Tom Vacar

1 week ago | ktvu.com | Tom Vacar

Wildcare, a non-profit wild animal rescue, rehabilitation and release organization in San Rafael, accepts abandoned, injured, lost or baby wildlife from all around the Bay Area. This year, some species – namely raccoons, skunks, hawks and owls – are showing up in large, if not record numbers. "This has been the most outrageous year for raccoons," Wildcare Communications Director Alison Hermance said on Thursday. Right now, Wildcare has 30 orphaned babies on bottle milk twice.

1 week ago | ktvu.com | Tom Vacar

As with many chronic and often deadly diseases, an ounce of prevention can be worth a ton of cure. It's a breakthrough drug for sure for those wanting to avoid HIV/AIDS, but the price is eye-popping.       After 17 years of research and pioneering trials, Gilead scientists have delivered the next frontier in HIV innovation, "a prevention therapy with remarkable efficacy," Gilead CEO David O'Day said. It's way different from the current high-priced pills called PrEP.

1 week ago | ktvu.com | Tom Vacar

In a time when mass transit is struggling nationwide, one Bay Area system is doing great and expanding in the North Bay. These days, the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit train is a rare transit success story. A rare success Under a hot sun in the Sonoma County town of Windsor on Friday, some 700 townsfolk and dignitaries gathered to officially welcome SMART train at the system's 14th station, leaving only Healdsburg and Cloverdale to the north to be completed. The backstory: "Sixty-seven years.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Tom Vacar

WINDSOR, Calif. - In a time when mass transit is struggling nationwide, one Bay Area system is doing great and expanding in the North Bay. These days, the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit train is a rare transit success story. A rare successUnder a hot sun in the Sonoma County town of Windsor on Friday, some 700 townsfolk and dignitaries gathered to officially welcome SMART train at the system's 14th station, leaving only Healdsburg and Cloverdale to the north to be completed.

2 weeks ago | ktvu.com | Tom Vacar

With over a million homeowner policies in effect, State Farm finds itself at odds with an insurance Commissioner who has pretty much granted the insurance giant most of what it wants. State Farm investigation State Farm calls itself the "Good Neighbor", but is it really there for all its California policyholders, 20% of all California homes? Homeowners in Pacific Palisades, and Altadena have a laundry list of grievances, so much so, that the Department of Insurance says it will investigate.