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CALIFORNIA—On Friday, August 7, the University of California (UC) announced an executive order that requires students, faculty and staff from all campuses to receive an influenza immunization before November 1.  The executive order, which was signed by UC’s President Janet. A Napolitano, applies to any member of the community living, learning or working at any UC location. The influenza shot...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Thursday, May 14, a 15 year old girl disappeared from her home in Rohnert Park. Officials from the Rohnert Park Police Department are asking for the public's assistance to locate Veronica Elizabeth Prado. She was  last seen by her parents around 10 p.m. on Thursday. On Friday, May 15, her parents awoke to find her missing from her...

EL CERRITO—The body of a dead dog was discovered on BART tracks between the Richmond and El Cerrito del Norte stations at approximately 3:15 p.m on Wednesday, January 4, indicated a BART spokesman . A train operator discovered the animals body, leading to transportation delays on the Richmond, Millbrae, and Fremont lines as crew members removed the body from the tracks at around 3:30...

SAN FRANCISCO—On January 22, three men escaped from the Orange County Men’s Jail. According to police, the men cut a hole in a metal grate, crawled through plumbing tunnels, and scaled down the five-story jail building by propelling down linked bedsheets turned into rope.  The fugitives were identified as Hossein Nayeri, 37, Jonathan Tieu, 20, and Bac Duong, 43. Duong...

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, has made allegations against Uber stating that “rapists, kidnappers, and killers are driving people to their destinations.”  Gascón filed a formal complaint with Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey against Uber in December 2014 objecting to the company’s claim of using “an industry-leading background check process" to hire their drivers. Gascón and Lacey stated...

CALIFORNIA — On Thursday, March 18, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that Google will invest $1 billion in California as part of a $7 billion commitment to form new data centers and offices across the nation. Pichai, who is also CEO of Alphabet, stated in a news release that the technology company plans on investing "over $7 billion in office...

SAN FRANCISCO—The SF Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board has begun long-term remediation efforts to clean an estimated 600 gallons of oil that spilled into the Bay on Tuesday, February 9 from a leak at the Chevron refinery in Richmond. "The emergency situation has ended, however, beaches in the surrounding area may remain closed during clean up," posted the Contra...

SAN FRANCISCO—The National Weather Service (NWS) issued an Excessive Heat Watch in several Bay Area counties and it will be in effect all weekend starting Friday, August 14, at 12 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Sunday. The counties who will be on watch are Alameda, Monterey and San Benito County, as well as some areas of Santa Clara and Contra...

UNITED STATES—It was a race between Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton to become the next President of the United States of America. On Tuesday, November 8, Americans hit the polls to cast their vote for president, and in the wee hours news outlets announced that Donald J. Trump won enough electoral votes to become President. Pushing...

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco State University is moving forward with their plans of a housing expansion to accommodate the increasing influx of students at the school. The expansion will stretch down the adjacent Holloway Avenue, past 19th Avenue. School officials have stated that they are hoping to select a developer for the project by the end of this year and have preliminary construction...