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San Francisco wants to put a ceiling on one of the biggest rent hikes some longtime tenants can face, but tenant advocates say the proposed limit may still leave renters vulnerable to displacement. State of play: Supervisor Danny Sauter recently proposed legislation that would cap annual increases from "banked" rent an

Local clinical providers are in a battle with a California health-care workers union over a state ballot measure that would alter the way that clinics spend their funds. Proposition 44 , which is headed to the ballot in November, would require community clinics to spend 90% of their annual taxpayer-funded revenue on pa

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — There won’t be any more fires on Angel Island this year — at least, none set intentionally. Cal Fire has called off all prescribed burning on the island after its latest operation sent smoke across the bay and into neighborhoods.  The prescribed burn would have helped prevent wildfires and care f

A man was reportedly stabbed and suffered life-threatening injuries Wednesday afternoon onboard a 14-Mission bus in the vicinity of 10th and Mission streets, and a suspect has been arrested. The incident happened around 1:41 pm Wednesday, as the Chronicle reports via the San Francisco Police Department. The victim was

(KRON) — A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle near Richmond High School Thursday morning, police said. The Richmond Police Department told KRON4 that the crash occurred near the intersection of Maricopa Avenue and 23rd Street. Police told KRON4 they got the call just before 6:30 a.m. Richmond PD officers arr

Several boats were removed from the Oakland Estuary on Thursday as part of an ongoing shoreline cleanup initiative funded by a $3.2 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Oakland Police Chief James Beere said at a news conference that the cleanup has resulted in arrests, and that...

Bay Area residents who frequently travel across the Bay Bridge may see their commutes nearly double if the region's transit systems fail to secure new funding and instead enter a "fiscal death spiral," a new report finds. The San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) released a report on Tue

TLC and Salt-N-Pepa will co-headline the It’s Iconic Tour at Toyota Pavilion at Concord on October 11, with En Vogue opening. The 7:30 p.m. show, with tickets starting at $52, is scheduled to conclude the tour’s 32-date North American run, Essence reported; The Mercury News reported the local ticket and start-time deta

UC Berkeley student Eden Winograd says a man chased her home and climbed her apartment gate, and Berkeley police released him after identifying him the next day because officers hadn't personally witnessed the alleged trespassing.

LifeLong Medical Care employees picketed across the East Bay yesterday. They're represented by the Union of American Physicians and Dentists, which has been engaged in contract negotiations with LifeLong Medical since December of last year. Family medicine physician Julia Marino spoke to KALW outside of LifeLong's west