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- Fire destroys building; town evacuated17 mins ago
Fire destroys building; town evacuated The blaze, whose cause was unknown at the time, quickly destroyed at least one building and thousands of acres of heavy brush and timber, thanks to high temperatures … More »Fire destroys building; town evacuated
- Plumas fire grows; blaze by Fresno cools1 hr 32 mins ago
Plumas fire grows; blaze by Fresno cools The Plumas County Sheriff's Office has ordered mandatory evacuations for Rush Creek, the town of Seneca, and the Caribou Road from Highway 70 to Butt Lake Dam. … More »Plumas fire grows; blaze by Fresno cools
- Filipino unity, food, music cap festival2 hrs 47 mins ago
Filipino unity, food, music cap festival On a bright Sunday at the Pistahan Festival, the annual Filipino celebration of culture and food in Yerba Buena Gardens, sisters Leesa and Stephanie Cantero were … More »Filipino unity, food, music cap festival
- $525K lottery ticket wins in Kentfield5 hrs ago
$525K lottery ticket wins in Kentfield A customer at Colonial Liquor came exceedingly close to winning the MEGA Millions jackpot Friday night. The prize can be claimed at any California Lottery District … More »$525K lottery ticket wins in Kentfield
- Probe of Chevron fire focuses on pipe21 hrs ago
Probe of Chevron fire focuses on pipe Federal investigators looking into Monday's fire at the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond want to know why the 8-inch carbon steel pipe that failed wasn't replaced … More »Probe of Chevron fire focuses on pipe
- 1 Killed, 3 Injured In Separate Oakland Shootings31 mins ago
One person has been killed and three other injured in two shootings in Oakland Sunday afternoon, police said. More »1 Killed, 3 Injured In Separate Oakland Shootings
- Two Suspected Drunk Drivers Collide In Menlo Park Hit-Run …37 mins ago
Two suspected drunk drivers crashed into each other in Menlo Park early Saturday morning, according to police. More »Two Suspected Drunk Drivers Collide In Menlo Park Hit-Run Accident
- Missing Fresno Teen Found Safe Near Monterey4 hrs ago
A 14-year-old girl missing out of Fresno was located Saturday in Seaside with a 43-year-old man, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office. More »Missing Fresno Teen Found Safe Near Monterey
- Monterey County Officials Find, Destroy 5,000 Marijuana …5 hrs ago
The Monterey County Sheriff's Office on Friday found a marijuana garden containing more than 5,000 plants near the Salinas River south of the community of San Ardo. More »Monterey County Officials Find, Destroy 5,000 Marijuana Plants
- Cash Counterfeit Operation Discovered During Santa Rosa …8 hrs ago
Sonoma County sheriff investigators last week searched a Santa Rosa home and found a cash counterfeit operation and drugs. More »Cash Counterfeit Operation Discovered During Santa Rosa House Search
- Man hit by train on BART tracks dies9 hrs ago
A man hit by a BART train Saturday after at the Glen Park station has died, BART officials said. The man – who has not yet been identified – was reportedly on the tracks for trains headed toward the East … More »Man hit by train on BART tracks dies
- CCSF trustee known as reformer passes away10 hrs ago
Milton Marks III, a member of the City College of San Francisco board of trustees, died Thursday afternoon due to complications from a brain tumor. Fellow board member and political ally John Rizzo said … More »CCSF trustee known as reformer passes away
- Shark attack survivors go to bat for fin ban10 hrs ago
Survivors of shark attacks — now trying to save the animals that took their limbs and, in some cases, nearly their lives — want U.S. restaurant-goers to know they may be eating a threatened species in … More »Shark attack survivors go to bat for fin ban
- Proposition 34 would end the death penalty in California …11 hrs ago
Lorrain Taylor was sitting in her home in February 2000 when she received a devastating phone call that would change her life. Her 22-year-old twin sons, Obadiah and Albade, had been shot and killed while … More »Proposition 34 would end the death penalty in California if approved in November
- Melissa Griffin: Welcome to the age of ballot recounts11 hrs ago
In the weeks leading up to the June election, a campaign ad in support of the ballot’s tobacco tax measure blasted a doctor who spoke against the tax, telling voters to “Get a Second Opinion.” And that’s … More »Melissa Griffin: Welcome to the age of ballot recounts
