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USDA: Ukiah receives $225K to help repair storm damage
The city of Ukiah was recently awarded a $225,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help it repair damage caused during the severe storms in late December of 2022, federal officials announced. And earlier this week, USDA Rural Development California State Director Maria Gallegos Herrera visited Ukiah to...
‘Dancing With the Stars’ pro Artem Chigvintsev arrested for domestic violence in Napa
(KRON) — “Dancing With the Stars” pro Artem Chigvintsev was arrested in the Bay Area on Thursday morning on suspicion of domestic violence, KRON4.com has confirmed. The dancer and choreographer was booked into Napa County Jail on felony domestic violence charges. Chigvintsev, 42, is married to former WWE star Nikki Garcia. On Wednesday night, Garcia […]
AI companies see San Jose as a place for growth
Artificial intelligence lives and breathes thanks to tech innovators of the 1980s and 90s who saw Silicon Valley as the landscape to develop the more than trillion-dollar computer industry. Though AI only recently entered the public vocabulary — with the search term peaking in popularity just last month since Google...
McPhee’s Brilliance: A night of storytelling and songs to support Livermore Valley Arts
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Singer-actress Katharine McPhee might be making her first real trip to the Livermore Valley next weekend when she headlines the annual Brilliance at The Bankhead gala, but she’s no stranger to the Bay Area. In fact, the entire trajectory of her life changed...
Hooked on Books: The race for the Booker is on, and the Bay Area has a stake
The long list for the 2024 Booker Prize, considered one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards, has been announced, and six of 13 novelists on it are Americans, including two with strong Bay Area connections. Oakland born and bred Tommy Orange, the Cheyenne and Arapaho author who impressed...
X San Francisco headquarters to shut down on Friday the 13th of September: report
SAN FRANSICO (KRON) — X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, will shut down its San Francisco headquarters in two weeks — on Friday the 13th of September, according to a report. The microblogging platform, which is owned by Elon Musk, circulated an internal memo cited by the New York Times earlier this […]
1 dead, 9 hospitalized after big-rig crash on Santa Rosa’s Highway 12
(KRON) — All lanes have reopened on westbound Highway 12 in Santa Rosa after a fatal crash involving several vehicles halted traffic around noon Thursday, according to the California Highway Patrol. At 11:50 a.m., CHP and the Santa Rosa Fire Department responded to the crash on Highway 12 and Fulton Road. Upon arriving, officials discovered […]
Vapes caused psychosis for Bay Area teen who tried to ‘fly away,’ lawsuit claims
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A 16-year-old San Francisco Bay Area boy went missing and tried to board a flight in the midst of a cannabis-induced psychosis episode caused by a THC vape pen, according to a newly filed lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed this week against a popular cannabis company, Stiiizy. The boy, identified as […]
CHP Arrests Three Suspects After Freeway Shooting and High-Speed Chase in Oakland and San Francisco
In the early hours of Tuesday, a freeway shooting incident prompted a high-speed chase and the eventual apprehension of three suspects by the California Highway Patrol (CHP). CHP Oakland reported shots fired near I-580 westbound at Golf Links Road, with the suspects fleeing in a gray Nissan sedan at a high rate of speed shortly after 2:10 a.m.
Greyhounds Hunt for a Win in 2024
The 2024-25 school year began earlier this month, but the high school’s football players were already practicing—learning blocking, routes and plays—for the third coach in three years. Robert “Bear” Gray coached the team from 2021-22, Randy Parmeter in 2023 and this year former HHS athlete Criss Rosales...
SFDPH Is Handing Out Anti-Psychotic Drugs to Meth Users to Keep Them Out of the Emergency Room
For the last two years, SF General Hospital has been proactively trying to limit ER visits and public episodes among meth users by providing them with an anti-psychotic drug called Olanzapine that’s being called “the next Narcan” for stimulant addiction. There’s been plenty of discussion of fentanyl’s...
Oakland leaders address crime, illegal dumping, and sideshows at public safety town halls
Gun violence, homelessness, illegal dumping, and unsafe roads have taken center stage over the past week at a series of town halls hosted by the city of Oakland’s public safety leadership team. With three forums completed and two more coming up, the “Clean & Safe City” event series aims...
Ukiah Dolphins returning to the water next week
The Ukiah Dolphins will launch their fall season next week with coaches Barbara Jordan and Jeff Mindling, program representatives announced. In a press release this week. Mindy Keegan reported that the Ukiah Dolphins, “a cornerstone of our community since 1955,” will begin its new season on Sept. 3, and will have its first fall meet at the “Waves Aquatics Napa Valley Endless Summer Classic in St. Helena on Sept. 14-15.”
City crews work overnight after Ukiah water main breaks Tuesday
A large water main broke late Tuesday evening at the corner of Waugh and Cooper lanes, cutting off water service to many residents for nearly 12 hours. The Ukiah Police Department responded to the intersection around 8:15 p.m. Aug. 27 and quickly blocked off the street due to the water flooding the roadway and buckling the asphalt. Personnel from the Ukiah Valley Fire Authority and the city of Ukiah’s Public Works Department also responded to the incident.
Menlo Park Police Department’s Tesla patrol vehicle pilot finds that Teslas don’t appear to be ‘patrol cars of the future’
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On Tuesday, Aug. 27, the Menlo Park City Council received an update on the Menlo Park Police Department’s Tesla pilot program, which aims to see whether Teslas, or other electric vehicles, could be used as patrol vehicles. Over the course of the program,...
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