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ROANOKE CITY , VA (WFXR) – Virginia Western Community College is closed today because of the evolving situation in the Grandin area of the city. Residents living within half of a mile radius of the 2100 block of Grandin Road Southwest are ask to shelter in place until further notice. This is a developing story, …

ROANOKE, Va. – The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for Grayson, Wythe, Bland, Pulaski and Giles Counties until 7 p.m. This means that conditions are favorable for a tornado to develop. A warning means that a tornado is imminent or likely to happen soon. It’s expected that more watches will be issued farther …

The Bay Area will never forget how many lives were lost and how much damage was done during the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake in October 1989. Since then, the technology industry has taken on the challenge of making our workplaces, hospitals and houses more earthquake safe. After the historic quake, Bay Area engineers went …

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KGO) — A 4.5 magnitude earthquake shook the Bay Area Monday night. USGS originally called it a 4.7 but later downgraded it to 4.5. The USGS says it was centered in Pleasant Hill, Calif. The quake struck at 10:33 p.m. and was centered 2.2 miles north of Walnut Creek. A 2.5 earthquake …

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake was felt widely in the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday evening at 10:33 p.m., with the epicenter in the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill areas. Moderate shaking was felt in the Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek and Concord areas of an intensity that can overturn unsecured objects, such as books and …

The reported deal comes as US President Donald Trump decided to withdraw all remaining American forces out of northern Syria. The development has paralyzed the fight against ISIS and ceded US and Kurdish battlefield gains to Syrian government forces that are allied with Russia. There are also growing concerns over the safety of civilians as …

MOUNT JACKSON – Holtzman Oil and Bowman Andros Products have partnered with CareTeam, an employee-sponsored direct primary care provider, to open a clinic for their employees. Bill Holtzman, the owner of Holtzman Oil, said it remains to be seen if the businesses will save money with the clinic. If they do, it would be a …

CONNEAUT — A renewal levy to help the Conneaut Area City Schools district stay atop its technology and textbook needs will come before voters in the Nov. 5 general election. The 1.5-mill permanent improvement levy would raise an estimated $220,000 each year of its five-year lifespan. The levy would cost a resident with property valued …

  Veggie Grill on Ventura Boulevard in Encino. (Google Street View)   Five restaurants and one bakery in the San Fernando Valley area were closed due to health hazards between Sept. 22-28. The food facilities had their health permit suspended for cockroaches or no hot water according to reports from the Los Angeles County Public …

There are now 359,000 people without power in the Bay Area after phase 2 of PG&E’s power shutoffs were implemented overnight. Parts of the East Bay, Peninsula, South Bay and Santa Cruz lost energy in the latest outages. Across Northern California, PG&E cut power to the counties of Alameda, Alpine, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Mariposa, Mendocino, …