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11+ hour, 29+ min ago   (140+ words) A vegetation fire destroyed two barns and damaged a home Saturday afternoon, according to authorities. The Schell-Vista Fire District said the vegetation fire was spreading to buildings at 1365 Napa Road. Authorities said the fire left a home badly damaged and…...

13+ hour, 15+ min ago   (215+ words) A wildfire burning in Northern California has prompted evacuation orders for areas of Lake and Mendocino counties, authorities said. More than a dozen San Francisco firefighters were deployed to help battle the Lucas Fire Saturday, according to the fire department....

15+ hour, 48+ min ago   (93+ words) A 3.4 magnitude earthquake struck near Blackhawk on early Saturday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. 3.4 magnitude earthquake shakes Contra Costa County The quake hit at 12:25 a.m. and was centered 6.9 miles east-northeast of Blackhawk. A 3.4 magnitude earthquake struck in Contra…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (309+ words) In the aftermath of the smoke and rubble, departments from across the nation dispatched to New York, including a team from San Francisco fire department. Shortly after the nation's ground stop was lifted, eleven firefighters from San Francisco packed their…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (132+ words) Firefighters are battling a two-alarm blaze that began early Thursday morning in San Jose’s Cambrian neighborhood, according to fire officials. The fire started just before 6 a.m. at a duplex in the 2900 block of Union Avenue. The San Jose Fire Department…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (375+ words) East Palo Alto Police are trying to determine who the driver was in a hit-and-run incident that injured two pedestrians and damaged a food stand on Monday. Alyssa Goard reports. Police said it all happened at around 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 7. Surveillance…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (106+ words) A brush fire has burned at least 70 acres in Napa County, Cal Fire said Wednesday afternoon. Cal Fire battles Napa County ‘Steele Fire' with ground and air crews The blaze is burning in steep terrain near the 9400 block of Steele…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (254+ words) Her family hopes it is the first of many major steps as she works to regain her independence. An Oakland woman seriously injured last month after being hit by a car driven by two young boys has reached a major…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (440+ words) Betty Ann Ong was the first to sound the alarm about the tragedy that was about to unfold. Hijackers had taken over American Airlines flight 11. "It still hurts. You almost die 25 times," says Harry Ong, Betty's older brother, "every year…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (166+ words) A person was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries after being attacked by a dog in San Francisco, police said. The incident was reported around 9:20 a.m. Tuesday on the 500 block of Larkin Street, just north of San Francisco City Hall....