Day Around The Bay: New Oakland Police Chief Is Surprised To See So Many Homeless People: SFist

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Oakland's new police chief, Anne Kirkpatrick, who had previously served as police chief of Spokane, Washington reports she's "shocked" by the numbers of homeless people in downtown Oakland, where she now lives. [CBS5]
The Chamber of Commerce unveiled the results of its annual CityBeat survey today, and those show 90 percent of respondents were in favor of Homeless Navigation Centers generally, with 77 percent of them saying they would be okay with one in their neighborhood. 52 percent of respondents said tech companies had a positive impact on the local economy and 79 percent supported SF's sanctuary city status. [Business Insider]
The Warrior's Kevin Durant is out with an MCL sprain and a bone bruise, and he won't play for at least four weeks, missing the rest of the regular season. [NBA.com] [ABC7]
A former Fremont elementary school teacher facing 13 felony counts on allegations he molested two students nearly 20 years ago was called out for perhaps masturbating in court. A mistrial was not granted. [KRON4]
Twitter has more tools to fight abuse, the company announced, including ways to stymie those "eggs" who just signed up to post terrible things without even putting an avatar on their account. [Wired]
Day-long Muni delays Monday and Tuesday were caused by an errant driver who entered a Muni tunnel and damaged a Muni Metro switch. [SFMTA]
If you don't show up for your reservation at a restaurant, should that restaurant be able to blacklist you? [Inside Scoop]
Sierra snowpack is now at 185 percent of normal, nearing "levels last seen in 1983" according to the state’s chief snow surveyor. [AP]
Dave Eggers, who has veered into children's lit before with a book about the Golden Gate Bridge, will publish another children’s book on the Statue of Liberty. [Chron]
The GLBT center holds the lease on its 18th Street museum until 2020, but it has plans for a downtown museum, if possible, with more space. [Hoodline]
The Berkeley apartment where a couple and their two cats were found mysteriously dead, perhaps related to carbon monoxide poisoning from a laser cutter or 3D printer, has been red-tagged because the source of the carbon monoxide remains undetermined. [ABC7]
A jury awarded $4 million to the son of a 51-year-old San Francisco woman who, in 2014, was struck and killed by a Golden Gate Transit bus while out on a run, at the intersection of Lombard and Van Ness. [Chron]
An Oakland police officer says that top city and police officials retaliated against him when he suspected that rookie Officer [Brendan O’Brien killed his wife in 2014, and he's moving to sue. [CBS5]

New Supe Jeff Sheehy is proposing a ban on bicycle chop shops. [Ex]
Google bought the company behind BART Perks, Urban Engines, last fall, and now appears ready to terminate the partnership between Urban Engineers and BART. [Ex]
The latest on opposition to shops at Pier 29 from folks who are calling themselves "No Mall on the Waterfront," a throwback to the "No Wall on the Waterfront" slogan from the 8 Washington fight. [Chron]

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