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Police Investigating Reported Robbery At Uc Berkeley Monday Morning
Police are investigating an alleged robbery Monday morning at University of California, Berkeley. According to police, they were alerted to a reported strong-arm robbery in the 2400 block of College Avenue around 7:10 a.m. They learned that the perpetrator approached someone from behind and grabbed the victim's bag. The victim...
Berkeley police investigate attempted murder case
Berkeley police are investigating a domestic violence stabbing over the weekend that sent a man in his 50s to the hospital, authorities report. The incident took place Sunday on the east side of the railroad tracks near Heinz Avenue between 7-9 a.m., Berkeley police said in response to a Scanner inquiry.
Nathuram Godse in San Jose
Nathuram Godse killed one of the most beloved leaders of all time, Mahatma Gandhi. This story is based on his confession, where he wrote a ninety-two-page handwritten statement and then read it in court. In another proceeding, a judge let him speak for nine hours, giving rise to speculations that the movement that Godse was part of held a lot of political sway in the day. He believed in the delusion that he could save the country and was from a group of alleged Hindu supremacists: “I do say that my shots were fired at the person whose policies and actions had brought rack and ruin and destruction to millions of Hindus … I fired those fatal shots.”
San Jose police investigate collision that killed bicyclist
Police in San Jose are investigating a collision last week that left a bicyclist with fatal injuries, according to authorities.On Friday at approximately 12:23 p.m., officers responded to a report of a crash involving a bicyclist in the area of N. 10th Street and E. Julian Street. The preliminary investigation into the collision determined the adult male bicyclist was traveling westbound on E. Julian Street when he ran a red light at N. 10th Street and collided with the rear of a Ford pickup truck traveling southbound on N. 10th Street.The truck, which contained an adult male driver...
Owner and community devastated after fire destroys popular Oakland bookstore, displaces residents
Flames tore through a popular locally-owned bookstore in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood early Tuesday morning.Video shared by the Oakland Fire Department shows shelves of books engulfed in flames.The fire that began at East Bay Booksellers on College Avenue is out, leaving charred books and broken glass, but traffic in the area is still being impacted hours later.MORE: 'It's lawless': 16 Oakland small businesses ransacked near Hegenberger corridorSixteen small businesses were burglarized and ransacked in one single office building in Oakland over the weekend.Some told ABC7 News the popular bookstore was an anchor in the community, and meant so much to those...
San Jose green-lights Willow Glen rooftop beer garden and restaurant
San Jose is not particularly known for its rooftop dining scene but nearly a year after the highly anticipated opening of Copita, downtown Willow Glen is poised to add another new concept. The city has granted special use permits to Luke’s Rooftop Beer Garden and Restaurant that will allow the...
San Jose office building may dodge foreclosure with bankruptcy plan
SAN JOSE — A large north San Jose office building might dodge foreclosure if a federal judge approves a bankruptcy plan to reorganize the vacant property’s finances. Despite the attempt at financial rescue, property values for office buildings continue to erode in the Bay Area, court papers filed in this bankruptcy case suggest.
Meeting our 2024 Opponents: San Jose State
Location: San Jose, Calif. >> San Jose State will mark the furthest Kennesaw State football has traveled for an opponent at 2,444 miles between campuses. >>"Capital of Silicon Valley" - San Jose is home to the headquarters of major global tech companies, including Cisco Systems, eBay, Adobe, PayPal, Broadcom and Zoom.
London Breed wants to pay drug users on welfare $100 a week to kick habit
San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Matt Dorsey unveiled legislation on Monday that would reward some welfare recipients who stay drug-free an extra $100 per week. The legislation, called “Cash Not Drugs,” relies on incentives rather than punishment to encourage sobriety. “I want to make it just as easy to get treatment as it […]
SF SAFE director accused of misusing $700K in public funds, faces 34 felony charges
The former director of a now-shuttered San Francisco nonprofit is facing 34 felony charges after allegedly misusing $700,000 in funds, officials said Tuesday.District Attorney Brooke Jenkins' office announced that 49-year-old Kyra Worthy of Richmond, the former executive director of SF SAFE, was arrested Tuesday by investigators.Worthy faces numerous charges including misappropriation of public money, grand theft, wage theft from employees and writing checks with insufficient funds, a practice known as "check kiting."According to prosecutors, SF SAFE was an organization that partnered with the San Francisco Police Department. The organization closed its doors earlier this year after nearly five decades in...
Longfin smelt in San Francisco Bay and Delta added to Endangered Species List
The longfin smelt, a fish the length of a popsicle stick that once fed hundreds of San Francisco Bay animals including humans, was just added to a growing list of endangered species. The federal endangered designation goes into effect Tuesday in alignment with the Endangered Species Act of 1973. San Francisco Bay's longfin smelt is a source population for estuaries all the way to Alaska. "The main cause of their declining population is habitat loss, primarily due to long-term reductions and alterations in freshwater flow into the San Francisco Bay Estuary," said Tamara Ward, assistant field supervisor for the U.S....
Man suffers life-threatening injuries in overnight shooting in SF Mission District
A 44-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting early Tuesday morning in San Francisco's Mission District, according to police.The shooting was reported at 4:18 a.m. in the area of 16th and Capp streets, San Francisco police said.The victim was taken to a hospital and an update on his condition was not immediately available later Tuesday morning.Police have not made an arrest or released any suspect details in connection with the shooting. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the SFPD tip line at (415) 575-4444 or to send a tip by text message to TIP411 with SFPD at the start of the message.
Schnuck Markets Launches Instacart's Electronic Shelf Label Software; Bob Hardester and David McIntosh Comment
SAN FRANCISCO, CA & ST. LOUIS, MO - Schnuck Markets upgrades its technological capabilities once again as it expands its partnership with Instacart. The tech company’s Carrot Tags’ pick to light functionality is rolling out nationwide at Schnucks. "We're always striving to give our customers the most reliable...
Exclusive: Q. and A. with Marc Benioff
On July 25 The Voice of San Francisco visited the Salesforce Tower on 415 Mission Street to check out the action. On this warm Thursday afternoon, everything was in full swing (and shout, as a Service Employee International Union strike wrapped around the building). The atmosphere echoed the early naughts, with a crush of enthusiastic workers making the most of everything from the well-stocked game room to the bucolic park that branches out from the fifth floor.
Verily to relocate its HQ from San Francisco to Dallas
Verily is leaving California for Texan climes. After previously establishing an outpost in Dallas in late 2021, Google’s life science-focused sister company will now move its corporate headquarters to the Lone Star State from South San Francisco. In a post on LinkedIn, Verily said relocating its leadership to the...
To answer homeless 311 complaints, officials wield a new tool: a 4-foot measuring stick
San Francisco’s latest tool for responding to the growing homelessness crisis? A literal measuring stick. Outreach workers responded to at least a dozen encampment-related service requests to the city’s 311 complaint hotline last week by taking pictures of tents, or people lying on sidewalks, next to a heavy-duty 4-foot contractor’s level.
Cowboys training camp debacle shows 49ers dodged a major bullet
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey Lance recently got some work in at training camp for the Dallas Cowboys. Lance's poor performance definitely suggests that the Niners dodged a major bullet with the former No. 3 overall pick. 49ers dodged a major bullet with now-Cowboys QB Trey Lance. A video...
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