Vandals Set Fire to Oakland Courthouse, Smash Windows
A protest in Oakland in support of racial justice and police reform turned violent Saturday night.
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Hardly Strictly to Do Virtual Festival, Organizers Announce Charitable Fund for Musicians
The 20th year of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival will still take place Oct. 2 to 4 online.
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Santa Clara County to Begin Wristband System to Avoid Waiting at COVID-19 Testing Sites
Santa Clara County will provide wristbands to avoid long waits in line at COVID-19 testing sites.
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Oakland Zoo to Reopen Wednesday
After four months of closure due to COVID-19 concerns, the Oakland Zoo will soon be reopening to the public.
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Oakland City Leaders Urge Residents to Avoid Social Gatherings
East Oakland residents are being urged to avoid social gatherings because they are leading to a surge in COVID-19 cases, city leaders said Friday.
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Live Blog: Latest Coronavirus Updates
Here’s a one-stop blog of where to get the daily coronavirus information you need.
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List of Coronavirus Cases in the Bay Area
Here’s a breakdown of the latest coronavirus cases health officials have announced in the Bay Area.
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Two Alameda County Sheriff's Department Employees Die From COVID-19 Complications in 24 Hours
An Alameda County sheriff’s deputy died Thursday evening due to complications from COVID-19, sheriff’s officials said.
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Group Breaks Off of Mostly Peaceful Protest, Vandalizes Police Station, Sets Courthouse on Fire
Hundreds of protesters participated in a mostly peaceful march through the streets of downtown Oakland Saturday evening to show support for the ongoing protest continuing in Portland since George Floyd’s death nearly two months ago. The event began at 7:30 p.m. at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza at 14th Street and Broadway in Oakland, according to organ... -
Fremont Police Negotiate With Man Barricaded in Car
Police officers are negotiating Saturday evening in Fremont with a man who has barricaded himself in a vehicle near Mowry Avenue, between Peralta and Mission boulevards.
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Major Crash on Hwy. 280 in Woodside
A major accident in Woodside on northbound Interstate Highway 280 led to a vehicle crashing onto a residential street next to the freeway, officials said.
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San Francisco Bus Driver Assaulted With Bat Over Mask Order
A San Francisco bus driver was assaulted with a wooden bat after asking three passengers to wear a mask in keeping with city health orders to combat the coronavirus
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Armenian School and Community Center in San Francisco Vandalized
An Armenian school and community center in San Francisco believes it is the victim of a hate crime after it was vandalized.
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Rallies Planned Saturday in Palo Alto, Oakland to Support Portland Protests
Two rallies in support of protesters in Portland will take place in the Bay Area Saturday.
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Gov. Newsom Vows to Increase State Help for Essential Workers With COVID-19
With COVID-19 cases on the rise, Gov. Gavin Newsom said that essential workers are getting sick more often than others – and one reason for that may be that they don’t have a safe place to isolate when they become infected.
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SF Officials Update Face Covering Requirements
San Francisco city officials on Friday announced an update to the city’s face covering requirements, per new state and federal guidelines, that now require residents to cover their nose and mouths in a variety of settings to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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SJPD Officer on Leave After Controversial Arrest
A San Jose police officer is on leave after cell phone video surfaced of him making an arrest. The video posted to social media Wednesday appears to show the officer kicking, then dragging a woman.
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Police Visit Defiant San Jose Salon Owner
San Jose police officers showed up Friday at a San Jose hair salon where the owner boldly told NBC Bay Area he would keep operating indoors despite a public health order requiring him to close.
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Santa Clara County Fires Back at Dr. Birx on Rising COVID Cases in San Jose
Santa Clara County is firing back after comments from one of the nation’s top health leaders.
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Health Care Professionals Call for Nationwide Shutdown Amid Rising Cases
Hundreds of health care professionals from institutions across the country are calling for a full nationwide shutdown so lawmakers can come up with a new comprehensive strategy for beating COVID-19.
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Extra Unemployment Aid Expires as Virus Threatens New States
As public health officials warned Friday that the coronavirus posed new risks to parts of the Midwest and South, enhanced federal payments that helped avert financial ruin for millions of unemployed Americans were set to expire — leaving threadbare safety nets offered by individual states to catch them.
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San Jose Salon Defies Orders, Serves Customers Indoors
Public health orders haven’t stopped some Bay Area businesses from operating illegally.
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Santa Cruz County May Have to Roll Back Reopening If Cases Continue to Climb
As COVID-19 cases in California continue to rise, many are keeping a close eye on the state’s watch list. Eight out of nine Bay Area counties are currently on the list, and Santa Cruz County has been on the list for less than three days.
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CDC Releases New Back-To-School Guidelines
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new guidelines Thursday for reopening schools that emphasize getting students back in the classroom by laying out the social, emotional and mental risks of keeping students at home.
