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33+ min ago (344+ words) Known as king tides, these extreme water levels offer planners a preview of how climate change may reshape California's shorelines in the decades ahead. The contributed images help scientists and policymakers assess local flooding vulnerabilities and compare real-world conditions to their own sea level rise projection models. The commission warns participants to take extra precautions around slippery areas and big waves, and to always be conscious of surroundings and the weather conditions. To learn how to participate, visit coastal.ca.gov. On the site, residents can browse the growing statewide gallery of tide images online and follow the project on social media under the hashtag #KingTides. "These images help us visualize and map vulnerable areas, showing where water overtops seawalls, floods streets, or impacts infrastructure," said Lyndsey Roach, spokesperson for San Francisco's Exploratorium Museum. "Over time, this growing archive allows…...

4+ hour, 2+ min ago (98+ words) Major changes are coming to the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. A project that will remove its empty toll booths is set to start next week. The project is part of a $318 million program to transition all state-owned bridges to open-road tolling. The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge will be the first in California to make the change. Construction will begin on Tuesday and will involve temporary lane closures over the next few months, but Caltrans said most of those closures will be at night. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of next year....

4+ hour, 26+ min ago (686+ words) After riding the artificial intelligence craze to new heights, business software maker Salesforce has been pummeled by a wave of investor skepticism that's intensified the pressure on its persuasive CEO Marc Benioff to reverse the tide. Benioff, who helped spearhead the transition to cloud computing after founding Salesforce in 1999, got a chance to try to change the AI narrative late Wednesday with the release of his company's latest quarterly results. "We're uniquely positioned for this new era," Benioff boasted during a 25-minute address on an analyst conference call that sometimes sounded like an AI sermon that also featured comments about "wow" moments that customers experience when seeing the company's technology. Salesforce's shares initially surged by more than 5% after the results came out, but backtracked to a gain of 2% following Benioff's presentation. It's unclear if that modest momentum will be sustained…...

4+ hour, 47+ min ago (620+ words) After severing its relationship with the currently defunct Oakland Crime Stoppers organization, the Oakland Police Department confirmed it is no longer offering cash rewards aimed at coaxing witnesses to come forward in certain serious cases. A 2024 NBC Bay Area investigation found Oakland police offered reward money in at least a half-dozen separate criminal cases after its non-profit partner lost access to the cash it relied on to pay tipsters. The department, along with an Oakland Crime Stoppers board member, said the organization was locked out of its bank account in late 2022 after two members of its board passed away. More than a year after NBC Bay Area's original story and two years since the homicide, the tipster said he's still waiting to be paid " or even get an explanation from the department about what happened. "Even if you do mess…...

7+ hour, 11+ min ago (259+ words) A big-rig overturned and spilled sand across all lanes of northbound Highway 101 in South San Jose, snarling the Thursday morning commute. A big-rig overturned and spilled sand across all lanes of northbound Highway 101 in South San Jose, snarling the Thursday morning commute. All freeway lanes were blocked between Blossom Hill Road and Hellyer Avenue, starting at about 3:45 a.m., after the truck overturned and spilled about 26 tons of sand, according to the California Highway Patrol. As of about 5:30 a.m., traffic was moving slowly past the scene on the left shoulder. It was unclear if any other vehicles were involved in the crash or if anyone was injured. Northbound traffic was backed up for miles as Caltrans and emergency crews worked to clean up the crash and spill and gradually reopen lanes. A big-rig overturned and spilled sand across all lanes of northbound Highway…...

7+ hour, 42+ min ago (354+ words) Teachers with the West Contra Costa Unified School District are set to go on strike Thursday. (Dec. 4, 2025) Hundreds of teachers in the East Bay are going on strike Thursday as talks stall over better pay and benefits. Thousands of students in the West Contra Costa Unified School District are going to feel the impact as about 1,400 teachers walk off the job. The teachers are expected to picket outside dozens of schools located in El Cerrito, Hercules, Pinole, Richmond and San Pablo. The union and school district are at impasse after 10 months of negotiations for a new contract. The teachers union authorized the strike Monday. It seeks a 10% pay raise over the next two years, better health care and smaller class sizes. The district is offering a 3% raise and increased health benefits. Union leaders say their low pay makes it difficult…...

9+ hour, 52+ min ago (404+ words) A holiday tradition is underway in Contra Costa County, with tens of thousands of people heading to the city of Brentwood to check out the annual display of Christmas lights known as the Tunnels of Joy. Pete Suratos reports. As night falls in Brentwood, the Christmas lights shine brightly throughout the deer ridge community. For the past nine years this annual display of lights, known as the Tunnels of Joy, has continued to bring holiday cheer to tens of thousands of people every year. "I believe it's really magical. It's like the first time I've experienced something like a Hallmark movie or something like that," said Tara Borozzi of Brentwood. But organizers say the Tunnels of Joy is more than just getting people into the Christmas spirit. This holiday season, the month-long event is also dedicated to helping a pediatric…...

11+ hour, 1+ min ago (167+ words) A woman was arrested Tuesday and accused of sex trafficking a minor who was previously reported missing "at risk" from the East Coast, according to police. Police said they received a tip that a 17-year-old girl from the East Coast, who had been reported missing "at risk", was likely being commercially sex trafficked in South San Francisco. Detectives went undercover and responded to an online posting which depicted the victim and advertised commercial sex services, according to officials. Detectives were directed to a hotel on the 1300 block of Veterans Boulevard where they recovered the teenager, authorities reported. According to police, further investigation revealed the teenager was being sex trafficked by 23-year-old Liliana Mejia of San Francisco, who was also present at the hotel. The police department said Mejia was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking of a minor and other…...

11+ hour, 21+ min ago (606+ words) At night, the house appears lantern-like; looking into the dining room (foreground) and living room. Homeowner Massy Mehdipour in a light-filled corner of the house. Part pavilion, part tent, the dining room features a bespoke table by Paul Wiseman surrounded by Femur chairs by Atra, cushioned in purple leather, sheltered within a complex composition of Douglas fir beams. The stoneware vessels are by Christiane Perrochon. She went to see Gehry in his office in Los Angeles. "When Frank asked me why I wanted him to design my house, I told him that I wanted to bring his creativity to Northern California," Mehdipour said. "People in this area needed to see it. I told him that I wanted this house to be his work of art." The living room features a composition of Wiseman Group'designed sofas, low-back swivel chairs, nesting coffee…...

13+ hour, 47+ min ago (125+ words) Bean Hollow State Beach is a beach in the state park system of California, USA. It is located in San Mateo County near Pescadero. The beach offers fishing, picnicking and beachcombing Authorities said they recovered a body at the Bean Hollow State Beach in San Mateo County Wednesday afternoon. The California State Parks said they received information of a possible drowning at around 3:25 p.m. at Bean Hollow State Beach from the San Mateo County Fire Department. Cal Fire located the victim in the water and started CPR with assistance from State Parks personnel, according to officials. Authorities said a man in his early 30s was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials said the victim was transported by the San Mateo Coroner's Office....