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| Dec.6 |
SF Downtown |
Workers dangle as scaffold collapses Map| 3 workers were left dangling from a collapsed scaffolding outside a high-rise undergoing construction and fire crews had to rescue them | |
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| May.7 |
San Francisco |
Fixer Home Falls Off Supports Map| The home couple recently purchased is slated for demolition after the jacked-up home fell on Mangels Street in Sunnyside neighborhood | | |
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| Jul.31 |
Daly City |
One Dead In Building Collapse| The wall of a vacant grocery store El Rancho Supermarket collapsed, killing Gregoria Custodio, 58, in a car | |
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| Jul.20 |
South San Jose |
Mother, Son Dodge Injury From Crane The boom section of a large crane broke off and smashed into the vehicle at the Alma St. on-ramp to Highway 87
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| Jun.29 |
Foster City |
Overhang Collapses At Hotel A large overhang that shields arriving guests from the elements at the Crowne Plaza Hotel began to collapse
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| Jun.22 |
Livermore |
Crane Collapses, 1 Dead The crane operator was trying to move 35,000 lbs. of cable when the crane tipped over. The operator was killed
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| May.26 |
SF Downtown |
Man Trapped Under Collapsed Ceiling Emergency crews have extricated a construction worker in an underground parking garage on Market St.
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| Feb.28 |
Cupertino |
Crane Collapses on Mall 300-ton crane, toppled onto the roof, sent customers and employees running at the Vallco Fashion Park
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64 dead in roof collapse
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| Apr.10 |
Napa |
Desk collapse hospitalizes 11| A deck collapsed during a surprise birthday party | | |
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| Aug.16 |
Mill Valley |
3 injured in ceiling collapse A lath and plaster ceiling at CineArts at Sequoia, a downtown movie theater, collapsed. 17 people were inside
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| Apr.22 |
San Jose |
Student Dies in Schoolyard A 12-year-old Luis Miguel Jimenez died after a soccer goalpost fell on his head at Fair Middle School
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| Dec.28 |
San Jose |
Homeless man pinned by falling wall A equipment operator accidentally knocked part of a cinderblock wall onto a makeshift encampment
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| Sep.23 |
SF Downtown |
Top floor of 2-story building collapses The floor collapsed, sending debris crashing down onto several cars parked below but causing no injuries
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| Jun.27 |
Belmont |
Ceiling Collapses at School Classmates at Notre Dame High School noticed the ceiling sagging. A teacher decided to evacuate the classroom
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| Dec.14 |
San Francisco |
Scaffolding Collapsed High winds caused scaffolding on a 6-story building to collapse. Many boats have been pulled away from their moorings
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| Mar.5 |
Emeryville |
Transient crushed to death by gate Victim may have been trying to break in to Pak N Save when he became trapped between ground and rolling gate
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| Jan.15 |
San Francisco |
Killed in accident at demolition site Clayton Bassett, 40, died after the giant tractor he was operating tipped over, trapping him beneath
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| Jan.8 |
San Jose |
Sudden Building Collapse
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| Dec.20 |
San Francisco |
Priest killed by falling church gate Large iron church gate fell at St. Agnes Church
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| Nov.15 |
San Francisco |
Exhaust Fumes Kill Elderly Couple Car was left running in a closed garage
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Jet crashes, killing 260
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| May.19 |
San Mateo |
School building abruptly closed| With vacation 20 days off, the San Mateo High School was closed. Building is seismically unsafe | |
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| Apr.3 |
SF Downtown |
Hall of Justice Gas Leak
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| Apr.1 |
SF Sunset |
Doggie Diner sign dives Famous sign took a nosedive after high winds ripped the 500 pound dog head off its pole
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| Mar.31 |
Fremont |
Community Center Closed by Mold
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| Jan.17 |
Oakland |
Building Collapses Hollow 4-story building collapsed, crushing a telephone pole, wires and parked vehicles
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| Dec.25 |
San Francisco |
Child falls elevator shaft The body of a 2-year-old boy was found at the bottom of an elevator shaft
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| Sep.23 |
SF Downtown |
Plunged to Death in Hyatt Lobby
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