Crews Mopping Up San Jose Wildfire Hot Spots; Arson Suspect In Custody
Crews continued to monitor and extinguish hot spots along a ridge in the San Jose hills early Friday after six intentionally set fires drove local residents from the their homes.
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Crews continued to monitor and extinguish hot spots along a ridge in the San Jose hills early Friday after six intentionally set fires drove local residents from the their homes.
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A large protest in downtown San Jose Thursday ended peacefully with no law enforcement in sight — a stark contrast from last week's protest that erupted in violence and arrests.
California's chief utility regulators and a Pacific Gas & Electric executive testified Thursday that the utility is behind on installing devices meant to ease the severity of power shut-offs during potential wildfires and hasn't yet hired and trained emergency response specialists in each county.
An arson suspect was in custody and evacuated residents allowed to return to their homes Thursday night after a series of small intentionally set fires burned 80 acres of tinder-dry vegetation near a San Jose water treatment plant.
Protests over systemic racism and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody continued into its eighth day in Oakland Thursday as large crowd held a sit-in outside of City Hall.
A man died following a surf rescue Thursday evening at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, National Park Service officials said.
In the midst of a national upheaval over police violence, the city of Vallejo is once again investigating a fatal police shooting.
A wind-whipped fire that destroyed several homes and killed a number of animals in Suisun City on Wednesday afternoon has now been determined to be arson. Fire investigators said they have identified the suspects and police are now searching for them.
Silver screens around the country may be in jeopardy of never lighting up again with the magic of cinema as the coronavirus pandemic drags on.
San Jose police on Thursday defended the tactics the department used to quell violence and looting during the recent protests over George Floyd's in-custody death at the hands of Minneapolis police.
Some 3,000 San Francisco city employees are getting re-assigned to completely different jobs to help fill needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first-born child of Mexican immigrants from Santa Rosa has become the first person in her family to graduate from high school, on the same day her father become the second person.
A group of protesters was making its way through Fremont streets Thursday afternoon.
Here is a summary of the types of businesses that have been given the green light to reopen in the nine Bay Area counties along with links to access additional county-specific information.
