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First-Ever Specially-Built Van for the Disabled Stops in Santa Clara
For decades now, people who use wheelchairs, and want to get around in a car, had to buy a regular mini-van and get in modified. But now, a new vehicle is the first ever factory-built car for the...
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AC Transit Considers Outsourcing All Paratransit
KCBS Bob Melrose Reporting AC Transit is considering turning over the operation of all of its paratransit vans for the disabled to an outside contractor, for a savings of $600,000 to $1.1 million a...
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South San Francisco Man Pleads Not Guilty To Pimping Disabled Girlfriend
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A San Mateo County man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he sold his mentally disabled girlfriend into prostitution. Nicholas Geranios is facing counts of domestic...
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Disabled Boy Turned Away From Yerba Buena Center Ice Rink
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) – The parents of a disabled San Francisco boy said they were turned away from the Yerba Buena Ice Skating Center on Saturday because their son uses a wheelchair. Zane Robinson,...
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Concord Teens Tease, Attack Disabled Man
CONCORD (BCN) – A group of teenagers threw rocks at a disabled man and beat him with sticks in Concord on Sunday evening, Concord police Lt. Dave Hughes said Monday. The victim, a 32-year-old mentally...
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San Francisco Supervisors Approve Wheelchair Ramp For Chambers
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — It’s taken years, but the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has finally approved construction of a wheelchair ramp in the supervisors’ chambers. The chambers have been out of...
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BART Train Glitch In San Francisco Prompts Big Delays
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – BART riders experienced major delays Wednesday afternoon due to a disabled train at the Powell Street station in San Francisco, an agency spokesman said. A mechanical problem...
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Disabled Wide-Load Big Rig Blocks I-80 Lanes In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – All lanes of eastbound Interstate Highway 80 in San Francisco were back open after crews removed a disabled big rig and the portable building it was carrying that blocked the...
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ConsumerWatch: Home Care Cottages An Option For Elderly, Disabled
PETALUMA (CBS 5) — Families in Sonoma and Mendocino counties have an option when it comes to caring for elderly or disabled relatives. Both counties are now allowing residents to install “home care...
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Disabled Ex-NUMMI Workers To Get $6 Million Settlement
FREMONT (CBS SF) — Attorneys for a group of disabled former employees of the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. plant in Fremont who claim they did not receive proper severance benefits when the plant...
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Wheelchair Access Issues Remain Despite $2M Ramp At Lafayette BART
LAFAYETTE (CBS 5) — The recent construction of a wheelchair ramp at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station cost $2 million, but some parts of the station remain inaccessible. Six months ago, BART completed a...
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SF Judge Rules Taco Bell Violated Laws Against Disabled Discrimination
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Taco Bell violated federal and California laws protecting the disabled from discrimination. U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton in Oakland is...
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Phil Matier: San Francisco City Hall’s $500K Wheelchair Ramp
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) — The City of San Francisco may be dealing with a massive budget deficit, but taxpayers just shelled out more than $500,000 for a renovation job at City Hall. As home improvements...
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Power Wheelchair Stolen From Santa Clara Woman
SANTA CLARA (CBS 5) — A South Bay woman is making an emotional plea after a piece of her independence was stolen. While police are searching for her power wheelchair, they said it will be hard to find....
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Santa Clara Woman Astounded By Outpouring Of Generosity After Wheelchair Stolen
SANTA CLARA (CBS SF) – A disabled Santa Clara woman has gotten an early Christmas gift from some jolly strangers. Last weekend, Kathy Jo Swift’s Jazzy Pride electric wheelchair was stolen. Since then,...
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East Bay School Bus Drivers Consider Joining Union
HAYWARD (KCBS) – School bus drivers trying to unionize in Livermore and Hayward have questioned the safety record and working conditions on vehicles that transport special needs children. The buses...
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Richmond Firm Develops Bionic Legs To Help Paralyzed Walk
RICHMOND (CBS 5) – After being told by doctors they would never walk again, an East Bay firm has developed wearable robotic legs, providing hope to those who are paralyzed. 23-year old Matthew Tilford...
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Committee Suggests Series Of Changes To SF Disabled Parking Policy
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Might disabled drivers one day be forced to feed a meter when parking with a blue placard in San Francisco? That’s just one of the suggestions contained within a report released...
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$20K Snatched From Mentally Disabled Woman At Fremont Restaurant
FREMONT (CBS SF) — A bag holding $20,000 in cash was snatched from a woman eating lunch at a Fremont restaurant earlier this week, police said. Around 1:45 p.m. Monday, a 65-year-old mentally...
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Santa Rosa Man Accused Of Embezzling $400K From Disabled Clients
SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) — A Santa Rosa man suspected of embezzling nearly $400,000 in Social Security funds from dozens of developmentally disabled clients is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. Larry...
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