BART is replacing tracks and equipment on the Yellow Line between its Rockridge and Orinda stations Saturday and Sunday. While that work is being done, BART is providing free shuttle buses between those stations for riders. The transit agency advises riders to expect delays of up to 30 minutes. bart 12 hours ago ...
San Jose firefighters were called to a fire at a vacant restaurant space on the 2000 block of N. First Street early Saturday morning. N. First Street was closed to traffic at E. Brokaw Road by 3:11 a.m., according to a tweet from the San Jose Fire Department. No injuries were reported.
Tornadoes that tore through parts of the South and Midwest killed at least 11 people, collapsed the roof of a packed theater during a heavy metal concert in Illinois, and left small towns and big cities throughout the region bewildered Saturday by the damage. Possibly dozens of tornadoes touched down into the night across at least seven states, laying waste to homes and businesses and splintering trees, as part of a sprawling storm system that also brought wildfires to the southern Plains and...
Several 3.2 magnitude earthquakes struck in the East Bay Saturday morning,
A chipper-sounding Pope Francis was discharged Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, quipping to journalists before being driven away that he’s “still alive.” Francis, 86, was hospitalized at Gemelli Polyclinic on Wednesday following his weekly public audience in St. Peter’s Square after reportedly experiencing breathing difficulties. The pontiff received antibiotics administered intravenously during his stay, the Vatican said. ...
A wet weather-related braking glitch on BART’s new “Fleet of the Future” accounts for many of the delays plaguing the system this rainy winter, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned. On a dismal day earlier this month, rain-soaked riders at BART’s Walnut Creek Station were quick to complain about having to wait 10 to 20, even 40 minutes during this unusually rainy season. “The delays have been extremely bad, really bad, especially with all the rain and the weather,” said one rider,...
A business in San Francisco’s Chinatown recently experienced two break-ins on the same day. The first incident happened early Thursday morning at Love Tea on Broadway and Grant. Surveillance video in the area showed a woman slipping into the business through the glass door that had been shattered. “There’s three people one lady came in and took the tips took the cash register money and then they left,” said Nancy Yu Law of Love Tea. “Then I said, ‘That’s not right’ because I lost...
The Biden administration cleared the way Friday for California’s plan to phase out a wide range of diesel-powered trucks, part of the state’s efforts to drastically cut planet-warming emissions and improve air quality in heavy-traffic areas like ports along the coast. The decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency allows California — which has some of the nation’s worst air pollution — to require truck manufacturers to sell an increasing number of zero-emission trucks over the next...
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law placing strict limits on drag shows just hours before it was set to go into effect, siding with a group that filed a lawsuit claiming the statute violates the First Amendment. The decision comes after Memphis-based Friends of George’s, an LGBTQ+ theater company, filed the federal lawsuit Monday against Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy and the state. U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker issued the...
At least one person was killed and 28 others were injured when a roof collapse occurred during a concert at Belvidere’s Apollo Theatre as severe storms ripped through the community late Friday, according to authorities. Five people were seriously injured, while 18 had moderate injuries and five others were taken to the hospital with minor injuries following the roof collapse at the venue, 104 N. State St., according to Belvidere Fire Chief Shawn Schadle. A tornado warning had been issued for...
The Game Developers Conference returned to San Francisco this year with attendance back at pre-pandemic levels, and hundreds of exhibits lining the underground halls of the Moscone Center. As players lined up to try the latest VR demos from big sponsors including Meta and PlayStation, one of them summed up a major theme of the show: “We’re building games that interact with our actual world.” Back in the 1980s and 1990s, players could only enter the virtual worlds of video games through a...
Officials released a video Friday that shows a San Mateo woman before her disappearance in Mexico. FBI investigators believe Monica De Leon Barba was kidnapped while she was walking to the gym back in November. Barba was born in Mexico but is an American citizen. Mexico 22 hours ago Family of Bay...