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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 […]
Redwood City seeks applicants for civic boards and commissions
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... With the deadline fast approaching, Redwood City officials are calling on community members to apply for open positions on various Boards, Commissions, and Committees (BCCs). Interested individuals have until April 30 to submit their applications. The city is looking to fill positions across a...
Peninsula gas station charges $7.09 per gallon for regular
A gas station on the Peninsula is giving drivers some extreme sticker shock. A Chevron station in Menlo Park is charging $7.09 per gallon for regular, $7.45 for plus and $7.69 for supreme. That's at least a dollar more than stations nearby and well above the state average of $5.42.
Plan for protected bike lanes along Oakland's Grand Avenue raising red flags for businesses
Oakland is about to expand its network of bike lanes, and, business owners are once again raising concerns.This time, the changes are prompting questions along the Grand Avenue corridor, just off Lake Merritt. The pushback already has the city making some adjustments."My staff, each one of them has been smash-and-grabbed four times," Gerry Mogg at Modigliani Cafe said.Mogg's acclaimed sandwich shop boasts five-star reviews. The problem, he said, is right outside his front door.And that, he believes, is why his customers will be reluctant to walk from surrounding streets or parking lots, if 32 spaces, or about 40% of the...
East Bay Street Photographers Want You to Take ‘Notice’
When photographers come together to show their work, the stories flow. That’s sure to be the case at the Oakland Photo Workshop on Friday, May 3, as the Cameras + Coffee Club and the East Bay Photo Collective host “NOTICE,” a showcase featuring work by top-tier Bay Area street photographers who belong to the Oakland Street Photography Collective.
San Francisco jail attacks lead to charges against 8 inmates
SAN FRANCISCO - Prosecutors have charged eight people incarcerated at San Francisco County jails in alleged attacks on sheriff's deputies. Officials said nine deputies were attacked in unrelated incidents over several weeks. The incarcerated persons who are facing charges were identified as Cameron Davis, 30; Deandre Joubert, 26; Javares Singleton,...
San Francisco's renovated 911 emergency dispatch center has problems day after unveiling
Shortly after the city of San Francisco opened its newly renovated 911 emergency dispatch center this week, there was a brief outage and switch to a backup system.The computer-aided dispatch system went down for approximately two and a half hours early Thursday morning, according to a spokesperson for the city's Department of Emergency Management."Dispatch immediately switched to a redundant system and there was no impact on the public's ability to call 911 or our ability to dispatch emergency services," the spokesperson said."The rollout of the new system is a large and complex project, and will include a complete refresh of...
SF Sheriff addresses recent jail assaults, low staffing levels
(KRON) – Over the past month, two San Francisco County jails were locked down due to increasing assaults on deputies by inmates at the facilities. Since March 29, nine jail staff members have been assaulted by incarcerated individuals, the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office said. According to a recent survey released by the San Francisco Sheriff's […]
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...
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