Chevron To Pay $190K For 19 Air Quality Violations Prior To August 2012 Fire
RICHMOND (CBS SF) Chevron has agreed to pay the Bay Area Air Quality Management District $190,000 to settle air quality violations at its Richmond refinery prior to the fire there last August, air...
View ArticleConcord Firefighters Keep House Fire From Spreading
CONCORD (CBS SF) — Firefighters prevented a fire that engulfed a home in Concord Wednesday evening from spreading to neighboring homes, according to Contra Costa County fire officials. Firefighters...
View ArticleBig Garbage Rate Hike In San Francisco Takes Effect August 1
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco’s Refuse Collection and Disposal Rate Board has finalized a 22 percent rate increase that will go into effect for trash collection service in the city starting...
View ArticleNew Inspection Found No Pests At Southbay Goodwill Warehouse Hit With Bedbug...
BURLINGAME (CBS SF) — As of Wednesday, there was no evidence of more bedbugs at a Burlingame Goodwill Industries warehouse, officials with the donation center reported. “We’re relieved to report that...
View ArticleTeen Killed In Sonoma County ATV Crash
GUALALA (CBS SF) – A 14-year-old boy was killed Wednesday when his all terrain vehicle crashed during a family camping trip in Sonoma County, authorities said. The body of 14-year-old Ryan Kinney was...
View Article1 Killed, 1 Hurt In Antioch Shooting
ANTIOCH (CBS SF) — A Richmond man was killed and a Vallejo man was seriously injured in a shooting in Antioch on Wednesday, police said. Officers responded to the intersection of Delta Fair Boulevard...
View ArticleMan Shot, Killed In East Oakland
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A man was fatally shot late Wednesday night in East Oakland, according to police. About 11:45 p.m. police received a report of a shooting in the 1500 block of 80th Avenue, near...
View ArticleMan Shot With BB Gun Near SF Public Housing Complex
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A man was shot in the head with a BB gun near the Alice Griffith public housing complex in San Francisco’s Bayview District on Tuesday night, police said. The shooting was...
View ArticleSuspect Arrested For Brutal Beating On SJSU Campus
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – A suspect was arrested in connection with a brutal assault at San Jose State University, campus police said Thursday. Authorities had not yet released the name or any information...
View ArticleBART Strike Notice Could Be Given By End Of Day
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Union leaders for Bay Area Rapid Transit workers said they would deliver a 72-hour strike notice at the end of the day if major progress isn’t made Thursday in contract talks. After...
View Article2 Hospitalized After Golden Gate Park Stabbing
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – A man and woman were stabbed in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park early Wednesday morning, near the Haight Ashbury neighborhood. San Francisco police said the stabbings occurred...
View ArticleSurvey Finds Most California Commuters Drive Solo
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Even without a transportation strike, about half of Bay Area commuters drive solo to work every day, according to a new survey out Thursday which shows that overall two-thirds of...
View ArticleGoogle Funds $60M Research Ship To Study ‘Dead Zone’ In Pacific Ocean
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — A $60 million research ship funded by a Google executive is setting sail from San Francisco to study a so-called “dead zone” in the Pacific Ocean and other mysteries of the...
View ArticleStreets Reopen After Arrest Of SJ Check-Cashing Robbery Suspect
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – After scouring an East San Jose neighborhood for hours, police have arrested a suspect in an attempted robbery and shooting at a nearby check-cashing business Thursday morning. The...
View ArticleBacterial Infection Claims Life Of Richmond City Councilman
RICHMOND (CBS SF) – Former Richmond City Councilman Gary Bell died at age 54 early this morning, nearly nine months after suffering a severe bacterial sinus infection that led to multiple brain...
View ArticleOakland Construction Workers Robbed On Job Sites
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Construction workers have been robbed at several job sites in East Oakland in recent weeks, sometimes at gunpoint, police said Thursday. Most of the robberies have targeted private...
View ArticleFormer Alameda County Judge Gets Probation On Elder Abuse Conviction
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – A former Alameda County Superior Court judge who was accused of stealing the life savings of his elderly neighbor in the Berkeley Hills over a period of more than a decade faces only...
View ArticleFire Crews Battle 3-Acre Fire Between Pittsburg And Bay Point
PITTSBURG (CBS SF) — Fire crews are battling a one-alarm vegetation fire on Willow Pass Road between Pittsburg and Bay Point, according to a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District dispatcher. The...
View ArticleNTSB Receives Compliants Of Lawyers Soliciting SFO Asiana Crash Victims
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The National Transportation Safety Board has received several complaints of attorneys soliciting victims of the deadly Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash last month, an agency...
View ArticleMany Bay Area Drug Stores Still Have Morning After Pill Behind The Counter
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Thursday marked the day that the controversial “morning after” pill was supposed to come out from behind the counter at pharmacies and drug stores nationwide and be sold front...
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