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Live Blog: Brush Fire Burns Near I-580 in Richmond
The latest updates on fires reported in the Bay Area and Northern California.
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Restaurant Owner, Former Sharks Prospect Irate Over Landlord Lawsuit
Restaurant owner and former San Jose Sharks prospect Alex Hult is fighting back after he was sued by his landlord for back rent on his Mountain View location, which has been closed since March.
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FBI Arrests Chinese Researcher for Visa Fraud After She Hid at Consulate in San Francisco
A researcher who took refuge in the Chinese consulate in San Francisco after allegedly lying to investigators about her Chinese military service was arrested and will appear in court on Monday, according to a senior Justice Department official.
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Coronavirus in California: Updates and Daily Briefings
Stay-at-home orders issued in mid-March were gradually relaxed during the spring, but spikes in key statistics mean California has tightened its virus restrictions in July during a summer like no other. Updates on the spread of COVID-19 and California’s response can be found here. You also can view daily updates from the governor’s offi... -
California Counties Step Up Enforcement as Virus Surges
California counties are stepping up enforcement of public health orders as hospitalizations and positive tests for the coronavirus skyrocket in many parts of the state.
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Sonoma County Supervisors Discuss Possible Fines for Non-Compliance With COVID-19 Safety Measures
In a Sonoma County Board of Supervisors meeting Thursday, county officials discussed a proposed program that would involve giving out fines to residents for not complying with COVID-19 safety measures.
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Oakland Business Owner Fights Waste Management Fines After Video Shows Suspicious Incident
An Oakland small business owner is raising questions about a series of charges he’s been getting from Waste Management, so he set up a security camera and caught a surprising incident on video.
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Reopening the Bay Area: Full List of Counties Easing Coronavirus Restrictions
Most Bay Area counties are easing restrictions, but at different degrees. It’s hard to keep track of what’s happening where. So we broke it down for you here.
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Return to School: Here Are Bay Area Districts' Plans for Students to Resume Classes
NBC Bay Area has reached out to every Bay Area school district to get their plans for reopening during the pandemic.
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Stanford Medicine Working on Speeding Up COVID Testing Process
The wait for COVID-19 test results is growing along with the lines at testing centers, but Stanford Medicine is working to speed up that turn-around time.
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NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48 Team Up to Clear the Shelters
NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48 are teaming up to Clear the Shelters. It’s our annual push to find hundreds of animals their forever homes.
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Santa Clara County Wins $6M Grant to Create Campus Wellness Centers
The Santa Clara County Office of Education was awarded a $6 million grant from California’s Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission on Thursday to create wellness centers on school campuses. The development of the wellness centers will provide mental and behavioral health services to students.
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As School-From-Home Resumes, Is Your Wi-Fi Ready?
With many students starting class from home in the fall, Wi-Fi networks will be put to the test again. We have expert advice, plus ways to get low-cost or free internet.
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SF to Open Community Learning Hubs to Support Distance Learning
San Francisco plans to open community learning hubs to support distance learning in an effort to help students that might not have access to a computer.
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Santa Clara County Sheriff's Campaign Scandal Widens
Allegations that the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office was exchanging concealed gun permits for campaign donations has hit the next stage.
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City of Brentwood Offers Grants for Outdoor Dining Spaces
Restaurants in Brentwood are once again thriving despite the COVID pandemic. The city has taken extraordinary steps to help them take their operations outdoors.
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Alameda COVID-19 Testing Center Forced to Suddenly Shut Down
A new coronavirus testing center in Alameda was forced to suddenly shut down Wednesday because of an insurance liability issue, much to the chagrin of hundreds of people waiting in line to be tested.
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California Sets New Single-Day High With 157 COVID-19 Deaths
California on Thursday reported 157 new COVID-19 deaths — a single-day high for the nation’s most populous state.
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7 Stanford Athletes Test Positive for Coronavirus
Seven student-athletes at Stanford University have tested positive for the coronavirus, the university’s Athletic Department said Wednesday.
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Hospitals Have Trouble Getting Their Hands on Remdesivir as COVID Cases Surge
With hospitalizations up nearly 50% across the state in the last month, hospitals in San Francisco are running out of remdesivir – the main treatment doctors are using to help COVID patients survive.
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Tech Shortage in California Schools as New Academic Year Approaches: Survey
School districts across California need hundreds of thousands of computers and Wi-Fi hotspots as the state’s students prepare to start the new school year via full-time distance learning, according to a survey conducted by the state Department of Education.
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Study Shows Early Number of Bay Area Virus Cases Was Far Underreported: Report
As many Bay Area counties continue to tighten restrictions because of recent spikes in coronavirus cases, researchers now say data from early in the pandemic supports the belief that the number of infections was about 10 times what was being reported.
