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19 May 2016 / SF News / Eve Batey

Thursday Lunchtime Links: SF Jail's Pricey Ankle Bracelets

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  • A BART train struck a person this morning. [Bay City News]
  • The high-speed rail project from SF-LA hits another snag, as the Central Valley track will be delayed by four more years. [SF Chronicle]
  • The Oakland Police Department sex scandal continues, and now two cops have quit the force. [KRON 4] [Bay City News]
  • A bizarre carjacking and robbery in Berkeley Wednesday involved a bathroom break for one of the alleged robbers. [CBS 5]
  • After an 18-month legal battle over its ownership, a long-lost manuscript by Beat legend Neal Cassady later credited by Jack Kerouac for inspiring the writing style in On the Road will be auctioned in June. [SF Chronicle]
  • Neo-Nazi poster discovered near UC Berkeley. [IndyBay]
  • Supe Malia Cohen introduces a proposition intended to require the Office of Citizen Complaints to investigate all officer-involved shootings in which someone is injured or killed. [Bay City News]
  • Theranos Inc. said it has corrected tens of thousands of blood tests for the past two years, informing doctors and patients of errors. [SF Business Times] [Wall Street Journal]
  • 31 percent of respondents to a poll say SFPD Chief Greg Suhr should resign, but those numbers get higher when white folks are removed from the mix. [CBS 5]
  • Speaking of polls, one taken in Silicon Valley has Hillary Clinton beating Donald Trump 64 percent to 20 percent. [Silicon Valley Leadership Group]
  • A LinkedIn hack from 2012 has repercussions today, as a hacker is now selling info from the leak. [Vice] [TechCrunch]
  • Supe London and SFPD's union are definitely not pals. [SF Weekly]
  • The [New York Times] visits the Farallon Islands.
  • Ankle bracelets for people suspected of SF crimes are not cheap! [SF Weekly]
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