Suspected driver in Bay Area crash that killed 6 people is identified
A 53-year-old Stockton man is suspected of driving under the influence in a crash that killed six people over the weekend in Napa County, authorities said Monday. Norberto Celerino was driving a Toyota Sienna minivan that veered off Pope Valley Road and hit a tree shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday, according to the...
SFPD let Georgia, Texas cops illegally search city surveillance data on behalf of ICE
San Francisco police let out-of-state cops run more than 1.6 million illegal searches of the city’s license-plate reader database — including at least 19 that were marked as related to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to records obtained by The Standard. California sanctuary laws bar police from...
Transit rally in San Francisco after California might not give $750M loan
SAN FRANCISCO - Transit advocates are holding a rally Monday in order to persuade California to "deliver on its commitment" to provide emergency loan funding to prevent cuts to public transportation. The rally is being organized by members of the Transbay Coalition and attended by state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San...
Meet the mom driving America’s school buses into the future
School buses are the largest mass transport system in the country, and yet they’ve barely changed over the last 100 years. Bill Weir travels to California to meet a mother who is bringing child transportation into the 21st century, and has made Oakland the first fully electric powered school bus district in the...
Tenderloin residents sue SF in effort to stop distribution of harm reduction kits
Tenderloin residents claim that supplying paraphernalia like pipes, aluminum foil and other instruments attract both drug dealers and drug users to the area.
Monday Morning Headlines: First Fridays Organizers Push Back on Blame for Shootings
Organizers of Oakland's First Fridays events are pushing back on the blame the event is getting for Saturday morning's shootings. The Oakland police union pointed the finger at the event, which can draw around 30,000 people, for the shootings that occurred in the neighborhood hours after the event had officially...
Urgent Ebony Alert Issued for Missing 14-Year-Old Girl in San Lorenzo, Alameda County
An Ebony Alert has been issued for 14-year-old Rylee Nalls, who was last seen in San Lorenzo, Alameda County. According to a social media post from CHP Alerts, Rylee went missing around 8 PM yesterday. Authorities are asking for the public's assistance in locating her. Rylee is 5 feet 4...
This Bay Area burger spot just opened. It’s so popular it’s already expanding
The high-energy smashburger spot comes from a food influencer and other locals giving back to their Bay Area neighborhood.
Smash-and-grab robbery at San Jose jewelry store captured in shocking video
An employee, identified as the store’s 88-year-old owner, was violently pushed to the floor during the attack involving more than a dozen people.
Effort to remove fountain from S.F. Embarcadero Plaza hit with cease-and-desist letter
San Francisco officials’ efforts to dismantle the 710-ton tangle of concrete pipes known as the Vaillancourt Fountain hit a snag when its creator sent the city a cease-and-desist letter.
