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By Michael Rosen Published 10:34 pm PDT, Monday, October 14, 2019 Gary S. Chapman /  Getty Images Gary S. Chapman /  Getty Images Photo: Gary S Chapman, Getty Images Photo: Gary S Chapman, Getty Images Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Gary S. Chapman /  Getty Images Gary S. Chapman /  Getty Images Photo: Gary S Chapman, Getty Images 4.7 earthquake shakes Bay Area Monday night 1  /  1 Back to Gallery A 4.7 magnitude earthquake shook the Bay Area late Monday night. The epicenter of the earthquake was less than a mile from Pleasant Hill in Contra Costa County. This story will be updated as further information arrives. … [Read more...] about 4.7 earthquake shakes Bay Area Monday night

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake jolted people in the San Francisco Bay Area Saturday morning but there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.The U.S. Geological Survey says minor quake struck at 8:41 a.m. and was centered off the coast of Pacifica and approximately 3.7 miles (6 kilometers) southwest of Colma, an incorporated town known for its many cemeteries.A San Mateo County Sheriff’s dispatcher said he hasn’t received any calls from residents about the quake.People as far as San Jose and Berkeley reported to the USGS that they felt the quake. … [Read more...] about Magnitude 3.6 earthquake jolts San Francisco Bay Area

An official says more than two dozen wild pigs have been ripping up a San Francisco Bay Area city’s community park, soccer fields, lawns and landscaping all over town looking for food.Jonathan Katayanagi, Lafayette’s director of parks, tells the East Bay Times feral hogs have been spotted on occasion in Lafayette for at least the past decade. But he says they seem to be especially prevalent this fall.Official say Lafayette’s maintenance staff has been working with the California Department of Fish & Wildlife to find the best way to protect the fields during the height of the busy soccer season. The city will install a temporary wire fence around the fields to deter the wild pigs and allow soccer players to use them.___ Information from: East Bay Times, http://www.eastbaytimes.com … [Read more...] about Wild pigs looking for food tear up Bay Area city park, lawns

The CEO of a Utah-based tech company has been reported missing during a business trip to the San Francisco Bay Area.Family members say Erin Valenti, head of Tinker Ventures, was last seen in Palo Alto Monday.Her husband Harrison Weinstein wrote on Facebook that phone activity suggests Valenti may have been driving in San Jose. He says she never returned her rental car or made it on her flight back to Utah.KRON-TV reported Friday that San Jose police are calling it a voluntary missing person case. Valenti’s family disagrees and says the CEO seemed to be distraught on the night she went missing.Valenti is described as 5-foot-4 with blonde hair. She was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and jeans.Tinker Ventures is an app developer based in Salt Lake City. … [Read more...] about Utah tech CEO reported missing in San Francisco Bay Area

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake was felt widely in the San Francisco Bay Area Monday evening at 10:33 p.m., with an epicenter in the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill area.Moderate shaking was felt in the Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek and Concord areas of an intensity that can overturn unsecured objects, like books and picture frames, and is capable of breaking dishes or windows. Weak shaking was felt in San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.“Because any quake can be a foreshock, there’s a slight increase in the chance of a bigger quake for the next few days, at the same location near the Calaveras fault,” seismologist Lucy Jones said on Twitter.In the past 10 days, there have been two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby. An average of 25 earthquakes with magnitudes between 4.0 and 5.0 occur per year in California and Nevada, according to a recent three year data sample.The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.1 miles. … [Read more...] about San Francisco Bay Area rattled by 4.5 earthquake