Kids missed a few days of instruction in last month's SFUSD teachers’ strike, but they’re going to make it up, because the school district submitted plans to extend the school year to June 10 instead of June 3.

The SF Unified School District [SFUSD] schoolkids weren’t particularly mad when last month’s SFUSD teachers’ strike ended after four days. Because the kids still got three more days off afterward. But they're still going to have to make up those days, and make them up they will.

Mission Local reports that the district and the teachers’ union are submitting a plan to add five more days to the current school year to offset the strike.The last day of school would no longer be on June 3, it would now be on June 10.

Mission Local also adds that “high school finals week and graduation would be unaffected.” It’s not clear how that would work. But maybe they’re just going to say heck with it, and let the seniors enjoy their senior-itis.

But the five days added on are crucial for paraprofessionals (teachers’ assistants) and technical staff. Those staff are paid by the hour, so they did not get paid during the strike, whereas the salaried teachers did. This allows the technical staffers to regain that week of lost pay.

The proposal has not yet been adopted, and the SFUSD school board will consider the proposal on March 24.

Related: Striking SF Teachers Rally In Dolores Park as Tensions Mount Over Deal [SFist]

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• A 33-year-old woman was fatally shot and four others wounded early Saturday morning, including one critically, inside EZ’s Lounge in Oakland near City Hall. The shooting occurred during an argument at the bar, which had dozens of patrons at the time, and police don’t believe the victims were intended targets. [Bay Area News Group]
• The weather will be warm and sunny for SF’s Chinese New Year parade Saturday, which includes a 289-foot dragon performance, over a dozen floats, a drone show, and some surprises. Olympic skier and gold medalist Eileen Gu, who was born and raised in SF and received death threats for representing China at the 2022 and 2026 Olympics, is grand marshal. [NBC Bay Area]

• A bicyclist was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after she was struck by a driver in SF’s Inner Sunset Friday afternoon on Irving Street between 7th and 8th avenues. [KRON4]
• The current academic year for SF schools will likely be extended by five days due to the four-day teachers’ strike in February, which will be discussed at the March 24 school board meeting. [Mission Local]
• Teachers in the East Bay city of Dublin are set to go on strike Monday if their demands for a 3.5% pay increase and smaller class sizes aren’t met, and the district says it plans to stay open during the potential strike. [KGO]
• Only one in 10 US residents are in favor of daylight saving time, which begins at 2 am Sunday, and half oppose it altogether. [Associated Press]

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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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There is plenty of finger-pointing going on with the SF teachers' strike, but what seems clear is that the union may be sensing their upper hand at this point, and a resolution before Thursday seems unlikely.

San Francisco teachers are on strike for a third day today, and the union was organizing a big photo op with a human banner at Ocean Beach saying "STRIKE FOR OUR STUDENTS" — which apparently happened despite the rain. A 5 pm rally  is also planned outside the War Memorial Building on Van Ness, where negotiations have been ongoing.

But negotiations were stopped short Tuesday night, representatives for the SF Unified School District say, because union negotiators abruptly left the bargaining table before the district could present its latest offer. The Chronicle reports that the district says it was giving updates every 30 minutes to the union reps, but when they returned to the table late Tuesday night, they were told the union negotiators had all gone home.

Union leaders reportedly dismissed the negotiators at 10 pm, telling the district they would return at 11 am.

SFUSD Superintendent Maria Su was pointing the finger at the union for not waiting longer Tuesday night to receive what she says is a "strong" offer.

"We have been ready to negotiate this entire time," Su said in a statement to the Chronicle. "We are prepared and committed to getting this agreement done today. We all must act with urgency to get this done. We have a strong offer. Our proposal is more than about making SFUSD an attractive place to work. It’s about ensuring educators can afford to live and raise their families in this city."

The union did not comment on Tuesday's negotiations.

The district maintains that they have remain fiscally responsible in whatever offer they put on the table — and the threat of state intervention looms, including a state veto of any tentative agreement, if it seems financially untenable.

Parents of SF schoolkids are staring down a possible fourth day of childcare arrangements on Thursday if no agreement is reached Wednesday.

One parent, Meredith Osborn, expressed frustration to the Chronicle saying she supports the teachers but, "I really wish there was more focus on getting movement in the negotiations than crafting the perfect photo op for the press."

