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(BCN) -- Representatives from over a dozen cities in San Mateo County joined the Board of Supervisors in a meeting Thursday to discuss the projected impacts of losing out on millions of dollars in funding owed from the state. "It will change the face of delivery of services to ou...
President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the toll on American sailors enduring a record-setting deployment of nearly nine months on the USS Abraham Lincoln as concerns escalated about mental health and supply issues aboard the aircraft carrier supporting U.S. operations agains...
Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is due back in court Friday morning as she faces new allegations in what prosecutors are calling a “pay-to-play” scheme involving Thao, her boyfriend and a pair of Oakland businessmen. Thao is scheduled to appear for a pretrial motion hearing at 9 ...
The 2028 MLB All-Star Game will be played in San Francisco’s Oracle Park, adding another major sporting event to the Bay Area’s calendar. The San Francisco Giants and Mayor Daniel Lurie’s office confirmed the game is scheduled for July 12. The last time the All-Star Game was play...
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) said an "ongoing cable issue" has shut down service for the rest of Thursday on the California Cable Car Line. SFMTA made the announcement around 6:24 p.m. in a social media post. SFMTA is advisi...
The suit centers on an ordinance Mayor Daniel Lurie signed in May, which YIMBY groups say violates SB 79.
Plus: Garry Tan hosts Xavier Becerra, Bilal Mahmood goes to the mat for YIMBY, and new City College board candidates emerge.
The Oakland City Attorney is joining a legal battle against a downtown landlord after elderly and disabled residents were left without working elevators for weeks....
Jury selection began Wednesday in Meta's federal trial over claims its platforms have harmed youth mental health and track children in violation of federal law. The trial is scheduled to begin next week and is expected to last six to eight weeks....
Jury selection began Wednesday at the federal courthouse in Oakland in a new trial against Meta-owned platforms Facebook and Instagram. The company is accused of creating products that are harmful to kids....
The battle over the Kennedy Center’s future escalated Thursday as President Donald Trump’s allies on the board took new steps to commemorate him with physical changes to the iconic performing arts institution that could defy a federal court order. During an hourslong meeting that...
The four candidates running for District 8 supervisor explain how they would've voted on the plan to upzone San Francisco. Meet the District 8 candidates: Should S.F. allow taller apartment buildings?...
Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman will face off in a Republican runoff election for South Carolina’s vacant U.S. Senate seat, one month after the sudden passing of late Sen. Lindsey Graham....
Thousands of workers from two of San Jose’s largest unions are voting this week on whether to authorize a strike. The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Local 21 and the Municipal Employees Federation, which together represent 4,500 city employees, h...
Jury selection begins in a new trial against Facebook and Instagram. The Meta-owned platforms are accused of creating products that are harmful to kids....
State Sen. Aisha Wahab is filing formal complaints over allegations of election interference in the race to replace former Rep. Eric Swalwell in California’s 14th Congressional District. Wahab spoke Wednesday outside Hayward City Hall, where she was joined by several unions and s...
Meta faces states including California in an Oakland federal court over allegations that its Facebook and Instagram apps are designed to keep minors hooked. Jury selection began Wednesday morning, according to the court calendar. The trial is scheduled to start Monday morning. At...
What to Know Less than a year after purchasing the Lakers, Dodgers owner Mark Walter is selling the team to Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger. An agreement was reached to purchase the 17-time NBA champs for a record $12.5 billion, ESPN reported . The deal requires the approval of the N...
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday to regulate commercial humanoid robots. Here's what that means.
District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey explains what San Francisco’s new drug-free supportive housing ordinance can do Meet the District 6 candidate: Will Matt Dorsey’s drug-free housing ordinance have any real impact?...
Nearly 20 people originally signaled their desire to run for Oakland mayor on Nov. 3. Only four of them actually qualified.
On 24th Street. Photo by Angel Mayorga. Lowrider
Tuesday's appearance could be the last time Luigi Mangione is seen in public before jury selection starts on Sept. 8.
Voters in the East Bay have about a week to decide who will fill the remainder of former Rep. Eric Swalwell's congressional term in a special election that has become an expensive and increasingly contentious contest between two Democrats. BART Board President Melissa Hernandez a...
Voters in California's 14th Congressional District are preparing to cast their ballots in a high-stakes special election to decide who will represent the East Bay in Washington, D.C....
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- A new trial for Antolin Garcia-Torres, the man previously convicted of kidnapping and murdering Sierra LaMar, is slated to begin with jury selection later this month. LaMar, 15, vanished in her Morgan Hill neighborhood on March 16, 2012 when she missed ...
A week out from a special election that will decide who will complete the remainder of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s term, state Sen. Aisha Wahab and BART Director Melissa Hernandez are making their final pitches to voters. Hernandez and Wahab will face off in both the special elec...
