Super Bowl weekend delivers windfall for San Francisco businesses
Super Bowl weekend brought packed events and record crowds to San Francisco and the Bay Area, generating hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity.
100 Years After a Black Family Was Forced Out, a Descendant Sues a California...
Sidney and Iréne Dearing, along with their two small children, faced lynching and bomb threats after they settled in a “sundown town” in California in 1924. As the first Black homeowners in Piedmont, a wealthy white suburb of Oakland, they endured a racial terror campaign that included a mob of 500 people showing up...
Former California correctional lieutenant charged with smuggling contraband into prison
SAN JOSE, California - A former California state correctional lieutenant has been arrested on charges of conspiring to smuggle contraband into a state prison in exchange for approximately $100,000 in payments from an inmate. Matthew L. Madsen, a 39-year-old from Greenfield, California, made his initial appearance in...
Experts confirm unbelievable comeback of rare creatures from brink of extinction: ‘They’re very unique’
"This is an example of government working." Experts confirm unbelievable comeback of rare creatures from brink of extinction: 'They're very unique' first appeared on The Cool Down .
A luxury jet ‘exodus’ followed Super Bowl night in the Bay Area
The Super Bowl triggered a 1,136% increase in business jet activity over the prior Sunday at Bay Area airports.
Oakland gang members sentenced to nearly 60 years in federal prison
Associates of an Oakland gang have been sentenced to a combined total of nearly 60 years in federal prison for a series of armed robberies that targeted small Bay Area businesses.
Recent Palo Alto student death prompts advocacy for active suicide prevention
Palo Alto High School junior Julia Curtis published a petition Wednesday requesting that the Palo Alto Unified School District install active suicide prevention at the Churchill Avenue and Alma Street train crossing. Her petition — with over 3,200 signatures as of Sunday — came following the death of Summer Devi...
Northern California Weather Alert: Sacramento, Redding See Below-Normal Temps and Prolonged Cold Valentine’s Day...
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Sacramento, California – A colder-than-normal weather pattern is expected to settle across Northern California heading into Valentine’s Day weekend, bringing sustained below-normal temperatures and an...
Alameda County sheriff’s deputies shoot and kill man near San Leandro
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. - Alameda County sheriff's deputies shot and killed an unarmed man early Monday morning near San Leandro, according to the California Attorney General's Office. Surveillance video obtained by KTVU shows the man slowly walking toward deputies before raising an object at them. "Hands up!" a deputy...
East Bay loses multiple sushi spots, cafes among January restaurant closures
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