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California to Buy More Masks, But Will They Get to the Workers Who Need Them?
California will spend $315 million more to buy hundreds of millions of protective masks as the coronavirus continues to ravage the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday. A new contract with Chinese manufacturer BYD will provide the state 120 million tight-fighting N95 respirator masks and 300 million looser-fitting surgical masks. California... -
Suspect Arrested in Rohnert Park Burglary Where Intruder Apologized Before Leaving
Hours after a resident of the Rancho Grande Mobile Home Park in Rohnert Park reported on Wednesday that a man had entered his house, walked through the bedrooms and then apologized as he left, police arrested a man who had a loaded gun just like the victim’s and was sitting, uninvited, on the porch of another homeowner.
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Richmond PD Gets First Woman, Woman of Color Chief
Richmond’s new police chief says she’s focused on pushing her department forward as the first woman and the first woman of color to head the 110-year-old department. NBC Bay Area’s Cheryl Hurd talked with her about how she plans to do it all.
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China Harboring Researcher Wanted for Visa Fraud in San Francisco Consulate, FBI Says
The FBI alleges that a researcher focusing on biology who lied about her connection to the Chinese military in order to receive a U.S. visa has avoided arrest by taking refuge in the Chinese consulate in San Francisco.
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Sierra Club Apologizes for Founder John Muir's Racist Views
The Sierra Club apologized Wednesday for racist remarks its founder, naturalist John Muir, made more then a century ago as the influential environmental group grapples with a harmful history that perpetuated white supremacy.
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Support Students Learning at Home! Join NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48 in Supporting Our Schools
Join us as we return for our annual Supporting Our Schools!
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Planning Now Can Help Students Excel When the School Year Starts From Home
An East Bay teacher and parent shares what she’s learned to make things easier for families, as California students prepare for more distance learning in the fall.
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Japanese Tea Garden Reopens With a Sense of a Calm
San Francisco’s iconic Japanese Tea Garden reopened its ornate gates on Wednesday, and there was no shortage of visitors seeking its calming powers.
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Santa Clara County Prosecutor Pledges Reforms After Death of Floyd
The top prosecutor for a Bay Area county announced Wednesday he will no longer seek the death penalty and will move to end cash bail and stop pursuing less serious crimes as part of a reform plan prompted by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
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San Francisco Announces Efforts to Increase COVID-19 Testing
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced Wednesday new efforts to prioritize COVID-19 testing in the county and address the surge in hospitalizations. One of the initiatives to support these efforts consists of adding 400 new appointments per day at the CityTestSF site at the Embarcadero. In addition, two new mobile testing sites with the ability... -
Outdoor Dining at San Jose's San Pedro Square Expanding Into the Street
The city of San Jose on Wednesday launches its Al Fresco Dining Street Closure in support of downtown restaurants and other businesses, starting with the shutdown of San Pedro Square to make space for outdoor diners.
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Public Support Not Enough to Get Oakland City Council to Cut More From Police Budget
Oakland city councilmembers failed late Tuesday night to take millions of dollars in funding away from the city’s police department even though it appears many residents were demanding it.
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California's Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Top 409,000, Surpassing New York for Most in the U.S.
California’s confirmed coronavirus cases have topped 409,000, surpassing New York for most in the nation. John’s Hopkins University data showed Wednesday that California now has about 1,200 more cases than New York. However, New York’s 32,250 deaths are by far the highest total in the country, and its rate of confirmed infections ... -
Largest US Public University System Requires Ethnic Studies
Ethnic and social justice studies will become a graduation requirement at California State University after the Board of Trustees approved the idea on Wednesday amid the national uproar over racism and police brutality
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Nurses Mourn Oakland Nurse Who Apparently Died of COVID-19
Bay Area nurses are mourning the death of one of their own who apparently died of COVID-19, and some fear they could be next.
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Group Suing State to Force Schools to Open for In-Class Learning
A group of parents and lawyers is suing California to force schools to offer in-classroom learning this fall.
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Starbucks Barista Wants Policy for Drive-Through Customers to Wear Masks
A Contra Costa County Starbucks worker said the company has not been requiring their drive-through customers to wear a mask and has even threatened to reprimand her for asking customers to do so.
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Apple Targets Zero Carbon Emissions Across Entire Business by 2030
Tech giant Apple on Tuesday announced its plan to reduce the company’s carbon footprint to net zero across its entire business by 2030, according to a company blog post.
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Giants Top A's Again, Head to LA for 2020 Season Opener
The Giants will board a flight to Los Angeles on Wednesday, leaving a bubble that has kept them safe for three weeks. It’s a nerve-wracking time behind the scenes, but under Oracle Park’s lights Tuesday night, the players made sure their manager can sleep a bit easier.