San Francisco's mayor is giving voters discordant messages heading into the next election. But he's likable and popular enough that it may not matter. Will Mayor Lurie’s coat tails remain long in November? Transit backers hope so....
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — With the November election just months away, candidates across the Bay Area are ramping up their campaigns and making their case to voters. In San Francisco, around 200 people gathered at the Southeast Community Center for a candidate forum focused on one o...
At Pop's Bar. Photo by Angel Mayorga. Pop’s
The Senate has passed a short-term measure to keep federal agencies funded into early December and avoid a government shutdown during campaign season.
The Senate has confirmed Todd Blanche as the next attorney general of the United States.
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 90-6 early Saturday to pass a short-term funding bill to remove the threat of a government shutdown before the midterm elections. The legislation , advanced in a late-night session that stretched into the early hours, would keep federal funds flowing...
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- State Sen. Scott Wiener, who is running to succeed former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Congress, announced Friday that his campaign is taking down the ConnieChan.ai parody chatbot and the billboards promoting it after acknowledging the effort "missed the ...
The election is a mere 88 days away, and filings released last Friday offer a glimpse of the money pouring into the races on the ballot. Follow the money: Five takeaways from the latest campaign finance filings...
Seven candidates are facing off for three seats on the San Francisco School Board. Every week, Mission Local will ask them one question. Meet the S.F. School Board candidates: What is your No. 1 priority?...
San Francisco is blanketed in AI ads that make no sense – and most of us have stopped reading them. But others are fighting back.
If you're driving down Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, you may notice a man living inside a billboard that was turned into a temporary home 30 feet above the street....
Nine of the 10 candidates slated to appear on the ballot attended last week’s forum; some admitted they lacked knowledge of major issues. After crowded candidate forums, District 10 voters push back on giving everyone the mic...
The rescue effort required assistance from a local contractor, who helped remove floorboards of a shed so responders could safely access the animal.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, came out Friday against President Donald Trump’s pick of Todd Blanche for attorney general, leaving the nomination hanging by a thread. Murkowski joins fellow centrist Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, to oppose the president’s choice. With Sen. Mitch Mc...
Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress.
Mayor Daniel Lurie only took a bite out of the city’s projected $1 billion structural deficit.
With the November midterm election coming up, California voters will have several propositions to consider in addition to candidates. Fourteen new propositions, ranging from the environment to taxes, will be on the ballot. Proposition 1 attempts to address affordable housing. Hou...
Aviation officials and the NTSB are reviewing an air traffic safety incident involving the Marine One presidential helicopter that occurred this week
Senate Republicans voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he declined to answer lawmakers’ questions during a fiery hearing last week . Fauci, who has been a target of the right since he served as a top health official during the Covid pandemic, repeatedly ...
(BCN) -- The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will add more service on key routes starting in a few weeks as more people return to school and work. "These changes will bring immediate improvements to thousands of riders traveling key corridors to school and to work,"...
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to pay $12 million to the grandmother of an 8-year-old girl who died after years of abuse and neglect by her mother, despite several complaints made to the child welfare system, whose workers had determined she was safe....
The bartender behind some of the city’s most inventive cocktails is dedicating an entire bar to martinis, mozzarella sticks, and mortadella sandwiches....
Two municipal water systems in New Jersey were targeted in cyberattacks widely thought to be the work of Iran, the state said Wednesday.
(BCN) -- A homebuilders association is seeking to roll back protections for a hawk under California's Endangered Species Act -- the first delisting in 17 years, according to the state's Fish and Game Commission. The Swainson's hawk nests in Solano County and the Central Valley fr...
Supervisor Bilal Mahmood has a plan to use the Tenderloin’s 70 corner stores to start selling healthy food, but it’s unclear if the storekeepers are on board. Few would dispute Mahmood’s […] SF Supe wants to add vegetables and fruits to Tenderloin corner stores, but owners are sk...
At least six stores at Branham Plaza in San Jose were burglarized Monday night, according to business owners. The strip mall is located at Pearl Avenue and Branham Lane, not far from Capitol Expressway. It wasn’t immediately known what was stolen from the businesses. Crews were b...
Half Moon Bay’s Planning Commission will hold a special meeting Wednesday night to consider zoning changes that supporters say could help pave the way for more housing. Commissioners will review a series of zoning amendments that would allow higher-density development in some are...
San Francisco leaders say a 90-day effort targeting illegal vending and drug activity at two Mission District BART plazas is showing early results. While some credit Mayor Daniel Lurie for making good progress, other residents say the problems are simply moving elsewhere....
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors is weighing a $30 minimum wage that could be the highest local minimum wage in the nation.
Meet the AI — “Average Individual” — behind the viral ChatTJB billboard.
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors is considering whether to establish a $30 minimum wage, which would be the highest in the nation.
District 6 supervisorial candidate Matt Dorsey shares what would be his top priority on the Board of Supervisors. Meet the District 6 candidate: What’s your No. 1 priority?...
