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SFBay
April 19, 2018
Caltrans has released its first-ever bicycle and pedestrian plan to improve and organize “active transportation” methods in California. The plan sets a goal of creating ... out the project over the next ten years. California residents can access the plan online at http://www.dot.ca.gov/activecalifornia/theplan.htmlÃâà...
SFBay
April 18, 2018
The organizer said that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has each inmate's charges listed, and they have their own hearing process where those detained can appeal their classification and have people speak on their behalf. However, the county does not have any such system.
SFBay
April 18, 2018
The California Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash on northbound Interstate Highway 880 in Fremont Wednesday morning. The crash was reported at 9:42 a.m. on northbound Highway 880 at South Fremont Boulevard. The Alameda County coroner's bureau is also responding to the scene,Ãâà...
SFBay
April 17, 2018
A man who fell to his death after he was involved in a collision on Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland Sunday evening was identified by the Alameda County coroner's bureau Monday as 43-year-old Joaquin Terry of San Rafael. California Highway Patrol officials said Terry was driving a Mercedes-Benz thatÃâà...
SFBay
April 12, 2018
Senchyna-Beltran had worked as a licensed EMT for Falck Northern California. Since 2012, he had been by the San Francisco Emergency Services Agency as an emergency medical technician, according to a database of certified EMTs maintained by the California Emergency Medical Services Authority.
SFBay
April 12, 2018
Three media organizations sued California corrections officials in federal court in San Francisco Thursday, seeking the right for witnesses, including reporters, to view the entire procedure of an execution. A new protocol by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for executions at SanÃâà...
SFBay
April 12, 2018
All Bay Area ferryboats that serve commuters and tourists will soon switch from regular diesel to renewable diesel fuel, San Francisco officials announced Thursday at Pier 35. Switching the entire fleet of ferries that serve San Francisco's waterfront to renewable diesel will reduce greenhouse gas emissionsÃâà...
SFBay
April 10, 2018
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded more than $212 million for long-term natural disaster recovery efforts in California. The Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery money will address seriously damaged housing, businesses and infrastructureÃâà...
SFBay
April 3, 2018
A woman who is apparently the sole suspect in a mass shooting at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno Tuesday afternoon — who died at the scene of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound — has been identified by police. There is no evidence that Nasim Najafi Aghdam, 39, knew any of the victims orÃâà...
SFBay
March 30, 2018
San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell (left) gestures at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Mission Bay Marriott Hotel in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, Mar. 29. 2018. Mayor Mark Farrell, Supervisor Jane Kim and SOMA Hotel President Lawrence Lui broke ground at the future site of the hotel atÃâà...
SFBay
March 21, 2018
Other changes include reducing the frequency on the 1-California by half a minute, reducing frequency on the 30-Stockton by several minutes, reducing the frequency by one minute on the 41-Union. Changes to add more service on the rail lines is contingent upon the board approving its two-year budget,Ãâà...
SFBay
March 21, 2018
Scot Tucker/SFBay. Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman (25) intercepts a pass in the first quarter in front of San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Lloyd (84) as the Seattle Seahawks face the San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, November 27, 2014.
SFBay
March 21, 2018
San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell announced a $800,000 funding boost in the upcoming budget for the Adult Probation Department to hire more staff so the department can make sure guns do not end up in the wrong hands. The California voter-approved ballot measure Proposition 63 in 2016 lays out aÃâà...
SFBay
March 20, 2018
Uber briefly halted self-driving car tests in San Francisco in December 2016 after the California Department of Motor Vehicles filed a cease and desist order because the company did not have proper permits. Uber said its vehicles were not fully autonomous because a human driver was inside the vehicle,Ãâà...
SFBay
March 20, 2018
San Francisco's Embarcadero Seawall along the northern waterfront is need of repair to protect The City from a massive flood that may come from the next big earthquake or from the rising sea level due to climate change. Estimates put the infrastructure improvements to cost up to $5 billion for the more thanÃâà...
SFBay
March 6, 2018
The Sonoma County District Attorney's Office is directing staff to begin clearing nearly 3,000 cannabis-related convictions. District Attorney Jill Ravitch revised the policy in response to Proposition 64, which California voters approved in November 2016 to legalize the adult use of marijuana and reconsidersÃâà...
SFBay
March 6, 2018
Two men were arrested in Oakland after police searched for explosives and evacuated a hotel on Monday night. The investigation began when California Highway Patrol officers tried to stop a Honda CRV at about 4:43 a.m. on Sunday. The driver would not yield, according to CHP, and led them on a shortÃâà...
SFBay
March 5, 2018
A woman was killed when she was hit by a car at the Fifth Street on-ramp to eastbound Interstate Highway 80 early Sunday morning, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said. The woman was struck by one vehicle, and as her body lay in the roadway, she was struck by other vehicles whose driversÃâà...
SFBay
March 5, 2018
The Oakland Unified School District has secured a $1.8 million grant to support refugee, refugee and newcomer students. California will give OUSD $611,840 this school year – the second highest grant the state is awarding – according to OUSD. The total grant will be distributed evenly over the next twoÃâà...
SFBay
February 26, 2018
In a case that began in San Francisco, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday left in place protections for nearly 700,000 undocumented young people who arrived in the United States as children. The high court turned down a Justice Department appeal for immediate review of a preliminary injunction blockingÃâà...
SF State Campus Headlines
February 23, 2018
Waters from the Pacific Ocean and the Sierra meet in San Francisco Bay — and in terms of pollution, the focus traditionally has been on the water brought to the Bay by rivers and runoff from the land. However, deep cold ocean waters that upwell along the California coast may bring their own issues.
SFBay
February 20, 2018
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Tuesday that he would not appeal a recent state appeals court ruling ordering a new bail hearing for a man held on $350,000 bail in San Francisco while awaiting trial for robbery. Becerra's decision came as rallies were held across the state seekingÃâà...
CBS San Francisco Bay Area
February 8, 2018
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) – The number of people packing up and moving out of the Bay Area just hit its highest level in more than a decade. Carole Dabak spent 40 years living in San Jose and now she's part of the mass exodus that is showing no signs of slowing down. The retired engineer's packing up andÃâà...
SFBay
December 31, 1999
An affordable housing site in San Francisco's Mission Bay broke ground Thursday morning that will house homeless veterans and low-income families. City officials joined Mayor Mark Farrell in the groundbreaking at 1150 Third St., in which Farrell dedicated the new housing site to former Mayor Ed Lee,Ãâà...
SFBay
December 31, 1999
On a day when activists marched in support of immigrants arrested in federal sweeps, State Assemblyman David Chiu held a press conference at the City College of San Francisco Mission Center campus to remind students that the deadline to apply for the California Dream Act is on Friday. HundredsÃâà...
SFBay
December 31, 1999
San Francisco and state officials are joining forces in attempting to provide legal representation for detained immigrants in Northern California as the ... additional funds to the Public Defenders Office for more money for attorneys for undocumented immigrants in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, Mar.
