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Suspect arrested near SJSU campus after three-hour police standoff
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (215+ words) San Jose police responded to the 200 block of South 4th Street at around 5: 30p. m. Monday, following a family disturbance involving a weapon. A suspect was barricaded inside an apartment building adjacent to the San Jose State University campus fornearly three hours Monday…...
Clash over trees and turf at S. F. park heads from City Hall to ball fields
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (850+ words) San Francisco Supervisor'Chyanne Chen called for a community meeting to discuss renovation plans at Crocker Amazon Playground. The battle over grass and trees in a planned $50 million makeover of Crocker Amazon Playground moved from San Francisco City Hall to the…...
Endorsement: No candidate can give S. F. District 4 voters what they say they want. Here's who comes closest
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (1086+ words) San Francisco District 4 Supervisor Alan Wong can balance what's best for'the city and the concerns of his constituents, and should keep his appointment, the editorial board says. Can residents of San Francisco's District 4 finally get what they want? In 2022, they…...
Oakland principals issue rare call to close schools, end leadership limbo amid fiscal crisis
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (1005+ words) Principals in Oakland have sent a letter to school district leaders calling to initiate the process of school closures for the financially challenged district. Dozens of Oakland school principals, warning of dire conditions in classrooms, urged district leaders this week…...
10 Santa Clara County social workers placed on leave amid investigation into toddler's death
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (443+ words) San Francisco Chronicle Several Santa Clara County social workers have been placed on administrative leave, after a toddler was placed in a home with a woman with a felony record and a teen now charged with killing the boy, according…...
San Jose toddler struck and killed by minivan
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (164+ words) A driver struck and killed a 1-year-old boy in the parking lot of a San Jose apartment complex Tuesday afternoon, the San Jose Police Department said." At around 4: 30"p. m. Tuesday, police responded to a traffic collision near the 2100 block of Canoas…...
Bay Area storm adds to remarkably wet April. Here are the rain totals
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (544+ words) The Bay Area has seen a remarkably wet April after a dry March. The Bay Area closed out its second multi-day April rain event on Wednesday, with parts of the coastal hills getting more than 3 inches. Some of the largest…...
Exclusive: S. F. to begin removal of controversial fountain from Embarcadero Plaza on Monday
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (838+ words) A security fence surrounds'Vaillancourt Fountain at'Embarcadero Plaza last July. San Francisco is set to begin dismantling and removing the aging sculpture next week, with plans to place it in storage as preservationists pursue an appeal. Work to disassemble and remove…...
Exclusive: Popular Trader Joe's in Oakland could be replaced by two apartment towers for seniors
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (456+ words) A one-story Trader Joe's store and its sprawling parking lot could become a pair of towers that would house a 415-unit senior living campus in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood." Months after revealing high-profile plans to turn a"Safeway in San Francisco's…...
San Jose teen charged with murder of 2-year-old foster brother that involved hair tie
1+ week, 1+ day ago (298+ words) Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen, pictured above in 2025, is seeking to move the teenager's murder case from juvenile'to adult court.' A San Jose teenager was charged with the murder of his 2-year-old foster brother, after allegations of repeated sexual…...