Video: Car goes up in flames during crash in San Francisco
Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze and transported an occupant to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Pleasanton Police Say Arrest Made in Storage Unit Burglary Spree
PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA – If you’re not careful, your clutter could soon become someone else’s payday. That’s the message from the Pleasanton, California police. The department said in a statement that in late December, they nabbed a thief who had been allegedly breaking into local storage units and stealing what...
California city offering 24 months of rental assistance for low-income residents
CALIFORNIA – The city of Milpitas announced that it has partnered with FORWARD – a program administration for local governments, to launch the city’s Workforce Housing Rental Assistance Program (WHRAP) round two.
93-year-old turns himself in after allegedly fatally shooting spouse in Fremont parking lot
A man allegedly fatally shot his 86-year-old spouse in their car and then immediately turned himself in to police, according to the Fremont Police Department.
Bay Area tech startup crashes into bankruptcy, owing nonprofits $29M
A Bay Area fundraising startup that once promised to modernize charitable giving has instead landed in bankruptcy court, leaving nonprofits across the country short a combined $29 million in donor cash. The collapse has frozen money that organizations expected to use for education, health care, legal defense and...
SF signs reparations fund that could trigger $5M payouts per person
San Francisco has taken one of the most aggressive steps in the national reparations debate, approving a new fund that could eventually deliver up to $5 million per eligible Black resident. The measure, signed quietly by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, stops far short of cutting checks today, but it locks in a...
Contra Costa Supervisor’s son undergoes successful bone marrow stem cell transplant for aplastic anemia
Family members share of Chris Gioia’s health journey, call for donors. Last summer, Chris Gioia, the 33-year-old son of Contra Costa County District 1 Supervisor John Gioia, underwent a bone marrow stem cell transplant for his aplastic anemia and Gioia, Chris’s mother, Maria “Charo” Gioia, and her husband, Marc Joffe...
A Beloved Alligator Who Inspired a Children’s Book Has Died
The San Francisco Bay Area has lost one of its most unique and cherished icons. Claude, the famed albino alligator of the California Academy of Sciences, has swum off to that great swamp in the sky. The ivory-skinned icon passed away on Dec. 2. Bart Shepherd, director of the museum’s...
San Francisco Progressives Envy Mamdani’s Rise in NYC
San Francisco Progressives Envy Mamdani's Rise in NYC
Thousands of Black Californians Could Get $5M Reparations Under New Law
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has signed a new ordinance establishing a reparations fund aimed at addressing the impacts of slavery and racial discrimination, following approval by the city’s Board of Supervisors earlier this month. In a statement to Newsweek, Lurie underscored that the measure creates only the...
