• A mentally ill homeless woman was arrested for attacking a man outside the 7-11 on Sansome Street Thursday morning. The victim, Luke Charles Boe, posted about the incident to Facebook and of course turned it into a indictment of the mayor and the entire city. [CBS SF]
  • Firefighters in North Oakland were putting out a warehouse fire this morning that injured one person. The red-tagged warehouse at 40th and West Streets was supposed to be empty but fire crews found six people on site, all of whom escaped the flames which began around 2:30 a.m. [KTVU / ABC 7]
  • A 53-year-old man from Marina, CA died Tuesday after trying to rescue his daughter from floating out to sea at Carmel River State Beach. [CBS SF]
  • The SFPD arrested four people last week in connection with a series of car break-ins in SF. [CBS SF]
  • Sneaker waves and rip currents are rampant up and down the Northern California coast right now. [ABC 7]
  • A rare tornado struck the Ventura County coast on Christmas Day causing a small amount of damage. [KRON4]
  • Flamingos Vintage Pound, a Spanish chain, is being held up from opening in the former Rasputin Music space in the Haight because it has to go through formula-retail conditional-use approvals. [Chronicle]