SF News Massive Blaze In Tracy Destroys One-Million-Square-Foot Warehouse, No Injuries Reported Fortunately no one was injured when a one-million-square-foot Tracy warehouse owned by a medical supply distributor was rapidly engulfed in flames Thursday, after a fire broke out on the roof and caused it to collapse.
SF News Burning Tree In Golden Gate Park Takes Crews Nine Hours to Extinguish A fire that ignited inside the base of a tree in Golden Gate Park Tuesday afternoon took SF firefighters and a park arborist until almost midnight to put out.
SF News Saturday Links: Two Skiers Die in Separate Incidents at Lake Tahoe’s Heavenly Resort SFUSD is expected to announce preliminary layoffs for 42 employees; a celebration of life for Betty Reid Soskin, who died in December at 104, is set to take place in Oakland March 1; and two skiers died in separate incidents at Heavenly Resort in Lake Tahoe Friday.
SF News Retired SF Firefighter Denied Cancer Treatment, Causing City to Question Blue Shield Health Plan The family and friends of retired firefighter Ken Jones implored the city’s Health Service Board this week to persuade Blue Shield to reverse the denial of Jones’s crucial cancer treatment coverage through his city-run health plan, and many others have also been denied.
SF News Pickett Fire May Have Ignited During Set-Up of Unauthorized Wedding at Napa Winery Cal Fire is investigating whether the 6,800-acre Pickett Fire was caused by an outdoor fireplace at Hundred Acre Wines in Calistoga during preparations for an upcoming wedding. Weddings have been banned at wineries in Napa since 1990.
SF News Photos: Pickett Fire in Napa County Spreads to 6,800 Acres, 11% Contained as of Sunday Afternoon Napa County declared a local emergency for the Calistoga area Sunday, calling for additional funding to fight the Pickett Fire, which broke out Thursday and reached nearly 7,000 acres Sunday afternoon.
SF News Saturday Links: Oakland Police Seize 27 Guns in Weeklong East Oakland Arrest Sweep California and several other states are suing the federal government over its restrictions on gender-affirming youth care; Oakland's animal shelter can no longer accept all animals due to a 40% surge; and 27 guns were seized and multiple felony arrests were made in East Oakland this week.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Trump Admin Erases Bi History From Stonewall Site After Earlier Trans Omission Berkeley Flea Market vendors are still setting up outside the Ashby BART station on the weekends; a worker was killed during Thursday's raid at Glass House Farms in SoCal; and references to bisexual people have been erased from the Stonewall Memorial site.
SF News Illegal Fireworks Spark Dozens of Bay Area Fires on July 4th, Injuring Several and Killing Two Dogs Illegal fireworks ignited dozens of fires across the Bay Area on the Fourth of July — from Oakland and Alameda to Antioch and San Jose — with Oakland Fire Department responding to more than 60 fires.
SF News 75 Firefighters Respond to East Oakland Warehouse Fire, Suspected Grow Operation A four-alarm fire broke out Friday evening in a commercial building near the Oakland Coliseum, which housed a suspected cannabis grow operation. About 75 firefighters were called to the scene, and the fire was brought under control after a few hours.
SF News Family Cat Suffers Burns, But Survives House Fire In San Jose After Rescue Firefighters in San Jose rescued an injured and unconscious cat in a house fire this morning which also left a firefighter with injuries.
SF News SF Fire Chief Retiring After Five Years Due to 'Medical Issues' San Francisco Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson announced Friday that she will retire at the end of next month due to “unforeseen medical issues.”
SF News 25-Year-Old Oakland Firefighter Dies By Drowning in San Diego Early Thursday Morning A tragic day today for firefighters in both Oakland and San Diego, as four-year veteran of the Oakland Fire Department Caeden Laffan died by drowning in San Diego at about 2 am Thursday morning, while attending the California Summer Firefighter Games.
SF News Victim In Brutal Alleged SF Firefighter-On-Firefighter Attack Speaks Out, Story Even Crazier Than We Realized We’ve heard rumors for two years about an alleged wrench-beating laid on an Asian firefighter in SF by one of his colleagues, but the victim is now speaking out, and the tale involves an apparent department cover-up, a 75 MPH car chase, and the wrong guy getting fired.
SF News 15 People Rescued From One-Alarm Fire in SoMa; at Least 8 People Injured and 7 Pets Saved San Francisco firefighters responded to a structure fire at 1000 Howard Street Saturday afternoon that left fifteen residents of the building in need of rescue, as well as at least seven dogs and cats; all the saved humans and animals are said to be "okay."
SF News Baby Raccoon Rescued by San Francisco Firefighters, Named 'Freedom' In what's proven to be a wild past few days for Bay Area animal rescues, San Francisco firefighters safely removed a small trash panda that was trapped in a tree Saturday night; the perpetually tired-looking mammal has since been named "Freedom."
SF News Newsom Signs Bill Clearing Way for Ex-Inmates To Become Professional Firefighters Friday, Governor Newsom (while sitting at an ash-covered picnic table) signed Assembly Bill 2147 into law, allowing inmates who have worked as firefighters to ask for the dismissal of their charges — which will make it feasible for them to become professional firefighters once they're released.
SF News Update: SFFD Crews Will Continue Monitoring Pier 45 Through Memorial Day, Fishing Companies Devastated Saturday’s four-alarm fire at Pier 45 damaged a quarter of the dock's structures, filling the clouds with smoke and blanketing nearby cars in ash. SF firefighters will continue monitoring the area for hot spots today and tomorrow, and fishing businesses are now reporting catastrophic losses.
SF News Video: Rescue Crews Use 'Snout Mask' To Save Dog Pulled From Oakland Blaze #dogrescue OAK FF's save dog from house fire last night on 85th, perform rescue breathing. Check FB for more info pic.twitter.com/AU4YM2ha65 — Oakland Firefighters (@OaklandFireLive) December 9, 2015 An
SF News Firefighters Put Out Three Small, Concurrent Fires This A.M. What's with all the fire lately? In a twenty-minute span this morning, between 6:10 and 6:30 a.m., three fires broke out within a mile and a half
SF News SFFD Battles Early Morning Mission Apartment Fire A two-alarm fire broke out around 4:30 a.m. this morning near Bartlett and 24th Street in the Mission, leaving two victims in critical condition. SFFD has yet to determine the
SF News Vallejo Man Gets Stuck in Baby Swing Overnight This gem of a story reminds us why we should make an effort to watch the local TV news more often. Some poor 21-year-old kid in Vallejo took his friends up
SF News Three Firefighters Injured in Diamond Heights House Fire [Updates: One Dead] The Chronicle reports three firefighters have been injured while battling a blaze that broke out around 10:45 am this morning on Berkeley Way in Diamond Heights. According to an SFFD spokesperson, two
SF News What's Going On Here, Angry Firefighters? They seem rather upset. Why? Because because the city budget is bad for them, and the cuts will hurt them. So, they want to BOS to cut other services. Or something. Anyway, here
SF News Images From Wednesday's Inner Mission Blaze Another fire hit the Mission District, but this time no one was displaced or injured. It seems that Giant's Jewelers on 24th Street (between South Van Ness and Capp, next to
