AC Transit Workers Reject Contract Deal
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — AC Transit workers have voted to reject a tentative contract agreement reached with management last week, union officials said Sunday. Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local...
View ArticlePrincipal Bans Streaking At Palo Alto High School
PALO ALTO (CBS/AP) — The principal of a Bay Area high school is banning the tradition of students streaking across campus. The action came after a couple of boys took off everything and ran across the...
View ArticleFire From Tailgater’s Grill Destroys 3 Vehicles At Oakland Coliseum
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Three vehicles were destroyed at the O.co Coliseum Saturday night and several others damaged when a vehicle that parked near a hot grill from a tailgate party caught fire, according...
View ArticleMagnitude 3.6 Earthquake Hits Central California
GREENVILLE (CBS/AP) — A magnitude-3.6 earthquake struck rural Northern California but no damage or injuries were reported. The U.S. Geological Survey said the temblor hit just before 4:10 a.m. Monday...
View Article4 Dead, 1 Injured In Vehicle-Train Crash In Fresno
FRESNO (CBS/AP) – Authorities say four people are dead and one other injured after their vehicle drove into the path of a freight train in Fresno. California Highway Patrol officer Scott Jobinger said...
View ArticleTeen Dead After Apparent Drowning In Tahoe’s Emerald Bay
LAKE TAHOE (CBS/AP) – Deputies have confirmed that a 17-year-old boy is dead after apparently drowning in Lake Tahoe’s Emerald Bay. El Dorado County sheriff’s officials said Javon Lamar Green was...
View ArticleSJPD Union Official Blasts Contract Offer, Says ‘Department Is Dying’
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – San Jose’s police union is shooting down the latest contract offer from the city, presented Thursday. “The city has put a new offer onto the table for our police union to consider and...
View ArticlePhil Matier: Paul McCartney To Headline Final Candlestick Concert?
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – If there is one final concert at Candlestick Park before its scheduled tear-down next year, it might very well be Sir Paul McCartney playing there. The music legend has floated...
View ArticleAbout The Bay: San Francisco’s Problem With Homeless Chickens
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Animal lovers are squawking over what they say is the dark side of the locavore movement. The idea of living life like a locavore is to limit food and drink to locally produced...
View ArticleShooting Deaths Of Oakland Father, Daughter Ruled Murder-Suicide
OAKLAND (CBS SF) - The death of a father and daughter at an Oakland home early Monday morning has been ruled a murder-suicide by investigators, a police spokeswoman said. The father was identified as...
View ArticleWoman, 4 Men From South Bay Arrested In SoCal Abduction, Prostitution Plot
SAN JOSE (CBS/AP) – Five people have been arrested in Moreno Valley for allegedly abducting an 18-year-old woman and sexually assaulting her, with plans to force her into prostitution. The Riverside...
View ArticleJudge OKs California’s Request To Force-Feed Hunger-Striking Inmates
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) - A federal judge approved a request from California and federal officials on Monday to force-feed inmates if necessary as a statewide prison hunger strike entered its seventh week....
View ArticleIndependent Truckers Protest At Port Of Oakland; Some Terminals Closed
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – A protest by as many as 120 truckers forced some terminals at the Port of Oakland to close temporarily Monday but Oakland police were working to try to keep all the terminals...
View ArticleShims Installed On New Bay Bridge As Temporary Fix For Bolts
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Crews installed a series of temporary steel shims under the deck of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge over the weekend. The steel plates will allow the new bridge to open to...
View ArticleBay Area Singer Seeks $5M For Attack During Trayvon Martin Tribute
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The city of Hayward and the Bay Area Blues Society are partially responsible for a woman’s attack on blues singer Lester Chambers after he dedicated a song to Trayvon Martin at blues...
View ArticleHuge Whale Dies After Washing Ashore On Stinson Beach
STINSON BEACH (KPIX 5/KCBS) — A fin whale measuring roughly 50 feet died after washing ashore on the north end of Stinson Beach on Monday. The whale was still alive when it ended up beached in the...
View ArticleSan Francisco To Revisit Ban On Firefighter Helmet Cams
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — A San Francisco Fire Department spokeswoman said officials plan to review a policy that prohibits fire fighters from recording emergency scenes without advance approval from...
View ArticleMarin Jury Begins Deliberating Fate Of Accused Serial Killer Naso
SAN RAFAEL (CBS/AP/BCN) – Marin County jurors presiding over the trial of an elderly photographer accused of being a serial killer who murdered four Northern California prostitutes began deliberating...
View ArticleMan, Woman Shot On SF Visitacion Valley Street Corner
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A man and a woman were shot late Monday afternoon in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley neighborhood, according to police. Officers responded to the corner of Sunnydale Avenue...
View ArticleEvacuees Allowed To Return Home As Butte County Wildfire Is 64% Contained
BUTTE COUNTY (CBS / AP) – Erratic winds fanned a Northern California wildfire that threatened more than 300 structures Monday, but the hundreds who evacuated from homes over the weekend were allowed to...
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