--In Oakland, five people have been killed in the last 48 hours (from noon on Wednesday to early this morning). The one this morning is murder number 64 in Oakland.

--In SF, they're investigating the death of Joe Konopka, a neighborhood anti-crime activist from the Upper Haight. No one's giving out many details but it looks S&M-related. Konopka started the group Residents Against Druggies, which confronted dealers on the streets, and he had run for Supervisor twice, the last time in 2000 (where he got 700 votes).

--And a man was critically injured in a shooting in Hunters Point last night.