SF News Japan Launches Earthquake Packs for Your Pets Manufacturer Oyagokoro, based in Japan, just launched a new line of earthquake packs, ones "designed to keep dogs and cats safe during such events," reports The Examiner. The kits come in three sizes,
SF News Firefighter Activity at Mission Near Ocean Former SFister Dianne de Guzman sent word about a block shutdown this morning. "Firefighter activity at Mission near Ocean. The block is shut down. About 3-4 trucks. No visible flames. Firefighters on roof
SF News Tenderloin Fire Causes Traffic Nightmare You might want to reconfigure your route home, readers. According to ActionNewsSF, who have been updating all afternoon on today's underground Tenderloin fire, "Northbound Van Ness [is] closed, O'Farrell, Polk and Larkin also
SF News Polk / O'Farrell Emergency Alert: Tenderloin Vault Fire In Progress Breaking news, folks. According to Alert SF, "Avoid the area of Polk / O'Farrell for next hour due to fire in underground vault. Heavy smoke. Traffic in area is impacted." Also, as always, you
SF News 2 Swine Flu Cases In Marin The first two cases of swine flu were just discovered last night. Two Marin residents, an unidentified 60-year-old woman and her 20-month-old granddaughter, just tested positive for swine flu. Both of them, it
SF News U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency for Swine Flu "Much like the government does to prepare for approaching hurricanes," reports AP, the U.S. government officially declared a public health emergency today due to the swine flu. So far, conformed outbreaks are
SF News Phone Outage Affects Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties Thousands of Santa Clara, San Benito, and Santa Cruz county residents are currently without phone service this morning. They can't even call 911 in case of an emergency. Why? Because of an old,
SF News Italy Quake Reminds You to Get Prepared. Now. A 6.3 earthquake killed more than 150 people in central Italy, making it the deadliest quake to hit the country in nearly three decades. According to reports, 10,000 to 15,000
SF News Earthquke Hits Bay Area, Centered in Morgan Hill Reports are coming in that there was a mild earthquake felt in San Francisco. We felt it too, but it could have been our the washing machine in the spin cycle. "I believe
SF News Schwarzenegger to Declare California in "Drought Emergency" In addition to the jarring unemployment rate announced today, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will "declare a state of emergency after three years of below-average rain and snowfall in California," according to reports. Although
SF News San Jose emergency room shut down after chemical spill A Hazmat team has closed San Jose Valley Medical Center's emergency room after an unknown chemical exposure. At least 37 employees, 47 patients were given Silkwood scrubdowns. The toxic mess, it seems, came
SF News 7.8 Earthquake Simulation Hits Los Angeles, Can San Francisco's Be Far Behind? LAist Editor Zach Behrens was neither injured nor trapped under a pile of rubble during today's 7.8 earthquake simulation that hit Los Angeles, one of the largest earthquake drills to take place.
SF News Big Sur, Monterey Residents Evacuate Folks in Big Sur have been asked told to evacuate due to the uncontrollable wildfire still roaring through the Basin Complex. The mandatory evacuation will go into effect at 5 p.m. today.
SF News Scene from a Civic Center Station Muni Platform Taken at the Civic Center station, this (bloodied) gentleman came off an inbound train early this morning and collapsed. Anyone know what happened? Is he OK? Poor guy.
SF News What's That Smell In the Air? Why, It's NorCal Burning Down! If you've noticed over the past couple of days, it's smells a bit smoky, a bit ashy in Baghdad by the Bay. It seems, according to CBS 5, Northern California is suffering from
SF News PG&E Vault Explosion In Downtown SF Oh my, word. Did you hear it? We received a few emails mentioning it, but NBC 11 confirms: "As of 4:10 p.m., PG & E activity in the vicinity of California
SF News American Airlines Jet Makes Emergency Landing at LAX American Flight 442, bound for Miami, made an emergency landing at LAX today after the pilot "reported smoke and the smell of fuel in the cockpit." Egads. All passengers are safe, according to
SF News San Bruno Mountain Wildfire 75% Contained Last night's five-alarm wildfire in the San Bruno Mountains, which threatened homes in South San Francisco, has been 75 percent as of this morning. The crisp weather and fog -- which has mercifully
SF News Wildfire on San Bruno Mountain Creeps Toward South San Francisco A wildfire on San Bruno Mountain may threaten some homes on the South side of the mountain along Sister Cities Blvd tonight. These shots, taken by a reader on Drake Avenue (across Hillside)
SF News Santa Cruz Wildfire Update: 0% Containment Just letting you know that the fire -- which as of late this afternoon has consumed thousands of acres since it started at around 5:30 a.m. this morning -- is "completely
SF News Richmond Hazardous Toluene Spill Update Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water: Initial reports indicated that a very minimal amount of the substance, now confirmed to be Toluene, was able to reach
SF News Hazardous Spill In Richmond Prompts Shelter-In-Place Advisory After someone supposedly stole brass fittings from a chemical company, toluenediamine, a flammable substance that causes irritation by inhalation, was released. Oops. Contra Costa County authorities have asked residents of over 1,500
SF News Problem at Presidio & California? We're getting word that something chaotic is going down right now at Presidio & California. If you know anything, let us know in the comments. Oh yeah, and steer clear from Presidio &
misc DANGER: Muni Cars Return to Claim More Victims Muni issued an alert yesterday afternoon that said simply, "Emergency - Powell line cable cars back in service." Oh no! Emergency! Cable cars unleashed on an unsuspecting public! Save yourselves! Run for the
SF News Update: East Contra Costa County Residents Evacuated According to CBS 5 (interrupting us right in the middle of The People's Court, no less!) "East Contra Costa County residents are being evacuated from an area near the unincorporated town of Knightsen