The union issued an update Tuesday saying, "Our city and members are united, and we know SFUSD has the money to prioritize a fair contract. The district continues to show a lack of urgency to reach an agreement that centers on our students and their needs."

The mayor, meanwhile, says he just wants this thing to end. In a statement to the Chronicle, Mayor Daniel Lurie says, "We’ve been supporting both parties over the last few days. I don’t want to get into the blame game. That’s not my role."

We'll update you if it is confirmed that the strike will go on into a fourth day.

Previously: SF Teachers’ Strike to Bring Human Banner to Ocean Beach Wednesday

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Frustrated parents of SF schoolkids are speaking out in the media, and union reps are keeping up a brave face as a potential third day of the San Francisco teachers' strike looms.

School district officials and union negotiators may be getting closer to a deal, but nothing has yet been announced after a bargaining session went until around 11 pm Monday night. San Francisco teachers were set to rally in Dolores Park at noon and then march to Civic Center at 1:30 pm (possibly in the rain), as negotiations continue.

The two sides are still two percentage points apart on the issue of a pay raise for teachers spread over two years, as the Chronicle reports. The union has come down from 9% to 8% over two years, while the district's last proposal was for 6% over two years. Coming out of Monday, teachers' aides will get a 10% raise over two years, with the district reportedly agreeing to this, and aides will get an extra hour added to their workdays.

The union continues to press for fully funded family healthcare plans for teachers, which they say is necessary to keep good teachers from fleeing to better-paying districts nearby.

The district's last proposal reportedly offered a $24,000 flexible spending account to cover health costs for teachers and one dependent each.

Another issue has been paid sabbatical leaves for teachers which are offered after seven years, which are not common in other districts, as well as paid AP prep periods. The district says it pays $13.4 million per year to cover the cost of 50 full-year leaves and 12 half-year leaves, in addition to the cost of special prep periods for teachers of AP classes.

The district, which has been facing signficant budget deficits for several years amid declining enrollment, insists that it can not afford all of these demands, especially as there was talk of school closures just over a year ago, which have since been tabled.

Meanwhile, as the Chronicle notes, state advisors still have the power to veto any tentative agreement between the two sides, particularly if it is fiscally untenable.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, who is running for governor, issued a statement on social media saying he was willing to step in to mediate.

"I have been in communication with the two sides and have offered to join the conversation in hopes of helping to facilitate an agreement and end to the strike,” Thurmond wrote. "... It’s more urgent than ever that they double down on their effort in order to reach an agreement so that students and educators can return to the classroom as quickly as possible."

San Francisco schools were closed Tuesday, and the district may announce a third day of closures Wednesday by the middle of this afternoon, as they did on Monday, so that parents can prepare.

Frustrated parents have been speaking out to the local news media as the strike drags on.

Rachel Gunabe, a special needs teacher in the district and the parent of an eight-year-old girl with autism, tells KPIX, "These people who work, they can clock in and out, but I still have my child 24 hours a day."

Gunabe adds that parents of special-needs kids have extra difficulties in times of disruption like this.

"They can't go out into public and raise their voice because they're so afraid that their child might run away into the street," Gunabe tells KPIX, adding that for autistic kids like her daughter, "The routine is so disrupted and they come back and they're so dysregulated."

Previously: San Francisco Schools Will Remain Closed Tuesday as Strike Negotiations Continue

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After a rally in Civic Center, and as negotiations continued between reps for the SF Unified School District and the United Educators of San Francisco, the district announced that schools would remain closed a second day on Tuesday.

It appears to be a precaution, and perhaps a bargaining tactic, as pressure mounts from parents and the city for schools to reopen amid this, the first SF teachers' strike in nearly 50 years. But the district made the announcement Monday just after 2:30 pm that, regardless of whether the impasse is resolved today, classes will still be canceled Tuesday, February 10.

As the Chronicle reports, the cancellation announcement came just as there was some kind of misunderstanding at both ends of the negotiations Monday.

The bargaining process has been ongoing inside the War Memorial Building, and just before 2:30 pm, SFUSD officials told the Chronicle that they were at that time waiting for union reps to respond to their latest proposal, which has been on the table since Saturday.

