Officials in San Francisco are preparing to pay people $100 for every week they stay sober in a new initiative.

By Max Harrison-Caldwell and Kevin V. NguyenUpdated Oct. 30, 2024 • 7:01pmPublished Oct. 30, 2024 • 6:18pm. Dozens of people were arrested after striking hotel workers and other demonstrators staged a sit-in on the Powell Street cable car tracks Wednesday evening. Acting San Francisco police Capt. Daniel Manning...

Families affected by the fire were consulted about the complex.

On on display in the Main Library Art Gallery throughout the month of November, starting 11/02. Postcard Collage making workshop, 11/10 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Mail art has a long and storied history of democratizing art-making, providing an avenue for everyone to participate. San Leandro artist Nancy Brown...

A 3.2 magnitude earthquake rattled the North Bay Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake was reported at 6 p.m., centered about 3 miles north northeast of the incorporated town of Windsor in Sonoma County and about 10 miles north northwest of Santa Rosa, according to the science bureau.

The Oakland community has rallied behind a family that lost their home in the Oakland Hills fire earlier this month. Delane Sims had raised eight children and ten grandchildren and would host Thanksgiving dinners in her home for 30 years before the blaze destroyed it. The home that was one...

Located on a quiet street corner in Alameda is a house with a Halloween display unlike many others.Owner Dan Balsam says while he puts up elaborate decorations every year, this year he wanted to specifically focus on the election.So he created his so-called "Project 2025 Halloween Carn-evil" - Balsam's interpretation of an anti-Trump carnival."We have pin the crime on Hunter Biden, which is not exactly a carnival game. But it's what MAGAs like to do. We have the MAGA fun happy wheel," Balsam said.The display has gotten a lot of attention and has drawn people from all over the Bay...

There may not have been many people attending a Recall Sheng Thao rally on Tuesday in Oakland, but it’s making headlines anyway, as a businessman walking past was yelled at from onstage, confronted the speaker, and mayhem ensued. With one week to go before the November 5 vote whether...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif - A fall storm brought an inch of snow to the Sierra Nevada over a 24-hour period on Monday and Tuesday, and researchers with the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab (CSSL) said more was on the way. "We're expecting a bigger storm later this week,"...

SAN FRANCISCO - Several San Francisco police officers testified Wednesday in the trial of Nima Momeni, who is accused of killing Cash App founder Bob Lee, including one officer who gathered surveillance footage that showed Momeni and Lee together shortly before the slaying. However, the defense argues that the videos...

OAKLAND, Calif. - As the kiddos are gearing up to dress as Taylor Swift and characters from Despicable Me this Halloween, they will undoubtedly have this looming question: Will I have to wear a coat – maybe even a raincoat – over my costume?. The answer to the...

San Francisco police officers take stand as trial resumes. One officer says videos place defendant and victim together shortly before slaying. San Francisco - Several San Francisco police officers testified Wednesday in the Nima Momeni murder trial, including one who collected surveillance videos that show Momeni and the man he's accused of killing, Cash App founder Bob Lee, together not long before the killing.

New video was released Wednesday of the incident during San Francisco's Fleet Week festivities when a Navy parachutist landed on a teenage spectator, injuring her and her mother.The video was made available by the family's attorney along with a press release providing an update on the injuries suffered by the two women. The incident happened at Marina Green in San Francisco on the afternoon Sunday, Oct. 14, when the Navy Leap Frog Team parachutist missed the landing zone during a jump, striking and seriously injuring 17-year-old Millicent "Mia" DeGuzman and her mother, Jhoanna. The first-person cellphone video was taken...

A five-car crash on eastbound Highway 92 on the San Mateo Bridge caused a partial closure Tuesday afternoon, the California Highway Patrol said. Drivers on the bridge found the left and center lanes blocked at around 3:45 p.m. The Redwood City office of the CHP said there were complaints of pain among passengers involved, but no major injuries. All lanes opened just after 6 p.m. CHP has not confirmed what caused the crash.

(KRON) — Two individuals were arrested for breaking into car windows and removing items from those vehicles early Tuesday morning, the Piedmont Police Department announced. After 5 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 400 block of Blair Avenue where a resident reported that the crime was happening. Shortly after,...

The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District responded to a 2-alarm fire in Pleasant Hill which ultimately displaced 24 people. According to CONFIRE, on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, just before 3:00 p.m., Contra Costa Fire was dispatched for reports of a fire in the attic space of a multi-family residential building in Pleasant Hill. Dispatchers upgraded the call to a working fire after multiple callers reported seeing smoke and flames from the roof.

OAKLAND, California - The Oakland Police Department has dismantled an illegal gambling operation on 17th Avenue following numerous complaints from residents. Officers executed a search warrant on October 17, 2024, uncovering firearms, cash, narcotics, and illegal gaming machines, according to a press release from the department.The operation, led by OPD's Special Resources Section West and VICE Unit, also resulted in the recovery of several stolen vehicles from the vicinity. Four individuals present at the site were arrested on various warrants, the department reported.The investigation is ongoing, and authorities are urging anyone with information to contact OPD's General Crimes Unit at (510) 238-3728. The department expressed gratitude to community members for their vigilance and pledged to pursue criminal and civil actions against those involved in the illegal activities, which have contributed to neighborhood blight.The OPD emphasized its commitment to proactive policing to enhance public safety and prevent violence, ensuring the well-being of Oakland residents.

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The debate over the future of San Francisco's Great Highway is heating up with just six days to go until Election Day.Proposition K is a ballot measure that would permanently close part of the highway and turn it into a park.Those opposing Prop K say the closure of San Francisco's Great Highway will cause immeasurable damage to the daily lives of working people across the city.MORE: 2024 Bay Area Voter GuideAt a rally held in Golden Gate Park - organizers from the "No on K" committee" say the Great Highway serves an essential role in San Franciscans' lives.They say it...

One week before Election Day and voters across the country were filling out their ballots. Along with that warm sense of civic pride, there may be another feeling: anxiety.Health professionals are warning that, along with a lot of passion, this election has also stirred up a lot of fear.Along with all the heat and bluster of the 2024 Presidential election there is also a lot of fears being raised.Delivering his ballot at the Contra Costa County Elections Office on Tuesday, resident John Netherton felt the future of the country hangs on his vote."I think this is the most important election...