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Oakland kicks off ‘Great Pave’ with fresh asphalt for Fruitvale side street
Oakland kicks off ‘Great Pave’ with fresh asphalt for Fruitvale side street
By Sarah Ravani
Oakland kicked off Thursday the start of its $100 million repaving plan using the city’s infrastructure bond money to repair significantly dilapidated roadways with an emphasis on city streets that have ...
Mountain Fire consumes three homes as containment grows to 40%
Firefighters have increased control of the Mountain Fire in Shasta County, keeping the fire at 600 acres while increasing containment to 40%, authorities said Friday.
Adachi family hopes new report will help with ‘restoring his reputation’
Medical experts hired by Jeff Adachi’s family concluded the public defender died of natural causes. The family hopes those findings will reverse the narrative around his death, according to their ...
California lawmaker slams Facebook over anti-vaccine activist’s shove video
A day after he was shoved by an anti-vaccine activist who streamed the incident live on Facebook, state Sen. Richard Pan said social media companies should be responsible for allowing violent discourse.
San Francisco prosecutors hold off on charging decision in truffle shop choke-hold case
Prosecutors will hold off on charging a man who police said put a North Beach truffle shop owner in a choke hold after being physically ushered out of the store, officials said Thursday.
Discovery Bay woman found dead in water behind her home
A Discovery Bay woman who had been reported missing was found dead Wednesday night submerged in water behind her home, authorities said.
Bay Briefing: Friday Night Lights in Paradise
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Friday, Aug. 23, and Paradise marks another step on the road to recovery, S.F. stores prepare to take cash again, and a Chronicle photojournalism pioneer gets a second ...
Dems rally behind more pragmatic health care approach
8/23/2019 LAS VEGAS — Democratic voters appear to be reassessing their approach to health care, a pragmatic shift on their party’s top 2020 issue. While “Medicare for All” remains hugely popular, ...
Oakland homicide victim IDd as Garden Grove man
8/23/2019 The victim of a Tuesday fatal shooting in Oakland’s Uptown district has been identified as 32-year-old Garden Grove resident Janath Liyanage, according to Oakland police.
Visiting every playground in SF in 1 summer: no walk in the park
8/23/2019 From every San Francisco playground in one summer to every San Francisco brewery in one day, residents soak up all that our whimsical city has to offer.
Amid a cloud of misconduct cases, SF Sheriff’s Department...
The San Francisco Sheriff’s Department will no longer conduct internal investigations of deputy misconduct, ceding that authority instead to an outside agency in an effort to increase transparency and ...
Gut check: Benioffs donate $35 million to further study of...
UCSF and Stanford will start joint centers for studying the human microbiome with a $35 million gift from Marc and Lynne Benioff. The microbiome is the complex network of foreign bacteria, viruses and ...
After 14 years, has California's bet on stem cells paid off?
It was an extraordinary proposal: Approve a $3 billion bond measure to fund the science of stem cell therapy, and soon some of the world’s cruelest diseases and most disabling injuries could be eradicated.
Adachi leak: What SF leaders have said about police raid on...
The raid has raised questions about whether police violated the state’s shield law protecting journalists from being compelled to identify confidential sources.
Mountain Fire consumes three homes as containment grows to 40%
Firefighters have increased control of the Mountain Fire in Shasta County, keeping the fire at 600 acres while increasing containment to 40%, authorities said Friday.
Adachi family hopes new report will help with ‘restoring his reputation’
Medical experts hired by Jeff Adachi’s family concluded the public defender died of natural causes. The family hopes those findings will reverse the narrative around his death, according to their ...
California lawmaker slams Facebook over anti-vaccine activist’s shove video
A day after he was shoved by an anti-vaccine activist who streamed the incident live on Facebook, state Sen. Richard Pan said social media companies should be responsible for allowing violent discourse.
San Francisco prosecutors hold off on charging decision in truffle shop choke-hold case
Prosecutors will hold off on charging a man who police said put a North Beach truffle shop owner in a choke hold after being physically ushered out of the store, officials said Thursday.
Discovery Bay woman found dead in water behind her home
A Discovery Bay woman who had been reported missing was found dead Wednesday night submerged in water behind her home, authorities said.
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SF Embarcadero attack suspect back in jail after earlier case...
Police obtained a warrant for the arrest of Austin James Vincent in connection with an incident earlier this year. Investigators believe he had a knife and threatened to kill a woman.
Neighbors had a plan to transform Haight Street eyesore. Then...
City Hall asks for plans to enliven a vacant lot at Haight and Stanyan Streets, receives an excellent proposal and then rejects it. The site will remain an ugly parking lot for the foreseeable future.
Even a home not always enough to save long-term homeless
Marcus Emery called me every few weeks to update me on his life — and to give me his new phone number. I’ve got four numbers saved under his name in my cell phone. “Mr. Otis, this is Marcus,” he’d say in his slow, velvety baritone that made his name sound like “Maaar-cus” when ...
There really is a place where old buses are admired and...
It’s safe to say that most people don’t care much for buses, but in a big old garage in Fremont, they are admired, respected and treated as artifacts.
Don’t underestimate Trump’s supporters. They can re-elect...
The president’s voters don’t expect him to find them a job. They don’t expect free health care, and they don’t have college debt. Trump’s voters know they are screwed. They just want to be entertained. It’s the Democrats who can tear each other apart over the issues and leave a ...
