Two arrests have been made in the "heroin" brownie case that's been rocking Union City's world this week. As a number of SFist commenters suspected when we first posted the story — being the wise and experienced stoners that they are — the brownies were not laced with anything but marijuana. The kids who were sickened and whose eyes rolled into the backs of their heads were in fact not unknowingly high on smack but were just REALLY high on some truly excellent pot butter. more ›

Some kids at James Logan High in Union City have been buying and eating what they thought were pot brownies, going to class, and then succumbing to some crazy mini-seizures and nod-offs and ending up in the hospital. School officials believe (though they haven't confirmed) that the brownies were laced with heroin, and everyone is appropriately up-in-arms. Apparently the going rate for the treats is $7 to $10, which is a fair amount higher than the market rate for similar (non-heroin-laced) baked goods in Dolores Park. Watch ABC 7's full coverage after the jump, and remember kids: You never know what the fuck is in there until you make Stevie the Stoner try it first. more ›

Prom season is in the air. And you know what that means, right? Tacky dresses, hymens smashed, newborns dumpstered, and fretting dads. Take, for example, a Union City father who fired off a few rounds after getting into an argument with his daughter on Monday, "two days after the James Logan High School dance when his daughter came home late." After freaking out over her being late, and presumably her dirty pillows, Rufus Pucket fired his gun while his wife was trying to protect the daughter. Pucket surrendered to the fuzz "after hiding in the garage when the girl called 911." more ›

What with prom season in the air, and at the risk of sounding crude, it's only natural for things like this to happen. See, a dead infant was found inside a dumpster in Union City, according to reports. A person looking through the dumpster for glass bottles, it seems, came across the nascent body near the Parkside Apartments at 1501 Decoto Rd. at around 8:40 p.m. last night. While the infant's race, gender and age are not yet know, anyone with information is urged to contact the Union City Police Department at 510-471-1365, or the anonymous tip line 510-675-5207. more ›

After the third rail near the South Hayward station lost power at around 10 a.m., affecting Hayward, South Hayward, Union City, and Fremont lines, service has been restored and Bart is running swimmingly. more ›

A power outage has affected the Hayward-Fremont Bart line. Hayward, South Hayward, Union City, and Fremont are all feeling the powerlessness, and Bart is "currently working on setting up a bus bridge." more ›

Never having to drive through this again? Sob. more ›

A friend of SFist emailed us and asked if we could put up some information about her friend's missing mother. Please call if you see the woman pictured above, or if you have any information that can help. more ›

There was a huge and spectacular fire at an abandoned warehouse on Treasure Island early Thursday morning. The SFFD let it burn because there was no risk that the fire would spread and it was too dangerous to send people in. They had to use the fire boat (which uses water from the bay) to put out the flames because there wasn't enough water pressure on Treasure Island itself for the hydrants to work. more ›

So what's the latest with Purple Gloves? Well, Gavin Newsom's stalker Han Shin is now behind bars, after being arrested last night by the Union City cops. Not for the Gavin shenanigans, mind you -- but because yesterday morning, Shin had driven over to a possible ex's house in San Ramon, and when his ex wasn't there, stormed into the house, stolen several items, and then tried three times to run over one of the ex's roommates. (Hey, all of a sudden we're now wondering on the current status of the last mentally ill East Bay man who tried to run people over.) more ›

-Alleged cop killer deemed "non-violent" before he turned violent. more ›

Bad news to report -- in two unrelated incidents, two people were found on the BART tracks this afternoon. One is dead, and the other uninjured (but in for a psych evaluation). more ›