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34+ min ago (285+ words) It's been three months since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a safety probe, looking at whether electric powered doors on certain Tesla models are defective since they won't open if they lose power. There's growing concern that if all electric cars lose power, either due to a dead battery, or an accident, drivers, or their passengers wouldn't be able to open the "electric powered doors" and get out. Much of the focus is on Tesla's model Ys and reports of people getting trapped. While Tesla says it's working on a fix, some people aren't waiting and are turning to the Internet for help. The federal probe into Tesla's electric powered doors has sparked a very specific question for Tesla owners: do you know where your backup door releases are? And since the regular "power door button" works almost…...

44+ min ago (349+ words) On Thursday evening, a huge electronic dance party filled a block in downtown San Francisco. This event was the latest in a recent uptick of free music events in the city and also part of a broader effort to bring more people into and around the city's downtown. Alyssa Goard reports. A block of Ellis Street was transformed for five hours into a sea of people, pulsing to the beats of electronic artists. Organizers said about 10,000 people had RSVPed online to attend this free, outdoor block party. Multiple electronic artists performed, and the DJ known as Wooli headlined the show. NBC Bay Area asked Vinh Knight of Daly City why he attended the show. He responded, "It's Wooli!" "He's a really big artist, a really fun artist," Knight continued, adding, "it's a free block party." The event was so popular…...

57+ min ago (328+ words) If you happen to be out to dinner somewhere in Marin County on the last Thursday of the month and notice a group of men with an obvious fondness for each other and an unusual passion for hamburgers, you've likely crossed paths with the Marin Burger Club. While the Marin Burger Club is ostensibly about the pursuit of the perfect burger, members will tell you it's really about two things, and only one of them is the food. Each month, the club meets at a different Marin restaurant to taste, critique, and later rate that venue's burger. On this night, the group is gathered at Playa Mill Valley, studying the patty, the bun, the toppings and every last detail that might influence the final score. After dinner, they move on to a nearby bar to compare notes. They've even built…...

57+ min ago (304+ words) The video shows meat piled in the back of a delivery truck, and workers hauling some of that meat into the store. The Maiwand manager first declined to comment, calling the video "stupid. But then took NBC Bay Area into the meat storage locker to show conditions there and understand the process of handling halal meat. "I just want them to see that it's FDA regulated, our meat, said Quis, the manager. "When they get loaded over there there's a FDA agent present, so if anything is off or the truck is not up to code, they will never let it load. And then "Mayar's Meat, which is in Livingston, they have refrigerated trucks. All the truck are refrigerated. NBC Bay Area contacted Mayar's Halal Meats in Livingston. The operations manager said the trucks are refrigerated as required and are…...

58+ min ago (309+ words) This is the season for holiday parties and Thursday thousands are expected for a very public street party in San Francisco's Union Square shopping district. Sergio Quintana reports. The event on Ellis Street is hosted by the operators of the historic John's Grill. This is actually the fourth Ellis Street party this year, which usually happen on the third Thursday of the month. But since Christmas is only a week away, the event got bigger and the organizer is expecting thousands. Additionally, since it is the holiday season the DJ tonight, Wooli, suggested they also host a toy drive. "It just made sense to partner with the San Francisco Fire Department and their 75-year-old toy drive, and so we invited them to come, and they're excited," said John Konstin Jr with John's Grill. People can bring a gift, or buy…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago (376+ words) The US Postal Service says it's once again on the brink of bankruptcy and needs help. Robert Handa reports. Next year, USPS plans to ask for bids from other deliver services, including Amazon, FedEx and UPS, so those companies can pay and use the tried and true "Last Mile Infrastructure" the postal service already has in place. "Last Mile" refers to the critical final steps to get a package to its recipient. It's a system the agency has spent more than 200 years perfecting. But now, Postal officials say the agency will run out of cash by mid-2027 if it can't find new revenue and shift some of the ways it does business. It comes as the agency is already facing growing competition from private shipping services including UPS, FedEx and Amazon. "My relatives and some order online. They do it by…...

6+ hour, 57+ min ago (174+ words) The Bay Area appears to be in for a stretch of rainy days. If the weather forecast holds, Thursday may be the last dry day the region sees for some time. In San Francisco, the public works department has sandbags at the ready for residents and businesses. "We have plenty of sandbags on hand," said Rachel Gordon with San Francisco Public Works. "Even if it looks like the supply is running low where people can pick them up, we've got plenty more close by that we will bring in if the supply starts to go down. You can get up to 10 sandbags." Public works is also in the process of making sure storm drains are clear. "When our cleaning crews are going through the city on their regular rounds, if they see leaves or small amounts of debris over the…...

7+ hour ago (231+ words) The family pet, Hank, was grabbed by a man in The Castro and took off in a car San Francisco police announced Thursday officers arrested a man who allegedly stole a French bulldog named Hank in San Francisco earlier this month. The police department reported they arrested 44-year-old Dante Shaw of Oakland. Shaw was accused of felony grand theft and booked in the San Francisco County Jail. According to authorities, Shaw's arrest comes after a person reported to police on Dec. 10 that his dog, a 4-year-old French bulldog named Hank, was stolen off the sidewalk. Through the course of the investigation, police identified Shaw as the suspect and the lead investigator developed probable cause to obtain a search warrant for his vehicle, according to the police department. On Wednesday, officers found Shaw's vehicle in the area of San Carlos Avenue…...

10+ hour, 38+ min ago (1000+ words) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors, building on broader Trump administration restrictions targeting transgender Americans. "This is not medicine, it is malpractice," Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said of gender-affirming procedures in a news conference on Thursday. "Sex-rejecting procedures rob children of their futures." Thursday's announcements would imperil access in nearly two dozen states where drug treatments and surgical procedures remain legal and covered by Medicaid, which is funded by federal and state dollars. The proposals run counter to the recommendations of major U.S. medical societies. And advocates for transgender children strongly refuted the administration's claims about gender-affirming care, saying Thursday's moves would put lives at risk. "The multitude of efforts we are seeing from federal legislators to strip transgender and nonbinary youth…...

13+ hour, 25+ min ago (110+ words) An USPS truck backed into a building in San Francisco Thursday afternoon, according to the fire department. The fire department said they received a call just before 2 p.m. regarding a USPS truck backed into a building at 2505 Noriega St. Authorities report nobody was in the building at the time of the incident and the driver was not hurt. The SFFD Heavy Rescue installed a temporary spot shore to stabilize the building and requested a Department of Building Inspection to evaluate the structural integrity of the building, according to officials. The fire department said the building was turned over to the property manager at 3:10 p.m....