
Michael Cabanatuan
Reporter at San Francisco Chronicle
Reporter. Dad. Union thug (The NewsGuild/CWA). Fan of all things Cal. Covering the news at the San Francisco Chronicle.
Articles
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Mar 12, 2025 |
sanluisobispo.com | Michael Cabanatuan
With the return of rain to the Bay Area, drivers should make sure their headlights are flipped on whenever it's coming down hard enough to turn on their windshield wipers. After all, it's the law. A subsection of the California Vehicle Code, amended in 2004, requires drivers to turn on their lights anytime their wipers are "in continuous use because of rain, mist, snow, fog or moisture."But the law doesn't seem to get much attention from motorists.
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Mar 8, 2025 |
sacbee.com | Michael Cabanatuan
Just when you finally got all your clocks changed and your body and attitude adjusted, it's time to take another leap in time - ahead to daylight saving time. Daylight saving begins at 2 a.m. Sunday. Californians and most other Americans will set their clocks ahead an hour, losing an hour of sleep and making the mornings darker and the daylight later - until Nov. 3.
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Jan 20, 2025 |
sfchronicle.com | Michael Cabanatuan
Nestled in the rolling hills of southwest Walnut Creek, the retirement community of Rossmoor is a verdant oasis sheltered from the hustle and bustle of the Bay Area. But for the community’s roughly 10,000 residents, there’s no escape from the homeowners’ insurance troubles that have spread across the state in the wake of the massive destruction wrought by California wildfires.
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Dec 29, 2024 |
sfchronicle.com | Michael Cabanatuan
From express and carpool lanes to bridge tolls to BART and Muni fares, here are the major changes affecting Bay Area transportation in 2025.
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Dec 16, 2024 |
mercedsunstar.com | Michael Cabanatuan
Two frightened dogs were rescued Sunday afternoon from a South of Market apartment that caught fire when a damaged battery for an electric bicycle was being recharged, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. The small fire, which was limited to the apartment near Sixth and Natoma streets, was quickly extinguished, said Rescue Capt. Justin Schorr. Some contents inside the apartment were damaged but none of the apartments in the building were seriously damaged or destroyed.
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