Overview of Saturday

Saturday’s event took place at Coffey Park in Santa Rosa, a neighborhood that was devastated within hours by the Tubbs fire in 2017. U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael and Mike Thompson, D-Napa , said the funding will help prevent such fires.

A motorcyclist died in a collision with two other vehicles on the Capitol Expressway near the Highway 87 exit in San Jose around 6:15 p.m. Friday, police said.

The motorcyclist was traveling at high speed eastbound on the Capitol Expressway. He was trying to separate lanes No.1 and No.2, according to police.

The motorcycle struck a 2007 Chevrolet pickup truck that was in Lane 1, police said, and the motorcyclist was thrown from the motorcycle. A second vehicle, a 2020 Tesla Model Y, was traveling on lane 2 and struck the motorcyclist, police said.

The man driving the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

As residents of the Bay Area scramble to find the perfect gift this weekend, they can take comfort in the fact that it’s still possible to buy an ugly BART holiday sweater for their loved one – so this one is a 4XL size.

“We still have some ugly holiday sweaters on sale… but there are only a few 4XL sizes left,” the transit agency said on social media Friday.

The tweet includes a photo of a model wearing a blue, black and white sweater with the familiar BART logo and a photo of a BART train car. When it comes to ugly holiday sweaters, this is far from the worst imaginable, although it perhaps sets the bar low.

“You’ll be the star of the vacation sporting this beauty,” the page says about the sweater.

Whether this is a good or a bad thing remains to be seen.

Electricity has been restored for all but 10 of PG&E’s 2,100 customers in the San Francisco financial district who lost power on Friday, a spokesperson for PG&E said on Saturday morning.

A fire broke out in PG&E’s safe on Steuart and Mission streets on Friday, causing power outages, the San Francisco Fire Department tweeted. The fire was extinguished at 2:24 p.m., firefighters said.

PG&E received reports of the power outage at around 6:24 a.m. Friday, JD Guidi of the power company’s marketing and communications department said in an email. The blackout affected 2,100 customers in San Francisco’s financial district, Guidi said.

Choosing a designated driver, stashing purchases in the trunk of the car, tracking shipments to pirates from the aluminum porch, and not carrying large amounts of cash are some of the ways to guarantee a holiday shopping weekend. safe and theft-free, Novato police said on Friday.

Party-goers should make sure to designate a driver, as officers patrol for impaired drivers to keep the roads safe. Another option is to consider using a rideshare service like Lyft or Uber and know your limit.

When traveling to malls, shoppers should avoid storing expensive gifts and shopping bags inside their vehicles where people can see them.

“Hide your things in a locked trunk or take them with you. Don’t leave shopping bags visible inside your vehicle. It only takes a few seconds to smash your window and steal your packages,” said the police.

Porch pirates are known to be active at this time of year. To thwart them, track your packages to know what time to expect them, or choose to pick them up at a local store or locker.

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