article SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES – JUNE 8: A British Airways plane lands at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on June 8, 2023. ((Photo by Tayfun CoSkun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)) SAN FRANCISCO – Bay Area residents planning an upcoming trip to the United Kingdom should know about a…
Police are asking for the public’s help to find two men they say stole firefighting equipment in Southern California as the region continues to grapple with intense winds and brutal wildfires. The thieves targeted a fire engine with the U.S. Forest Service around 3 a.m. Friday in Rancho Cucamonga, a San Bernardino County city about…
Watch Duty app proved essential during LA fires In the first days of the fires, Watch Duty shot to the No. 1 spot in Apple’s app store seemingly overnight. It provides users easy-to-read maps showing burn areas, evacuation zones, fire cameras and more. In the wake of recent wildfires, a new app has become a…
Aiming to get more e-bikes in use across the state, California officials said they will start providing income-eligible residents with up to $2,000 toward the purchase of a new e-bike and related accessories starting Dec. 18. It’s the latest example of how the state is attempting to boost expanded access to zero-emissions transportation options. The…
SAN FRANCISCO ‒ A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near the town of Petrolia in California on Thursday at 10:44 a.m. local time, generating a now discontinued tsunami warning that stretched from southern Oregon to San Francisco. The quake occurred near the sparsely populated northern coast of California, just offshore on the San Andreas fault, which…
A Chinese influencer, who claims to be a Harvard Business School graduate and cultivates a “wealthy persona”, has had her social media account banned after promoting health supplements as cancer-curing medicines. The fashion blogger, known by her alias Maiqila, boasts 143,000 followers on Xiaohongshu. The majority of her income comes from selling health-enhancing products, alongside…
Tesla wont qualify for Newsoms EV rebate Governor Gavin Newsom is promising to continue the electric vehicle rebate program in California, but his new proposal could exclude Tesla through a market share cap. OAKLAND, Calif. – Governor Gavin Newsom is promising to continue the electric vehicle rebate program in California, but his new proposal could…
A Bakersfield-based carrot producer recalled organic carrots linked to an E. coli outbreak that’s sickened dozens of people in 18 states. The Food and Drug Administration determined that Grimmway Farms, which issued the recall on Saturday, was the common supplier of the organic whole and baby carrots linked to the infections. The produce was available…
Walgreens to close 1,200 stores nationwiode Top headlines, weather, and breaking news from across the Bay Area. SAN JOSE, Calif. – Walgreens announced on Tuesday it will be closing more than a thousand locations nationwide. While Walgreens did not release a list of specific store closures, some Bay Area customers are becoming increasingly concerned about…
New jobs increase beyond expectations Though the vast majority of economists and analysts saw the U.S. gaining about 144,000 new jobs in September, the actual number blew those estimates away at 254,000. SAN FRANCISCO – Though the vast majority of economists and analysts saw the U.S. gaining about 144,000 new jobs in September, the actual…