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Town hall on mental health in AAPI community held following mass shootings
MILPITAS, Calif. - Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17) led a town hall on Saturday in Milpitas to address AAPI hate crimes and mental health in the Bay Area's Asian American community following back-to-back mass shootings; first in Monterey Park then Half Moon Bay. Many of the victims in both mass shootings...
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Benicia pedestrian bridge demolished; parents fear for children’s safety
BENICIA, Calif. - A pedestrian bridge in Benicia was demolished Friday causing some parents to fear their children won’t have a safe path to get to school. The City of Benicia said a commercial truck crashed into the walking bridge over Military West on Tuesday, damaging it beyond repair. It continued to deteriorate and pose a serious safety risk.
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After 'chaos and closure' Oakland Zoo reopens again
OAKLAND, Calif. - The giraffes and otters were spotted craning necks on Friday, looking just about as excited as their human visitors, now that the Oakland Zoo is back open after a massive sinkhole forced its closure. A boy named Everett Villa his sights on seeing a panda; he was...
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Missing kayaker found dead in Tomales Bay, sheriff says
TOMALES, Calif. - A missing kayaker was found dead Wednesday in the waters of Tomales Bay. Clinton Yoshio Koga, a 39-year-old from Brentwood, was located by a dive team around 4:15 p.m., approximately 100 yards from the shore of Lawson's Landing. He had gone missing Jan. 27 while fishing with his friends.
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Half Moon Bay farmworkers describe horror of mass shooting
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - The mass shooting in Half Moon Bay – San Mateo County's deadliest massacre – was so devastating that even President Joe Biden weighed in, praying for the families of the seven farmworkers killed in another "senseless act of gun violence." But the deaths...
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Fentanyl, ghost gun, thousands of dollars found in Oakland home bound for Tenderloin
San Francisco police recovered several pounds of narcotics, thousands of dollars, a ghost gun and additional pieces of evidence in an Oakland home Wednesday evening, officials said. A majority of the narcotics found was fentanyl and was “earmarked" for the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco.
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Special Delivery: San Francisco Correspondence Co-op puts a stamp on artful 'snail mail'
SAN FRANCISCO - You’re supposed to be quiet at the public library and for the most part, those rules are respected. But a group of dedicated lovers of the U.S. Postal Service, who interact artfully with one another, are allowed to be quite rambunctious at the San Francisco Public Library’s main branch at least once a month.
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Hunt continues for assailant who fired blank rounds in San Francisco synagogue
SAN FRANCISCO - Police in San Francisco said they’re prioritizing calls to places of worship Friday as they continue hunting for a man who fired suspected blank rounds inside a Richmond District synagogue earlier in the week. The incident happened around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Schneerson Center at...
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Thieves ransack West Oakland convenience store 4 times in 3 months
OAKLAND, Calif. - A West Oakland convenience store owner is fed up after his shop was ransacked early Thursday for the fourth time in just three months. Ahmed Abdullah told KTVU the problem has become so bad he wants to close shop, and he’s already lost one insurance carrier over the costs of the break-ins.
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Where was Oakland Police Commission during latest OPD setback?
OAKLAND, Calif. - When the mayor put Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong on leave two weeks ago because of "systemic deficiencies" uncovered in Internal Affairs investigations, the chief and his allies came out hard against the 20-year-old federal oversight of OPD and specifically the federal monitor tasked with making sure police reforms are upheld.
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Child in California mountain lion attack leaves hospital
SAN FRANCISCO - A 5-year-old boy who was attacked by a mountain lion while hiking in rural Northern California with his mother and grandfather has been released from a hospital, authorities said Wednesday. The boy had raced ahead of the adults on a trail in San Mateo County, south of...
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Advocacy group wants San Francisco action on drug sales and overdose crisis
A San Francisco advocacy group is calling on city leaders to take action to address the drug sales and overdose crisis on city streets. Allie Rasmus reports.
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2 officers broadsided hours apart in Santa Rosa, including 1 by drunk driver
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Two Santa Rosa police officers were broadsided hours apart, including one by a drunk driver, officials said. On Wednesday around 7 p.m. a Santa Rosa police department detective was driving downtown in an SRPD vehicle westbound on Fourth Street and was making a southbound turn onto E Street when a Nissan Titan truck ran a red light and broadsided the car.
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Statue of Indian ruler stolen from San Jose park
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Authorities are investigating the case of a stolen statue that was taken from a San Jose park. According to San Jose Parks and Recreation, the Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue was missing from the Guadalupe River Park as of Friday. Park officials have not said when the statue was taken.
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Homicide victim found in Vallejo marsh was Richmond woman
VALLEJO, Calif. - A woman found dead in a marsh in Vallejo last month has been identified. The woman was 41-year-old Dayna Jones of Richmond. Jones was discovered on Jan. 18 in a marsh near the area of Wilson and Farragut streets. Investigators said Jones was the victim of a...
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Road rage results in machete attack on San Jose food delivery driver: VIDEO
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A San Jose DoorDash driver was attacked by a driver with a machete in a bizarre episode of road rage. Jerry Gonzales said he was making a delivery Monday night near Blossom Hill Road and Snell Avenue when he was approached from behind by a driver flashing his brights.
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Video: Thieves take thousands from Danville home, ring doorbell at end to say 'we got you'
DANVILLE, Calif. - A group of thieves put on quite the show during a brazen home burglary in Danville. The three burglars were caught on security video Tuesday around 7:25 p.m. at the home near Camino Tassajara and Wood Ranch. They are seen surveying from the backyard, falling into the pond, breaking in, then ringing the doorbell as they scurried away with arms full of stolen items.
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Communities brace for more rain in the Bay Area
ORINDA, Calif. - Rain has returned to the Bay Area after a short 16-day dry spell. Stronger storms and gusty winds are expected this weekend. People we talked to in Orinda welcomed the change in weather, but don’t want a repeat of what we saw last month like landslides, sinkholes, and flooding.
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Teem hit with gunfire, killed in Oakland shooting
OAKLAND, Calif. - A teenager was killed Friday morning in Oakland and no one is in custody, police said. Police spokeswoman Candace Kaes would not give the age of the boy, calling him only a "juvenile." The East Bay Times said he was 17 years old. She said police were...
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KTVU countdown to the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade
San Francisco's Union Square comes alive Saturday as KTVU presents the annual Chinese New Year parade. There are plenty of last minute preparations going on in the final hours before the big production.
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