Meteorologists are fine-tuning California’s weekend forecast that shows a cold May storm sweeping the Golden State, bringing widespread rain, mountain snow and cool temperatures. Far Northern California could see up to 3 inches of rain, while Southern California is more likely to receive a sprinkling, according to the National Weather Service. “I would call this a late-season storm,” said Bob Oravec, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Weather Prediction Center. “It doesn’t typically...
March 1994 saw rain in the Colorado Desert near Indio, California. After the storm, hunters went out into a part of the desert off Interstate 10. There, uncovered by the rain, they found a body in a shallow grave. The woman appeared to be in her 70s or 80s with wispy white hair; she was dressed in a pink robe and an adult diaper. No one could figure out who she was. In 2021, the cold case unit of the Riverside District Attorney’s Office submitted the woman’s DNA to Othram, a private lab that...
San Francisco State University joined several other colleges this week in a nationwide movement protesting the war in Gaza. Hundreds of students, faculty and other pro-Palestinian advocates gathered Monday at Malcolm X Plaza for a rally before setting up an encampment in front of the Cesar Chavez Student Center. When SFGATE visited the campus Tuesday morning, more than 30 tents were set up in the grass area. The encampment was relatively quiet, with students and supporters gathered outside,...
Tesla’s Cybertrucks first rolled onto customers’ driveways last November, arriving to both derision and praise for their unique appearance. But its severe, angular profile isn’t so unique anymore: A very similar-looking vehicle showed up this week at the 2024 Beijing auto show. The massive vehicle exhibition — NPR called it “the Super Bowl, except for cars” — hosts major automakers from across the globe in China’s capital from April 25 to May 5. In a huge conference hall, companies showed both...
Amid a public outcry to make San Francisco’s streets safer, the San Francisco Police Department promised at a Board of Supervisors hearing on Thursday to begin cracking down on unsafe drivers. Commander Nicole Jones, who supervises SFPD’s transportation division, presented a plan at the meeting that detailed how the department will step up efforts to enforce traffic laws, specifically speeding. As part of the plan, Jones said the department will boost patrols in 10 of the city’s most crash-prone...
A video shared on social media Monday shows a police pursuit outside a San Mateo Target store that was part of a larger retail theft operation by three San Francisco Bay Area cities that has resulted in 88 arrests, law enforcement said Monday. The operation is being led by police departments in the cities of San Mateo, Daly City and San Bruno, all suburbs located just south of San Francisco. Jerami Surratt, a spokesperson for the San Mateo Police Department, told SFGATE on Tuesday that the...
Who are these San Francisco Giants? A month into the 2024 season and it feels impossible to come up with a true answer to this question. At the end of April, the Giants sit at one game under .500, firmly in the mix for one of the National League wild card spots while not losing complete sight of the Dodgers in their own division. The consternation that seemed to consume the fan base at the beginning of the year, especially around the time of the sweep in LA, has dissipated some. No, the Giants...
Napa County saw the highest percentage population gain in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area last year, according to new data released by the state. Four other Bay Area counties saw population growth in 2023: Contra Costa, San Francisco, Solano and Santa Clara. Meanwhile, Alameda, Marin, San Mateo and Sonoma saw losses. See a breakdown of the data below: Gains Napa: Went from 134,508 on Jan. 1, 2023, to 135,029 on Jan. 1, 20240.4% change Solano: Went from 445,506 on Jan. 1, 2023, to 446,426...
For the first time since 2005, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant and LeBron James will all be absent from the second round of the NBA Playoffs, as all three players have been eliminated from championship contention as of Monday night. It sure feels like the end of the road for the three all-time greats is just around the corner, but only one will retire with little to no questions about their legacy, according to ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith. Using Hall of Famer Michael Jordan as a measuring stick, the...
If you live in Los Angeles and start seeing people releasing fluorescent-colored mosquitos from plastic buckets, you’re not hallucinating. But there is a good reason for releasing these bugs. According to an April 12 news release from the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District, it’s all part of a coordinated plan to wage war on the invasive Aedes aegypti mosquito, an aggressive vector that rightfully earned its “ankle biter” nickname. Steve Vetrone, the agency’s director of...
The weekend is about to look a little less like the weekend for the bosses at one of the world’s largest technology and manufacturing companies. Samsung will soon require its executives to work six days a week, according to an April 18 report from the Korea Economic Daily. The Korea-based conglomerate, which makes Galaxy smartphones, flatscreen televisions, appliances and a wide range of other devices, is a stalwart of the tech industry. It generates tens of billions of dollars of revenue every...
If you can’t bring yourself to pony up for major California festivals like Outside Lands and Coachella, the lineup for the California State Fair, where admission is a fraction of the price, doesn’t look too shabby. The fair takes place at the Cal Expo in Sacramento from July 12-28. The fair’s Toyota Concert Series at the Golden 1 Stage will feature performances every evening, including shows by some household names. The first concert of the fair will kick off on July 12 with a yet-to-be-named...