Bay Area Featured US police rarely deploy deadly robots to confront suspects By JANIE HAR and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press Dec 5, 2022 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The unabashedly liberal city of San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of weaponized police robots last week after s…
Local News Men plead no contest in fireworks manufacturing case in Millbrae and Burlingame Updated Apr 13, 2025 Two men accused of manufacturing fireworks and explosives in Millbrae and Burlingame have pleaded no contest to the charges and been sentenced…
Local News Police seek information on false bomb report in Pacifica Bay City NewsUpdated Apr 19, 2022 Pacifica police are seeking information about a false report they received on Sunday, in which someone claimed to have placed an explosive dev…
National Pentagon: Deadly Afghan airport attack was not preventable By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press Feb 4, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — The military investigation into the deadly attack during the Afghanistan evacuation has concluded that a suicide bomber, car…
Pet Tip That’s some rat! By Ken White Nov 23, 2020 A few weeks ago, writing about the world’s most perfect dog (my column, my rules) I joked that we perhaps could have asked more of our Lola; t…
National Multiple killed in New Jersey shooting, including an officer By DAVID PORTER Associated Press Dec 10, 2019 JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A police officer and multiple others were killed in a shooting in Jersey City Tuesday that authorities say is not bel…
Local News Mississippi girl calls bomb threat to El Granada school, thinking it was her school Updated Apr 13, 2025 A 15-year-old Mississippi girl is suspected of calling in a bomb threat to Wilkinson School in El Granada Thursday in the mistaken belief that…
National Florida man pleads guilty to mailing bombs to Trump foes By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press Mar 21, 2019 NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida man pleaded guilty Thursday to sending pipe bombs to CNN and prominent critics of President Donald Trump in a wave o…
National Pipe bomb scare raises new questions about mail safety By JIM MUSTIAN, Associated PressUpdated Oct 25, 2018 NEW YORK (AP) — The wave of pipe bombs addressed to prominent Democrats has raised fresh questions about the ability of the U.S. Postal Servic…
National FBI says man planned to bomb National Mall on Election Day By JIM MUSTIAN, Associated PressUpdated Oct 10, 2018 NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities have charged a New York man with building a 200-pound bomb they say he planned to detonate on Election Day…
