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Four Bay Area Priests Still on the Job Despite New Sex Abuse Allegations
Two Bay Area Catholic dioceses are allowing priests they employ to remain in ministry despite lawsuits now accusing the men of sexually abusing children earlier in their careers, NBC Bay Area has confirmed.
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Dozens of Northern CA Priests Facing Child Sex Abuse Claims for the First Time
Dozens of Northern California Catholic priests and church employees – some still working, others retired or deceased – are being publicly accused for the first time of sexually abusing children in their care.
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Vallejo's Own H.E.R Announces Peabody Award for NBC Bay Area
Watch Candice Nguyen and Michael Bott of NBC Bay Area accept a Peabody Award for their revealing documentary series “The Moms of Magnolia Street” and “No Man’s Land: Fighting for Fatherhood in a Broken System.” Video courtesy of The Peabody Awards.
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San Francisco Man Dies After Being Handcuffed, Held Down by Police and Fire Crews
Authorities are investigating the death of a 35-year-old man who twice told police and fire crews he couldn’t breathe as he was being held, face-down, after being handcuffed for several minutes, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.
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San Francisco Man Dies After Being Handcuffed, Held Down by Police and Fire Crews
Authorities are investigating the death of a 35-year-old man who twice told police and fire crews he couldn’t breathe as he was being held, face-down, after being handcuffed for several minutes, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned.
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PG&E Reassures Nervous Counties It Will Fill Vacant Safety Posts as Wildfire Season Looms
After Napa and Sonoma counties complained that vital PG&E posts were being left vacant with the approach of wildfire season, utility officials told NBC Bay Area it’s all a “misunderstanding” and it intends to fill currently empty slots in its public safety specialist program.
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PG&E Reassures Nervous Counties it Will Fill Vacant Safety Posts as Wildfire Season Looms
After Napa and Sonoma counties complained that vital PG&E posts were being left vacant with the approach of wildfire season, utility officials told NBC Bay Area it’s all a “misunderstanding” and it intends to fill currently empty slots in its public safety specialist program. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.
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‘The Fuse': Palo Alto Officer Facing Assault Charge Had Reputation for Using Force, Messages Show
A former Palo Alto police sergeant facing criminal assault charges for roughing up a city resident during a 2018 arrest had a prior reputation for using force and a questionable nickname among fellow officers to match, according to recent court records filed by Santa Clara County prosecutors.
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Battle in Space to Save the Earth
Scientists say the GEDI Mission is one of the best tools they have for combatting climate change, but NASA plans to scrap the project and kick it off the International Space Station in the coming year. Stephen Stock reports.
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Underground Wall Could Be Hitch for SF's Millennium Tower Fix Plan
A nearly forgotten underground wall could prove a serious obstacle to reversing the tilt of the Millennium Tower, a major goal of the $100 million fix for the troubled San Francisco high rise, experts tell NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit.
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Underground Wall Could Be Hitch for SF's Millennium Tower Fix Plan
A nearly forgotten underground wall could prove a serious obstacle to reversing the tilt of the Millennium Tower, a major goal of the $100 million fix for the troubled San Francisco high rise, experts tell NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.
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SJPD Officer on Leave After Accusation He Traded Meth Pipe for Information
A San Jose police officer is on leave while the department probes an allegation he gave a meth pipe to a San Jose woman in exchange for information, according to sources who spoke to NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit.
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SJPD Officer on Leave After Accusation He Traded Meth Pipe for Information
A San Jose police officer is on paid leave while the department probes an allegation he gave a meth pipe to a San Jose woman in exchange for information, according to sources who spoke to NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit.
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Dozens of Mistakes Caused Death of Young Hospital Patient, Court Rules
Documents obtained by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit show medical staff at UCSF nearly quadrupled a young patient’s opioid medication and then failed to monitor him with a pulse oximeter, a simple medical device that would have alerted them if his blood oxygen level fell to a dangerously low level.
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Dozens of Mistakes Caused Death of Young Hospital Patient, Court Rules
Documents obtained by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit show medical staff at UCSF nearly quadrupled a young patient’s opioid medication and then failed to monitor him with a pulse oximeter, a simple medical device that would have alerted them if his blood oxygen level fell to a dangerously low level. Jessica Aguirre reports.
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Simple Device Could Have Saved Life of Young Kidney Donor
After a healthy young man died at UCSF hospital, an NBC Bay Area Investigation uncovered the events that caused his heart to stop just one day after surgery. Photographic evidence shows Anders Pederson wasn’t being monitored with a pulse oximeter, even after a nurse practitioner changed his medication from Fentanyl to another powerful opioid: Dilaudid. While Fentanyl is more powerful...
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Simple Device Could Have Saved Life of Young Kidney Donor
A 28-year-old man tried to save his sister’s life by donating his kidney to her, but instead, lost his own life after surgery. A Danville family speaks out for the first time about how a simple, inexpensive device could have made all the difference. Jessica Aguirre reports.
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Justice Delayed for Months by Slow Police Response to Public Records Requests
An investigation by NBC Bay Area reveals that some of the largest police agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area are taking months and sometimes even a year or longer to release public records in the form of accident reports to the victims of traffic accidents.
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Justice Delayed for Months by Slow Police Response to Public Records Requests
NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit discovered the COVID-19 pandemic has caused staffing shortages at local police departments that has resulted in delays of a year or more in releasing public records of traffic accidents. Senior investigative reporter Stephen Stock reports.
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Updated Timeline of San Jose Kidnapping Investigation
Senior Investigative Reporter Stephen Stock has an updated timeline of the kidnapping of 3-month-old baby Brandon Cuellar in San Jose.