New Bay Area fire-hazard maps: Is your city among those seeing striking increases?
To determine the hazard level for an area, factors such as fire history, existing and potential vegetation, predicted flame ...
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CAL FIRE Overhauls Wildfire Risk Maps that May Result in Stricter Rules
Researchers use models that combine how weather, topography and types of vegetation raise the risk that a fire will grow large and threaten neighborhoods.
Bay Area home building in Wildland Urban Interface areas increases residential wildfire risk
A data analysis by the CBS News Data Team shows a growing number of Bay Area homes are facing increased wildfire risk.
New Cal Fire maps: Here’s what they can tell you about your risk — and what they can’t
With streaks of yellow, orange and red, Cal Fire’s new fire risk maps make plain the extent of fire danger in the Bay Area.
Modesto roadway shut down after major injury crash, police say
A roadway in Modesto was shut down after a major injury crash on Tuesday evening, police said. According to the Modesto ...
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Has Your Walgreens in San Francisco Closed? Here's Where Your Prescriptions Will Go
Nearly a dozen Walgreens have closed in San Francisco, particularly affecting seniors and people with disabilities.
Oakland Unified votes to issue layoffs, eliminate up to 100 full-time positions
The layoffs approval comes as OUSD, facing declining enrollment and increasing operational costs, needs to cut $95 million ...
More Oakland students qualify to apply to UC, CSU schools
New data indicates there’s been a jump in the number of Oakland high school seniors who now qualify to apply to University of California and California State University System schools.
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Oakland school board votes to send layoff notices up to 150 employees
OAKLAND, Calif. - Employees at risk of layoffs include teachers and support staff in the Oakland Unified School District. On Wednesday night, the school board voted 6 to 1 to send out 150 layoff ...
Bickering Oakland school board tiptoes back from fiscal cliff, votes for layoffs
The Oakland school board faced a fiscal do-or-die moment Wednesday night, with the district’s ability to pay its bills in the ...
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Oakland teachers union, parents demand district reconsider proposed budget cuts
Proposed budget cuts in the Oakland Unified School District are up for discussion during Wednesday night’s board meeting. District officials added $90 million in proposed spending to this year’s ...
Oakland residents hear from mayoral candidates at forum
Nine candidates have thrown their names into the race, seven of them took part in a forum to make their case to the voters. Lisa Orta and Sigi Arnejo have called Oakland home for decades. Orta is a ...