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CA Election Officials Want Newsom Recall Held After Mid-SeptemberCalifornia’s county elections officials are urging the lieutenant governor not to schedule the expected recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom before mid-September.
UPDATE: Evacuation Orders Lifted After Vallejo Crews Knock Down 4-Alarm Brush FireAn evacuation order was issued in Vallejo Tuesday evening before fire crews knocked down a vegetation fire involving three homes on Skyline Drive, according to authorities.
COVID Reopening: Pandemic Creates 'Employees Market' As Demand For Workers Exceeds SupplyOn the first day of California’s post-COVID grand reopening, demand for food service and hospitality workers continues to constrain the ability of restaurants and bars to operate at full capacity.
Hundreds Of SF Homes, Businesses Without Power In SOMA, Mission BayHundreds of residents in San Francisco's South of Market and Mission Bay neighborhoods were without power Tuesday evening.
Marin County Inspectors Go Door-to-Door Checking for Fire HazardsMarin County has gone all-in when it comes to wildfire prevention, kicking off a county-wide home inspection program designed to protect communities against disaster.
California Reopens: Surviving San Jose Businesses Cheer Lifting Of COVID-19 Rules - 'Something Much, Much Better'The reopening of the California economy was greeted with joy and a sigh of relief from small businesses in San Jose who survived the shutdowns.
COVID Reopening Day: San Francisco Businesses Thankful To Have Survived PandemicAcross San Francisco, June 15 was a day to be grateful for what made it through the pandemic. For many bars and restaurants, surviving was never guaranteed. Now comes the gratitude, and the thanks.
COVID Reopening: San Franciscans Hopeful as City Drops Pandemic RestrictionsAfter 15 months of San Francisco's streets and once bustling areas like Chinatown and Union Square being eerily quiet and desolate, Tuesday marked a major turning point for the city.
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Fast-Moving Fire Damages Several Homes In VallejoA fast-moving fire damaged several homes in Vallejo. Maria Medina reports that this could be the beginning of an unprecedented fire season.
Vallejo Fire PIO Kevin Brown Gives Details on Destructive Vegetation FireVallejo Fire Public Information Officer Kevin Brown gives update regarding grass fire that spread to three homes Tuesday evening (6-15-2021)
COVID Reopening: Bay Area Business Owners Desperate To Hire WorkersThe June 15 reopening is happening in the midst of a labor shortage. Kiet Do tells us business owners are desperate to hire new workers and what may be keeping some employees from coming back.
Pride 2021
'In the Heights' Delights at First Pride Movie Night at Oracle ParkThis year's Pride Celebration roared into San Francisco Friday evening, punctuated by the rumble of motorcycles from Dykes on Bikes, on the first-ever Pride Movie Night at Oracle Park.
Oracle Park Presents San Francisco Pride Movie NightsOn Friday evening, San Francisco Pride will host the first of two movie nights at Oracle Park.
How San Francisco Artist Gilbert Baker Made The Rainbow Flag An Enduring Symbol Of LGTBQ PrideIn June 1970, gay rights activists gathered at Aquatic Park near Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. About 30 gay men, lesbians, and transgender individuals – then called by the press “hair faeries” - took part in San Francisco’s first Gay Liberation Movement Demonstration.
California Drought 2021
Drought Emergency: State Water Board Orders Reductions In Russian River Minimum Flows, DiversionsThe California State Water Resources Control Board ordered reductions this week on minimum instream flows and diversions from the Russian River as drought conditions worsen in the river's watershed.
Drought Emergency: Healdsburg Orders Shutdown Of Outdoor Watering As Lake Mendocino Dries UpResidents of Healdsburg have been ordered shut down all outdoor watering systems as its only source of water begins to dry up amid a worsening drought.
UPDATE: Temperatures Will Soar Into Triple Digits By Mid-WeekTemperatures will begin a steep climb Wednesday, reaching triple digits for communities away from the coast, straining California's power grid and sucking out even more moisture from the already tinder-dry hills, fields and forests.
