Labor Day protests take place across the Bay Area
Many people in the Bay Area spent this Labor Day fighting for workers’ rights. A number of large protests took place in cities across the region. Below is a breakdown on what happened at some of the rallies. Union members march, rally in San Francisco. Hundreds of people rallied...
Woman with $25,000 warrant arrested for shoplifting at Colma Target
(KRON) – A Petaluma woman with a warrant for her arrest was taken into custody for shoplifting at Target, according to the Colma Police Department. Colma police officers responded to a report of theft at Target on Junipero Serra Boulevard at approximately 10:07 p.m. on Aug. 21. Arriving officers were informed that...
This Bay Area city has a major geese poop problem that’s costing them nearly...
In this San Francisco Bay Area city the biggest nuisance isn’t traffic or housing prices – it’s geese poop. And it’s about to cost taxpayers nearly $400,000 to get rid of the problem. Hundreds of Canadian geese have made themselves at home in Foster City, California , leaving behind droppings that foul lagoons, drive...
Activists deploy 16-foot boat demanding Trader Joe’s cut ties with Petaluma Poultry
Cardboard ocean waves, sailor hats and a 16-foot sailboat set the scene Saturday outside of the Trader Joe’s on University Avenue. Animal welfare activists aboard the boat parked outside the store warned customers passing by to “steer away” from Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry, a company the activists allege engages in...
‘Incredibly missed’: Retired Bay Area police K9 passes
(KRON) — A retired Bay Area police K9 has crossed over the rainbow bridge. The Pittsburg Police Department is in mourning Sunday for the loss of K9 officer Jager. “It is with deep and profound sadness that we announce the passing of one of our beloved retired K9s,” the Pittsburg Police Department wrote on social […]
‘Protesting at the farmers market’: Bay Area recycling startup has residents fearing pollution
The startup said it has developed a method for recycling some of the toughest types of plastic waste.
San Francisco officials propose policy to ban more gas appliances: ‘The health impacts …...
"We can't build the San Francisco of the future with fuel from the past." San Francisco officials propose policy to ban more gas appliances: 'The health impacts … are real, and we can't ignore them' first appeared on The Cool Down .
Homes scorched in San Leandro fire
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. - Two homes were damaged by a fire in San Leandro on Sunday morning. Alameda County Fire Department crews were sent about 10:55 a.m. to the 2200 block of Upland Road on reports of a house fire, according to a department statement. Firefighters learned at the scene...
Candlelight vigil tonight for Dinh Le: ‘He was living his best life’
The family of a man who died recently after a driver struck him on his evening walk in Berkeley has organized a candlelight vigil tonight to honor him. Dinh Le lived just a few blocks from the intersection where a driver struck him Aug. 17, in the Elmwood neighborhood at Derby and Regent streets next to Willard Park....
Oakland police to encrypt radio traffic, cutting off public access
OAKLAND, Calif. - Changes are coming to Oakland police radios. Starting Wednesday, all police radio traffic will be encrypted, cutting off public access to real-time dispatch calls for the first time in years. Critics, including lawmakers and civil rights advocates, call the move dangerous and a blow to transparency....
