The incident comes amid a rise in violent crime in San Francisco this year.

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The incident comes amid a rise in violent crime in San Francisco this year.
The Oakland-based health care nonprofit set a Sept. 30 deadline for all employees to get vaccinated or seek exemption.
Seven Bay Area counties have issued renewed mask mandates for residents, regardless of vaccination status, on the heels of a similar move weeks ago by Los Angeles County.
Mask mandates in Los Angeles County have Californians instinctively worrying about a fresh round of lockdowns and revisiting where things stand in their neck of the woods.
The lingering question amid the change: will a reversal to requiring masks drastically undercut one of the biggest initial selling points for vaccination – the end of wearing a mask?
Gov. Gavin Newsom withdrew his children from a summer camp after photos surfaced of his son, 10-year-old Hunter, attending the camp indoors and maskless.
The senior Republican, who has routinely led straight-forward energy initiatives on Capitol Hill, is aiming to resolve California’s impending energy crisis by saving its cheapest energy producer: Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.
A government task force is recommending that the State of California maintain an archive of all digital ads from political campaigns operating in state elections.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued arguably the nation’s first COVID vaccine mandate, aimed at state workers.
The most-visible part of California’s crime crisis is found while scrolling through Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: viral shoplifting videos.