The Bay Area is bracing for several days of record-breaking heat as a powerful high-pressure system moves in from the Pacific Ocean starting Monday.
The system will hover over the entire region until at least the end of the week, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a Heat Advisory through Friday night.
“Over the next few days, it’s going to meander to the east and build right overhead and that’s when we’ll expect the highest temperatures,” said weather service meteorologist Ryan Gass.
During that period, warm offshore winds and sunny skies will help drive temperatures up to anywhere from 20 degrees to 30 degrees above average, Gass said.
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A man from Washington State is behind bars in connection with a shooting on Super Bowl Sunday that injured six people in downtown San Jose, police said Monday.
Tyrone Asphy is suspected of pulling a gun during a fight between two groups about 10:50 p.m. on Feb. 8, near the intersection of Santa Clara and Market streets.
San Jose police said Asphy, 46, allegedly fled after he shot six people during the fight. Five victims were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and another was treated at the scene.
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A 72-year-old woman jumped from a window and crawled to her neighbor’s house to escape her grandson after he allegedly tried to strangle her at a home near Willits, authorities said Monday.
The assault was reported about 12:20 a.m. Friday at a home in the 27000 block of Hawk Drive in Brooktrails, an unincorporated neighborhood in Mendocino County. The woman told authorities that an argument with her 38-year-old grandson led to the alleged attack.
Don Wiltse Jr. allegedly chased his grandmother into her bedroom “and strangled her while making threats to kill her,” the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
The victim tried to call 911 but Wiltse allegedly took her phone. The woman then jumped from a window about nine feet off the ground and crawled to her neighbor’s house, the sheriff’s office said.
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A 31-year-old woman is suspected in a stabbing death over the weekend at a San Rafael homeless encampment, San Rafael police said Monday.
Leslieli Violani Ilolahia allegedly stabbed a 28-year-old woman at a camp on Anderson Drive. The victim was found about 6:15 p.m. Saturday by officers responding to a call of an unresponsive woman. Her name was not released.
Ilolahia was arrested about 6:15 p.m. Sunday a few blocks from the scene of the stabbing, according to police. Ilolahia allegedly admitted to police that she stabbed the victim, but the motive remains under investigation.
Investigators served a search warrant for Ilolahia’s living area, located within the Anderson Drive encampment. Detectives believe that evidence was located that connects her to the crime, police said.
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Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and City Councilmember Zac Unger will introduce a new ordinance next week to increase the penalties for illegal dumping.
If approved, the new rules would more than double the fines for dumping trash on Oakland streets, parks, sidewalks and other spaces to $1,500 for the first offense, $2,500 for the second and $5,000 for the third.
It would also eliminate a provision in the current city law that resets fine amounts after three years.
The ordinance would also make it a crime for anyone who owns a car to use it or allow it to be used for illegal dumping and for people to haul trash without a license plate on their vehicle.
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Thanks to a pilot program, some of the renovations at Marin City’s historic Golden Gate Village will be done by the project’s tenants.
The first class of 21 students — ranging from young adults to older residents — graduated in January from the pre-apprenticeship construction trades program, and organizers hope to launch a second class this spring if funding comes through.
Beginning in May, construction crews will move through the first buildings of a massive multi-year renovation of Marin County’s largest public housing project.
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Fire crews rescued a driver in their 70s after a vehicle veered off a highway in Santa Cruz County and went down an embankment, fire officials said Monday night.
The crash was reported around 7:45 p.m. Sunday when fire crews responded to a report of a vehicle off the road on Empire Grade. The Cal Fire San Mateo – Santa Cruz Unit posted on social media a photo showing a vehicle down a steep wooded hillside and resting against large redwood trees.
A witness told responders the vehicle had been traveling behind them when it suddenly left the road and went down the embankment.
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Marin County officials say hundreds of homes are moving through the development pipeline as the county hustles to meet state affordable housing requirements.
An update presented last week by county planners to the Marin County Board of Supervisors found that more than 700 homes in unincorporated areas are currently in the development review process. The presentation said most programs remain on schedule under the county’s 2023-2031 Housing Element, a key planning document that outlines how the region will address housing demand and affordability.
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San Francisco might soon get a cultural district that celebrates the historical and cultural importance of its Irish community.
District 4 Supervisor Alan Wong announced Sunday that he has introduced legislation to establish an Irish Cultural District in the city’s Sunset District neighborhood.
He made the announcement with leaders from the city’s Irish community at a St. Patrick’s Day weekend event in the city, according to a news release.
“The Irish community has played an important role in shaping San Francisco’s history and continues to be a vibrant part of the Sunset today,” Wong said. “This legislation recognizes the generations of families, community leaders, and cultural institutions that have helped build and sustain this neighborhood, while beginning the process of formally establishing an Irish Cultural District in the Sunset.”
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Approximately half of the water meters in Calistoga will be replaced in a project that begins Monday, the city’s Public Works Department said.
Manually read water meters will be replaced by remote-read smart meter technology, according to Public Works.
Construction is expected to continue through April and May.
Most meter upgrades will not require water being turned off because only the register on the existing meter is being replaced, the city said. However, about 85 locations will require a full meter replacement, which will involve a brief water service interruption.
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