‘Do your job, or step down’: Bay Area Filipinos decry San Francisco consulate
BAY AREA FILIPINO COMMUNITY members and activists rallied this week outside the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco to protest what they believe is a failure from local consular officials to respond to issues affecting the Filipino community in the Bay Area. Activists at the rally Monday called on the...
This 1969 prison takeover by Native activists ended Nixon’s policy of terminating Indian tribes
When fire destroyed San Francisco’s American Indian Center in 1969, activists didn’t just rebuild. They seized an entire island. For 19 months, Native Americans occupied Alcatraz prison, creating their own schools, clinics, and radio station while the world watched. The bold move forced major policy changes that...
Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia gets a street named after him in San Francisco
The dedication, held in the Excelsior, where Jerry Garcia grew up, kicked off a weekend of celebrations including Jerry Day and three Dead & Company concerts in Golden Gate Park.
Stockton Motorcycle Club Founder Indicted on Multiple Firearm Charges, Averted Escape at San Francisco...
A federal grand jury has indicted Jashanpreet Singh, 26, of Lodi, the founder of a Stockton-based outlaw motorcycle club, on multiple firearm charges. Singh is charged with unlawful dealing of firearms, possession of an unregistered short-barreled rifle, and unlawful possession of a machine gun, according to the U.S....
FBI takes down Northern California man in shocking murder-for-hire plot
(FOX40.COM) — One of three people connected to a murder-for-hire plot in Northern California pleaded guilty on Friday for conspiracy to use interstate commerce facilities as part of the plan to kill someone, according to the United States Department of Justice.•Video Above: How to report a public safety threat Court...
Contra Costa man faces life in prison for deadly DUI crash on Highway 162
OROVILLE, Calif. - A man from Contra Costa County was arraigned in Butte County Superior Court Friday on charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence causing injury. 38-year-old Fernando Martinez Lynch of Oakley was informed of the charges related to a fatal crash on...
Woman killed by falling tree branches while hiking in Yosemite
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (FOX26) — 29-year-old Angela Shih Lin, from the San Francisco Bay Area, died on July 19th when she was hit by falling tree branches while hiking with friends in Yosemite National Park. Lin was an avid swing dancer, frequently attending events such as Wednesday Night...
Oakland police seize 27 guns in less than a week
The Oakland Police Department seized 27 guns and made multiple felony arrests for serious crimes in less than a week, the department announced Friday.
Mother killed by red-light runner in San Mateo crash identified
(KRON) — A mother was killed and her two young boys were critically injured after the car they were traveling in was broadsided by an SUV that blew through a red light in San Mateo Thursday evening, according to police. Officers with the San Mateo Police Department and California Highway Patrol responded to the crash...
California high speed rail plans to start construction in Gilroy
Is California's embattled high-speed rail project finally coming to the Bay Area?. The railway project connecting San Francisco to Los Angles was approved by voters back in 2008, but ballooning costs and setbacks have caused major delays. A 171-mile stretch is currently under construction in the Central Valley. Gov....
