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1+ hour, 46+ min ago (219+ words) Trail at Lake Chabot Regional Park, an East Bay Regional Park in the San Francisco Bay Area town of San Leandro, California, July 16, 2017. The East Bay Regional Park District is encouraging Bay Area residents and visitors to go to a park instead of a mall on Friday as part of its annual Green Friday celebration. The day after Thanksgiving is usually known as Black Friday because of the deals offered at stores to bring out holiday shoppers, but for more than a decade, the park district has repurposed the day as Green Friday to encourage people to spend time outdoors instead. All park entrance and use fees, including parking, boat launches and fishing, will be waived. Fees will still be in effect for state fishing licenses, watercraft inspections and concessionaires like the Tilden Park Merry Go Round. "Green Friday is…...

1+ hour, 59+ min ago (536+ words) By CHAN HO-HIM and ELAINE KURTENBACH | Associated Press At least 94 people were known to have died in the blaze that broke out Wednesday at Wang Fuk Court in Taipo, a suburb in the city's mountainous New Territories. Dozens more were injured, and about 900 of the 4,800 residents were evacuated to temporary shelters overnight. Seven of the eight 32-story towers in the building complex were engulfed in flames after construction materials and bamboo scaffolding caught fire. Officials said that extreme heat was hampering rescue efforts. The fire was deadlier than one in November 1996, when 41 people died in a commercial building in Kowloon in a blaze that lasted for around 20 hours. A warehouse fire in 1948 killed 176 people, according to the South China Morning Post newspaper. Here's what to know about the disaster: Officials are investigating why construction materials, netting and bamboo scaffolding being…...

2+ hour, 32+ min ago (468+ words) The Packers (8-3-1) swept the season series to earn a potential tiebreaker in the NFC North and are in second place in the division behind Chicago (8-3), which plays at Philadelphia on Friday. The two-time defending division champion Lions (7-5) entered the game out of the playoff picture, then fell further back in the hunt with a third loss in five games. Detroit turned the ball over on downs on the opening drive of the second half and early in the fourth quarter. Two plays after Jahmyr Gibbs was stopped for a loss just inside Green Bay territory on fourth down, Love threw a 51-yard touchdown pass to Christian Watson to give Green Bay a 24-14 lead early in the third. The Lions went for it on fourth-and-3 from the Packers" 21 " trailing by 10 " and Jameson Williams dropped a pass. Detroit"s defense responded with…...

3+ hour, 56+ min ago (161+ words) Carquinez Strait and Delta, Northern Sacramento Valley, Central Sacramento Valley, Southern Sacramento Valley and Northern San Joaquin Valley are the focus of an updated dense fog advisory issued at 1:26 p.m. on Thursday by the National Weather Service. The advisory is valid from 10 p.m. until Friday Nov. 28, at 11 a.m. The NWS Sacramento CA says to anticipate, "Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog." "Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous," the NWS said. "If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you." To ensure you are staying in the correct lane, use the road's lane markings as a guide. In situations of near-zero visibility due to dense fog, activate your hazard lights and seek a secure location, such as a nearby business's parking lot, to pull over and come to a stop. For more weather alerts…...

5+ hour, 8+ min ago (387+ words) CeeDee Lamb scored the first Dallas touchdown and finished with 112 yards on seven catches four days after drops plagued the star receiver in a victory over defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia. The Cowboys (6-5-1) have won three straight, knocking off both of last season's Super Bowl teams in the past five days, and they dropped the defending AFC champion Chiefs (6-6) back to .500 in a matchup of playoff-chasing teams. Mahomes had four touchdown passes in his first professional game at the home of the Cowboys, where he played three times for Texas Tech not far from his East Texas roots. Travis Kelce caught Mahomes' first fourth down TD toss on a 2-yarder, and Rashee Rice's second scoring catch came on fourth-and-3 early in the fourth quarter. Kansas City was down 10 when Mahomes was almost tripped in the backfield by Quinnen Williams but…...

5+ hour, 31+ min ago (100+ words) A preliminary 2.5 magnitude earthquake struck Thursday morning near Pacifica, according to the United States Geological Survey. A preliminary 2.5 magnitude earthquake struck Thursday morning near Pacifica, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor was reported at about 11:33 a.m. and centered about 1.5 miles south of Pacifica, the USGS said. BAY AREA QUAKE CENTRAL You can take steps to plan and prepare for the next big one. Access our Bay Area Quake Tracker, the latest earthquake stories, extensive quake prep checklists, videos and many other disaster preparedness resources all in one place: NBCBAYAREA.COM/QUAKES...

7+ hour, 16+ min ago (257+ words) The search operations for an Army specialist who was swept to sea in the Big Sur area have been suspended, the Monterey County Sheriff's Office announced on Wednesday. "After four days of coordinated, intensive operations, and after consulting with California State Parks and other regional partners, the Sheriff's Office has suspended formal search activities," according to a news release from the Monterey County Sherriff's Office. Amanpreet Thind, 35, was swept out to ocean at Soberanes Point along the Garrapata State Park coastline on Nov. 22. "On the day of the incident, a Beach Hazard Statement was in effect," the news release releases. "Thind had been visiting Soberanes Point with three friends when a large wave struck the rocks, pulling him and two companions into the ocean. While the two friends were able to safely exit the water, Thind was not." Private diver…...

7+ hour, 28+ min ago (296+ words) By SARAH RAZA | Associated Press A deadly crash has forced UPS Airlines to ground a fleet of planes for inspections and possible repairs that could last through the peak delivery season, the company said Wednesday in an internal memo. The airline grounded its McDonnell Douglas MD-11 fleet indefinitely as it works to meet Federal Aviation Administration guidelines, said the memo from UPS Airlines president Bill Moore to employees. The process was originally estimated to take weeks but is now expected to take several months. A fiery MD-11 plane crash on Nov. 4 in Louisville, Kentucky, killed 14 people and injured at least 23 when the left engine detached during takeoff. Cargo carriers grounded their McDonnell Douglas MD-11 fleets shortly after, ahead of a directive from the FAA. "Regarding the MD-11 fleet, Boeing's ongoing evaluation shows that inspections and potential repairs will be more extensive than initially expected,…...

8+ hour, 4+ min ago (953+ words) SAN JOSE " Perhaps the Sharks" biggest strength in recent weeks " beyond getting outstanding individual performances from second-year center Macklin Celebrini and rookie goalie Yarsolav Askarov " has been their ability to get past a bad game. The Sharks, regrettably, are in that position again going into Friday"s home matinee against the Vancouver Canucks, as they try to bounce back from their most lopsided loss of the season. On their heels from the start, the Sharks were blasted 6-0 by the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche in Denver on Wednesday night as they allowed two goals in the first period and three more in the second. Nothing went right for the Sharks as Askarov, through no fault of his own, was pulled early in the second period after the fourth goal. San Jose also managed only a handful of quality scoring chances as it…...

8+ hour, 12+ min ago (317+ words) A woman with two previous convictions for driving under the influence was arrested on suspicion of murder after a fatal Riverside County crash this week. Erica Pearl Machuca, 33, of Hemet, also was accused of causing injury while driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Her blood-alcohol level was 0.08 or higher, police say. She was being held at a Banning jail in lieu of $1 million bail and had not been charged as of Wednesday. The two-car crash just after 9 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 24, in Wildomar killed Debra Amicay, 56, of Murrieta, who was a passenger in one of the cars. The Riverside County Sheriff's Department would not say in whose car Amicay was riding, citing the ongoing investigation. The other driver was hospitalized in critical condition. In a 2012 agreement with prosecutors, Machuca pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of driving with a…...