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Coastside inventory rises as volume falters
This is the time of year when inventory of homes for sale rises and it usually peaks in the 3rd quarter. At the end of the first half of this year, more homes were on the market on the coast than there have been since mid-2020. Today there are 89...
San Mateo County Passes on Developing the Old Bay City Flowers 50- Acre Property for Half Moon Bay Farmworker Affordable Housing and Ag Distribution Hub
PRESS RELEASE. From San Mateo County Executive’s Office on July 2nd, 2024. After a months-long study of a coastside former greenhouse site once eyed for affordable housing and other amenities, the County of San Mateo today publicly announced that it will not move forward with acquisition of the property.
2 pistols, illegal fireworks seized from East Palo Alto home: sheriff
(KRON) — The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office seized two pistols and a set of illegal fireworks from an East Palo Alto home. Two men were arrested after the seizure. In May, the sheriff’s office’s Gang and Investigations Unit learned that people were selling illegal fireworks out of their East Palo Alto home in the […]
Man charged with murder in fatal BART pushing
A man has been charged with murder in connection with a fatal incident at a BART station in San Francisco, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced Wednesday. Trevor Belmont, 49, also known as Hoak Taing, faces one count of murder for allegedly pushing a 74-year-old woman into the path of an oncoming train at Powell Street Station on Monday.
Extreme heat, wildfire risk sparks concern for Bay Area residents, public safety departments
Wildfire smoke and temperatures climbing up to the mid-90s have caused public health and safety organizations such as the Berkeley Fire Department, or BFD, to issue warnings and take measures to protect the public from heatwaves, fires and moderate air quality. Concerns began Monday when fireworks caused a wildfire to...
Pass The Remote: H.P. Mendoza’S Appealing ‘Secret,’ Fraenkel Artists Curate Benefit Film Fest
San Francisco director H.P. Mendoza sees the biggest theatrical release of his career this week with "The Secret Art of Human Flight," an indie dramedy about a children's book author trying to overcome crippling grief by learning how to fly. It lands July 5 at the Roxie in San Francisco, one of 16 cities where it will be shown this weekend.
Bay Area gets ready to celebrate 4th of July amid intense heat wave
Along the streets of Alameda, preparations for the 4th of July can be seen everywhere.On Thursday, the city will host its annual parade - which bills itself as being one of the longest in the nation.4th of July events: List of Bay Area fireworks shows, festivals"It's a big deal. We love it. We've been here about 20 years, and try to make it every single year," said David Creekmore.Ahead of Thursday's parade, David and his daughter Roen came to claim their spot for the big day.One of dozens of people who set up chairs along the parade route, trying to...
San Jose man dies from severe heat: officials
(KRON) — The scorching heat across the Bay Area is now officially deadly. A San Jose man died on Tuesday from heat-related illnesses, Mayor Matt Mahan said on X. The victim was a homeless man who lost his life. According to the San Jose Police Department, he was found dead near 2011 Monterey Road around […]
Woman who lived rent-free in ritzy Silicon Valley homes sentenced
(KRON) — A Menlo Park woman lived rent-free in some of Silicon Valley’s most expensive neighborhoods by posing as a “well-heeled, and affluent investor,” prosecutors said. Rebecca Violette, aka Rebekah Violette, repeatedly scammed local landlords by using a fake persona, and failed to pay tens of thousands of dollars in rent, according to the Santa […]
California mulls millions in reparations costs after Newsom declares budget emergency
(The Center Square) - California is considering spending $12 million on pending reparations-related legislation after the governor declared a budget emergency, an act that allows the use of state rainy day funds to plug the deficit. At the low end, reparations bills with finite costs add up to approximately $4.3 million per year. However, with some potential programs such as spending savings from prison capacity reductions on gun violence reduction programs or making food a public health benefit for millions of Californians having unknown cost...
California’s November ballot is set, finally
Scheduling note: WhatMatters is celebrating the Fourth of July and will return to your inboxes on Monday, July 8. California lawmakers met into Wednesday night to finish the November ballot before heading off on summer vacation until Aug. 5. They sent voters two bond issues: $10 billion for climate programs (60-5 in the Assembly, 33-6 […]
Climate change driving force behind Bay Area's extended heat wave, experts say
Summer is always hot. But experts say there is something important to understand about what's different regarding this current heat wave hitting the Bay Area."Temperatures that you are about to experience this week, and maybe next week, in California, would have been made virtually impossible without human-induced climate change," says Shel Winkley.Winkley is a meteorologist and the Weather and Climate Engagement specialist at Climate Central, a nonprofit that that studies climate science. He says July is always the hottest month of the year in the Bay Area. But the intensity and the duration of these heat events are signs of...
Man charged in connection to mass shooting at Oakland Juneteenth celebration
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A 23-year-old Oakland man has been charged in connection with a mass shooting that broke out at a Juneteenth celebration in the San Francisco Bay Area last month. Prosecutors charged JaJuan Kelly, 23, with four counts of felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm for the...
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