Negotiated Justice: When alleged sex offenders plea down to non-sex crimes
An alleged rape victim from San Mateo County is questioning the justice system after she says her rapist was offered and accepted a plea deal for a non-sex crime.
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PG&E gets break on paying $1 billion bill
Regulators have agreed to let PG&E delay paying two-thirds of the $1 billion it owes customers, allowing the power company to take the next two years to pay the full amount.
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Ozempic, Mounjaro negative impacts: Drug shortages and black market
The skyrocketing popularity of weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro is making it nearly impossible for some diabetes patients to access their prescriptions, according to one of the drug manufacturers and local endocrinologists.
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San Francisco vacancies reach all-time high amid signs of a market shift
Office vacancies in San Francisco reached an all-time high in the first quarter of 2024, but there are signs the market has reached a turning point, according to preliminary data released by real estate firm CBRE.
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Newly-released videos show Napa County deputy shooting armed man in back as he fled
Video released Thursday by the Napa County Sheriff’s Office shows one of its deputies shooting an armed man in the back as he attempted to flee through a residential neighborhood in Vallejo.
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Former San Francisco official charged with embezzlement
A former San Francisco public official — already facing public corruption charges from earlier this year — has been hit with 62 new felony counts of allegedly embezzling more than $627,000 from a city workers compensation fund he was supposed to watch over, authorities said Thursday.
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San Francisco's Millennium Tower slow to fix windows
A year after an open window broke in high winds at the troubled Millennium Tower, building officials recently told the city they have installed stronger equipment to better secure windows in, so far, 29 of the high-rise’s 419 units.
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‘I don't have 10 years': Women in Uber sex assault lawsuits face long delays
NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit speaks with one woman who said it could take a decade until she sees any sort of resolution.
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Santa Cruz County added ADUs at a higher rate than others in region
The county added more housing units via accessory dwelling units (ADUs) than all other types of housing combined in 2021 and 2022, according to state data.
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VTA resumes auction process for old, idle buses after pandemic delays
For two years during the pandemic, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority was unable to process numerous old, retired buses for auction – a process that could have helped the South Bay transit agency recoup tens of thousands of public dollars it spent on the vehicles
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Landlords say they're dropping eviction pursuit of elderly SF tenant and other tenants following NBC Bay Area story
One day following an NBC Bay Area story on the possible eviction of Helen Byrne, 94, from her San Francisco apartment of eight decades, the property’s owners say they now plan to allow Byrne and the building’s other tenants to remain in their homes.
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New PG&E rate hike approved by CPUC
The Public Utilities Commission approved a PG&E rate hike Thursday that will add about $5 a month to the average bill – and it could begin as soon as next month.
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PG&E seeks break on part of a $1 billion payment to wildfire bailout fund
Despite profits of more than $2 billion last year, PG&E recently told regulators that it is in such a financial bind that it needs more time to make a $1 billion payment.
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Accused Los Gatos mom's new attorney speaks publicly for first time
South Bay mother, Shannon O’Connor, officially retained a new criminal defense attorney in her high profile case that’s been fraught with court delays. O’Connor, from Los Gatos, has been awaiting trial in jail for nearly three years since her arrest in June 2021. She has never spoken publicly. In an interview outside court Wednesday, private defens... -
James Durgin of ‘Saving San Francisco' accused of writing cryptic love messages on front doors of strangers
James Durgin, the central figure of the NBC Bay Area streaming series “Saving San Francisco,” is scheduled to be released from San Francisco County jail next week just as he faces a new federal vandalism charge.
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94-year-old SF woman fighting eviction after 8 decades in same apartment
After real estate investors bought their building, Helen Byrne and her neighbors are at risk of being forced out of their rent-controlled apartments.
