Workers prepare to move the home located at 807 Franklin Street to 635 Fulton Street. The quarter mile journey has taken years of planning and required coordination with over a dozen city agencies.
Five years ago, two Alameda County sheriff’s deputies chased a car theft suspect across the Bay Bridge, from Castro Valley to an alley in San Francisco’s Mission District. sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
There, they tackled him and beat him with batons, giving him a concussion and breaking bones in his hands and arms. sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
The incident drew national outrage after former San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi released surveillance footage showing the two deputies knocking Stanislav Petrov to the ground, punching him and bludgeoning him, even after he appeared to surrender. sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
BREAKING: PG&E begins to shut off power to customers in the North Bay and other parts of Northern California, according to the utility. Maps show Public Safety Power Shut-off outages in Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties. trib.al/lRgQPkC
Roughly 6,000 customer accounts in the North Bay, primarily in Napa County, were without power shortly before 8:30 p.m, PG&E spokesperson Denny Boyles said. sfchronicle.com/california-wil…
Boyles told The Chronicle that he wanted to offer clarity for concerned PG&E customers in the Oakland hills that their power is scheduled to be restored by 10 p.m. Thursday — not Friday, as was stated on a previous PG&E news release.
POWER SHUT-OFFS UPDATE: A dangerous combo of fast winds and low humidity at the height of fire season is expected to prompt outages for tens of thousands of Northern California homes and businesses starting Wednesday and lasting potentially into Friday. trib.al/FniBqzv
PG&E has warned that about 50,000 customers in portions of 21 counties, including most Bay Area counties, will likely face preemptive electricity cuts intended to prevent wildfires caused by wind-damaged power lines. sfchronicle.com/business/artic…
PG&E officials said they had “high confidence” that speedy and dry Diablo winds would arrive Wednesday and National Weather Service forecasters were in agreement that “this will be a high risk event.” sfchronicle.com/business/artic…
Santa Clara County will advance from the state’s red tier for economic reopening to the less restrictive orange tier on Wednesday, the county said, allowing most businesses and other indoor activities to operate at higher levels of capacity.
Gov. Newsom's six-point plan for restarting public life in California: 1. Widespread testing that would allow the state to isolate people exposed and trace those with whom they have come in contact.
2. Ability to care for older and medically vulnerable Californians as they continue to isolate at home.
3. Capacity for hospitals to handle a potential surge in patients, plus resume normal care.