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Silver Alert issued for missing East Palo Alto woman
UPDATE: Bassett has been found. (KRON) — Authorities are searching for an East Palo Alto woman who was last seen Monday morning, California Highway Patrol said. Faye Bassett, 93, was last seen in her car at about 8:30 a.m. in East Palo Alto. She is believed to be driving a gold 2000 Ford Crown Victoria […]
‘Highly aggressive’ day-biting mosquitoes found in Santa Clara
(KRON) — A “highly aggressive” mosquito species that feeds “almost exclusively on humans” was detected in Santa Clara, county officials warned on Monday. The county’s Vector Control District found Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a residential area of the City of Santa Clara. The district identified 58 mosquitoes surrounding Agate Drive and Moraine Drive. Aedes aegypti are […]
Feds order Cruise to pay $1.5M penalty for infamous SF crash
Federal regulators on Monday announced they had Cruise pay a $1.5 million penalty for withholding details in reports following an accident nearly a year ago in which one of the company’s self-driving cars pinned and dragged a woman nearly 20 feet at a San Francisco intersection. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration consent order dated to Sept. 26 requires the General Motors subsidiary to submit a corrective action plan, which must include summaries on any software update made to the company’s automatic driving system, as...
San Francisco Bay Ferry offers free rides Wednesday for CA Clean Air Day amid heat wave
Along with scorching temperatures a Spare the Air alert was issued for Wednesday.Taking public transit was encouraged to help reduce air pollution. As part of that, riders were able to ride the ferry in the San Francisco Bay for free.A dose of natural air conditioning might be just what the doctor ordered amid a rare October heat wave."You don't need air conditioning. You don't get that kind of weather here," said Paul Wilson, a Richmond resident.Passengers on board the Richmond ferry heading to San Francisco didn't pay a dime, all to soak in views that people travel from across the...
San Jose PD investigating city’s 24th homicide
(KRON) – The San Jose Police Department is investigating the city’s 24th homicide of the year. Around midnight on Friday, San Jose police officers responded to the area of Townsend Avenue and Park Entrance Drive for a report of a shooting. Police said officers located a man suffering from “at least one gunshot wound.” Paramedics […]
Firefighters stop blaze at western Wisconsin recycling facility after more than 20 hours
CAMPBELL, Wis. (AP) — Firefighters have extinguished a massive blaze at a western Wisconsin recycling facility after a battle that went on for more than 20 hours. The fire broke out at Omaha Track in the town of Campbell on French Island, just outside the city of La Crosse, around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. The facility grinds scrap railway ties and other materials into chips that can be used as biofuel. Flames and smoke from the fire could be seen for miles. Campbell Fire Chief Nate Melby says four football fields’ worth of railway ties and a 30-foot (9.14 meter) high mound of chips burned. Multiple fire departments battled the blaze throughout the day before finally extinguishing it around 11 p.m. Tuesday, Melby said.
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