Two teenaged suspects were arrested in connection with the gang-related shooting that occurred on Saturday evening at about 6:15 p.m. on Market between 6th and 7th, just blocks from the Pride celebration at Civic Center. more ›

Jesuit priest Stephen Kelly, 62, of Oakland, and Sister Anne Montgomery, 84, of Redwood City, were among a group of five senior peace demonstrators who were sentenced to federal prison in Tacoma, Washington, today. The group were all convicted of conspiracy, trespass, and destruction of government property in December and were facing up to ten years in prison for cutting through fences at Bangor Base on November 2, 2009, to get to an area containing ten Ohio-class submarines. more ›

Drats. One of the Bay Area's most esteemed and throaty-voiced anchors, Tom Sinkovitz, will be departing NBC 11. The former KRON anchor spent nearly three years at the Bay Area's NBC affiliate. "Sinkovitz' departure coincides with ex-sports anchor, Raj Mathai, ascent to the position of news anchor at NBC Bay Area, which no doubt played a part in Sinkovitz' decision." reports Rich Lieberman, local media blogger who scooped Sinkovitz's departure. more ›

Last week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors were asked to vote on lifting a Depression-era ban on allowing competitive bidding on the city's trash business, but they've put the decision on hold. more ›

The Contra Costa Times has published disheartening details that have emerged in the lawsuit against the city of San Francisco regarding the torture of Jazzmin Davis and her twin brother at the hands of their aunt and lifelong foster parent, Shemeeka Davis, resulting in Jazzmin's death in 2008. more ›

Due to shifting sands, Great Highway, between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard, will be closed to vehicle traffic this week during the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. starting Monday morning. Crews will be trimming vegetation from the medians and relocating sand to improve visibility. [Via BCN/SFA] more ›

Just ten days after former Police Chief George Gascon was sworn in as the interim District Attorney, a lawyer at the Public Defenders Office is considering asking him to step aside from the high-profile officer-involved shooting of Randal Dunklin, the man in a wheelchair who stabbed an officer, on January 4. more ›

KGO reports that district administrators, who are facing an $89 million deficit, will be proposing to the Golden Gate Bridge board of directors on Thursday a plan in which tolls would only be collected electronically starting in 2012, via FastTrak and through vehicle license plates. more ›

A man and a woman who were crab fishing off of Bodega Bay on Sunday morning were thrown overboard after a large wave hit their 15-foot boat. They were both wearing life jackets and made it to shore on their own. Capt. Todd Rollings of the Bodega Bay Fire Protection District told the Press Democrat that a Good Samaritan had already given the two blankets before rescue personnel made it to the scene. The couple were released unharmed, aside from being very cold and wet, of course. more ›

The Chronicle came out with an article this morning with data stating that 800 pedestrians get hit by cars in San Francisco each year, about two per day, which is a higher ratio than in other big walking cities, such as New York, London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. more ›

BART trains are now running on schedule this morning after service was disrupted along the Transbay Tube yesterday. Smoke was reported at around 1:45 p.m. near the Oakland end. After a brief closure of the tube, trains ran along a single track, one direction at a time. The preliminary cause of the fire was mineral build up on insulation for BART's third rail, causing a flash over. more ›

The Examiner writes that the autopsy report investigating the death of 22-year-old visiting German student Nils Yannick Linke, who was killed in a hit and run in August, was recently released. His death was determined to be the result of vehicular homicide, and 36-year-old Josh Calder, who allegedly ran him over, then fled the scene after switching seats with his girlfriend, is scheduled to appear in court this week to discuss the report. more ›

Opponents of the proposed high speed rail, which would extend from the Bay Area to Los Angeles have brandished their latest weapon: a tree. It seems that Stanford’s iconic Redwood, “El Palo Alto,” is directly along the route of the system. more ›

The Examiner was there, and KGO put up a brief note about the car that spontaneously combusted in downtown S.F. yesterday as well. But as a few commenters noted, it's surprising that this incident wasn't bigger news in the mainstream media. If it had happened in New York or Los Angeles, it would have certainly been more than a tiny blip on the radar. more ›

SFist received news that a car exploded on Montgomery Street near the BART Station around Noon today. Check out some video of the billowing black smoke from the scene. At least two very loud and scary booms were heard, and the fire department responded quickly. more ›

• It was one helluva weekend. [The Tenderloin Geographic Society]
• SF Supreme Court to hear California furlough case on Wednesday. [CBS5]
• Jerry Brown kicks off campaign with release of new commercial, which is narrated by Bay Area resident Peter Coyote, naturally. [SF Citizen]

Several onlookers in Pacifica's Linda Mar Beach spotted what they described to be a great white shark attack and devour a sea lion about 200 yards from the beach on Monday afternoon. The shark was reportedly approximately 18 feet long or larger, and half a dozen witnesses reported seeing it jump out of the water from various vantage points, splashing "blood all over the place." more ›

Beth Spotswood (Eye On Blogs editor) and Melissa Griffin (local politics columnist at SF Examiner) dipped their toes in the sketch comedy pool recently with a delightful new online show, Necessary Conversation. Think SNL's "Weekend Update," but set in the '70s and tinged with local topics (e.g., Mayor Gavin Newsom, Clipper cards, Lt. Gov. Abel Maldona, dog stabbing). Check it out. more ›

Update: The death was ruled a suicide. more ›

Update: It looks like the case was solved this morning. Martinez turned himself in, and the baby is safe. more ›

The San Francisco Police Department have released an alert seeking help finding 82-year-old Nollie Cooley, who was last seen leaving the 1400 block of Thomas Ave on August 20th at about 7 p.m. and has not returned. Cooley has insulin-dependent diabetes but no other known medical or psychological issues. more ›

Put that firewood away (although there is no wood-burning ban in place), Monday is the first official Spare-The-Air Day of the season. Now that the warmer weather is upon us -- highs on the coast will be in the 70s/80s and inland in the upper 80s to near 100, we can expect some unhealthy smog in our midst. more ›

Did you unplug over the weekend? Good for you. Here's what you missed. more ›

Tipsters alerted us to a three-alarm fire that occurred in Caledonia Alley, near 17th and Valencia, tonight at around 6 p.m. According to Emergency in SF, at least one hundred firefighters responded to the fire due to its complexity. The fire was under control by 8 p.m., and there were several injuries sustained by firefighters and residents. Red Cross was on the scene. more ›

The name of the suspect who was arrested for mowing down four cyclists in the Mission on Wednesday night has been released: David Mark Clark. more ›

Police arrested 47-year-old Lee Bell yesterday in suspicion of murdering Pearla Louis, the 52-year-old woman who was found in a suitcase in the bay last month. Louis' family said she and Bell had had a relationship, and Bell had been accused of abusing Louis in the past. The cause of death and motive have not been released. Bell was already in San Francisco County Jail at the time of his arrest for probation violation. more ›

Apparently, raves are still going strong, as 20,000 people attended the "POP 2010: The Dream" party on Saturday night at Cow Palace. more ›

After facing international condemnation over the fourteen-year sentencing of homosexual couple, Tiwonge Chimbalanga (pictured, right) and Steven Monjeza (left back), for gross indecency and unnatural acts, Malawian president, Bingu wa Mutharika, has released the pair on "humanitarian grounds only". Mutharika emphasized that homosexuality is still illegal in Malawi. more ›

A small sailboat was involved in an accident near the Cliff House yesterday afternoon, in which there were at least two deaths, and a third person is reportedly missing. more ›

Here's another heart-breaking story of an infant found dead in a car, with especially unsettling circumstances. An Antioch couple, both of whom work two jobs, left their 7-month-old baby in the car overnight after returning home on Saturday at about 11:30 p.m., thinking the other had put her to bed. She was not discovered until the next day, when the mother saw that the baby wasn't in her crib. The father had driven to work [update -- he actually went to work out], unaware that the baby was still in the car. more ›