But, awkwardly, as they said this, a union representative, Nathalie Hrizi, who serves as vice president for substitute teachers, was speaking at a rally in front of City Hall, claiming that the union reps were still waiting for district reps to show up at the War Memorial building this afternoon.

Reportedly, union negotiators called off talks Saturday night, two hours after the district had submitted their latest proposal, and they refused to return to the bargaining table on Sunday, per the Chronicle.

The latest proposal submitted by the district offers a 6% raise over two years, as well as a $24,000 annual health benefit allowance for each teacher and one dependent.

The union has been seeking a 9% wage hike over two years.

At a news conference Monday, Superintendant Maria Su said, "Our students, our families, our teachers cannot afford for this to continue. Every minute counts."

It remains possible that the two sides can come to an agreement Monday night, but this will be at least a two-day strike, with parents having to rearrange schedules and keep kids home at least one more day this week, if not longer.

San Francisco Unified School District officials announced Sunday evening that teachers will go on strike Monday after their demands weren't met and city leaders unsuccessfully pleaded for a 72-hour pause, with negotiations starting back up at noon on Monday.

As the Chronicle reports, no agreement was made between the United Educators of San Francisco and the San Francisco Unified School District over the weekend, aside from a tentative concession protecting undocumented students. As Mission Local reports, the agreement wasn’t enough to call off the strike for Monday, as the union’s demands for pay increases, full health care, and improved special education services still weren't met.

“We have made it very clear that our demands are for fully-funded family healthcare, for educators improvements to special education, and salary increases that do not come at the cost of concessions or takeaways,” said Cassondra Curiel, president of the United Educators of San Francisco, per Mission Local.

As 48 Hills reports, the union’s demands amount to a budget of around $35 million — about half of what the city budgeted for the San Francisco Police Department this year, in spite of the city’s plummeting crime rate. Additionally, teachers earn an average starting salary of $79,000 per year, compared to $119,000 a year for a beginning SFPD officer. Police officers also get full health-care coverage while teachers pay about five percent of their income for health insurance.

Per Mission Local, negotiations between the two parties went on for nearly 12 hours Saturday, with the union making an offer at 2 pm, then receiving a counter-offer around 8 pm. Per Mission Local, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie released a statement at 1 pm Sunday requesting that the teachers' union postpone the strike during negotiations so school could remain in session. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi reinforced Lurie’s statement.

As Mission Local reported Friday, the principals' and administrators' unions, as well as custodians and other school employees, will also be taking part in the strike Monday, keeping schools entirely closed.

“A single administrator alone in a school building does not constitute a functioning or safe school environment. Under these conditions, keeping schools open puts students at risk,” wrote United Administrators of San Francisco president Anna Klafter.

Per Mission Local, teachers and principals received a confusing email from the district over the weekend, assigning staff to various district sites Monday, which many viewed as an attempt to undermine the strike.

“Staff were given work assignments to ensure that anyone who reports to work during a strike has a designated location and can support with district operations,” the message said. Per Mission Local, workers can’t be mandated to report to work, but the school district must provide work to any employees who decline to strike.

Per Mission Local, none of the staff had plans to cross the picket line, and they considered the move an insult. “It is absolutely embarrassing,” said one school principal, per Mission Local. “I am embarrassed on their behalf.”

SFGate has a comprehensive list of resources for families during the strike. The school district will be offering free breakfast and lunch for students, childcare for younger children, and independent study packets. The San Francisco Department of Children, Youth and Their Families will also be providing meals to students during the strike, and local churches are working with Superintendent Maria Su to provide academic and recreational support, per SFGate.

