A look at air quality monitors in the Bay Area
The current unhealthy, smoky air is making some wonder about the limited number of air quality monitors throughout the Bay Area.
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Most broken SF high-rise windows failed before windstorms
An independent report commissioned by San Francisco building officials has concluded that nearly all of the 31 high-rise window failures reported during March’s windstorms actually occurred well before the heavy winds.
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‘He tried to kiss (me)': Former Oakland city employee alleges harassment from boss
For the second time, a former employee is threatening to sue Oakland over allegations of harassment and misconduct within the city’s Department of Violence Prevention.
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Oakland mayor announces $2.5M investment into city's 911 system
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao on Monday announced the city would be investing an additional $2.5 million to its 911 response system.
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Californians paid more than a $1B into 911 over the years as oversight falls behind
With industrywide staffing shortages, 911 answering times quadrupling mandated standards and more people saying they’re losing trust in their city’s ability to respond to emergency, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit took a closer look at state and federal oversight of 911 centers.
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San Francisco's Millennium Tower stabilized, but still tilting
New monitoring data shows that while the $100 million Millennium Tower fix appears to have stopped further sinking and tilting, the building is not reversing the lean at the rate predicted by engineers.
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San Francisco drug crackdowns yielding unprecedented results
With all the resources going into reducing the open-air drug markets in San Francisco, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has been looking into the data to find out if the stepped-up effort is getting results.
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Google's Waymo says insurance data shows its driverless cars are safer than humans
Hundreds of driverless cars are now an everyday part of traffic in San Francisco, but how safe are they and how do they compare to human drivers? Google’s Waymo, one of the largest driverless car companies in the city, just released a new study that attempts to shed light on its own track record.
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A closer look: Overtime pay in Bay Area cities
Staffing shortages are the norm these days in local and city businesses in the Bay Area.
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‘It was definitely a cult': Catholic commune with Bay Area hippie roots faces allegations of sex abuse and violence
A lay Catholic commune with roots in the Bay Area hippie movement is now the target of multiple child sexual abuse lawsuits.
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SF city official pleads not guilty to corruption charges
The head of San Francisco’s Community Challenge grant program formally entered a not guilty plea Thursday to 30 felony corruption charges that include misappropriating public funds, bribery and conflict of interest allegations.
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Public corruption scandal: New charges filed against current, former San Francisco city officials
The head of a San Francisco city grant program, together with a former top city official, face corruption charges for an alleged four-year scheme to misappropriate tax dollars to line their own pockets, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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Number of large conventions, conferences in San Francisco low for 2024
Large conventions and conferences have slowed down a bit in San Francisco since the pandemic, but projections for 2024 are bleak.
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PG&E reliability hits new low with anti-fire settings
PG&E suffered its worst reliability in decades, new data shows, as the company embraced new technology to shut off power immediately after incidents to prevent sparking wildfires.
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Bay Area office vacancy rates compared to other major cities in the US
Housing is not the only problem in the Bay Area. There’s also too much vacant office space. NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has been tracking the growing office vacancy rates in the region and how those numbers compare to cities across the country.
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St. Ignatius responds to abuse allegations against former drama director
St. Ignatius College Preparatory School in San Francisco is explaining how it handled the situation involving a former drama director accused of kissing a freshman student years ago.
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Los Gatos mom Shannon O'Connor not in court for preliminary hearing, cites infection
The Los Gatos mother accused of hosting alcohol-fueled parties for minors was due in court Monday ahead of an evidentiary hearing scheduled for Tuesday, but she reportedly did not show.
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Popular former St. Ignatius drama director kissed freshman student: lawsuit
For nearly 50 years, Peter Devine has been a fixture of St. Ignatius College Preparatory School, running the drama program and teaching English at the well-known San Francisco Catholic high school.
