Habitat for Humanity opens housing in Redwood City to 20 families
Twenty families moved into a brand new, affordable housing development that they all helped build in Redwood City.
Heat wave increasing fire risk by further drying out already parched vegetation
The vegetation in the hills all throughout the Bay Area was already incredibly parched before the heat wave over the past week dried them out more, further increasing fire risk.
Construction workers power their way through oppressive heat wave
While many people did everything they could do minimize their time out in the heat on Wednesday, some people had no choice but to spend the full day working under the scorching sun.
Livermore residents go to bed and wake up in the dark as PG&E outages sweep the Bay Area
Extreme heat caused power outages in neighborhoods throughout the Bay Area, including Livermore. Thousands of people there dealt with outages at points on Monday and on Tuesday.
Cal ISO registers extraordinary demand as heat wave deepens
On Saturday, Cal ISO issued another Flex Alert for Sunday, urging customers to conserve energy between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Heat, holiday drive crowds to San Mateo County coast this weekend
As people look to escape the triple digit heat, it will be a busy holiday weekend for businesses along the San Mateo County coast.
Walnut Creek closes open spaces over concerns of extreme temps, fire danger
Open space parks in Walnut Creek are closed through the Labor Day weekend, as the region braces for several days of extreme heat.
Clean-up of mass fish die-off at Oakland's Lake Merritt underway
At Lake Merritt, a natural phenomenon has people stopping, staring, and smelling.
Water experts urge even stricter conservation as drought persists
California water conservation experts sounded an alarm on Tuesday. They warned Bay Area residents to brace for a fourth dry year in a row, as the drought persists.
Protests in Foster City against plans to control local goose population
A group of geese advocates rallied in Foster City on Friday evening, the latest effort by this group to protest the city's plan to control the goose population.
EV infrastructure key to state's 2035 ban on internal combustion cars
With California confirming it will move forward with a plan to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035, there are questions about how the state's infrastructure will handle such a major change.
Bay Area gas prices continue falling; some stations drop under $5/gallon
Many Bay Area drivers are noticing the change, as some stations are now charging less than $5 for a gallon of regular.
Stanford experts document non-sexual transmission of monkeypox
Although the recent outbreak of monkeypox cases seem to primarily spread through sexual contact between men, a recent case documented at Stanford University raises questions about transmissibility.
New school year brings new challenges as many lag behind from COVID
A new, in-person school year is underway in Oakland, and for parents and teachers alike, that means a chance for kids to catch up on learning time lost during COVID.
Saturday monkeypox clinic at S.F. General: no line, plenty of vaccine
For the past few weeks, people who've wanted a monkeypox vaccine in San Francisco have often had to line up and wait. That wasn't the case on Saturday.