Image: United Educators of San Francisco/Facebook

Previously: SF Teachers Union Announces Strike for Monday, But 11th-Hour Bargaining Continues

• As labor negotiations continue, the San Francisco Unified School District sent out a notice to families Friday afternoon that all school sites will be closed Monday and independent study learning packets will be sent out. [KGO]

• A “free speech zone” for protesters will be installed outside Levi’s Stadium on Super Bowl Sunday, and a “clean zone” prohibiting unauthorized merch and food and beverage sales has already been set up around the perimeter of the stadium. [Bay Area News Group]
• There will be four people at Sunday’s game who have been to all 59 Super Bowls, including three who are part of a group called the “Never Missed a Super Bowl Club,” and a professional photographer who’s shot all 59 games, starting when he was 16 years old with his father who was also a photographer. [NBC Sports]

National:

• Kid Rock is set to headline Turning Point USA’s anti-Super Bowl Sunday halftime show, which is actually a real thing, and he's also receiving backlash over an old song in which he talks about liking underage girls. [Esquire]
• California Governor Gavin Newsom told Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, “Go f- yourself," in response to Murrill’s plan to sue California and New York over their refusal to surrender abortion providers for prosecution in Louisiana. [Chronicle]
• A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to pay for the return of three families who were unlawfully deported to Honduras, which violated the terms of a 2018 legal settlement involving families separated at the border. [Associated Press]

Video:

The Bay Area is chock-full of talented young dancers, as seen in the below video of local tweens and teens showing off their moves to Vallejo-born rapper LaRussell’s new Lil Jon-produced track, “I'm From The Bay.” As SFist reported last week, LaRussell is set to perform at the NFL’s official Super Bowl tailgate party Sunday.

Following two strike votes and the release of a fact-finding report, the San Francisco teachers' union says it will begin its first labor strike in almost 50 years on Monday.

It is getting down to the wire and looking more likely that a historic teachers' strike could begin Monday, following a yearlong impasse between the SF Unified School District and the teachers' union over wage increases, benefits, and more. As the district struggles with a significant budget deficit, union reps insist that the distrct has reserve funds they should be tapping in order to meet teachers' needs.

"Since the strike vote, SFUSD management has begun exploring creative solutions, but so far, no proposals have been made," the union said in an email to members Thursday morning, announcing the strike date of February 9, per Mission Local.

The email reportedly added, "While we appreciate the late stage urgency, we are left with no other option but to [strike]."

If the strike happens, it will be the first time SF teachers have taken such a labor action since 1979, with all contract impasses since then getting resolved. That strike, 47 years ago, lasted for six weeks.

The district and the teachers' union have a bargaining session planned for 5 pm Thursday, and another planned for Friday, and a strike could still be staved off. But several sticking points remain. As the Chronicle reports, one of those sticking points is a hike in the cost teachers pay for family healthcare plans, which would go up to $1,500 per month from $1,200 per month. The district has reportedly offered to cover these premiums for three years, but at that point the deal would expire, and the union wants a greater commitment.

The decision to strike, authorized by two votes of the union membership in December and January, came after a legally mandated fact-finding process that ended with the release of a report on Wednesday. That third-party report turned out to be neutral, and offered suggestions for resolving some of the biggest sticking points between the two parties.

"The report does not go far enough — and the recommendations here alone will not solve the stability crisis in our district," said union President Cassondra Curiel in a Wednesday statement. "Now is the time for the district to come to the table with real solutions and show the community that they are fully committed to funding the classrooms and schools our students and communities deserve."

Mayor Daniel Lurie posted the video message below on Wednesday, saying, "It is crucial that our schools remain open."

Lurie added that he would "continue pushing for solutions" to avoid the strike, and said, "Our working parents can’t afford to stay home if schools are closed. Our special needs students can’t afford to lose access to vital services that help them succeed."

While SFUSD Superintendant Maria Su has said that substitute teachers would be brought in to keep schools open, it seems implausible that the district could find over 6,000 subs to replace the teachers and para-educators who'll be on picket lines. And, as Mission Local notes, unionized janitorial staff is unlikely to cross those picket lines to even open the doors of the city's schools.

Stay tuned for updates.

Previously: San Francisco Teachers Could, Maybe, Go On Strike Next Week

• Over 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants went on strike early Saturday, prompting the Canadian government to force the airline into arbitration. The shutdown of the airline, which operates about 700 flights a day, has left over 100,000 travelers stranded worldwide. [Associated Press]

• Mayor Lurie claimed his office secured $3.4 million in immigrant legal defense funding, which was actually awarded to the public defender’s office. Additionally, he neglected to renew $878,000 in grant funding that London Breed was awarded last year. [Mission Local]
• The Golden State Valkyries won their fourth game in a row Friday, scoring 90-59 against the Chicago Sky. [Bay Area News Group]
• The second bird in a month has been found to be infected with the West Nile virus — a crow from Walnut Creek tested positive on Friday. [KRON4]

