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Possession of a machine gun is among the charges the driver faces, amid growing alarm over untraceable, privately assembled ghost guns.

Earthquake engineering expert Keith Porter has said "we don't know when" a destructive event will occur in the region but "it will happen."

Authorities found 84-year-old John Marrs disoriented from CO poisoning in his garage, and his adult daughter was found dead in the same home.

Daly City Police said their officers were working with officials from the Department of Fish and Wildlife after the reported sighting.

"It wasn't worth the headache," one store owner told Newsweek about keeping his store open.

"I was in the car when it happened. All I could hear was a smash...I jumped out of the car, but it was quick," a victim of the robbery said.

Kevin Nishita, a former police officer, earned an award commending his "high moral character" in 2018.

Many of the reported thefts have involved dozens of people who broke into stores and stole items while traveling in groups.

The store's owners said they "cannot operate as a business at the moment" on a GoFundMe page launched after the break-in.

A rash of brazen robberies have occurred in the area, all committed by groups of thieves. One group was said to have up to 80 people, according to a witness.

The looters arrived in over two dozen cars in the latest example of brazen crime in the Bay Area.

The program is being funded by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and is willing to pay people up to $9,500 to trade in their vehicles.

"They're operating similar to 1920's Bootlegging operation," Alameda County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Ray Kelly told Newsweek.

The order goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday and comes less than a week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reversed its indoor mask policy.

Randall Brooker, Superintendent, Piedmont Unified School District, said that the email that appeared to show the school offering the support session was a "poor choice of words."

Oakland activists and elected officials said Mayor Libby Schaaf is driving a wedge between the city's Black and Asian communities by blaming the recent attacks on Asian seniors on a lack of public safety driven by calls to defund the police.

California Ripped Fitness has received at least 35 complaints from the Santa Clara County officials.

The three regions currently under a regional stay-at-home order are Southern California, Bay Area and San Joaquin Valley.

"This virus continues to mutate and adapt, and we cannot let down our guard," said Santa Clara County health officer Sara Cody.

A state of emergency was declared in Fresno, where intensive care unit beds were reported to be running out across the California county.

The air quality is expected to remain "unhealthy" through Friday in the Northern Zone and Eastern Zone of the Bay Area.

Since the beginning of the year, more than 8,100 wildfires have been reported in California, which have burned a total of more than 3.7 million acres.

Orange skies over the Bay Area have lead to comparisons between the city of San Francisco and the dystopian world of "Blade Runner 2049."

"Blade Runner 2049" came out in 2017 and the long-awaited follow-up up to the 1982 sci-fi classic is noted for its visually stunning cinematography, in particular, distinctively orange and hazy scenes set in a desolate future Las Vegas.

The air quality in the Bay Area is expected to be at a moderate level from Thursday.

Vacaville faces very unhealthy levels of air pollution as wildfires burn across the region, producing heavy smoke.

Several fires are burning around the Greater Bay Area, causing "unhealthy" air quality.

Law enforcement received a tip-off regarding "an unlawful assembly" at the Church at around 12:24 p.m. local time on Sunday, April 12.

"We're going to look at all other options," Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

Shoppers across the country have reported empty shelves at various retailers which have run out of supplies including face masks, disinfectants, water and toilet paper.