Turkey wants Fremont school board to reject charter school
An attorney working on behalf of the Turkish government says Magnolia Public Schools is linked to controversial cleric Fethullah Gulen, who was charged in Turkey with trying to create an Islamic...
View ArticleFremont school district denies Magnolia charter application
The Fremont Unified School District board unanimously rejected an application from Southern California-based Magnolia Public Schools to open a charter school.
View ArticlePredicting El Niño's flood risk: How new warning systems save lives,...
Counting El Niño's raindrops in distant mountains, new flood prediction systems are for the first time allowing the Bay Area to anticipate disasters, not merely respond to them.
View ArticleEarthquake warnings: White House announces tech advances
Buoyed by recent advances in technology, the federal government announced on Tuesday that it's expanding its commitment to earthquake early warning systems.
View ArticleControversial Roosh V. cancels International Meetup Day amid backlash about...
The move follows online petitions asking authorities to block events planned in Australia, Canada and Sweden.
View ArticleHuge wine retailer Total Wine & More to open its first store in the Bay Area
Total Wine & More is opening its first superstore in the Bay Area next week with a second to follow in Mountain View later this year
View ArticleFremont man wins almost $800,000 in Powerball drawing
Fremont man wins in California lottery, plans to take wife to Hawaii
View ArticleMenlo Park congregation grieves pastor
Grieving members on Sunday morning at Mt. Olive Apostolic Original Holy Church of God lost their beloved pastor Bishop Teman L. Bostic Sr. to a violent crime. In song and prayer, they struggled to...
View ArticleBan on short-term home rentals comes before Danville council
On Tuesday night, Town Council will consider outright ban of Airbnb/HomeAway-type residential rentals of less than 30 days. Other cities, including Santa Cruz,
View ArticleBay Area weather: New radar better predicts just where and just how much rain...
The Bay Area is launching a new radar system that will offer much-more-localized rain forecasts, part of an increasingly sophisticated network of weather forecasting.
View ArticleStacey Aguilar homicide: Accused and friend rolled San Jose woman's body down...
Esmid Valentine Pedraza, 23, whose case is being monitored by immigration authorities, was arraigned Friday but did not enter a plea to charges that he killed his girlfriend, Stacey Xanthe Aguilar, 22...
View ArticleIn Bay Area, Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric repudiated
About 250 civic and religious leaders gather at the Islamic Center East Bay to express support for Muslims; one talks of 'fascism' arising in America.
View ArticleWoman jumps to death from taxi when hospital sends her back to scene of...
Afroza Chowdhury told police one evening last spring that her ex-husband had threatened to kill her if she didn't move out; she later jumped from cab to her death after Contra Costa County hospital...
View ArticleShelly Titchener case: Remains identified as missing Brisbane woman; husband...
The remains of a woman found near the Dumbarton Bridge have been positively identified as missing Brisbane woman Shelly Titchener, and her late husband Paul Titchener is the suspect in her death,...
View ArticleAs El Niño returns, Bay Area residents brace for more rain
The intensity of Saturday night's wild storm caught many by surprise. National Weather Service rain gauges measured a stunning 6.7 inches of accumulation in the Santa Cruz Mountains, with wind speeds...
View Article
