Oct 19, 2024
Yesterday's five-alarm Keller Fire in Oakland has been mostly extinguished, save for a few hotspots, with firefighters still concerned that strong winds could reignite the blaze. 500 people have been evacuated and two homes are now destroyed, but no injuries have been reported. [Oaklandside / East Bay Times]Longtime Oakland hills residents are having traumatic memories of the 1991 firestorm, after Friday's blaze. Also, the 1991 disaster began with a reignition from a smaller fire that was tamped down a day earlier. [KPIX]Muni has struck a $212 million deal with Hitachi that would move critical operational software off of floppy disks, pending a green-light from the Board of Supervisors. If approved, the process is expected to be fully complete sometime in 2028. [Chronicle]The 49ers are facing off against the 5-0 Kansas City Chiefs tomorrow at Levi's Stadium in a rematch of last year's Super Bowl. Taylor Swift is not expected to attend. [CBS]8,000 people are still without power today, as PG&E continues its wave of shutoffs due to heightened fire risk. [KRON]GLIDE, an anti-poverty nonprofit based in San Francisco, says it has the "special sauce" required to revitalize the Tenderloin. [KQED]Boeing has reached a tenative agreement with its machinist's union, ending a strike that left the company losing upwards of $1 billion dollars per month. [WSJ]Image taken from CAL FIRE's website
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