The 16-year-old daughter of Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield was reported missing on April 22, according to the Marin County Sheriff’s Office. Mint Butterfield was last seen near a bus stop in the coastal town of Bolinas, 30 miles northeast of San Francisco, on April 21, Sgt. Adam Schermerhorn, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, told SFGATE. “Mint is still missing and our detectives are working with SFPD investigators to try and determine her locations,” Schermerhorn told SFGATE on...
A family of four was killed in a solo-car crash in in the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday night, officials said. The driver may have hit a tree, the Pleasanton Police Department said in a news release. The mother, father and two children under age 15 were killed in the crash that occurred at about 9 p.m. on Foothill Road near Stoneridge Drive in the East Bay suburb, the police said. The cause of the crash remained under investigation on Thursday night, but police said it appears the driver...
A dead whale was discovered floating off the coast of Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach in Alameda.
The second location for Paloma Taco and Tequila opened Wednesday.
Morgan Wallen seems to be expanding his business horizons to the bustling Las Vegas scene, with reports suggesting his involvement in a potential restaurant opening along the famous Las Vegas Strip. Is Morgan Wallen Opening a Restaurant In Las Vegas? Sources close to the project, who chose to remain anonymous, disclosed details to the Las […]
The Vermont Department of Health confirmed Tuesday that a person visiting the state as part of an international program has tested positive for measles. It’s the state’s first case of the highly contagious virus since 2018. The person was among a group of 26 travelers, mostly teenagers, who were exposed during an international flight to Atlanta. State officials say they learned of the exposure April 10 and asked the group to quarantine until they could determine whether anyone was...
"We enacted the laws that required them to inform and be transparent with the public. I was disappointed to see that we were not informed and also that the delay in time between when they stopped and why they have not yet issued the contract," House Health Committee chair Rep. Della Belatti said.
The annual dog surfing championship in Pacifica is in danger of being euthanized. Every year, people flock to the beaches of the San Mateo County city to watch canines catch waves for charity. But eight years after founding the event, its organizers worry that the competition might not happen, as costs for permits, fees and other requirements have increased more than 100% in the last three years. The group is asking for donations from the public to keep the event afloat. A GoFundMe page set up...
Video shared with NewsCenter 5 shows dozens of people gathered around vehicles that were doing donuts in the middle of an intersection.
On Monday, the international community will celebrate the 54th anniversary of Earth Day with events across the globe. The first Earth Day took place April 22, 1970. A U.S. Senator from Wisconsin named Gaylord Nelson prompted a massive demonstration.. when he called for students to and communities to fight for the environment and oppose environmental degradation using the same energy and fervor that was shown during the Vietnam War demonstrations. An estimated 30 million people showed up and...
Authorities used heavy equipment to free protesters who chained themselves to 55-gallon drums filled with cement.
In February 2001, someone walked into the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office in Santa Rosa holding a human skull. The person told deputies it was found on “Motorcycle Mountain” — a local nickname for a forested area off Duncan Road in Monte Rio, around 70 miles north of San Francisco. Sheriff’s deputies headed out to the woods, by the Russian River, but found no more remains. The skull had a gunshot wound to the forehead. Otherwise, it was in “good” condition, only missing a jawbone. Forensic...