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9/11 25 years later: SFFD Chief Dean Crispen reflects on how that day changed his career
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (309+ words) In the aftermath of the smoke and rubble, departments from across the nation dispatched to New York, including a team from San Francisco fire department. Shortly after the nation's ground stop was lifted, eleven firefighters from San Francisco packed their…...
Bay Area firefighters traveling to New York City for 9/11 – NBC Bay Area
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (109+ words) Firefighters from the Bay Area are traveling to New York City to honor the lives lost on 9/11 25 years ago. Bay Area firefighters traveling to New York City for 9/11 The first responders also want to honor the hundreds of firefighters who…...
'They were the first': The pioneering radio show born in SF's Chinatown
1+ week, 3+ day ago (586+ words) When Ron Tong was a boy growing up in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the 1950s, he remembers his mother telling him to be quiet. As the clock struck 11 o’clock at night, she would sit at a small table facing a microphone…...
A 'baffling' 30-year wait to destroy California's Matilija Dam
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1204+ words) A giant pair of scissors along with 8-foot-tall dotted lines guiding where the massive shears should go was painted on the face of the 200-foot Matilija Dam in Ojai, Calif., in 2011. The dotted line runs from the top of the…...
Hawk Fire chars prominent mountain above Reno as some evacuees return home
2+ week, 6+ day ago (697+ words) View of the Hawk Fire in South Reno, Nev., Aug. 23, 2026. RENO, Nev. — Tens of thousands of people evacuated from their homes over the weekend as the Hawk Fire burned on Peavine Peak outside of Reno near the California-Nevada state line,…...
Massive Central Valley grass fire balloons to 3,600 acres
3+ week, 3+ day ago (271+ words) A fire burns in Tulare County near Alpaugh, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. A massive grass fire in the Central Valley is continuing to grow on Thursday morning amid dry air and temperatures in the triple digits. The Alpaugh Fire ignited…...
Emergency removal of trees in San Jose’s Circle of Palms
3+ week, 4+ day ago (202+ words) The city of San Jose will begin the emergency removal Thursday of all 32 palm trees that make up the iconic Circle of Palms. The city is expected to begin removing the trees at 10 a.m. The work could take up to nine…...
Half-acre fire shuts down Monterey County’s Jacks Peak Park – NBC Bay Area
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (159+ words) Jacks Peak Park in Monterey County was closed to hikers, picnickers and horseback riders on Sunday after a fire broke out on Saturday. The fire was kept to about half an acre by Cal Fire crews and firefighters from the…...
Circle of Palms Plaza closed in San Jose – NBC Bay Area
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (122+ words) An iconic landmark in downtown San Jose is closed because of concerns about dying trees. NBC Bay Area cameras were there Friday as city crews fenced off Circle of Palms Plaza, located next to the San Jose Museum of Art....
California's oldest neighborhood was built when George Washington was in office
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (651+ words) “I hear [the neighborhood described as an] artist village or little colony,” Damian Orozco said. “You get so many people that just fall in love with it and will come back time and time again.” “It just feels like a…...