- BART announced $1 billion in surprise federal funding to ease overcrowding today. The announcement came during a planned Twitter town hall. [ABC 7]
- The big SoMa mega-project known as 5M (at 5th and Mission) has partially broken ground. It includes a 640,000-square-foot office building and a 302-unit apartment building. [Socketsite]
- The suspect in Wednesday night's killing of rookie Sacramento police officer Tara O'Sullivan has been identified as 45-year-old Adel Sambrano Ramos. Ramos surrendered to police after an eight-hour standoff, early this morning. [ABC 7]
UPDATE- On Thursday, June 20, 2019, at 5:55 a.m., the Sacramento Police Department booked 45-year-old Adel Sambrano Ramos on charges relating to the murder of Sacramento Police Officer Tara O’Sullivan.
— Sacramento Police (@SacPolice) June 20, 2019
Original Press Release: https://t.co/fMBuTo0TGM #sacpd pic.twitter.com/eG8ro1gFRP
- Several East Bay communities are mourning the loss of O'Sullivan, who did brief stints in the Explorer programs at the Martinez and Pleasant Hill police departments. [ABC 7]
- Two SFPD officers have been cleared in an officer-involved shooting that took place at a Crocker-Amazon barbershop in March 2018. [ABC 7]
- The 43rd annual Frameline, the LGBTQ film festival, kicks off tonight with a screening of the film Vita & Virginia at the Castro Theatre.
- UCSF's new Bakar Precision Cancer Medicine Building is opening Monday on 16th Street between 3rd and 4th Street. [SF Business Times]
- A killer whale pod that's been identified as one from the Pacific Northwest has come down to hang out, and possibly mate, in Monterey Bay. [CBS SF]