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just now (75+ words) BART has stopped service between Castro Valley and West Dublin/Pleasanton due to an obstruction on the track, the transit agency said Tuesday afternoon. Track obstruction halts BART service between Castro Valley, West Dublin/Pleasanton BART has stopped service between the Castro Valley and West Dublin/Pleasanton stations due to an obstruction on the track, the transit agency said Tuesday afternoon. Further information wasn't immediately available. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are...

21+ min ago (887+ words) The United States gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers departed after cutbacks by the Trump administration, the government said in delayed reports. The unemployment rate rose to 4.6% last month, highest since 2021. The November job gains were higher than the 40,000 economists had forecast. The October job losses were caused by a 162,000 drop in federal workers, many of whom resigned at the end of fiscal year 2025 on Sept. 30 under pressure from billionaire Elon Musk's purge of U.S. government payrolls. Labor Department revisions also knocked 33,000 jobs off August and September payrolls. Hiring has clearly lost momentum, hobbled by uncertainty over President Donald Trump's tariffs and the lingering effects of the high interest rates the Fed engineered in 2022 and 2023 to rein in an outburst of inflation. Since March, job creation has fallen to an average 35,000 a month, compared…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago (442+ words) Milpitas police say two additional alleged victims have come forward with sexual misconduct claims against Milpitas-based pulmonologist and sleep specialist Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal. Candice Nguyen reports. The police department initially announced Dr. Agarwal's arrest in September after one of his patients reported the physician for allegedly touching her inappropriately during a consultation. The incident happened at Dr. Agarwal's private practice in April, according to police. Two additional alleged victims After seeing information about Dr. Agarwal's arrest, police say two people who worked with him at Regional Medical Center in San Jose reached out to authorities with similar allegations. They told police Dr. Agarwal touched them inappropriately when they were employees at the hospital where Dr. Agarwal also worked. The alleged incidents happened in 2011 and between 2014 and 2015, according to police. The accusers did not file complaints at the time. They…...

1+ hour, 55+ min ago (136+ words) Controversial public surveillance cameras have sparked a heated debate in Oakland. Velena Jones reports. The Oakland City Council is set to vote on whether to renew and expand the city's use of Flock security and license plate cameras. Supporters said the network of cameras help solve crimes and increase safety, while critics argue the technology threatens privacy and immigrant protections. Nearly 300 Flock cameras area already installed across the city. The city on Tuesday night will decide whether to extend the contract for two more years and add dozens more. "With a historic low in officers, we also have a historic low in crime and so we have to use technology to ensure when they are outmanned, they have tools to allow them to help with their clearance rate," Oakland City Council President Kevin Jenkins said....

2+ hour, 23+ min ago (209+ words) San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan honored a local family for their act of kindness during Black Friday's shooting at the Valley Fair mall. A San Jose family received a well-deserved honor after offering the world a lesson in kindness during a dangerous situation. It's a story the world first heard on NBC Bay Area following Black Friday's shooting at Valley Fair mall. As panicked shoppers ran in fear, some ran across the street to the home of the Garcia family. Moments later, dozens of other scrambling shoppers followed. The family opened their door to everyone. With some shoppers staying for hours, the Garcia family even ordered pizza to help feed them all. The Garcia family was honored Tuesday at San Jose City Hall, with Mayor Matt Mahan presenting them with formal commendation for their heroic actions. "Invited their fellow residents…...

3+ hour, 1+ min ago (121+ words) A man was arrested Monday night on suspicion of stabbing three people in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, police said. 3 stabbed in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood; suspect arrested A man was arrested Monday night on suspicion of stabbing three people in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, police said. The stabbings happened at about 9:41 p.m. in the area of 6th and Natoma streets, according to police. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are Responding officers found three adults suffering from apparent stab wounds, police said. The victims were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Officers later located the suspect and arrested him, police said. Further information wasn't immediately available....

3+ hour, 2+ min ago (123+ words) Volunteers on Tuesday painted tombstones representing each unhoused person who died on South Bay streets this past year, a grim and visual reminder of the harsh reality of living on the streets. Volunteers on Tuesday painted tombstones representing each unhoused person who died on South Bay streets this past year, a grim and visual reminder of the harsh reality of living on the streets. More than 100 unhoused people died on the streets of Santa Clara County between Dec. 1, 2024, and Nov. 30, 2025. While that number is down from the previous year, homeless advocates and city leaders say more needs to be done to get everyone off the streets. NBC Bay Area's Marianne Favro has more in the video report above....

3+ hour, 15+ min ago (243+ words) California's attorney general has filed yet another lawsuit against the Trump administration over changes to environmental rules. California's attorney general has filed yet another lawsuit against the Trump administration, and as with several other suits, it involves changes to environmental rules. Attorney General Rob Bonta on Tuesday, alongside Colorado's attorney general, announced the action to force the Trump administration to release funds for clean vehicle infrastructure for passenger and clean freight, which were allocated by Congress in the Biden-era bipartisan infrastructure bill. Bonta says that for California alone, it amounts to $180 million. That money provides infrastructure for passenger vehicles, freight corridors and ports, not counting funds due to cities and counties. Nationwide, the funds total close to $3 billion. Kris Sanchez has more in the video above. California's attorney general has filed yet another lawsuit against the Trump administration, and as…...

3+ hour, 18+ min ago (345+ words) Testimony continued Tuesday in San Francisco's ongoing "Grandpa Vicha" murder trial. Vicha Ratanapakdee, 84, died in 2021 after allegedly being attacked by Antoine Watson, who was 19 at the time. The attack became a flash point in the stop Asian hate movement. The main witness Tuesday was the lead investigator in the case: San Francisco police Sgt. Brent Dittmer. He's a veteran homicide investigator who many became familiar with during the Bob Lee murder trial. Dittmer took over the "Grandpa Vicha" case a few days after the attack that sent Ratananpaktee to the hospital, where he died from his injuries. Dittmer testified mostly about jail call recordings between Watson and his family and friends. In that series of calls over several days Watson first seemed very quiet but then seemed to get more agitated. Jurors listened to the then-teenager at one point shout…...

8+ hour, 32+ min ago (121+ words) The suspect in the fatal hospital stabbing of a social worker in San Francisco was expected in court Tuesday morning. The stabbing at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital sent shockwaves through the community and has led to a number of workers calling for safety changes at the facility. The San Francisco District Attorney's Office says the suspect, Wilfredo Tortolero Arriechi, went to the hospital with a concealed knife to speak to a doctor.Tortolero spoke to a social worker before he was advised to leave. Arriechi and the social worker, Alberto Rangel, then walked to an elevator together, where Arriechi allegedly grabbed Rangel and stabbed him numerous times. Rangel died days later. Ginger Conejero Saab has more in the video above....