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The Yellow-Vested Trash Inspectors are Back
Starting this week, the annual lid flips begin again. ACI staff wearing bright yellow vests will be opening trash bins and digging through our garbage to make sure we are sorting it correctly—recyclables in blue bins, organics in green bins, and garbage in gray bins.
San Francisco Fleet Week Returns, Blue Angels to Fly Out of Oakland International Airport
For the tenth consecutive year, San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport (OAK) will host the U.S. Navy Blue Angels for San Francisco Fleet Week 2024. The much-anticipated air shows will take place from Friday, October 11, through Sunday, October 13, featuring the Blue Angels and other military and general aviation performers.
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,"...
A woman in #SanFrancisco is making it her mission to defy book bans all across the country."I can't go to these meetings; I can't pass legislation," says Beka Robbins of Fabulosa Bookstore. "What I can do is send books." So she boxes and ships books with #LGBTQ stories wherever they are needed.She tells CBS News that she pulls them from what's known as the store's Big Gay Wall.
Red Flag Warning issued for parts of Bay Area
(KRON) — A Red Flag Warning has been issued for parts of several Bay Area counties, according to the National Weather Service. The warning went into effect Friday and will remain in effect until 9 a.m. Saturday. The weather service is warning of critically dry fuels, very low relative humidity, and breezy winds. Areas under […]
Several Bay Area cities, counties receiving state money to combat homelessness
In a virtual news conference Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced more than $130 million to help combat the state's homelessness crisis."We need to take back the streets, and these encampment resolution grants are a part of that," Newsom said.In total, 18 cities and counties across the state will be receiving part of the money. That includes several locations here in the Bay Area, like San Francisco and Contra Costa County.Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia said his county plans on using the $5.7 million it's receiving to clear an encampment near the city of San Pablo.MORE: Sonoma Co. parking lot...
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.
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