If California pauses new local building codes, it risks slowing climate progress
Guest Commentary written by David Cohen David Cohen is a San José city council member Vicki Veenker Vicki Veenker is Palo Alto’s vice mayor With the devastating Los Angeles blazes still fresh in memory, cities across the Bay Area region are developing plans to lower the climate-heating emissions that are fanning the...
San Leandro man slain while walking dog identified
(KRON) — A man who was walking his dog in a San Leandro neighborhood was shot and killed earlier this month. On Friday, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Coroner’s Bureau identified the victim as Ryan M. Christie, 47, of San Leandro. Christie was walking his dog on the morning of June 14 along Euclid Avenue […]
S.F.’s new Pride festival prompts overwhelming refund requests after ‘sketchy behavior’
SoSF was supposed to be San Francisco’s hottest new Pride Weekend celebration, but it has devolved into controversy — leaving many ticket holders frustrated and struggling to secure refunds.
SF man who heroically saved 2 lives from burning building honored
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A San Francisco man who rushed into a burning apartment building to rescue two people trapped by smoke and fire is being honored with a Carnegie Medal for his heroic action, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission announced Thursday. Josué Alfredo Contreras was working as a bouncer at a Mission...
Two injured in 6-car crash in San Francisco
(KRON) — Two people were injured after a crash that involved six vehicles Wednesday evening in San Francisco, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) said. The crash happened near the intersection of Fulton and Stanyan streets around 7:14 p.m. The two victims were taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening...
San Francisco Pride: Feeling safe and free to be yourself
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco is preparing to host its Pride celebration this weekend. City leaders are getting ready for a weekend of festivities, and they're reminding everyone to be safe, have fun and be on the lookout for anything suspicious. While events will happen throughout the city, crews are...
SFPD arrests man, seizes gambling machines, firearms at Tenderloin liquor store
San Francisco police arrested a man and seized an assembly of illegal gambling machines, firearms and suspected narcotics at a Tenderloin liquor store, authorities said.
Deadly car accident in Albany: Sedan falls over freeway overpass
ALBANY, Calif. - A person in a silver Hyundai died Friday morning on the freeway near the Albany area in a crash that involved three vehicles, according to the California Highway Patrol and witnesses. The 3:30 a.m. accident occurred on eastbound Interstate Highway 580 at Interstate 80 by Buchanan Street.
S.F. gave these homeless nonprofits nearly $2 billion. The salaries of their execs might...
Nonprofits serving the homeless work with San Francisco’s poorest people, yet some of their executives are earning salaries and benefits totaling more than double the city’s average household income.
Bay Area on track for coldest June in decades. Here’s when it could shift
Parts of the Bay Area are within striking distance of measuring the coldest June in decades as cool ocean temperatures turbocharge the marine layer.