• There have been 117 tiny earthquakes since Thursday’s 4.0-magnitude quake near the Geysers geothermal field in Mendicino, northeast of Healdsburg. [SFGate]

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• SF’s first traffic report since the Upper Great Highway became Sunset Dunes Park shows congestion has shifted rather than spiked. Chain of Lakes Drive now sees 21% more cars, while traffic dropped along other routes. [Chronicle]
• After weeks of backlash and lawsuits, the Trump administration will release over $6 billion in previously frozen education grants — vital funds that support English learners, adult literacy, and after-school programs following pressure from GOP lawmakers and school leaders across the country. [Associated Press]
• San Jose and PG&E have reached a landmark deal to fast-track power for 10 data center and industrial projects, ending the city’s push for its own utility and aiming to spur growth while addressing environmental and transparency concerns. [KQED]
• A man suffered life-threatening injuries in a Saturday afternoon stabbing near Ocean Avenue and Lee Street in SF's Ingleside District; police arrested a suspect nearby and are investigating what led to the attack. [KGO]
• Sears’ Concord store will soon be the last one open in California, following the closure of the Burbank location — and one of just six remaining in the entire U.S. [KGO]

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• Oakland Unified has hired Nelson Alegria as its first executive director of safety, five years after the district disbanded its school police. Alegria, a veteran in school emergency planning, says he’s focused on restorative justice and trauma-informed safety strategies. [Oaklandside]
• Tickets go on sale July 30 for “Golden Girls Live,” the long-running drag parody returning to the Curran this December with two holiday-themed episodes. Now in its 20th year, the show is directed by D’Arcy Drollinger and stars Coco Peru, Matthew Martin, and Holotta Tymes. [Broadway World]
• Around 20,000 Safeway workers could walk off the job at more than 200 Northern California stores Saturday if a deal over pay and benefits isn’t secured by Friday night. [KQED]
• New Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is cutting 25,000 jobs and ending remote work to reduce costs and overhaul the Santa Clara-based chipmaker. [Chronicle]
• The World War II-era U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle, known as "America’s Tall Ship," is docked at San Francisco’s Pier 17 this weekend offering free public tours July 25–27, serving as a training vessel and goodwill ambassador for the Coast Guard. [Local News Matters]

• The SF Marathon returns Sunday, July 27, with the main race starting at 5:15 a.m.; expect widespread street closures throughout the city all weekend. [KRON4]

National:

• A federal judge in San Diego has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate social and legal services for families separated at the border, ruling it violated a court settlement intended to address the lasting harm of its first-term family separation policy. The judge rejected the administration’s claims that cost concerns and DEI policies justified ending the contracts and gave it until August 25 to comply. [Bay Area News Group]
• Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Burbank to Las Vegas reported the plane made a sudden, aggressive dive on Friday afternoon to avoid a midair collision shortly after takeoff, with comedian Jimmy Dore saying passengers “flew out of their seats” and some hit their heads. Two flight attendants were treated for injuries, and the FAA is investigating the incident. [KRON4]

• Tea, the app where women anonymously review men they date, confirmed a major data breach Friday that exposed 72,000 user images — including thousands of selfies with photo IDs. The leak, first flagged by 4chan users and reported by 404 Media, affected users who joined before February 2024. [Associated Press]

Video of the Day:

• The Downtown SF Partnership unveiled the Instagram-worthy Downtown Gateway at Robert Frost Plaza at California and Market, featuring a 16-foot-wide ‘Heart SF’ sign and a redesigned plaza with seating, greenery, and historical displays celebrating San Francisco’s cable cars.

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Safeway workers all over Central and Northern California could go on strike as soon as Saturday morning, and every Safeway north of Bakersfield could potentially have a picket line if a deal is not reached with parent company Albertsons.

Several Bay Area cities are just coming out of a garbage collector strike, but another labor strike could be looming that also affects a disproportionate number of Northern and Central California residents. KRON4 reports that unionized Safeway employees could go on strike as soon as 12:01 am Saturday morning (July 26), as 25,000 union Safeway workers might be forming picket lines come Saturday morning if they don’t get a new wage and benefit deal.

