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SAN FRANCISCO—The Northern District of California collected over $46 million in civil and criminal actions from U.S. taxpayers for the 2016 fiscal year, said U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch. “Every day, the men and women of the Department of Justice work tirelessly to enforce our laws, ensuring that taxpayer dollars are used properly and that the American people are protected...

SAN JOSE—An unidentified woman provided KRON 4 news with  surveillance video of her  home being burglarized on Thursday, December 15. The video captured the faces of the suspects. The woman lives with her husband and children near Capitol Expressway and Vistapark Drive. According to KRON 4 news, the unidentified woman's son came home from school to find the house's front door broken and slightly ajar. The burglars raided her home...

PALO ALTO—Two year-old conjoined twin sisters, Eva and Erika Sandoval, underwent a 17-hour surgical separation at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford last week. Erin Digitale, a pediatrics science writer for the Office of Communication and Public Affairs at Stanford's medical school, explained that the Sacramento-born twins were connected facing each other from the lower chest down. They each had one stomach, heart,...

MOUNTAIN VIEW—According to the Mountain View Fire Department, three Starbucks employees reportedly got sick after inhaling toxic fumes in one of the coffeehouse's bathrooms on Tuesday, December 13. The MVFD was alerted at approximately 12:40 a.m after the employees began feeling "sick" and "short of breath" as they were cleaning the restroom. When officials arrived, two of the three employees were...

CHULA VISTA—Chula Vista Police Captain Roxana Kennedy, 55, was appointed as the 24th police chief for the Chula Vista Police Department on Wednesday, December 14, becoming the first woman to hold the position. “It’s not something that I expected when I started working here as an officer a little over 24-years ago,” said Kennedy during a press conference. City Manager Gary Halbert voiced...

SAN FRANCISCO—An earthquake with a 5.0 magnitude was reported on Wednesday, December 14 at 8:41 a.m. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake hit four miles from the center of The Geysers with a magnitude-3.0 aftershock five minutes later. The earthquake was felt by residents in Windsor, Napa, and Santa Rosa.  A USGS map showed reports of light shaking...

SAN FRANCISCO—Legislation written to expand the quantity of restrooms-both men and women, installed with diaper-changing tables was introduced on Tuesday, December 13 by San Francisco Board of Supervisor Katy Tang. President Obama signed the legislation, “Bathrooms Accessible for Babies in Every Situation Act” or the BABIES Act, on October 7, specifically mandating that federal buildings with public restrooms be equipped with...

MOUNTAIN VIEW—Mountain View police are investigating students in the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District who have allegedly been exchanging sexually explicit photos of underage female students online, police said. In August, students from Mountain View High School opened a shareable Dropbox file in which they uploaded and distributed nude photos of at least two female students. School officials reported the incident to police on...

MENLO PARK—Reports surfaced on Monday, December 12, of a collision on southbound Highway 101 that resulted in occupants inside a vehicle suffering injuries and a 70-foot tree falling. San Francisco News spoke with Art Montiel, Public Information Officer (PIO) for the California Highway Patrol (CHP) office in Redwood City. Montiel shared that the CHP received a call about the incident at about 3:18 a.m. The collision occurred near the...

SAN JOSE—The San Jose Police Department are currently searching for a suspect who stole a handicapped man's cell phone in September. The SJPD indicated in a press release from Sergeant Enrique Garcia a video and description of the incident, which occurred on September 5 just after 5:00 p.m. on the 2600 block of Tuers Road. In the video, the suspect is seen riding...