Following reports of possible explosive devices found on the 1100 block of Valencia, the Mission campus of City College was fully evacuated and searched last night. The bomb squad ended up giving the all clear for all but one area, where the suspicious devices were found. more ›

A note threatening to blow up an Alaskan Airlines plane heading from Seattle to the Bay Area was removed form the tarmac at Oakland this morning. Passengers were checked and re-screened, and no explosives were found. (Whew.) more ›

A bomb threat reported on the 3200 block of California Street at 8:25 a.m. has closed off the area around California and Presidio. The threat was called in to the Jewish Community Center. We'll update as soon as we know more. [KRON 4 Morning News] more ›

We know you can never be too careful in these crazy times we live in, but the enormity of the reaction yesterday to an abandoned backpack near Civic Center -- that apparently no one bothered even to open? -- strikes us a bit, in hindsight, like an overreaction. The Chron informs us that 45-year-old Garfield Smith allegedly told some workers at a flower shop at 499 Polk that the backpack he was dropping off there was "set to explode." Riddle us this: Would a successful terrorist have been quite so brazen or forthcoming with his warnings? more ›

Our favorite crime reporter, Mike Aldax over at the Examiner, brings us news today of the case against Pacifica resident Antonio Santiago III, age 26, whom authorities accused of making a bomb threat call to Caltrain last year. The cop who traced the call got one digit of the phone number wrong, erroneously leading investigators to Santiago's cell phone. more ›

An American Airlines flight has been grounded at SFO after a bomb threat. According to the Transportation Security Administration, reports CBS 5, "the threat was made against American Airlines Flight No. 24 — which was destined for John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York." The airport police "received a threatening phone call" just before the flight was about to takeoff. more ›

We're getting word of a possible bomb threat in Union Square this afternoon. KGO's Twitter reports: "We're getting conflicting information about a possible evacuation of Macy's dept store at Union Square." (My God, all of that perfume could go up in flames!) more ›

Twitter is aflame over afternoon Caltrain delays. One theory? A bomb threat was called in, stopping service. According to rider-reported @Caltrain, "Supposedly the delays are due to investigation on a reported bomb threat. Hopefully, Caltrain will issue statement soon." And @mchow1973 writes, "#Caltrain received a call this afternoon that a northbound train might be carrying an explosive device. That train is now stopped at SSF." more ›

Yushing Lui, a marketing director at Silicon Valley technology company Nvidia, is accused of making a bomb threat on an airplane at SFO. According to KTVU, Lui "allegedly told a flight attendant at San Francisco International Airport his jacket contained a bomb." He was then swifted escorted off the flight and arrested by authorities. Lui, however, denies "saying anything about a bomb when interrogated by authorities." According to other reports, Lui mentioned "something to the effect that he did not have a million dollars in his pocket." He is free on $10,000 bail, scheduled to go on trial March 8. [via KTVU] more ›

According to SFist Jonathan, "My train is stopped in Burlingame @ 6:20 pm -- the conductor says the train is being held here due to a bomb threat at Millbrae." more ›

Reason for today's 275 Battery shutdown and bomb scare? Yep, "The Price is Right" is at fault. Naturally. As SFist commenter Jackd tells SFist: more ›

A reader writes in to inform us of late-breaking, possibly explosive news. more ›

Oh my God, we might all blow to bits. Well, some of you in the Mission might, that is. According to Curbed: more ›

Eeps! The bomb squad has been called over to the Oakland Marina this afternoon. It seems, according to Wendy Tokuda, that a box has been found, adorned with the text "81 millimeter mortar shells." Check out the live, alarmist web cast of the situation in progress here. more ›

Hey, remember angry Sarah Nome, the lady who refused to move out of the Kaiser hospital in Marin for over a year, and ran up a $1.4 million bill? Well, Kaiser's 1) gotten ownership of her house in San Anselmo and 2) will be auctioning it off to pay off her tab. Kaiser was awarded the house after Nome was put in the care of the state (after her daughter refused to take her in), and has been paying the mortgage while their case against Nome was pending -- even though they haven't actually been given access to the place. The house isn't in the best of shape -- it's apparently been hit by falling trees and Nome was in a fight with her insurance to get them to pay for it -- but given the real estate market in Marin, we're guessing it'll probably move fairly quickly. more ›

Alarmists of SF: We just received an word via AlertSF that: more ›

Sadly, because the Virginia Tech shootings have, in a perverted way, inspired copycats, City College today was shut down because a copy cat threatened to start shooting students. more ›

-You know how Gavin said we needed more money to fund all the new police work we're asking the police to do? He was only punking Chris Daly. more ›

A 26 year old man in Mill Valley called in a bomb threat to Walgreens because he was upset about how long his prescription was taking. Unfortunately, the person who answered the phone recognized his voice and called the cops -- but not before the Walgreens was evacuated and thoroughly inspected by a police dog. That can't have sped matters along with the caller's prescription. more ›

Man, if you want to go drag-racing, don't kill members of a royal family -- the 18-year-old suspect burst into tears after a judge in San Mateo County refused to lower her bail from $3 million. The DA was unmoved, saying, "Highway 101 is not a video game and it's not a racetrack." That's right -- that's what 280 is. more ›

TGIF, folks who don't work at home. Boy, it's been an almost comically-bad week for commuting: doesn't the Gitmo Montgomery shutdown seem like it happened ages ago? Well, we hope SFist Jon is still at work right now, because we don't think he could stand the latest -- 101 South is completely backed up after a woman jumped off the San Antonio overpass at Palo Alto, causing a seven-car pileup. Suicide is never the answer, but it's definitely not the answer when it involves ruining people's weekends too. Two lanes are still closed. And at least this time it wasn't a bomb threat (those moved over to three San Jose schools today instead) -- BART had to evacuate the South Hayward station and stop service beyond that stop to Fremont when a fire broke out around noon. And now it's drizzling again. Can we just all agree to be extra, extra careful on the way home? TGIF. more ›

There was a holdup at the Millbrae station this morning due to a bomb threat on a Caltrain train, the second day in a row there was a bomb threat. For whatever reason, though, this bomb threat hasn't made the news. The only way we heard what happened was by calling the BART Police. Anyways, here is our account of getting stuck in the suck. more ›

Okay, the downer news first: a 29-year-old woman in Redwood City has been arrested for tossing her dead newborn into a trash can. She first claimed it was premature, but the baby was full-term. She's now claiming the baby was stillborn. Investigators are looking into it. A number of Chinatown businesses flooded in yesterday's monsoon. (Though wait, aren't monsoons warm?) The PUC investigated and found out it was because local restaurants were illegally dumping oil down the drains. This caused a "huge greaseball' in the sewer, which caused about six inches of flooding. We love ya, Chinatown, but don't dump grease down the drain! And was your Caltrain ride delayed yesterday afternoon? You can thank a "bored" 19-year-old South City resident, who called in a fake bomb threat at 1:30 p.m. He's been arrested. more ›

SFist Mary-Lynn gives us all the lowdown on Blogher, and SFist Rain gets the 'get' with Paula Kamen. more ›

We can't stop chuckling over a phone call we just received from SFist Jackson. He was down in Room 263 at City Hall, covering the hearing determining how SFPD press passes are disbursed, and vying for them for your very own SFist. (We'll let him post on that for you himself, but we hear it was very interesting) There he was, hearing about who was getting denied and who was getting sweet, sweet SFPD access when he found himself behind a police line, pass-free! Apparently there was some sort of bomb threat, and City Hall was evacuated in light of the risk, SFist Jackson included. more ›