Giant Bolts Snap On New Bay Bridge Eastern Span
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — With less than six months until the scheduled opening of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, more than two dozen giant bolts holding the $6.4 billion bridge together have...
View ArticleSupreme Court Begins Hearing On Defense Of Marriage Act
WASHINGTON (CBS/AP) — In the second of back-to-back gay marriage cases, the Supreme Court turned Wednesday to a constitutional challenge to the law that prevents legally married gay Americans from...
View ArticleMan Allegedly Threatens To Blow Up Santa Cruz Congressman After Rejected...
SANTA CRUZ (CBS SF) – A homeless man has been arrested for threatening to kill Congressman Sam Farr, said the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. Stephen Brown walked into Congressman Farr’s office in...
View ArticleGarbage Truck Hits Pedestrians In San Francisco Crosswalk
SAN FRANCISO (KCBS)—Two people, including a young girl, were injured Wednesday morning after being struck a garbage truck along San Francisco’s waterfront, police said. Two grandparents with young...
View ArticleLawmakers Pushing SF Ban On Plastic Water Bottles At Events, Parks
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Environmentalists on Wednesday pushed for curbs on plastic water bottle sales in San Francisco City as well the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. San Francisco City...
View ArticleSaint Mary’s College Introduces First Lay President
MORAGA (KCBS) – Saint Mary’s College of California introduced its new president, Dr. James Donahue, in a special ceremony on Tuesday. He is the first lay person to serve in that position in the...
View ArticleCentral California Waste Dump Fined $300K Over 72 Unreported Spills
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — State toxic substances regulators have fined a large hazardous waste dump in Central California more than $300,000 for failing to report 72 small spills over a four-year...
View ArticleHewlett-Packard Wants Out Of San Jose HP Pavilion Naming Rights Deal
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – Hewlett-Packard wants to terminate its multi-million dollar naming rights deal for the arena known as the HP Pavilion, home of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks. According to AllThingsD, HP...
View ArticlePeninsula Water Polo Coach Gets Prison Sentence For Sex Abuse
REDWOOD CITY (CBS SF) - A former Aragon High School water polo coach convicted of sexually abusing a student collapsed to the floor of a San Mateo County courtroom Wednesday morning when he was...
View ArticleSUV Crashes Into Daly City Pet Food Store
DALY CITY (CBS SF) — An SUV crashed into the Pet Food Express store in Daly City around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, breaking the glass storefront windows but injuring no one, North County Fire Authority...
View ArticleCeremonial Groundbreaking Held For SF’s Transbay Tower
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)—A ceremonial groundbreaking was held Wednesday in San Francisco for the 61-story Transbay Tower at First and Mission Streets. It will be the tallest building on the West Coast and...
View ArticleAlameda County Receives Grant To Reduce Rape Kit Backlog
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) — The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that it has received a $1.5 million grant to reduce its backlog of unanalyzed rape kits. District Attorney Nancy...
View ArticleBART Train Fatally Hits Person At San Francisco Glen Park Station
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) - San Francisco’s Glen Park BART station has reopened about two hours after a person was fatally struck by a train Wednesday afternoon, BART officials said. The person was struck...
View ArticleTransportation Officials Say Defective Bolts Won’t Delay New Bay Bridge Opening
OAKLAND (CBS SF) - A Caltrans official said Wednesday that he’s confident a solution will be found soon to cope with the recent discovery of problems with 32 large bolts on the new eastern span of the...
View ArticleJudge Rules Against Bay Area Church Leaders In Real Estate Case
VALLEJO (KPIX 5) – A California state judge has ruled against two leaders of a prominent Bay Area church accused of bilking parishioners in an alleged investment scheme. The judge ruled that General...
View ArticleSan Jose Police Officer Shoots Driver Of Suspected Stolen Car
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — A police officer shot the driver of a suspected stolen car in San Jose after the car drove forward and struck the officer, a police spokesman said. Officers found the car in the...
View ArticleConcord Bans Outdoor Medical Marijuana Growing
CONCORD (CBS SF) — Medical marijuana patients, caregivers and other Concord residents growing the plant in their yards will soon have to take the herbs inside. The Concord City Council voted...
View ArticleBerkeley Arrow Shooter Remains A Mystery; Girl Recovers At Home
BERKELEY (CBS SF) – Investigators are still trying to determine who fired an arrow that hit an 8-year-old girl in the leg outside the Lawrence Hall of Science on Tuesday. The arrow pierced Nadine...
View ArticleBurlingame Crash Cleared After Blocking 3 Lanes Of Traffic
BURLINGAME (CBS SF) — All lanes of southbound U.S. Highway 101 reopened after a collision blocked three lanes Thursday morning in Burlingame, according to the California Highway Patrol. The two-car...
View ArticleOverturned Truck Lands In Southbound Lanes Of I-680 In Fremont
FREMONT (CBS SF) — The California Highway Patrol was responding to a crash on Interstate Highway 680 in Fremont in which a pickup truck may have gone over the center divider and landed in southbound...
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