Oakland’s LGBTQ community honoring late couple’s activism
Kara St. Cyr reports on the Oakland LGBTQ community honoring a queer couple’s life-long…
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San Jose city officials want community input on renaming of Cesar Chavez Plaza
John Ramos reports on the city of San Jose moving forward with the renaming of Cesar Chavez…
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Criminal justice services nonprofit in SF faces uncertain future
The San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project, a nonprofit that provides criminal justice services, faces an uncertain future after 50 years of…
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Pleasanton couple honors son with youth mental health foundation
Xiaofang Chen and Chih-Ching Hu have made it their mission to raise awareness of teen mental health to save young lives. Their foundation is named in…
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Federal judge in San Jose blocks ICE from making arrests in immigration courts
A federal judge in San Jose has issued a nationwide injunction blocking the Trump administration’s policy allowing ICE to detain immigrants in…
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Clean up efforts begin after magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Northern California
Northern California communities have a big clean up effort on their hands after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Mendocino county at around 8:10…
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Cat at San Francisco shelter helping dogs have a better chance at adoption
Itay Hod reports on how a cat is helping dogs find their forever…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about Venezuela’s biggest earthquake in more than a century
By Jessie Yeung, Michael Rios, Taylor Ward, Issy Ronald, Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — Rescuers are desperately searching through piles of rubble…
Continue ReadingHazy nightmare, puzzling fossils, huge cannabis stash: Catch up on the day’s stories
By Daniel Wine, Gina Park, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Divers stumbled on something unexpected in a cave on an Italian island popular with the…
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Earthquake rattles Mendocino County food off grocery store shelves
A preliminary magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck in California’s Mendocino County on Wednesday…
Continue ReadingExtreme heat is melting national records across Europe, with more coming Thursday
By Kara Fox, Andrew Freedman, Issy Ronald and Laura Paddison (CNN) — The United Kingdom has broken its record for hottest June temperature with the…
Continue ReadingItalian police divers find huge cannabis stash in sea cave off celebrity holiday island
By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Lianne Kolirin (CNN) — Police divers have discovered more than half a million dollars worth of hashish hidden in a…
Continue ReadingFormer NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ chief of staff arrested in corruption probe
By Gloria Pazmino, Kara Scannell, Eric Levenson, Nina Giraldo, CNN (CNN) — The former chief of staff to former New York City Mayor Eric Adams,…
Continue ReadingRussia is still inching forward in eastern Ukraine, but experts say claims of progress are exaggerated
By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russia is still inching forward in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, where…
Continue ReadingEbola response worker who traveled from DRC to France is first in outbreak to test positive outside of Africa
By Lauren Kent, Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — A patient in France has tested positive for Ebola after returning from a humanitarian mission in an…
Continue ReadingBurning throats and persistent headaches: What life is like in Los Angeles neighborhood plagued by a weeklong warehouse fire
By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — When Ethan Salter got home from a recording session last Wednesday, he thought the warehouse fire…
Continue ReadingIsrael deliberately targeting children in ongoing genocide against Palestinians, UN commission finds
By Zeena Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces continue to commit genocide against Palestinians by deliberately targeting children in the Gaza…
Continue Reading5 things to know for June 24: Housing affordability, election takeaways, war powers, Europe heat wave, World Cup restrictions
By Alexandra Banner, CNN President Donald Trump’s ties to aviation stretch back decades, including a brief stint running his own airline in the…
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Cuba’s military wants to show readiness. Footage reviewed by CNN reveals its limits
By Avery Schmitz, CNN (CNN) — In the spring of 1990, Cuban President Fidel Castro was grappling with the likelihood of conflict with the United…
Continue ReadingWhy law enforcement wanted to keep details private in Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping notes
By John Miller, CNN (CNN) — Within a week of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance earlier this year, two notes purportedly written by the…
Continue ReadingTrump is a president with a deep history with aviation. Now, he’s designed his own Air Force One
By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — There had never been a US president who’d spent most of his pre-White House career jetting…
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San Francisco Giants fans protest at Oracle Park after Pride night controversy
Kevin Ko reports on fan reaction to the players’ Pride night…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea jump-starts naval buildup by commissioning its largest-ever warship
By Brad Lendon, Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul (CNN) — North Korea on Tuesday commissioned its largest-ever warship, a 5,000-ton destroyer that…
Continue ReadingWhy these adults are suddenly obsessed with a kids toy from the late ’90s
By Chris Lau, Yoyo Chow, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The buzzing of needles and gasps of pain fall silent, replaced by the clacking and rattling of…
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Oakland nonprofit trying to save their future Shaolin temple from tax lien sale
The nonprofit organization behind a planned Shaolin temple in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood has less than a week to raise $24,000 or risk losing…