KRON4 notes the above demonstration outside the Burlingame Safeway Wednesday afternoon. The tweet we see is from United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 5, which represents many of the workers, as does UFCW Local 8 and Local 648.

And yes, the scene above could play out at your local Safeway as soon as Saturday.

UFCW Union Local 5 representative Jim Araby told KGO that every Safeway in Northern California could see strikes from its unionized workers. "As far south as Bakersfield, up to the Oregon border, and everything in between,” Araby told KGO. “Those workers have been working without a contract for the last few months. It will be significant enough to impact Safeway to move them at the table."

And KGO also confirms the above claim that Safeway (and parent company Alberstons) are offering replacement worker positions paying $27 an hour in anticipation of a possible strike.

Safeway has sent this same statement to multiple media organizations. “We remain committed to productive, good-faith negotiations with the UFCW locals in Northern California,” the statement says. “We have scheduled bargaining sessions this week and continue to work with a federal mediator. While we are disappointed that the Unions have indicated the possibility of a strike at some of our stores, we fully respect our associates’ right to engage in collective bargaining.”

KPIX adds a federal mediator is indeed at the bargaining table with both sides. Those negotiations are still in progress as of press time for this post Thursday afternoon, with hopes of brokering a deal before Saturday.

Related: Garbage Piling Up In Bay Area Cities as Trash Collector Strike Enters Second Week [SFist]

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• Three asylum-seekers were arrested by ICE at San Francisco immigration court Friday, moments after hearings in which DHS attorneys moved to dismiss their asylum petitions. In at least two cases, judges declined the motion and gave the individuals time to respond in writing, which should have protected them from removal, but ICE agents arrested them anyway in the hallway. [Mission Local]
• A Sonoma County public defender was hospitalized after being beaten and robbed outside the courthouse Thursday by a former client, 44-year-old Leon Simms, who also allegedly made violent threats before fleeing. Simms was arrested Friday after a traffic stop, and police say a search of his home recovered the stolen property; he faces charges including robbery, attempted kidnapping, and battery causing serious injury. [KRON4]
• SF Sheriff Paul Miyamoto refused the DOJ's request to hand over a list of noncitizen inmates, citing the city’s sanctuary laws and saying his office “will not foster fear in immigrant communities.” [NBC Bay Area]
• San Francisco Immigration Judge Ila Deiss and Concord Immigration Judge Kyra Lilien were among the 18 judges fired by the Trump administration over the past week. [NBC Bay Area]
• In response to ICE raids, LA therapists have formed discreet “whisper networks” — password-protected referral systems helping immigrant clients access mental health care while minimizing risk. [LA Public Press]

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• Over 300 teens gathered at the Streets of Brentwood mall Friday afternoon in an event organized on social media, leading to chaos with fights and property damage. Five juveniles were arrested and cited, businesses closed early for safety, and multiple law enforcement agencies responded to disperse the crowd. [Bay Area News Group]
• A woman who died after she was found with a gunshot wound in Vallejo on July 5 may have been the victim of a road rage incident. Police are asking for witnesses or surveillance from eastbound I-80 near Tennessee Street and Redwood Parkway between 1:25 and 1:35 a.m. [KPIX]
• Bay Area cities including Fremont, Newark, and Union City have set up temporary trash drop-off sites as the Teamsters strike against Republic Services continues to disrupt regular garbage pickup. With no clear end in sight, the company is bringing in out-of-town workers — “scabs” — to resume limited collection. [Bay Area News Group]
• A paraglider lost control and crash-landed at Mussel Rock Park in Daly City on Saturday, prompting a rope rescue and hospitalization, officials said. [KGO]

• A 25-year-old Sunnyvale man was arrested for allegedly making sexually suggestive gestures toward young children at Eagle Park in Mountain View. [KRON4]
• A man was killed and a woman seriously injured when a speeding car went airborne and rolled off Highway 12 near American Canyon Friday night; CHP says alcohol may have been a factor. [KRON4]
• Around 500 fans turned up to Westfield Valley Fair in Santa Clara Saturday for the big Hello Kitty Cafe opening, extending from one end of the mall to the other — with more events happening on Sunday. [San Jose Spotlight]

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