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Supervisor Campos working to find solution for 'Tamale Lady'
A week after a San Francisco bar said it would no longer be able to allow the "Tamale Lady" to serve her famous food at its establishment, a city supervisor said Tuesday he is working on a solution. The popular Valencia Street establishment Zeitgeist announced on Facebook last week that ...
Mayor raises LGBT flag at SF City Hall to celebrate Pride Month
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee raised the LGBT rainbow flag at City Hall late Tuesday morning, ushering in Pride Month and optimism about an upcoming decision on marriage equality from the U.S. Supreme Court. Standing on the mayor's balcony at 11 a.m., Lee unfurled the multi-colored flag, about two weeks ...
Spread of grass fire leads to overnight evacuation of Motel 6
A fast-moving grass fire that spread to a Fairfield motel Tuesday evening has forced the motel's evacuation, at least until Wednesday, a fire battalion chief said. The fire was reported shortly after 7 p.m. near the junction of Interstate Highway 80 and Suisun Valley Road. A three-alarm response was called ...
House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill
The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats characterized as yet another example of a GOP war on women. The legislation, sparked by the murder conviction of a Philadelphia late-term abortion provider, would ...
Richmond City Council set to vote on lawsuit against Chevron
The Richmond City Council was set to vote Tuesday night on whether to move forward with a lawsuit against Chevron over a massive fire at the oil company's local refinery last August. The council voted 5-2 last month to have city staff draft a contract with the law firm Cotchett, ...
Crews make short work of 2-alarm fire SF hotel
Firefighters made short work of a two-alarm fire in the San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood Tuesday evening, having the blaze at a six-story residential hotel under control within an hour. Crews received reports of the blaze around 5:14 p.m. at the Senator Hotel on Ellis Street near Leavenworth Street, according to ...
Ex-Fremont teacher charged with classroom sex abuse
A decade after a conviction for possession of child pornography, a former elementary school teacher from Northern California has been charged with the classroom sexual abuse of a second-grade boy 15 years ago. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Tuesday that Alameda County prosecutors have charged 63-year-old Michael Schoop with four ...
Benicia vegetation fire burns 124 acres
A grass fire in Benicia grew to 124 acres before it was fully contained Tuesday night, fire officials said. Crews responded to reports of a fire near an industrial park in the 4500 block of California Court around 2:20 p.m., according to a Benicia fire dispatcher. The fire, which burned ...
Vallejo police seeking suspect in February homicide
Vallejo police have identified a suspect in a February homicide as 32-year-old William Cordoba and were seeking the public's help in locating him. Cordoba, also known as William Johnson, was suspected of killing 27-year-old Jimmie Richardson on Feb. 4, police Capt. Jim O'Connell said. Richardson's body was found on the ...
Young boy dies in Union City dog attack
A 6-year-old boy has died after being attacked by his family's dog in his grandparents' Union City backyard, police confirmed Tuesday. According to police, officers responded to a residence on Elizabeth Way 1 to investigate the report of a young child bitten by the family dog at 11:30 a.m. Monday. ...
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