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Bay Area hospital sees gaming positively impacting ability to use surgical robots
Itay Hod reports on how gaming is affecting surgical robot…
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Firing of Alameda High School baseball coach sparks community backlash
Brad Hamilton reports on community backlash against Alameda High School’s decision to let go a longtime baseball…
Continue ReadingAlana’s Cafe in Burlingame sold to longtime employees
Owners of the beloved Alana’s Cafe retired, but instead of closing the business, they sold it to longtime workers. Sooji Nam…
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Alana’s Cafe in Burlingame sold to longtime employees
Owners of the beloved Alana’s Cafe retired, but instead of closing the business, they sold it to longtime workers. Sooji Nam…
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CA fire officials blame inflated prices and fire truck shortages on private equity buyouts
Several fire departments in California have raised complaints against three major firetruck manufacturers, which they officials have contributed to…
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Watch: Buster Posey, SF Giants president of baseball operations, speaks to reporters
Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants president of baseball operations, refused to answer any questions about the team’s recent Pride Night controversy…
Continue ReadingContents of notes in the Nancy Guthrie case could spark renewed public interest in the search. Here’s what we know
By Amanda Musa, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Newly disclosed details from a note sent to news outlets days after Nancy Guthrie vanished, claiming…
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Watch: Antioch educational nonprofit says dozens of Chromebooks stolen in burglary
RRTH, a nonprofit tutoring center in Antioch, said a break-in at its facility resulted in thieves stealing dozens of laptops and other electronic…
Continue ReadingUpskirting crimes, help for low T, killer caterpillars: Catch up on the day’s stories
By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Too scared to take risks? Experts say that mindset is hurting Gen Z’s dating lives. Here’s what…
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A shooter kills 2 at a Northern California library and an 18-year-old suspect has been arrested
By Associated Press Chico, California (AP) — A shooting at a library in Northern California left two people dead and an 18-year-old suspect has…
Continue ReadingGermany battles aggressive outbreak of poisonous caterpillars
By Sebastian Shukla, Sophie Tanno, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Authorities across Germany have been battling an aggressive outbreak of poisonous…
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Kyron Horman’s disappearance led to Oregon’s largest criminal investigation. The search lives on 16 years later
By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Though it was a comfortably cool summer morning in northern Oregon, teachers, children and their parents were…
Continue Reading5 things to know for June 23: AI warning, primaries, nuclear weapons, UK political turmoil, Montreal shooting
By Alexandra Banner, CNN France has banned public alcohol consumption as Europe swelters under a punishing heat dome. And for many in the region,…
Continue Reading‘What ceasefire?’ In northern Israel, locals doubt an agreement can end the war with Hezbollah
By Tal Shalev, CNN Metula, Israel (CNN) — In Israel’s northern-most town, Daniel Dorfman knows his pizza shop will be mostly empty all day,…
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Algerian restaurant in SF runs out of food as fans flood in ahead of World Cup match
Kevin Ko reports on a business that is thriving thanks to Team Algeria’s World Cup…
Continue ReadingAI could breach government and business defenses in months, US and its intelligence partners warn
By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — AI models capable of launching major cyberattacks that could overwhelm the defenses of governments and businesses…
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Sommelier-led wine bar will be opening in Santa Rosa
Kenny Choi reports on a new business opening in Santa…
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Shuggie’s in San Francisco, which made dishes with upcycled ingredients, closing in July
Sooji Nam reports on a Mission District restaurant that is closing in…
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Newly-opened Pride House SF hosting several events including World Cup watch parties
Kevin Ko reports on how Pride House SF is bringing together the LGBTQ…
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Alameda mayor attempts to reign in rowdy ‘beach takeovers’ after shooting leaves 2 injured
Just a few weeks ago, two people were injured in a shooting that occurred when a ‘beach takeover’ got out of hand in Alameda, California. The mayor…
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Oakland youth rowing club raises safety concerns as boat-living population grows in launch spots
A youth rowing summer camp in Oakland has raised some safety concerns as the number of people living on boats near the docks they use to launch has…
Continue ReadingNote sent in February said Nancy Guthrie, mother of ‘Today’ show anchor, had died shortly after kidnapping
By Julianna Bragg, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A note sent in February to local news outlets about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of NBC…
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“Crabby Baddies” women-led crabbing group making waves in male-dominated industry
The group has gained traction on social media by bringing together women interested in crabbing, sharing knowledge and building friendships along the…
Continue ReadingTrump’s political blunder, 3-minute reset, ballpark controversy: Catch up on the day’s stories
By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Clive Davis, the legendary music producer known as “the man with the golden ears,” has died at…
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Montreal suspect’s writings advocated for attacks on corporate leaders and politicians
By Danya Gainor, John Miller, Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — The tranquility of a residential neighborhood in the Canadian city of Montreal — home…
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