Bay Area News

The Sonoma County supervisors have voted to close two temporary shelters in the county and turn them into permanent housing sites with increased capacities.

In a 5-1 vote on Tuesday night, with one council member absent, the Richmond City Council voted for an existing city office to adopt the Community Crisis Response Program or CCRP in Richmond.

As the smoke from wildfires continues to hang over the region, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has extended the Spare the Air alert through Friday. Air quality indexes are expected to remain over 100, which is considered unhealthy for sensitive groups. KALW’s Sheryl Kaskowitz has more.

A 16-year-old Castlemont High School football player – the school’s first female to make the squad – is making history in a big way this season.

Air quality in the Bay Area dipped Tuesday, due to wildfires burning in Northern California and Southern Oregon – triggering a Spare the Air Alert through tomorrow.

Despite the fact that violent crime has gone down over the past two decades in San Francisco, recent data shows that the national perception of the city’s public safety has declined considerably.

A new report criticizes the investigations into police misconduct that led to Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong’s firing in February. Mayor Sheng Thao says she is sticking with her decision to fire the former chief.

There’s a series of emergency preparedness drills on the Bay through Thursday this week.

In a 5-1 vote on Tuesday night, with one council member absent, the Richmond City Council voted for an existing city office to adopt the Community Crisis Response Program or CCRP in Richmond.

In California, alone, pharmacies make an estimated five million medication errors annually. A new bill to address these errors is headed to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk.