A new episode of NBC’s Dateline covers the case of Mountain View resident Alice Ku who disappeared while traveling in Taiwan in 2019 with her husband — the prime suspect, but loopholes surrounding his Canadian citizenship enabled him to avoid trial in the US and extradition to Taiwan.

Six and a half years following the disappearance of 36-year-old Alice Ku, a Mountain View tutor with students throughout Silicon Valley, her body has never been found and the case remains unresolved. As the Mountain View Voice reports, Ku is now the subject of the latest episode of Dateline on NBC.

In 2023, a Santa Clara Judge determined that Ku died in Taiwan's Taroko National Park while traveling with her husband, 62-year-old German-born Canadian citizen Harald Herchen. Herchen, a prominent Silicon Valley engineer, was in Taiwan on a business trip, per the Voice.

While Herchen is the primary suspect, prosecutors cannot charge him with homicide in the US because the federal statute covering killings abroad applies only to American citizens, according to Redwood City-based attorney Andrew Watters, who represents Ku's family.

However, following a civil trial last summer, the Santa Clara DA filed perjury charges against Herchen in September due to inconsistencies in his depositions, and he is currently awaiting trial in that case.

Herchen had claimed Ku had gone to visit her parents who live in Taiwan, but her parents said they were unaware she was in the country. They were also reportedly unaware who Herchen was and that she had gotten married.

Herchen said in court depositions that he dropped Ku off at the train station in the city of Hualien to visit her parents at their home near Taipei on the morning of November 29, 2019. But Ku’s parents said she hadn’t been to their new home before and wasn’t familiar with the area, according to Palo Alto Online.

In the days after Alice Ku was reported missing, her family hired Watters, along with San Jose attorney Todd Davis, who quickly uncovered details about her life that had been unknown to them, including her marriage to Herchen and that she had moved to Mountain View from her previous home in Sunnyvale without telling them.

Neighbors in Mountain View reportedly said Ku and Herchen frequently argued about money and a possible pregnancy. Herchen also lived primarily at a different residence in Palo Alto.

Additionally, Herchen was reportedly still married to his second wife, Melissa Yu, when he first met Ku. Yu died from cardiac arrest due to obstructive sleep apnea in 2017, with the medical examiner noting that there were multiple bruises on Yu’s body, but there was no mention of the cause of the bruises.

Per PA Online, investigators with Taiwan’s Criminal Investigation Bureau said records from hotel logs, surveillance footage, phone data, and internet activity contradict Herchen’s account of events. Authorities said Ku’s phone showed activity in Hualien but not near the train station where he claimed to have dropped her off, and Ku’s email activity stopped abruptly on November 29, breaking from her normal usage.

Lead investigator Li Tsung Su concluded she was killed on or before that date and identified Herchen as a homicide suspect, citing “critical inconsistencies” in his statements, as PA Online reports. Officials issued an arrest warrant in December 2020, which remains active, with assistance from the FBI and the American Institute in Taiwan, though they’ve been unable to extradite Herchen due to the lack of formal diplomatic ties between the U.S. and Taiwan.

“We have determined, based on our investigation including the above-referenced facts, that: Alice Ku is dead and is the victim of a homicide; that Alice Ku was killed on or before November 29, 2019, and that Defendant Harald Herchen is a suspect in that homicide,” said Yang Chi Lee, director of international criminal affairs for the agency.

Last summer, a Santa Clara County jury awarded more than $23 million last summer to Ku’s family in a wrongful death case filed in 2021, as the Voice reports.

Testimony from that civil trial led the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office to pursue perjury charges against Herchen, citing inconsistencies in his depositions. Herchen was arrested at his Los Altos home last September and faces up to seven years in prison if convicted, according to Deputy District Attorney Rob Baker.

Herchen’s defense has denied the allegations and said he plans to plead not guilty.

Information was added to this post after publishing explaining how Herchen can't be prosecuted in the US because he's a Canadian citizen, which was unintentionally omited.

The post was updated with additional information about the death of Herchen's second wife.

Image: Alice Ku's Family

Carl Jones, Jr., who grew up in SF’s Fillmore District, was fatally shot on Sixth Street on March 3, and a neighbor who rescued Jones’s dog Teddy G at the scene collaborated with others to reunite him with one of Jones’s siblings.

As Mission Local reports, 43-year-old Jones lived at the Henry Hotel on Sixth Street with his small dog Teddy Graham. In the early morning of March 3, Jones was shot near Sixth and Mission streets in the SoMa neighborhood.

Neighbor Charles Toyner told Mission Local he was walking up Sixth Street when he heard two shots and quickly hid behind a pole. He then saw Teddy G run across the street in distress. Toyner caught Teddy G and told officers he’d take care of him.

Jones died at a hospital shortly after the shooting, and police arrested 33-year-old suspect Siaosi Aleamotuay later that day.

As Bay City News reports, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office charged Aleamotuay with murder, along with an allegation that he personally used a deadly firearm, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to prosecutors, Aleamotuay was seen on surveillance footage removing a gun from his backpack, crossing the street, and shooting Jones, who didn’t appear to be armed, per Bay City News. A possible motive has not been released.

Mission Local reports that Jones grew up in San Francisco’s Fillmore neighborhood with his siblings, and his family sometimes struggled with food and stable housing.

Jones lost both of his parents as a teenager. His father died when he was 16, and his mother died two years later. He spent time in the foster care system and eventually lived at Edgewood, a group home in the Ingleside neighborhood, per Mission Local.

Despite those challenges, Jones excelled in school and earned a 4.0 grade point average, particularly in reading and English. His sister told Mission Local he toured several historically Black colleges and universities and had the potential to attend nearly any school he wanted, but life circumstances ultimately got in the way.

“He never lost his big heart,” she said. “He was always loving. He always had a smile on his face. He would give you advice, and it would always be supportive.”

Mission Local reports that after the shooting, Toyner contacted the Gubbio Project for help locating Jones's family. Outreach worker Terry Morris told Mission Local Jones was remembered for having “bright eyes” and a warm, approachable presence. Morris also recalled how devoted Jones was to Teddy G.

Rio Amor, a drug-overdose educator and substance-abuse specialist at the nonprofit, helped Toyner track down Jones’s relatives. In the meantime, people who met Teddy G offered to adopt him.

Per Mission Local, Amor reached Jones’s sister Amelia in San Jose the following day, and she and other relatives drove to San Francisco to bring the dog home.

Photo of Carl Jones via Amelia Jones/Mission Local

Early morning gunfire broke out during an argument inside EZ's Lounge on 14th Street in downtown Oakland Saturday, killing two people, including an eighth grade teacher, and injuring five others who are expected to survive.

The shooting happened around 3:30 am Saturday at EZ's Lounge on 14th Street in downtown Oakland near City Hall, following the popular First Friday street festival. As the Bay Area News Group reports, police said the fight began inside the bar, but none of the seven victims were believed to be the intended targets.

The News Group reports that the victim who died at the scene was identified as 33-year-old Latetia “Teesh” Bobo, an eighth grade teacher at Caliber Beta Academy in San Pablo, as well as a writer and producer in the music industry. As the Chronicle reports, a 25-year-old man, whose name hasn't been released, later died at the hospital Saturday morning around 11:30 am.

Bay City News reports that five other people were injured, and three were hospitalized in stable condition. All are expected to survive. Per the News Group, video footage of the shooting (included below) shows patrons fleeing the bar as gunfire was erupting. Police detained several people and confiscated multiple firearms.

“Ms. Bobo was such a special part of our community. She brought kindness, warmth, joy, laughter, creativity, and deep care into everything she did,” said Caliber Beta Academy, in a statement, per the News Group. “Whether it was supporting a student, connecting with a family, hosting a funeral for a fictional character, or collaborating with a colleague, she did so with intention and heart. She was an incredible educator and an even more incredible human being who truly valued relationships and community.”

Oakland Police Department's Homicide Section is investigating the shooing. Anyone with information should contact (510) 238-3821 or the department's tip line at (510) 238-7950. Email tips with pictures and video to cidvideos@oaklandca.gov.

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A measly dime-bag of pot deal gone wrong left three men dead in Oakland last month, and now the marijuana dealer has been arrested too, but boy did he have a lengthy list of priors.

We’ve noted that New Year's weekend was an especially deadly period in Oakland, with two separate homicides on New Year’s Day, and then a triple-murder outside the Sky Market liquor store at roughly 3 am the morning of Saturday, January 3. And as we said in previous coverage, that liquor store triple-homicide was merely over a street marijuana deal gone bad.  

That senseless loss of life becomes even more senseless, as new information has come to light. The Bay Area News Group is now reporting that the entire conflict that left three men dead was “motivated by a conflict over a $10 marijuana deal.”

As KTVU explains, that new information is coming to light because a third man has been arrested in connection with the triple-homicide. That suspect is the alleged marijuana street dealer, 58-year-old Jamaal Myers. Myers did not pull the trigger or kill anyone, but he was carrying a gun on him at the time. According to KTVU, “Myers has nine prior felony convictions, including two for assault, and several prior gun convictions, and is legally barred from possessing guns.”  

Myers has pleaded not guilty, and has been released after posting $100,000 bail.

The man who allegedly did pull the trigger, and is accused of killing the three victims, is 40-year-old Darrell Tatmon. Tatmon is facing three counts of murder, and could potentially face life in prison with enhancements.

A third suspect, 37-year-old Angelo Lemelle Pharr, was also arrested and has been charged with assault.

Two of the victims killed were brothers, Luis Valdez-Gomez and Kevin Andrew Valdez-Gomez, who were buying the marijuana outside the liquor store. The brother Kevin reportedly did draw his own gun once the conflict between the dealer and the customers started. The third victim, 54-year-old Miguel Ramirez, was merely an innocent bystander who happened to be shopping in the store at the time, and was caught in the crossfire.  

Related: East Bay Man Charged With Triple-Murder Over East Oakland Liquor Store Pot Deal Gone Bad [SFist]

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• Trump is demanding that Netflix eliminate Democratic foreign policy expert Susan Rice from its board or “face the consequences” after he previously promised not to get involved in Netflix and Paramount’s attempted takeover of Warner Bros Discovery. [Guardian]
• The Oakland Zoo is celebrating the arrival of its first baby red-tailed monkey after two of its red-tailed guenons Nonami and Marley delivered a baby boy Friday. [NBC Bay Area]

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Kurt Van Dyke, a well-known surfer from a prominent Santa Cruz family of surfers who also own Van Dyke Farms in Gilroy, was killed by armed intruders Saturday in his home on Costa Rica's Caribbean Coast where he was a longtime hostel owner.

As the Chronicle reports, two armed intruders broke into the Costa Rica apartment of 66-year-old Kurt Van Dyke Saturday, tied the hands and feet of Van Dyke and his 31-year-old girlfriend, who authorities identified by her last name, Arroyo, and held them in a room for several minutes. As the Costa Rican paper the Tico Times reports, the intruders then reportedly assaulted Van Dyke and fled with some of the couple’s valuables, including one of their vehicles.

Per the Chronicle, it’s unclear what happened during the events leading up to Van Dyke's death, but his body was found under a bed with a sheet over his head. He appeared to be asphyxiated and had multiple stab wounds, and there was reportedly a knife found next to his body.

“My brother was a very benevolent, giving person who would help just about anybody,” Kurt’s brother, Peter Van Dyke, told the Chronicle over text. “Kurt would never hurt anybody, and he was always there when you needed him. Everyone that he met knew this about him.”

The Chronicle reports that Van Dyke was the owner of Hotel Puerto Viejo, a popular hostel in the beach town of Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, which is a short drive from his home in the town of Cahuita, both located in the southern portion of the Limón province. The paper notes that while drug trafficking and other types of organized crime are present in the province, the small beach towns where Van Dyke spent his time are typically limited to petty crimes, such as theft, pickpocketing, and break-ins.

“We have the Police delegation in Playa Negra, the cantonal, which is the most modern in the country,” wrote Roger Sams, president of the Southern Caribbean Chamber of Tourism and Commerce, per the site Surfer. “We are working hand in hand on security issues. It shocks us and hurts us, because the Caribbean has been very calm.”  

“There have been no cases of violence reported like this against tourists. In recent months there has been no violence or assaults,” Sams continued. “This is an isolated case, he is the owner of a hotel, not a tourist, it has not to do with tourists and the people who come to visit us.”

As the site Islands.com reports, gang and drug trafficking-related crimes have historically been centered around the province’s capital, Puerto Limón, but the opening of a new port there in 2019 has resulted in the spread of organized crime and trafficking into surrounding areas. Per the site, homicides in Puerto Limón account for 25% of all the homicides in the country.

Per the Chronicle, Van Dyke, who got his first surfboard at age 7, was born in Santa Cruz to Gene and Betty Van Dyke, two pioneering, surf-loving parents who were also prominent in the farming community, as the family has owned Van Dyke Ranch in Gilroy’s Gavilan Mountains for 60 years.

“Kurt loved the ocean, our farm, animals and his family,” said Peter Van Dyke, per Surfer. “It’s a very sad time because of all the great memories we have growing up together, farming and surfing.”

“We remember your spirit, your energy, and the light you brought into the lives around you,” wrote a friend of Van Dyke on social media. “Some people leave footprints — you left waves.”

Image: Kurt Van Dyke/Facebook

• One of Oakland Zoo’s three tigers has died after a foreign object became lodged in her paw and the infection spread throughout her body. Lola and the two other tigers were rescued from an abandoned roadside zoo in Oklahoma before they were brought to Oakland. [KRON4]
• A 17-year-old girl died after she was found on the side of the road in Antioch early Friday around 3:30 am, and it’s being treated as a suspicious death. [NBC Bay Area]

• The San Francisco Police Department arrested Darryon Harry Chun, 28, Friday on the 2500 block of 41st Avenue in connection with a homicide that took place on August 5, 2024 near 20th and Shotwell streets in SF’s Mission District. [SFPD]

National:

• Trump posted 85 posts on Truth Social over the span of five hours Thursday night, many of them taking aim at California Governor Gavin Newsom and NATO, as well as boasting about saving TikTok. [Raw Story]
• The list of performers and organizations has grown quite long who have said they’re cutting ties with the Kennedy Center over Trump being named chairman of the board, including the The Washington National Opera and the US Marine Band. [NPR]
• Sales of most Tesla models plummeted in 2025 with Cybertrucks down to 20,237 from 38,965 in 2024, except the Model 3, which went up by 1.3%. [KPIX]

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A herd of Tule elk was recently spotted crossing the street near Marin County’s scenic Point Reyes National Seashore, where they’re now free to roam after a fence was removed in 2024, a source of controversy between ranchers and environmentalists, per the Chronicle.

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• There were 25 traffic deaths in 2025 compared to 43 in 2024, largely due to recent initiatives, including daylighting and speed cameras. Nineteen of last year’s deaths occurred on the city’s Vision Zero High Injury Network, and 16 of the 25 deaths were pedestrians. [SFGate]
• Instagram users reported receiving mysterious password reset messages Thursday and Friday, either due to a glitch or a recent data breach of over 17.5 million users. Users should ignore the emails and reset their passwords directly through Instagram — be sure to enable two-factor authentication. [Piunika Web/Malwarebytes]

• A person was fatally shot on the 5400 block of Coliseum Way near the Oakland Flea Market around Noon Friday, marking Oakland’s sixth homicide of 2026. [NBC Bay Area]

National:

• A federal judge issued a temporary order preventing the Department of Health and Human Services from freezing $10 billion in social services funding to Democratic states, including California, New York, Minnesota, Illinois, and Colorado, as the White House claims the freeze was to protect against “fraud.” [CBS News]
• As part of a campaign to dismantle landmark school desegregation orders, which officials say place an “unfair burden” on school districts, the Trump administration and Louisiana Republicans won a motion to dismiss a 1967 lawsuit ordering the DeSoto Parish to end its racially segregated school system. [Associated Press]
• Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik debuted its latest cover Friday featuring an image of Trump with oil oozing out of his nose in the shape of a Hitler mustache and wearing a Venezuela flag pin. [Huffington Post]

Video of the Day:

Imagine being able to ride your bike through BART’s spooky 3.6 mile-long Transbay Tube. A lucky few workers got to do it during the construction of the tunnel 50 years ago. See the full-length version of this groovy ‘70s-era archival film on YouTube.

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The social worker who was stabbed by a patient several times in the neck and shoulder at Zuckerberg SF General Hospital Thursday has died from his injuries. The suspect, who reportedly has a history of violent behavior, has since been arrested.

Update: Per Mission Local, the victim has been identified as 51-year-old Alberto Rangel, a social worker with UCSF. The outlet reports that Rangel reported concerns about the suspect three weeks before the attack.

Loved ones of Rangel's are raising funds to be donated to a nonprofit in his honor.

As the Chronicle reports, the San Francisco Department of Public Health announced Saturday that the 31 51-year-old social worker who was brutally attacked by a patient at SF General Hospital died from his injuries. Per Mission Local, the suspect, Wilfredo Tortolero Arriechi, 35, was arrested and booked Thursday on charges of “assault with a deadly weapon, mayhem, and being armed during the commission of a felony,” according to a statement by the San Francisco Police Department.

Per Mission Local, a sheriff’s deputy, who intervened and restrained the suspect, was nearby but not in the immediate vicinity prior to the stabbing. The sheriff’s department said in a statement that the deputy was assigned to shadow a doctor who had been targeted by the suspect earlier in the day. Per the SFPD, the police department has taken over the case from the sheriff’s department.

“He was onsite to ensure the doctor’s safety, remained on the Ward after an initial search for the subject, and when he heard a commotion in the hallway, immediately responded,” the sheriff’s department said in a statement. “Upon witnessing the assault in progress, he intervened without hesitation, detained the subject, and secured the scene. His quick actions allowed medical staff to begin life-saving measures for the victim without delay.”

“This tragic event underscores the urgency of our ongoing efforts to strengthen protections for every member of our workforce,” health department officials said in a statement, per the Chronicle. “We are committed to doing everything necessary to ensure that no one fears for their safety while providing care to the people of San Francisco.”

“He’s one of the kindest, most compassionate people, a luminous man,” a colleague of the victim told the Chronicle. “He loved everyone, it would of course be he who immediately stepped up to try to help the patient” prior to the attack.

Per the Chronicle, multiple employees reported receiving threats by the suspect in the weeks prior to the incident. Additionally, the Chronicle notes that the number of sheriff’s deputies assigned to the hospital have been reduced to 28 from 45 in recent years, resulting in repeated safety concerns.

“We demand that city, county, hospital, and UC leadership finally address the rampant understaffing and unjust hiring practices that put workers in danger and hinder both the city and workers’ efforts to address the mental health crisis on our streets,” said UPTE President Dan Russell, per the Chronicle. “We owe our colleague and friend more than grief. We owe them change.”

Per the Chronicle, the hospital and health department have implemented additional safety measures since the stabbing, including added security, reduced access points, and the expedited installation of weapons detection systems.

The investigation is ongoing.

Image: 9yz/Wikimedia

Previously: Social Worker In Critical Condition After Being Stabbed at SF General Hospital

San Francisco Police officers patrolling the South of Market neighborhood early Sunday morning found a man in the road suffering from gunshot wounds. He died at the scene, and the case is being investigated as a homicide.

As KRON4 reports, the man was found in the street in the area of Sixth and Natoma streets around 12:15 am Sunday. Per the Chronicle, officers began rendering aid, and paramedics arrived soon after. The victim, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene, per NBC Bay Area.

Update: The Chronicle reported Monday that police have arrested one suspect in connection with the shooting, 48-year-old Derral Robi of San Francisco. Robi appears to have a felony record.

Homicide detectives said that officers with the Drug Market Agency Coordinating Center spotted Robi, who matched a suspect description, in the vicinity of Market and Jones streets about a block away from the crime scene. He was arrested sometime on Monday and booked on suspicion of murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

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A suspect in a deadly Saturday shooting in Cloverdale ended up in a standoff with Sonoma County sheriff's deputies early Sunday morning that ended with the suspect being found dead inside a home.

The incident began with a report of a shooting at 4:47 pm Saturday on the 300 block of Cloverdale Heights Way. Officers with Cloverdale Police arrived at the scene along with Sonoma County Sheriff's deputies, and they found a victim there suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound.

The victim, who has not been publicly identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to a release from the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office, authorities quickly learned the name of a suspect from witness statements, and they identified the suspect as 56-year-old Lawrence Cassidy of Cloverdale. Police also gathered information that Cassidy had driven away from the scene in a white Ford SUV, and that SUV was later found in Healdsburg.

"Additional investigative leads revealed that Cassidy had been driven from Healdsburg to a residence in the 1500 block of Brush Creek Road in Santa Rosa," the sheriff's office said.

Around 1:26 am Sunday, November 23, the Sheriff's Office SWAT Team, Hostage Negotiations Team, and Explosives Ordinance Disposal Unit were deployed to the scene. A three-hour standoff then ensued in which multiple rounds were reportedly shot from the residents at officers. A SWAT armored vehicle may have been struck by gunfire.

Chemical agents were deployed into the home, and hostage negotiators reportedly tried to contact Cassidy both by telephone and by loudspeaker, but they had no response.

Sometime around 4:30 am, a drone and bomb-disposal robot were deployed into the home, and Cassidy was reportedly found deceased. His cause of death was not publicized.

It appears that Cassidy must have been known to local authorities because the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office were able to provide the above mugshot on file.

Per county protocol, the Petaluma Police Department and the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office will now lead an independent investigation into this incident.

This post will be updated when we learn any information about the homicide victim.

When the SFPD responded to reports of a home burglary in SF’s Ingleside neighborhood Sunday, they found an adult victim suffering from undisclosed injuries. The person later died, and police are now investigating the case as a homicide.

As Bay City News reports, officers from the San Francisco Police Department arrived at a residence on the 200 block of Granada Avenue, south of Ocean Avenue, per KPIX, around 3 pm Sunday when they discovered the victim was injured. Officers and paramedics began performing CPR and other life-saving efforts.

The victim, who was not the suspect, was then pronounced dead at the scene, per NBC Bay Area. No arrests have been made, and the case is being investigated as a homicide, per KRON4.

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• Police in the town of Watsonville in Monterey County are searching for two 12-year-old runaways — a girl and a boy, who were involved in two hit-and-run collisions. The girl is suspected of taking her mother’s Nissan Altima at 1 am Saturday and perpetrating a collision in San Jose and another in Marina, California before abandoning the vehicle. [KGO]

• SFMTA is assuring the public that there have been no reports of ICE agents boarding its buses. Residents are urged to report any sightings to the SF Rapid Response Network. [KRON4]

• Two people fleeing police in a stolen vehicle crashed into another vehicle in front of the Napper Tandy bar at 24th Street and South Van Ness Avenue Friday evening, which was the scene of another collision by a car fleeing police in February. [Mission Local]
• A group of protesters have been gathering outside Coast Guard Island in Alameda each night since National Guard troops were deployed — and then called off — by Trump. [KTVU]

• On Saturday morning, dozens of kayakers surrounded Coast Guard Island with signs that read ‘No ICE in the Bay.’ [KRON4]
• A van crashed into a home on Gladstone near SF’s John McLaren Park around 4 pm Saturday; no injuries were reported, and authorities were working to secure the building. [NBC Bay Area]

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The general manager of SF’s famed first topless club The Condor was shot and killed Friday near his Santa Rosa home, and police are flummoxed as to who shot Mark Calcagni, and why.  

NBC Bay Area had a report Friday that a man was shot and killed in Santa Rosa, with police responding at about 6:25 am to reports of a man found lying in the bike lane of the 2200 block of Santa Rosa’s Brookwood Avenue. Police found the man with a gunshot wound and declared him dead at the scene, though did not release his identity at the time.

Four days later, the Chronicle confirmed the victim was the general manager of North Beach strip club The Condor, 60-year-old Mark Calcagni. The Chronicle describes Calcagni as the club's general manager, though KTVU identifies him as the owner of The Condor. Either way, Calcagni is remembered by colleagues as an impactful figure on the North Beach strip club scene.

“He became one of the Mount Rushmores of Broadway,” Wolfgang Welch, general manager of nearby club Vanity told the Chronicle. Welch actually took over for Calcagni as Vanity general manager when Calcagni decided managing two clubs was too much for him.

The Chronicle also confirms that Calcagni was shot just 350 feet from his Brookwood Avenue home, less than a mile from the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. Santa Rosa police say they currently have no suspects in the shooting, and they have not recovered or identified a weapon.

"Though any time a suspect of a violent crime remains at large it presents a potential risk, we do not believe there is an ongoing threat to public safety," the department said Monday in a press release, according to KGO.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Santa Rosa Police Department at (707) 543-3590, or submit an anonymous tip online at www.srcity.org/CrimeTips. The Sonoma County Alliance Community Engagement and Safety Fund is offering $5,000 for information leading to an arrest in the case.  

Related: Four Arrested for April North Beach Shooting That Killed One, Injured Four Others [SFist]

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• New research from Stanford University has determined that wildfire smoke is the most detrimental consequence of climate change on Americans' health. Forty thousand Americans are killed by wildfire smoke per year, and the number is projected at 70,000 per year by 2050. [KQED]
• Santa Rosa police arrested Felix Carreon, 50, and Robert McConlogue, 46, both from Sebastopol, in connection with the fatal shooting of Mollie Schefer, 47, at her home in Santa Rosa September 9. One of Shefer’s dogs was also killed, and a second dog was suffering from a gunshot wound. [KRON4]

• A new addiction recovery facility called Wells Place will soon be opening in SF’s Marina District at the former Marina Inn location at Octavia and Lombard streets. Residents at the facility, which consists of double and single-occupancy rooms with a total of 60 beds, will be required to go to school or work while at the facility. [NBC Bay Area]

• The Cupertino Whole Foods, which was shut down in April due to multiple pest infestations, passed its inspection and is set to reopen its doors September 29. [KPIX]
• Three parks in the East Bay town of Antioch — Contra Loma Estates Park, Marchetti Park, and Jacobsen Park — are getting major upgrades, which were largely funded by a $2.95 million grant through Proposition 68. [Bay Area News Group]
• Juan Aguilar, 44, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on August 29 for the human trafficking, rape, and forcible oral copulation of a 15-year-old girl whom he kidnapped from Honduras and trafficked from his San Leandro home for two years. [Bay Area News Group]

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