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Day Around The Bay: Powerball Jackpot Means Some Extra Cash For SF Schools

Published Jan 12, 2016 · 10:00 AM PST / Updated Dec 29, 2018 · 9:11 PM PST


  • The latest in Saturday's shooting on BART at West Oakland: It is very hard to get surveillance video off of BART trains, if it even was recorded at all. [ABC 7]
  • The massive, and growing, Powerball jackpot will mean at least $16 in extra revenue per student in SF schools for this month alone. [Chron]
  • Stanley Roberts catches an auto break-in on video. [KRON 4]
  • The Times' food critic Pete Wells downgrades Thomas Keller’s Per Se to two stars, says pretty much everything declined, especially service, and it all feels sad, stuffy, and "ungenerous." [NYT]
  • Hall of Famer and onetime (NY) Giant Monte Irvin has died. He was 96. [Chron]
  • You think tech shuttles are annoying? Sunset residents are losing their minds about casino shuttles and the people who wait around to board them, all the while littering. [Hoodline]
  • Elon Musk insists Apple is making an electric car. [BBC]
  • Alleged Berkeley-based wine pyramid schemers The Premier Cru have filed for bankruptcy. [Business Times]
  • Mark Farrell — arguably SF’s most conservative Supervisor — introduced legislation today banning sugary and fatty foods from every vending machine on city property, including SFO. [Chron]
  • East Bay man survived after throwing himself off the Antioch bridge, a 135-foot plunge, during a police pursuit on Monday afternoon. [Chron]
  • Despite chalking up losses of almost a billion dollars last year, Uber is still saying they're going to be profitable this year, they swear, in major developed markets at least. [Business Times]
  • This is just ugh: Disabled Oakland 5-year-old stranded at home and cannot attend school after his wheelchair is stolen. [Chron]
  • Huge new rental project opens in Potrero after 10 years of delays. [Business Times]

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