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Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. When Jillian Crochet, a disabled power wheelchair user and artist in Oakland, California, waits to take the bus, she already faces delays that many other riders don’t. People are invariably blocking the wheelchair spot, even if it’s not too crowded, and she can end up waiting 20 minutes longer for a new bus. That wait may soon get even longer.

The San Francisco 49ers will be without Dre Greenlaw for Week 6 after the NFL upheld his suspension on Oct. 13. After a play was over, Greenlaw struck Seattle Seahawks‘ Ernest Jones in the head with his helmet while the linebacker was without his helmet. As a result, Greenlaw...

For several years, the Bay Area’s major transit systems have financially struggled. The pandemic massively cut into ridership, and as the number of fare-paying passengers declined, agencies from BART to AC Transit have relied on state and federal funding to bridge the gap. Slowly, over the past year or...

A California State Auditor report released October 13 found 57 dams in poor or unsatisfactory condition, including 40 rated high or extremely high hazard, most of them clustered near Los Angeles, San Diego, and the Bay Area. If the worst-case scenario unfolds, failures at those 40 highest-risk structures could collectively...

The San Francisco 49ers might be on a 5-0 run on the gridiron. But their toughest opponent is lurking inside their own locker room. Ahead of the Week 6 game against the Washington Commanders, a bug has hit the roster, including George Kittle and possibly Colton McKivitz. That has sent a wave of panic across the fanbase. “There’s a bug going around the #49ers locker room – George Kittle had it in Seattle and now Colton McKivitz has it and likely Carver Willis who was missing from practice on Thur

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Thirty years ago Wednesday, 42-year-old Ylva Annika Hagner walked out of her job at Ixos Software on Sixth Avenue in Belmont around 9:30 p.m. and was never seen again. On the anniversary of her October 14, 1996 disappearance, the Belmont Police Department and the FBI say they remain committed to locating Hagner and bringing those responsible for her disappearance to justice, and are asking anyone with information to come forward.

Flanked by Japanese American and Native American community leaders, California Attorney General Rob Bonta escalated a growing national effort to block the Trump administration from closing regional centers of the National Archives. At issue in the federal lawsuit filed by Bonta today on behalf of the State of California is the future of the National Archives […] The post California Attorney General Rob Bonta joins the fight to save National Archives appeared first on The Voice of San Francisco

(KRON) — Grocery Outlet is taking over the Walgreens in Oakland’s Lake Merritt neighborhood that permanently closed in early 2025. The store’s grand opening will be on Thursday, Oct. 22, according to a news release by Grocery Outlet. This Grocery Outlet will be located at 301 18th St. in Oakland, a couple blocks away from […]

Federal prosecutors sought to portray former Mayor Sheng Thao as a greedy politician “who put her own monetary interest above the people that she was supposed to serve,” as a high-profile corruption trial got underway in downtown Oakland on Wednesday. The government and defense attorneys for Thao, Andre...