- Deputies seek suspect in series of armed robberiesFri, Aug 10, 2012
San Mateo County sheriff's deputies are seeking a suspect in connection with a series of armed robberies that occurred this week in Redwood City. More »Deputies seek suspect in series of armed robberies
- Hundreds turn out for second day of Target job fairFri, Aug 10, 2012
Jobseekers lined up in San Francisco Friday morning for the second day of a job fair for city's first Target store. More »Hundreds turn out for second day of Target job fair
- Max Wade target of jailbreak in Marin CountyFri, Aug 10, 2012
Police say the teen accused of stealing celebrity chef Guy Fieri's Lamborghini was the target of a breakout attempt this morning. More »Max Wade target of jailbreak in Marin County
- Back-to-school backpack giveaway draws hundredsFri, Aug 10, 2012
More than 2,400 backpacks filled with school supplies are being handed out to kids in need in the South Bay. More »Back-to-school backpack giveaway draws hundreds
- Sikh community organizes peace rally in San JoseFri, Aug 10, 2012
People from different cultures and religions gathered together Thursday at a rally to end violence. More »Sikh community organizes peace rally in San Jose
- Dick Meister: Obama needs labor--again!5 hrs ago
Dick Meister, former labor editor of the SF Chronicle and KQED-TV Newsroom, has covered labor and politics for more than a half-century. Contact him through his website, www.dickmeistersf.com , which includes … More »Dick Meister: Obama needs labor--again!
- Creating activist scholars: extended interview with Andrej …Sat, Aug 11, 2012
For this week's paper , we talked with with Andrej Grubacic, the new head of the anthropology department at the California Institute for Integral Studies. More »Creating activist scholars: extended interview with Andrej Grubacic
- Inspired pairing: Woods and Peaking Lights at Great American …Sat, Aug 11, 2012
“Man, their songs just went on forever,” a fellow in a Velvet Underground shirt exclaimed with mild frustration, as electronic-dub outfit Peaking Lights closed their hour-long set. More »Inspired pairing: Woods and Peaking Lights at Great American Music Hall
- Milton Marks, City College defender, dies at 52Sat, Aug 11, 2012
Milton Marks III, the son of a state senator who for 12 years tried, often against long odds and strong opposition, to clean up the San Francisco Community College District, died Aug. 9 of complications … More »Milton Marks, City College defender, dies at 52
- Davis snags a trio of top progressive endorsementsFri, Aug 10, 2012
District 5 supervisorial candidate Julian Davis is emerging as the progressive standard-bearer in that competitive race after today receiving the endorsements of a trio of top progressive politicians: … More »Davis snags a trio of top progressive endorsements
- "Hope Springs": Rom-Com Doesn't Practice Tolerance It P …Wed, Aug 8, 2012
Although the tone of Steve Carell's couples-counseling character in Hope Springs is consistently placid and even-handed, it's also tellingly vague. Hope Springs might appear more contemplative than your … More »"Hope Springs": Rom-Com Doesn't Practice Tolerance It Preaches
- Plaj: New Nordic Makes Itself at Home in CaliforniaTue, Aug 7, 2012
Reindeer isn't on the menu at Pläj , San Francisco's new Scandinavian restaurant. Neither are lutefisk, puffin, or many other delicacies that make Nordic food seem so much more foreign than its Sou... More »Plaj: New Nordic Makes Itself at Home in California
- "Circle Mirror Transformation": Annie Baker Lets Actors …Tue, Aug 7, 2012
"Play the game yourselves a few times," said Kip Fagan, director of Circle Mirror Transformation , at a recent rehearsal. "In character?" asked an actor. "As yourselves," he said. The game was one-word … More »"Circle Mirror Transformation": Annie Baker Lets Actors Play
- SF Weekly LettersTue, Aug 7, 2012
Profit Over Education Story gets an A grade for exposing truths : I just wanted to drop SF Weekly a quick line to compliment Chris Parker's story in this week's issue [" More »SF Weekly Letters
- Bouncer Finds Tradition Not Quite Like the Real ThingTue, Aug 7, 2012
Tradition is the newest bar in the Bourbon & Branch family. I tried to put off writing about it as long as I could, probably for the same reason why, if I were the editor of a school yearbook, I w... More »Bouncer Finds Tradition Not Quite Like the Real Thing
