San Francisco’s Mayor London Breed on Thursday ordered that the city’s transportation agency bolster screening of bidders in light of what NBC Bay Area uncovered about the troubled safety record of the Twin Peaks Tunnel retrofit... Read More
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A deadly bridge collapse in Italy is raising new concerns about the safety of bridges in the United States. The highway bridge located in Italy’s port city of Genoa was 51-years old when it collapsed on Tuesday, killing 39 people. Read More
After NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit revealed a troubled safety record for the Oakland contractor whose worker was killed in the Twin Peaks Tunnel retrofit project, a San Francisco Supervisor is calling for a formal hearing over... Read More
The Oakland-based contractor whose worker was struck and killed by a steel beam in the Twin Peaks Tunnel seismic retrofit project has been tied to 11 prior accidents, and nearly 50 worker safety violations in the last decade. Read More
Scientists fear that California's water supply is under threat by a practice that has been banned in every major oil-producing state. California allows oil companies to dump millions of gallons of wastewater into open, unlined... Read More
The 75-year-old woman who left a care center on the grounds of San Francisco General Hospital alone and was found dead nearby days later was in such frail medical and mental condition that she was supposed to be escorted on... Read More
The Oakland City Council capped a contentious, 11-hour meeting Tuesday night by unanimously voting in support of a proposed ballot measure that would protect thousands of tenants from no-cause evictions. Read More
In front of what’s expected to be a packed chamber Tuesday night, the Oakland City Council will decide the fate of a proposed ballot measure that aims to protect thousands of tenants in the city from being evicted for no cause. The Read More
Hundreds of San Francisco residents may have been wrongfully evicted from their homes, according to an NBC Bay Area investigation. The series of reports prompted government hearings, new laws, and one of the city’s largest housing... Read More
An about face. The young East Bay man who pleaded not guilty to terrorism-related charges last year changed his tune Wednesday. Now 23-year-old Amer Alhaggagi is pleading guilty. Our Investigative Unit was the first to report... Read More
