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Beloved San Pablo animal shelter faces closure
SAN PABLO, Calif. (KRON) – An animal shelter in San Pablo may have to close down after its current lease expires. Caltrans, which owns the property, says it needs this land to stage equipment for a project on Interstate 80. Julie Bainbridge has dedicated the last seven years to her animal shelter Jelly’s Place. It […]
Why does San Francisco have some of the least air conditioned homes in the nation?
(KRON) — The Bay Area’s most recent heat wave has been sweaty, to say the least. Luckily, central air conditioning is a thing (God bless you, technology). Alas, despite being a hub for progressive technology, San Francisco homes are pretty foreign to the concept of built-in air conditioners, as a recently published study shows the […]
BART recovering from major delays between San Francisco, East Bay after medical emergency
BART is recovering from major delays Saturday morning, after a medical emergency on the system forced the disruption of service between San Francisco and the East Bay.Officials announced shortly before 9 a.m. that the Embarcadero Station was closed due to the emergency and all service in San Francisco was suspended.As of 9:50 a.m., the agency announced that one of the tracks was cleared at Embarcadero to allow for single tracking. Full service was restored at Embarcadero shortly before 11 a.m.Additional details about the incident were not immediately available.The delays come amid a busy weekend for the system, as thousands attend the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Meanwhile in Berkeley, scores of Cal football fans gathered on the UC Berkeley campus for their first appearance on College GameDay Saturday morning, ahead of a nighttime game against the Miami Hurricanes.
Here's where Bay Area residents stand with Prop 36, a controversial crime prevention ballot measure
There were opposing rallies on opposite sides of the San Francisco Bay.Both of them were regarding Proposition 36, a ballot measure that voters will decide on during next month's election.If passed, Prop 36 would increase sentencing for certain drug and theft crimes, rolling back previous criminal justice reforms passed by voters in 2014."We have a situation right now in San Francisco where there's just a level of public drug use that we can't tolerate. It's not helping our neighborhoods. It's not helping our economy. But least of all, it's not helping anybody who is struggling with a substance use disorder,"...
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