All Pacifica schools are closed Friday due to the tsunami warning, school district officials announced.The district office and its departments are also closed, according to the Pacifica School District.Surges of water could hit the Bay Area due to an 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Thursday night off the coast of Japan, causing a tsunami that killed hundreds of people.Waves traveling across the Pacific Ocean from the tsunami site arrived in the Bay Area just before 8 a.m. Friday.
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Flights between Japan and San Francisco International Airport were canceled or rerouted Friday morning after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northeast Japan on Thursday night.United Airlines Flight 837 and All Nippon Airways Flight NH7 were en route to Tokyo-Narita International Airport from San Francisco when the earthquake struck and were rerouted to Yokota Air Force Base and Nagoya Airport, respectively, airport spokesman Michael McCarron said in a statement.
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The Guardian Angels are staying in San Francisco's Mission District until at least Friday in the wake of a recent wave of violence in the neighborhood, the head of the group's local chapter said today.Two fatal shootings and several other violent outbursts occurred over the course of five days last week in the city's Mission District and Potrero Hill neighborhood.Much of the violence involved apparently gang-related acts of retaliation, police said.
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San Francisco firefighters are at the scene of a garage fire in The City's South of Market neighborhood.The fire was reported at 18 Lansing St., off of First Street between Folsom and Harrison streets. The small blaze was controlled at about 6:15 p.m.
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A San Mateo teenager accused of bringing 10 bombs and other weapons onto campus at Hillsdale High School on Aug. 24, 2009 was fairly competent at manufacturing pipe bombs, according to an explosives expert.Special Agent Brian Hester, of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, testified today for the prosecution in the San Mateo Superior Court trial of Alexander Youshock.
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A celebration will be held Thursday afternoon to mark the second anniversary of San Francisco’s Community Justice Center.The facility, located in the 500 block of Polk Street in The City’s Civic Center neighborhood, serves as both a courtroom and social services center.The court handles about 75 cases a day, primarily nonviolent felonies, misdemeanors and probation revocation cases from the Tenderloin, Civic Center, Union Square and South of Market neighborhoods.
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Two F-18 fighter jets will fly over the San Francisco Bay on Thursday afternoon to perform a practice military maneuver, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.The jets will soar over the Bay Area at about 2:30 to 3 p.m. Pilots have planned their route between the Golden Gate and Bay bridges, weather permitting.
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BART directors on Thursday approved 11 members of a citizen review board that will oversee the transit agency’s police department.BART officials decided to create the review board following the shooting death of unarmed passenger Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Hayward man, at the hands of former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle at the Fruitvale station in Oakland on Jan. 1, 2009.Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter last year and is serving a two-year state prison term.
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A motorcyclist was killed in a crash on northbound U.S. Highway 101 in San Mateo early Thursday morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said. The motorcyclist was involved in the second of two collisions that occurred within minutes of each other just south of Dore Avenue, CHP Officer Curtis Glace said.
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A teenage girl helped Albany police locate a Richmond man suspected of attempting to lure girls into his truck, police officials said.Gilberto Moreno, 36, was arrested Saturday evening after he allegedly tried to lure a 16-year-old into his truck earlier that day, police said.The girl had allegedly been approached by Moreno the year before and recognized him and his truck immediately, police said.The girl was approached at around 5:20 p.m. and she quickly reported the incident to police, which led to Moreno’s arrest at around 7:30 p.m., police said.
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A man was fatally shot in Oakland on Wednesday night during what may have been a robbery, police said.Police responded to the 1400 block of Sixth Avenue near International Boulevard around 8 p.m., Officer Kroushour said.The victim died at a local hospital and no suspect was identified as of 6 a.m., Kroushour said. No further details of the investigation were immediately available.
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A fatal crash involving a motorcyclist on northbound U.S. Highway 101 in San Mateo has been cleared and lanes have reopened, a California Highway Patrol officer said.The crash was reported at 5:12 a.m. just south of Dore Avenue. The CHP shut down three northbound lanes after the crash, and the lanes were reopened at about 7:15 a.m.As of 7:30 a.m. traffic was still backed up in the area.
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One motorist is confirmed dead in a motorcycle crash on northbound U.S. Highway 101 near Third Avenue in San Mateo, a California Highway Patrol officer said.The CHP closed down lanes one, two and three of northbound Highway 101 due to the crash, which may involve another car, Officer Kevin Bartlett said.It was not immediately known if there were any other injuries, he said.The CHP issued a SIG alert at 5:30 a.m. and said the lanes will not reopen until 7:30 a.m. at the earliest, Bartlett said.
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A yellow Lamborghini belonging to celebrity chef Guy Fieri that was stolen early Tuesday from a San Francisco car dealership was last seen touring around Marin County, police said Wednesday.
The theft is believed to have occurred sometime between 3:40 a.m. and 5:15 a.m. Tuesday at a car dealership in the 900 block of Van Ness Avenue, police Officer Albie Esparza said earlier Wednesday.
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San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi was among several local and state officials who attended a panel discussion in the city this morning on the problems facing the pension system for public employees.The discussion, hosted by the Bay Area Council, a business-sponsored public policy group based in San Francisco, brought together people on both sides of the pension issue, which is causing ballooning budget deficits at both the state and local levels."This is not a system that is sustainable," Adachi said.
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