica woman made history by completing a very difficult open-water swim. Amy Appelhans Gubser, 55, became the first person to swim west of the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands without a wetsuit. It took her 17 hours to complete the nearly 30-mile swim. The...
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