- On Air NowSat, Aug 11, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Federal investigators probing the cause of a massive Chevron oil refinery fire in Richmond are focusing on possible corrosion in a decades-old pipe the company inspected late last … More »On Air Now
- San Jose welders get blacksmithing lessons from Israeli …1 hr 11 mins ago
In an era of invisible, cloud-based commerce, Brian's Welding is an old-school business, full of metal and machinery. More »San Jose welders get blacksmithing lessons from Israeli artist
- Exodus leaves San Jose wastewater plant shorthanded1 hr 43 mins ago
San Jose will have to pay top dollar to fill a rash of vacancies at its massive wastewater plant driven by recent pay and benefit cuts or face higher risk of a catastrophic sewage spill. More »Exodus leaves San Jose wastewater plant shorthanded
- The healing begins at Sikh Gurdwara San Jose with art therapy …3 hrs ago
One week after the massacre in Wisconsin, Sikhs in San Jose start the healing process first with children by using art therapy; grief counseling for adults will follow and may take months or years. More »The healing begins at Sikh Gurdwara San Jose with art therapy for children
- Legal tussle over Thomas Kinkade's multimillion-dollar estate …5 hrs ago
Artist Thomas Kinkade's estranged widow contests handwritten wills More »Legal tussle over Thomas Kinkade's multimillion-dollar estate heads to court Monday
- Roadshow: Chevron fire reduces gasoline supplies to other …20 hrs ago
Similar problems send fuel costs surging in Midwest. More »Roadshow: Chevron fire reduces gasoline supplies to other stations across state
- Gas Leaks & Repair Delays at PG&E;17 mins ago
Chief Investigator Tony Kovaleski examines PG&E;'s system of detecting and fixing gas leaks, and discovered nearly 1,000 leaks hadn't been repaired within the required time period. More »Gas Leaks & Repair Delays at PG&E;
- Wye Fire in Lake County Burns Out of Control1 hr 2 mins ago
A fast moving wildfire quickly tore through 3,000 acres of Lake County in Northern California Sunday. Photo Credit: Artie Ojeda More »Wye Fire in Lake County Burns Out of Control
- Opinion: State's Shrinking GOP Has Something to Cheer1 hr 41 mins ago
California Republicans finally have something to cheer about: a veep pick much different from the last one, and then there's that tax debate. Photo Credit: AP More »Opinion: State's Shrinking GOP Has Something to Cheer
- If Cal and Stanford Were a Country5 hrs ago
There were nearly 100 Stanford and Cal athletes competing in the Olympic Summer Games this summer and they brought home medals in record numbers. Photo Credit: Bruce Beck/NBC 4 New York More »If Cal and Stanford Were a Country
- Ryan Hall Drops Out of Olympic Marathon10 hrs ago
Stanford's Ryan Hall dropped out of the Olympic marathon Sunday with a hamstring injury dashing his hopes at a medal. Photo Credit: Getty Images More »Ryan Hall Drops Out of Olympic Marathon
- One killed, one injured in Oakland shooting Sunday even …1 hr 8 mins ago
OAKLAND -- One person was killed and another injured in a Sunday evening shooting about a block away from an elementary school.The shooting was reported around 5:41 p. More »One killed, one injured in Oakland shooting Sunday evening
- One person seriously injured in West Oakland shooting4 hrs ago
OAKLAND -- One person was seriously wounded in a shooting around 12:30 p.m. Sunday in West Oakland, police said.The shooting occurred near the intersection of 12th Street and Mandela Parkway. More »One person seriously injured in West Oakland shooting
- Tammerlin Drummond: Teen's killing underscores need for …15 hrs ago
Too many youth are hanging out on the streets of dangerous neighborhoods late at night where they become victims of violence. A youth curfew could help save lives More »Tammerlin Drummond: Teen's killing underscores need for Oakland youth curfew
- Alert-based media tool helps Bay Area police solve crim …21 hrs ago
Minutes after a shooting near the Oakland Airport this year, the gunman was on the loose. And police Sgt. Chris Bolton quickly fired off a flurry of text alerts to thousands of nearby residents through … More »Alert-based media tool helps Bay Area police solve crime
- Barnidge: The UC Berkeley professor was slow to warm up …21 hrs ago
Global warming skeptics come in many forms. Richard Muller is a physics professor at UC Berkeley with an extensive background in climatology, but for years even he found himself at odds with the theor … More »Barnidge: The UC Berkeley professor was slow to warm up to climate change
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