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31+ min ago (257+ words) Today is Friday, Nov. 28, the 332nd day of 2025. There are 33 days left in the year. Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. On Nov. 28, 1942, fire engulfed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, killing 492 people in the deadliest nightclub blaze ever. In 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name. In 1925, the Grand Ole Opry (known then as the WSM Barn Dance) debuted on radio station WSM in Nashville, Tennessee; it continues today as the longest-running radio broadcast in U.S. history. In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran, Iran, for the first time to discuss Allied cooperation during World War II. In 1961, halfback Ernie Davis of Syracuse University became the first Black college football player to be named winner of the Heisman…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago (210+ words) A man and three teens were accused of stealing thousands of dollars" worth of Lululemon clothing in San Mateo on Wednesday, the police department said. Police said officers responded to the Lululemon located at 17 Hillsdale Mall at around 2:35 p.m. regarding a retail theft. A man, a male teen and two female teenagers were reported to have stolen approximately $6,000 in Lululemon clothing, the police department reported. The suspects then drove away with the stolen merchandise, according to authorities. Officials said the vehicle was found in Oakland and the suspects were arrested shortly after. One of the suspects was 19-year-old Charles Gaines II, police said. Authorities added the teenagers were released to the care of their respective parents/guardians. Police said Gaines was charged with second-degree burglary, organized retail theft with the intent to sell the stolen merchandise, conspiracy to commit a crime…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago (504+ words) Crime rates for the city's most serious and prevalent crimes have declined by double digits since last year, with some reaching historic lows. Senior Investigative Reporter Bigad Shaban explains. Tourism in San Francisco still hasn't fully recovered since the onset of the pandemic more than five years ago, but declining crime rates could help revitalize the city's image and welcome back the millions of visitors who have yet to return to the city since the spread of COVID-19. A review of San Francisco police records by the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit shows the most serious and prevalent crimes across the city are all down by double digits compared to last year, that includes homicide, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, car theft, and car break-ins. "We are at historic lows in multiple of these categories," said San Francisco District Attorney Brooke…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago (316+ words) Feeding the need this Thanksgiving. In San Jose, Loaves and Fishes Family Kitchen saw a record number of people come through the door for a free Thanksgiving meal Thursday. Emma Goss reports. Nearly 134,000 people in Santa Clara County rely on federally funded food assistance to pay for groceries. The need this year is tremendous, and David Hott, the CEO of Loaves and Fishes Family Kitchen, told NBC Bay Area this year in the first 15 minutes, more people came through the doors than the entire number they served last year. "The grocery costs are" I was at Walmart and I just bought a few things and it was almost $200. That was hard," said Karaleen Mork, a Morgan Hill resident. Mork says she makes just enough at her job that she no longer qualifies for food stamps but still struggles to make…...

2+ hour, 9+ min ago (181+ words) Bay Area shoppers are balancing budgets against shopping lists and Black Friday deals this year. Thom Jensen reports. Some folks even found them with in-person shopping on Thanksgiving in the East Bay. Shoppers were on the hunt inside a Concord Dollar Tree store on Thanksgiving Day. "This is the best place to come if you're on a tight budget," said Kyla Rinon, a Concord resident. Whether it's wrapping paper, greeting cards or little stocking stuffers, bargain hunters say this is a "go to" store for holiday shopping. One recent National Deloitte Survey shows shoppers plan to "pull back on spending" this year. Some families as much as 18% compared to last year. A University of Michigan poll suggests consumer confidence is near a record low for November and that Americans believe prices will continue to climb. Best Buy and a few…...

3+ hour, 19+ min ago (163+ words) File image of police lights. An "altercation" between US Coast Guard Security and an unknown suspect in the Coast Guard housing area of Novato triggered a shelter-in-place alert Thursday night. The alert was issued for the Bolling, Marin Valley and Coast Guard Housing areas of southern Novato. The Coast Guard Novato Housing site comprises 121 housing units ranging from single-family homes to duplex and multiplex apartment buildings at the former Hamilton Army Airfield. "Novato police, Novato fire, Marin sheriff and San Rafael police are on scene investigating an altercation between U.S. Coast Guard Security and an unknown suspect in the Coast Guard housing area," Novato police said in the alert. The notice was directed to residents of the Coast Guard Housing area around South Oakwood Drive, Bolling Circle, Smart Hamilton Station, Hathaway Drive and Marin Valley Mobile Home Park. "A large presence…...

4+ hour, 55+ 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…...

5+ hour, 9+ 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…...

5+ hour, 42+ 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…...

7+ hour, 5+ 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…...