COVID-19 California Reopens
COVID Reopening: Pandemic Creates 'Employees Market' As Demand For Workers Exceeds SupplyOn the first day of California’s post-COVID grand reopening, demand for food service and hospitality workers continues to constrain the ability of restaurants and bars to operate at full capacity.
California Reopens: Surviving San Jose Businesses Cheer Lifting Of COVID-19 Rules - 'Something Much, Much Better'The reopening of the California economy was greeted with joy and a sigh of relief from small businesses in San Jose who survived the shutdowns.
COVID Reopening Day: San Francisco Businesses Thankful To Have Survived PandemicAcross San Francisco, June 15 was a day to be grateful for what made it through the pandemic. For many bars and restaurants, surviving was never guaranteed. Now comes the gratitude, and the thanks.
San Francisco & Peninsula News
Hundreds Of SF Homes, Businesses Without Power In SOMA, Mission BayHundreds of residents in San Francisco's South of Market and Mission Bay neighborhoods were without power Tuesday evening.
COVID Reopening: San Franciscans Hopeful as City Drops Pandemic RestrictionsAfter 15 months of San Francisco's streets and once bustling areas like Chinatown and Union Square being eerily quiet and desolate, Tuesday marked a major turning point for the city.
SF Supes Approve Plan To Create First Public Bank In U.S.San Francisco's Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance that moves the city closer to creating the first public bank in the U.S.
East Bay News
UPDATE: Crews Respond To Structure Fire In OaklandCrews responded to a fire at the intersection of 23rd Ave and E 27th in Oakland on Tuesday night, according to the Oakland Fire Department.
Woman Convicted In Fatal 2019 Pittsburg Hit-and-Run CrashA East Bay woman faces several years in prison after being found guilty in a 2019 hit-and-run crash that killed a Pittsburg man, authorities announced Tuesday.
Group Seeks To Bring WNBA Team To Oakland ArenaThe city's vice mayor said a local business group has made serious inroads to buy the city's 50-percent stake in the Oakland Coliseum complex and to bring a WNBA team to the city.
South Bay News
COVID Reopening: Pandemic Creates 'Employees Market' As Demand For Workers Exceeds SupplyOn the first day of California’s post-COVID grand reopening, demand for food service and hospitality workers continues to constrain the ability of restaurants and bars to operate at full capacity.
California Reopens: Surviving San Jose Businesses Cheer Lifting Of COVID-19 Rules - 'Something Much, Much Better'The reopening of the California economy was greeted with joy and a sigh of relief from small businesses in San Jose who survived the shutdowns.
2 Homes Burn in Separate South San Jose NeighborhoodsSan Jose firefighters responded to two different residential fires on in South San Jose on Tuesday morning.
North Bay News
UPDATE: Evacuation Orders Lifted After Vallejo Crews Knock Down 4-Alarm Brush FireAn evacuation order was issued in Vallejo Tuesday evening before fire crews knocked down a vegetation fire involving three homes on Skyline Drive, according to authorities.
Marin County Inspectors Go Door-to-Door Checking for Fire HazardsMarin County has gone all-in when it comes to wildfire prevention, kicking off a county-wide home inspection program designed to protect communities against disaster.
Thousands Of Golden Gate Bridge Commuters Overcharged By Faulty EquipmentA malfunctioning toll lane sensor led to 32,000 Golden Gate Bridge commuters being overcharged for their daily trip into San Francisco, according to transit officials.
Bay Area Sports
D-Backs Lose 21st Straight Road Game, Blow 7-Run Lead, SF Wins 9-8Mike Yastrzemski hit a grand slam in the eighth inning that lifted the San Francisco Giants to a 9-8 victory Tuesday night.
Murphy Homers Again, Montas Wins As A’s Beat Angels, 6-4Sean Murphy homered for the second consecutive night, Elvis Andrus hit a two-run double and Frankie Montas pitched the Oakland Athletics past the Los Angeles Angels 6-4 on Tuesday for their fifth straight win.
Oakland A's Manager Bob Melvin's Contract Option Exercised For 2022The winningest manager in Oakland Athletics history is staying put through at least next season after the club exercised Bob Melvin's contract option for 2022 on Tuesday.