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SF Appeals Court Upholds Verdict in Monsanto Roundup Case, Cuts Award to $20.5M
A former Vallejo groundskeeper with terminal cancer won an appeal Monday against Monsanto Co., which was seeking to overturn a trial court decision to award the man more than $75 million in damages.
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San Francisco Firefighters Contain 2-Alarm House Fire, No Injuries Reported
A fire that was elevated to a second alarm Tuesday night at a house at 1254 33rd Ave. near Golden Gate Park has been contained, the San Francisco Fire Department said.
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Wearing a Mask Protects You Too: Study
New research suggests wearing a mask doesn’t just help the people around you, it protects you as well.
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Baseball Returns to Empty Oracle Park
The San Francisco Giants played for the first time at an empty Oracle ballpark Tuesday night.
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When Students Return to Class, How Can Parents Reduce Virus Risk?
We asked one of the worlds’ leading virologists — based in San Francisco — what families need to know before students return to in-school learning.
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San Mateo County Only One Not on State's Monitoring List
San Mateo County is now the only county in the Bay Area not on the state’s monitoring list, but with COVID-19 cases continuing to grow, many say it’s only a matter of time before that changes.
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Marin County Supes Approve Citations for Non-Compliance With COVID-19 Orders
The Marin County Board of Supervisors voted to adopt an ordinance to cite individuals who don’t comply with COVID-19 safety measures.
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Vandals Spray Paint Messages on Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf's Home
Messages such as “DEFUND OPD!” and “WAKE UP LIBBY” were spray painted on Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s home.
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Giants' Alyssa Nakken Coaches First Base Late in Exhibition Vs. A's
Alyssa Nakken continued her development Monday night by spending two innings coaching on the field.
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Warrant Issued for East Bay Priest Who Failed to Show
A Bay Area priest accused of sexual battery failed to appear in court Monday and a judge issued a warrant for his arrest.
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130 Test Positive in Deadly Walnut Creek Nursing Home Outbreak
The coronavirus pandemic has hit ManorCare Health Services Tice Valley in Walnut Creek hard. Between staff and residents, state records show there have been 130 positive cases.
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San Quentin Officer in Induced Coma After Contracting Coronavirus
So often the discussion about COVID-19 is a numbers game. But it’s critical to remember that every number is a person that often is in the fight for their lives.
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Giants Manager Gabe Kapler, Players Kneel During Anthem
San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler knelt during the national anthem along with several of his players before first pitch of a 6-2 exhibition win against the Athletics in Oakland
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Fire in Oakley Destroys Cars, Boats Near Bethel Island
Fire crews in East Contra Costa County knocked down a fire in Oakley that destroyed cars and boats near Bethel Island early Tuesday morning, according to fire officials.
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Giants Top A's in First of Two Battle of the Bay Exhibitions
Austin Slater drove in five runs to power the Giants to a 6-2 win over the A’s on Monday night.
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Two-Alarm Fire Causes Roof Collapse at Building in West Oakland: FD
Fire crews were battling a two-alarm fire that caused a roof to collapse at a building in West Oakland early Tuesday morning, according to the fire department.
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Hotel Leaders Sue SF Over Ordinance That Requires More Cleaning
Leaders with the state’s hotel industry on Monday announced they’ve filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court, seeking to overturn an emergency ordinance passed earlier this month that increases cleaning at the city’s hotels and commercial offices.
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3 Homicides in Less Than 48 Hours as Oakland City Council Weighs Police Cuts
Three people died in three homicides in Oakland in less than 48 hours, police said Monday.
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Former Sonoma County Jail Inmate Dies From In-Custody Injury
A former Sonoma County Jail inmate died Saturday from a head injury he suffered while in custody, sheriff’s officials said Monday.
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East Bay Teen Leads Campaign to Get Trader Joe's to Rename Some Products
An East Bay teenager is leading a national charge to get Trader Joe’s to change the names on some of its products that she says are racially insensitive.
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Bay Area Participates in Nationwide ‘Strike for Black Lives'
Many fast food workers, Amazon drivers and health care workers in the Bay Area walked off the job Monday as part of a nationwide protest called “Strike for Black Lives.”
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San Francisco Businesses Forced to Shut Down Again
San Francisco was added to the state’s watch list Friday, triggering a new round of closures and reopening delays affecting malls, restaurants, and thousands of other businesses, all struggling to hang on.
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CIF Announces Postponement of Fall, Winter High School Sports
The California Interscholastic Federation announced Monday that fall and winter school sports across the state will tentatively start in December or January due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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State Issues Guidance for Salons, Barbershops to Operate Outdoors
Barbershops, hair salons and nail salons are some of the California businesses allowed to operate outdoors under new guidance issued Monday.
