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San Francisco launches program to provide free child care for qualifying families
7+ hour, 25+ min ago (530+ words) Some families in San Francisco may get access to free child care under a new program announced by Mayor Daniel Lurie on Wednesday. "Today marks the beginning of a powerful effort to reduce the cost of living for San Francisco…...
Contra Costa County residents concerned as SNAP runs out
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (331+ words) Concern and frustration are mounting as the government shutdown stretches into its second month. That's because another deadline is looming, one that's threatening to take food off the table for thousands of families in the Bay Area. "I've never lived…...
Maui officials sound emergency sirens and evacuate residents as wildfire threatens north shore town
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (322+ words) Officials on the Hawaiian island of Maui went door-to-door evacuating residents from a wildfire Tuesday and sounded emergency sirens. The 4-acre (1.6-hectare) fire was first reported near the north shore town of Paia at 1:30 p.m., officials said. There were no containment…...
Trump administration threatens funding for states for not enforcing trucker English rules
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (680+ words) California, Washington and New Mexico could lose millions of dollars of federal funding if they continue failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday. But Duffy said Tuesday that it is a safety issue…...
National Guard vehicle crashes with car on Capitol Hill, trapping 1 person
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (270+ words) Editor's note (Aug. 22, 2025, 5:20 p.m. ET): Officials said in an update that a National Guardsman was ticketed after the crash for running a red light. Go here for more. An armored National Guard vehicle collided with a civilian car on Capitol Hill…...
1 killed in shooting at the University of New Mexico during new student orientation
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (653+ words) A suspect was arrested Friday in a shooting that left one person dead and another injured at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and prompted a shelter-in-place order, officials said. John Fuentes, 18, was arrested at a traffic stop Friday…...
Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound, dies in crash
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (464+ words) Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, died in a crash Thursday along the eastern coast of Italy. He was…...
Fuel moisture content: What it means for fire season
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (25+ words) Meteorologist Rob Mayeda joined San Jose State's Fire Weather Lab for the latest site survey looking at fire risk in the Santa Cruz Mountains....
Arizona family speaks out after expensive Navajo jewelry stolen during Bay Area trip
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (393+ words) An Arizona family, who recently visited the Bay Area, is pleading for help after they say someone stole tens of thousands of dollars in Navajo jewelry from them. An Arizona family, who recently visited the Bay Area, is pleading for…...
Trump has threatened a 100% tariff on movies made outside the
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (795+ words) President Trump is eyeing Hollywood for his next round of tariffs, threatening to levy all films produced outside the U.S. at a steep rate of 100%. President Donald Trump is eyeing Hollywood for his next round of tariffs, threatening to levy all…...