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Juvenile arrested for attempted carjacking in San Bruno
(KRON) — Police arrested a juvenile boy Monday for allegedly attempting to carjack a woman in San Bruno. Around 9:32 a.m., San Bruno police responded to reports of the attempted carjacking. The victim said she was sitting in a parked car when the boy opened her car door, tried to pull her out and demanded […]
Mountain View Police Seek Public Help in Finding Missing Teenager Last Seen April 22
The Mountain View Police Department is seeking public assistance in locating Savannah, a missing teenager who was last seen on the evening of April 22. According to the official department's Facebook post, the 17-year-old was last spotted around 10:00 PM in the 700 block of West Middlefield Road. Savannah is...
8 Bay Area projects receive state grants to move homeless residents off the streets
Eight Bay Area projects will share in $54.9 million in state funds to help unsheltered homeless people move from encampments into housing. The projects — located in the cities of Oakland and Santa Cruz, and the counties of Marin, Monterey and Santa Cruz — are among 20 statewide receiving almost $192 million in Encampment Resolution Funding grants, the California Interagency Council on Homelessness announced Thursday.
Peninsula man cuts short his career to help homeless people put best face forward
A Redwood City man changed his career path - from running Stanford's Digital Language Lab to going to beauty school - so he could serve his community in a way that's more meaningful to him.Joseph Kautz started giving free haircuts for homeless people in 2019, after he had a brush with professionals outside a Seattle hygiene center. He said they treated people without housing like they were invisible."Like they were walking through a minefield, stepping over them and not really seeing them," Kautz explained. "And that kind of irked me."An idea buzzed in his head: Why not serve those in...
Rideshare driver escapes attempted carjacking in Palo Alto
(KRON) — A rideshare driver narrowly escaped a carjacking Monday night following a dramatic chase, according to the Palo Alto Police Department. Palo Alto PD dispatch got a call at 12:47 a.m. from a man in his twenties reporting suspicious circumstances. Officers arrived on scene in the 100 block of University Avenue and met the […]
Explosion destroys vehicle in Daly City's Westlake neighborhood
A vehicle exploded in Daly City's Westlake District on Wednesday morning, according to police. At 10:17 a.m., the Daly City Police Department and the North County Fire Authority responded to the area of Skyline and Westline drives due to several reports of an explosion. Upon arrival, they found an unoccupied Toyota sedan with damage consistent with an explosion from inside the passenger compartment. A propane tank in the vehicle appears to be the cause of the explosion, said police, who determined that it was accidental. Police said it does not appear that other property was damaged. No one was seen in or around the vehicle. "It appears this was isolated and there are no ongoing threats to the public," Daly City police said.
Bay Area scientists use game-changing technology to help birds amid climate change
SAN FRANCISCO BAY -- Bay Area scientists are using cutting-edge technology to better understand the decline in bird populations while finding ways to help species that are challenged. In the past 50 years, nearly 30% of the birds in North America, some 3 billion birds, have vanished due primarily to habitat loss, pollution, and now climate change. At the southern edge of the bay surrounded by urban sprawl, native and migratory birds have found a haven on a tiny strip of forest."This is a little island of natural habitat for everything that lives here, specifically we watch the birds," explained...
Mountain View Firefighters Douse Early Morning Blaze, Prevent Spread to Adjacent Apartment Complex
In the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday, a fire broke out in the parking lot of a sprawling Mountain View apartment complex, sending residents into a late-night scramble to safety. The blaze erupted beneath a carport in the 500 block of W. Middlefield Road, targeting vehicles and threatening to spread to the nearby 402-unit building. According to the City of Mountain View's Facebook post, the alarm was raised at 1:50 a.m., and fire units were dispatched promptly.
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