
Lena Howland
Kaiser Permanente Senior Media Relations Consultant | Formerly @abc7newsbayarea @ABC10 @KOAA | CO Native | @ColoradoStateU Alumna | @orangetheory Fanatic
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abc7news.com | Lena Howland
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The Bay Area is exactly one month away from the Golden State Valkyries kicking off their inaugural season at Chase Center. And on Wednesday, the brand-new WNBA team formally introduced two of their 2025 draft picks, Shyanne Sellers and Kaitlyn Chen, who just landed in the Bay Area on Tuesday. The two new Valkyries got a hero's welcome, landing at SFO. Members of the Oakland's Claremont Middle School girls' basketball team were there to cheer them on.
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2 months ago |
abc7news.com | Lena Howland
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Oakland voters are heading to the polls Tuesday to choose a new mayor in a special election marked by growing frustration over a city leadership vacuum, budget woes, and a public safety crisis. The special election was set in motion after former Mayor Sheng Thao was recalled last year. RELATED: Oakland mayor: City charter makes governing difficult for whoever is electedAll morning Tuesday, voters have been dropping their ballots off and voting in-person.
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abc7news.com | Lena Howland
BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- An early morning fire in Berkeley damaged a nonprofit and forced dozens of people from nearby apartment buildings. The fire started around 3 a.m. at the East Bay Media Center on Addison Street, just a few blocks from UC Berkeley. Dozens of students and families living in the apartment complex right next door to the fire have since been allowed to go back inside.
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2 months ago |
abc7news.com | Lena Howland
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Just days before San Francisco's Great Highway officially reopens as a 2-mile, 43-acre coastal park, now named Sunset Dunes, there's a new push to reverse Proposition K. Fifty-five percent of San Francisco voters approved the measure in November, in order to close the stretch of the highway to cars 24/7. "I see it as a huge takeaway, as a taxpayer, I hate it," Eric Shackelford, an Outer Sunset resident, said.
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abc7news.com | Lena Howland
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- San Jose is celebrating a major milestone in the city's clean water and sustainability initiatives. City officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday morning to showcase the city's first green stormwater infrastructure project. It's called the Riverview Stormwater Garden, and it can be found near the corner of Riverview Parkway and Skytop Street in San Jose.
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