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Caltrain ridership surges as weekend travel tops pre-pandemic levels
3+ hour ago (85+ words) Local News Matters Caltrain’s average weekend ridership rose to 21,210 passengers in fiscal year 2026, about 50% higher than 2019 levels, as the railroad continues to recover from pandemic-era declines, the agency announced on Thursday. The agency said weekend ridership increased 40.6% from the previous…...
Bay Area youth confident about their opinions, but worry about fairness at the polls
17+ hour ago (70+ words) Local News Matters Ask a Bay Area teenager whether or not they plan to vote once they’re 18, and the answer is almost always yes. In a recent random survey and interviews with 20 students across 15 high schools in Northern California, 80% said…...
Santa Rosa Police Department gun buyback collects 583 firearms
19+ hour ago (65+ words) Local News Matters A gun buyback Saturday in Santa Rosa collected 583 firearms, including 198 handguns and 17 assault weapons, the Police Department said. The buyback, funded by the Santa Rosa Police Foundation, offered $150 for functional handguns, rifles and shotguns, and $250 for assault…...
FBI, San Francisco police make 84 arrests in citywide drug operation
20+ hour ago (76+ words) Local News Matters Federal and local law enforcement agencies made 84 arrests Wednesday during a one-day operation targeting drug markets and people with outstanding warrants, police officials said. The operation involved the FBI, San Francisco Police Department and San Francisco Sheriff’s…...
No-phone policy in Bay Area high school raises safety concerns
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (115+ words) localnewsmatters.org Aragon High School senior Francez Santos worries when she is in class. The reason is that at any moment there could be an emergency — an active shooter on campus or a fire — but she would have difficulty accessing…...
Marin County to issue revised property tax bills for 5,650 parcels
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (87+ words) Local News Matters Marin County will issue revised 2026-27 property tax bills for about 5,650 parcels after updated rates from the Miller Creek and Bolinas school districts were received too late to be included in bills mailed Wednesday, county officials announced Friday....
Heat wave reaches 84 in Golden Gate Park for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass fans
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (79+ words) Local News Matters A heat wave brought the temperature to 84 degrees for thousands packing Golden Gate Park on Saturday at one of the city’s biggest free outdoor music festivals. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass fans can expect much the same Sunday — and…...
Assemblymember Stefani’s staffer is released from ICE custody
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (82+ words) localnewsmatters.org An aide to a state assembly member from San Francisco has been released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 15 days after he was detained at a Las Vegas airport, her office said Friday. Ho Yin Mo, a field representative…...
San Joaquin Valley needs more doctors. New medical schools are years away
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (86+ words) localnewsmatters.org California’s San Joaquin Valley needs more doctors. The roughly 250-mile region, stretching from Stockton to Bakersfield, has about 200 physicians per 10,000 residents, according to the California Healthcare Foundation. In the Bay Area, that ratio is more than twice as…...
Scooter with lithium-ion battery causes evacuation in San Francisco after erupting in flames
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (61+ words) Local News Matters A six-story apartment complex in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood was evacuated Saturday after a lithium-ion battery caught fire. San Francisco firefighters responded to the fire in the 1000 block of Mission Street and began evacuating residents…...