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Cellphone Distractions

'Get off your phones': HHS advisory calls on kids to cut screen time

  • May 22

Petaluma school district considers phone ban amid state mandate

  • Jul 22, 2025
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Nonprofit helps SF high school students celebrate 'screen-free' prom

  • May 21, 2025

CA passes bill requiring schools to devise plan to ban or limit phones

  • Aug 29, 2024

Close call! Boy using phone falls down storage hole, saved by boxes

  • Feb 18, 2022

Twitter launches Fleets, temporary posts that disappear

  • Nov 17, 2020

Cellphone injuries on the rise, especially among youth, data shows

  • Dec 28, 2019

Top stories of 2019 on abc7news.com

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New flip phone designed to discourage doom scrolling

  • Jun 18
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Petaluma school district considers universal phone ban, but students not convinced it will work

  • Jul 22, 2025
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Nonprofit helps SF high school students celebrate 'screen-free' prom

  • May 21, 2025
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Statewide crackdown on distracted driving happening today

  • Apr 5, 2018
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Study: 2 Bay Area cities among least distracted on the road

  • Apr 3, 2018
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7 On Your Side, Consumer Reports have tips to avoid distracted driving

  • Jan 12, 2018
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San Mateo County officials pass cellphone ban in crosswalks

  • Sep 13, 2017
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California lawmaker takes step to curb distracted walking

  • Sep 12, 2017

Latest Stories

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Schools say cellphone bans caused by parents' texting

PARENTS, STOP TEXTING: Some schools have banned cellphones because parents were checking up on their kids several times throughout the day.

  • Sep 4, 2019

ABC7 News Catch-Up: Phone-free school, SFO water bottle ban loophole, housing prices, Mick Jagger praises SF cafe

ABC7 NEWS CATCH-UP: Phone-free school, SFO water bottle ban loophole, housing prices, Mick Jagger praises SF cafe. What's happening in the Bay Area in 60 seconds.

  • Aug 20, 2019

Digital Detox Vacation: How it benefits you and your kids

More people are searching for trips that help them get away from it all and disconnect as a digital detox.

  • Aug 6, 2019

CONSUMER CATCH-UP: Memorial Day deals, legislation to limit overdraft fees reintroduced, and how your phone makes you spend more at the store

CONSUMER CATCH-UP: What to buy -- and what do avoid -- at Memorial Day sales, Sen. Cory Booker reintroduces legislation to limit overdraft fees, and how your phone makes you spend more at the store.

  • May 25, 2019
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ABC7 News Morning Digest: Tuesday

MORNING UPDATE: Bay Area churches honor Notre Dame, distracted driving on the rise, Oakland's plan to stop sideshows. Here are your top stories for Tuesday.

  • Apr 16, 2019