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Día De Los Muertos Parade Brings Life to Mission District

Published   Nov 04, 2024 12:26AM
The Mission District was fully decorated and lively on Saturday evening, as hundreds gathered for a parade to celebrate Día De Los Muertos for the 43rd time.
The procession, led by traditional Aztec dancers, also included many attendees adorned in attire with a skeletal theme. ... Read more

Registrar of Voters to contact Gilroy voters over mapping is



The Santa Clara Registrar of Voters is urgently scrambling to contact over 1,000 Gilroy voters who got ballots without a place to cast their vote in the Gavilan Community College trustee race.



That race ha ... Read more

Attorney General Bonta Joins Multistate Coalition in Effort

OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general in an amicus brief in support of a Maryland board of education’s efforts to create a safe and supportive environment for transgender children and all ... Read more

Possible PG&E power shutoffs could impact parts of Bay Area



Strong winds and dry conditions could lead to possible power shutoffs in parts of the Bay Area this week.



PG&E said Sunday it has notified 15,000 customers in 17 counties their power may be proactively ... Read more

Man rejects $150K ‘fraud' payment, but his insurance companies paid it anyway

Published   Nov 03, 2024 02:47PM


Add Bobby von Merta to the long list of Bay Area viewers who are complaining to the NBC Bay Area Responds team about losing their property insurance coverage. 



Von Merta says his policy problems are a puzzling poster child for why California faces an insurance crisis. 



He owns a dozen apartments in Newark. 



“We just call it Sycamore apartments,” he said. “I built them in 1987 and I’ve owned them that long.”

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Saturday Links: Oakland Homicides Currently Down 33% For The

Oakland's crime is down significantly this year; Pamela Price is the center of another lawsuit; and a beloved sandwich shop is looking for new ownership. ... Read more

Woman injured in stabbing aboard BART train in San Francisco



A 54-year-old woman was stabbed on a BART train in San Francisco on Saturday morning, according to BART police.



Police released a picture of the suspect on Saturday, hours after the 8:10 a.m. stabbing on a ... Read more

BART police arrest, identify suspect in weekend stabbing



BART police investigators have arrested and identified a suspect in connection with a stabbing that occurred aboard an Antioch-bound train Saturday morning as it approached BART’s 24th Street/Mission Station, transit officials ... Read more