SFChronicleImmigration Bay Area mother, detained by ICE for months despite winning asylum, is freedsfchronicle.com A San Bruno mother kept in ICE detention for several months even after winning her asylum case earlier this year was freed Wednesday, her legal team …
SFChronicleCalifornia Highway Patrol Injury crash on I-580 near Tracy prompts severe traffic alertsfchronicle.com - Michael Cabanatuan California Highway Patrol issued a brief traffic alert Thursday morning for westbound Interstate 580 east of Grant Line Road near Tracy after a crash …
SFChronicleHousing Janitors vs. coders: SF created nearly as many low-wage jobs as high-paying tech gigssfchronicle.com - J.K. Dineen While the recent tech-fed boom has made San Francisco famous for its $200,000-a-year coding jobs, less attention has been paid to the low-wage jobs …
SFChronicle Video: Where were you during the Loma Prieta earthquake?sfchronicle.com - Alejandro Serrano Thirty years ago, at 5:04 p.m. on Oct. 17, 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake gripped the Bay Area and violently shuddered, killing 63 people, injuring …
SFChronicleWest Oakland Loma Prieta quake: ‘It can seem like yesterday’sfchronicle.com - Kevin Fagan Everyone thought it was the Big One. Windows shattering, buildings exploding into flames, the horrifically collapsed Cypress Structure — how could …
SFChronicleSan Francisco Bay Area Bay Briefing: Why San Francisco’s job boom is not just high-paid coderssfchronicle.com - Taylor Kate Brown Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Thursday, Oct. 17, the 30th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake. Here’s what you need to know to start your …
SFChronicleLondon Breed Worried SF’s jail could fail in the Big One, Breed orders inmates moved by 2021sfchronicle.com - Dominic Fracassa San Francisco Mayor London Breed has put a deadline on when she wants the more than 300 inmates locked up at the county jail on Bryant Street removed …
SFChronicleHealth Two visions for fixing SF’s devastating mental illness crisis: Here’s how they differsfchronicle.com - Dominic Fracassa Mayor London Breed and the Board of Supervisors are desperately trying to reform San Francisco’s broken mental health care system — but the city’s …
SFChronicleIguana SF’s Presidio pet cemetery, home to Wiggles and Mr. Iguana, gets ready to reopensfchronicle.com - Steve Rubenstein Painting a picket fence isn’t really fun, despite what Tom Sawyer said. It’s hot, sweaty work. It takes a good long while, and the paint only …
SFChronicleBallet Ballet teacher takes stand, calls rape allegations a liesfchronicle.com - Matthias Gafni As Viktor Kabaniaev entered his third hour on the witness stand Wednesday, denying allegations he raped and molested three female students, emotions …
SFChronicleImmigration Gov. Newsom vetoes bill banning private arrests of imprisoned immigrantssfchronicle.com - Bob Egelko California, a sanctuary state, prohibits law enforcement officers from aiding federal immigration agents and will outlaw privately run immigrant …
SFChronicleGavin Newsom Newsom talks to SF homeless. Some say they met him on the street when he was mayorsfchronicle.com - Kevin Fagan Gov. Gavin Newsom came back to the popular homeless fair he founded nearly 15 years ago as San Francisco mayor to do a victory lap of sorts …
SFChronicleCalifornia Politics California high court allows disturbing images during antiabortion demonstrationssfchronicle.com - Bob Egelko Shopping centers in California that allow demonstrations by antiabortion groups must permit displays that might be considered “grisly or gruesome,” …
SFChronicleHumidity Light showers, cool temps expected to sweep through Bay Areasfchronicle.com - Anna Bauman It might finally be time to break out those fall sweaters, because clouds and cooler temperatures are here to stay for the rest of the week. High …
SFChronicleHomelessness Oakland’s homeless vehicle dwellers exploding: up 131% to 1,430sfchronicle.com - Sarah Ravani The number of people living in their vehicles in Oakland has more than doubled over two years, newly released data show, prompting the city to tackle …
SFChronicleContra Costa County Contra Costa explosion: It could have been worsesfchronicle.com - Megan Cassidy The tanks that burned at a fuel storage facility in Crockett Tuesday afternoon were at just 1% capacity, according to a Contra Costa County …
SFChronicleSan Francisco, CA Bay Briefing: A different kind of fire hits the Bay Areasfchronicle.com - Taylor Kate Brown Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Wednesday, Oct. 16, and four San Francisco district attorney candidates come to talk to The Chronicle, earthquake …
SFChronicleHigh-speed Rail SF developer joins California high-speed rail board to get it “back on track”sfchronicle.com - Phil Matier Not sure if congratulations or condolences are in order, but longtime Bay Area housing developer Jim Ghielmetti of San Francisco, has been appointed …
SFChronicleLondon Breed Voters like SF Mayor Breed, but undecided about her job performancesfchronicle.com - Phil Matier With the November election just around the corner, San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s job performance numbers show voters are still very much …
SFChronicleIcon version of the Flipboard logoAbortion SF blacklists 22 states for anti-choice abortion policiessfchronicle.com - Dominic Fracassa City officials added 22 states with “restrictive abortion laws” to San Francisco’s blacklist, forbidding city employees from traveling to those …
SFChronicleSan Francisco, CA Political drama boosts interest in San Francisco’s heated district attorney racesfchronicle.com - Evan Sernoffsky It was supposed to be a historic San Francisco election: The first race for district attorney without an incumbent in 110 years and four accomplished …
SFChronicleMarkets Banning cars on SF’s Market Street, once a radical idea, approved unanimouslysfchronicle.com - Rachel Swan Banning cars on San Francisco’s Market Street may have once been a radical idea. But on Tuesday, the Municipal Transportation Agency board voted …
SFChronicleTraffic I-80 reopens after 7-hour closure that left commuters stuck for hours in gridlock around Pinolesfchronicle.com - Kurtis Alexander BREAKING: Interstate 80 is being reopened after a 7-hour closure due to the explosion and fire in Crockett. The closure of Interstate 80 through parts …
SFChronicleGeology In California, hidden earthquake faults lie beneath us — some very dangeroussfchronicle.com - Peter Fimrite The earthquakes that shook Northern California over the past two days were a surprise to geologists in only one way — one of them ruptured an area in …
SFChronicleIcon version of the Flipboard logoEarthquakes 3.4 quake strikes Pleasant Hillsfchronicle.com - Lauren Hernández A 3.4 magnitude earthquake hit Pleasant Hill at 7:11 p.m. a day after a 4.5 quake hit the same area. The quake struck the same day a 4.7 earthquake …
SFChronicleOil Refineries A look back at six of the worst refinery incidents in Contra Costa Countysfchronicle.com - Bill Van Niekerken The explosion-fire at the NuStar storage facility in Crockett on Tuesday is not believed to have injured anyone, but it’s the first major incident in …
SFChronicleEducation Judge rules against Oakland on education measure that fell short of votessfchronicle.com - Sarah Ravani An Alameda County Superior Court judge ruled against the city of Oakland on its embattled plan to fund early childhood education and college …
SFChroniclePolicing Man, 22, falls to death from rooftop during Fleet Week partysfchronicle.com - Anna Bauman A 22-year-old man fell to his death from a rooftop party in San Francisco’s Marina district during Fleet Week, officials said. The man fell from the …
SFChronicleContra Costa County Fuel tanks explode in Contra Costa, I-80 closed in both directions; shelter in place orderedsfchronicle.com - Megan Cassidy An explosion at an oil storage facility in Crockett on Tuesday afternoon sent a huge fireball into the air in West Contra Costa County, shaking …
