We are severely understaffed,” said Jerry May, president of San Jose Firefighters Local 230 Union and a San Jose Fire ...

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan asked the city to assess how equipped its fire department is to handle a major fire event like the ...

An Antioch man was shot and killed Wednesday night in Pittsburg. Just after 9 p.m., a Contra Costa County Fire Protection ...

Firefighters in San Francisco on Sunday night knocked down a fire in a top-floor apartment in the Tenderloin that displaced eight people, the department said. The one-alarm fire at 201 Leavenworth ...

According to the Mercury News, data shows San Jose has the lowest firefighter staffing level when compared with Oakland, San ...

Ironically, the major Bay Area city with the best-staffed fire department faces the least risk from wildfires. San Francisco, surrounded by ocean and bay water to the west, north and east ...

Citing the LA fires, Trump directed federal agencies to “immediately take actions to override” water operations and ...

2025 because of the rapidly expanding Border 2 fire. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune) Among the group was Carmichael’s 80-year-old neighbor, Jerry Campbell. He hadn’t been able to ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX ... "I really wanted to do this and that's why I got in contact with SF Fire department and figured out a time to say thanks," said Kwok. That time was Friday afternoon.

He made the trip up to the Bay Area to visit his mother in the Peninsula, where he grew up, and to show his gratitude to the San Francisco Fire Department. Fire Chief Dean Crispen thanked Kwok for ...

The 153-year-old California Historical Society announced it has sunsetted its operations in downtown San Francisco, permanently closing the international orange-painted building housing its ...