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2-Alarm Fire Burns Homes On Bethel Island
BETHEL ISLAND (CBS SF) — Two houses were destroyed and a third home damaged by a stubborn early morning fire in Bethel Island Wednesday that took about six hours to extinguish, a fire official said....
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San Francisco MTA Board Approves Taxi Smartphone App
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors voted Tuesday to build a mobile phone application to connect passengers to taxis throughout the city. The...
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Man Charged With Stealing Yacht That Ran Aground In Pacifica To Have Mental...
REDWOOD CITY (CBS/AP) — A judge has assigned two doctors to determine if a Wyoming man charged with stealing a luxury yacht in Sausalito and running it aground in Pacifica is mentally fit for trial....
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Petaluma Teen Burned From Allegedly Making Hash Oil, Causing Fire
PETALUMA (CBS SF) - A 15-year-old boy sustained burns and caused a structure fire while manufacturing hash at a downtown Petaluma apartment on Tuesday night, according to police. At about 9:30 p.m.,...
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California GOP Lawmakers Introduce Bills To Counteract Prison Realignment
SACRAMENTO (KCBS) – California Governor Jerry Brown’s prison realignment plan is facing a new barrage of criticism, as Republican lawmakers have introduced more than a dozen bills to counter it. The...
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Suspect Identified In Robbery, Shooting At Ashkenaz Music Venue In Berkeley
BERKELEY (CBS SF) - Berkeley police have released the name of a suspect in a robbery and shooting at the Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center last weekend. Christopher Washington, 25, of Rodeo,...
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DA’s Office Drops Case In Killing Of SF Chronicle Vendor
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A man who was arrested on suspicion of killing a newspaper vendor in San Francisco in January has had his case discharged pending further investigation, a district attorney’s...
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3 Hospitalized After Engine Fire On Alameda Tugboat
ALAMEDA (CBS SF) – A tugboat engine fire on a boat docked along the Alameda shoreline sent three people to the hospital Wednesday morning, an Alameda fire official said. The fire, which started in...
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Judge Rules San Jose Officials’ Private Texts About City Affairs Be Made Public
SAN JOSE (CBS/AP) — A judge has ruled that San Jose officials’ private text messages, emails and other electronic communications about city affairs must be made public, in a decision with statewide...
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Teachers’ Union Criticizes New Report On Oakland Schools
OAKLAND (KCBS) – A new report on the state of Oakland Unified School District has recommendations on ways to improve attracting and retaining quality teachers. But the study isn’t sitting particularly...
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CHP Assistant Chief Charged With Helping Rapist Son Escape To Mexico
FRESNO (CBS/AP) — A California Highway Patrol assistant chief has been charged with felony accessory and conspiracy in connection with helping his son—a convicted rapist—flee the country to Mexico....
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Missing Elderly Danville Man Found South Of Bakersfield
DANVILLE (CBS SF) - An 83-year-old Danville man who went missing Tuesday afternoon and was considered “at-risk” was found in Kern County on Wednesday, police said. The man, Nicholas Tutino, was...
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Vallejo ‘Battle Zone’ Standoff Ends After Hail Of Gunfire; Gunman Found Dead
VALLEJO (KCBS) – A standoff in a Vallejo neighborhood described by one neighbor as a “battle zone” ended Wednesday afternoon with the death of a gunman following a exchange of gunfire between officers...
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California Teacher Pensions Need $4.5B More Each Year, Report Finds
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — A new report said California needs to pay an additional $4.5 billion a year to shore up its financially shaky teacher retirement fund. When combined with the current $1.4...
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Woman Arrested For Assaulting Older Relative With Iron In Fremont
FREMONT (CBS SF) — A 27-year-old woman is in jail Wednesday after allegedly hitting an older family member with an iron in Fremont on Tuesday afternoon, police said. Officers were called to a home on...
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ACLU Sues San Francisco Police Over Cell Phone Search Without Warrant
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Wednesday claiming that the San Francisco police conducted a search of an activist’s cellphone without a warrant. The...
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Oakland Man Found Guilty Of Murdering Google Job Hopeful
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — An Oakland man was convicted Wednesday of first-degree murder and other charges for the shooting death of a Virginia man who had come to the Bay Area for a job interview at Google....
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Bay Area Shoppers Approve Trader Joe’s & Whole Foods Rejecting GMO Salmon
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — As the Food and Drug administration is expected to approve the sale of genetically-modified salmon, Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods Market said they won’t sell the fish. The refusal...
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Michelle Shocked Apologizes For Anti-Gay Rant At SF Show, Audio Emerges
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A Grammy-nominated folk singer who reportedly made anti-gay comments at a San Francisco concert venue on Sunday released a statement Wednesday proclaiming her support for the...
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Pedestrians Hit In San Francisco’s West Portal Neighborhood
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A vehicle struck two pedestrians in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood Wednesday night, police said. The pedestrians were struck at the intersection of Vicente Street and...
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