- The FBI unsealed their criminal complaint against accused UC Berkeley arsonist Casey Goonan, who’s accused of torching a UC Berkeley Police car on June 1. Surveillance video places Goonan on the scene of the crime at 5 am on the morning of the incident, according to the FBI, and more damningly, they found a social media post allegedly posted by Goonan with photos of the burnt vehicle and the words “Death to amerikkka Glory to the martyrs.” [Berkeley Scanner]
We're busy getting ready for the 2024 edition of #GraceWindow
— ILLUMINATE.org (@IlluminatedArts) July 11, 2024
While we all wait for sunset, here's a little #TBT from last years spectacle to remind of us the magic that's to come. pic.twitter.com/9uzsoB3NKF
- The above laser display returns to Grace Cathedral Thursday night, and will keep on shining Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights from sundown until dawn the next morning. The show comes courtesy of Illuminate, the folks behind the soon-to-return Bay Lights on the Bay Bridge. [Illuminate]
- The Chronicle has a deep dive into why the SF neighborhood Dogpatch has its nickname, and it appears the old tale about stray dogs and slaughterhouses may not be accurate. The name is more likely to be an originally derogatory name taken from the Al Capp comic strip “Lil Abner,” and apparently police called the then-blighted neighborhood “Dogpatch” in the early 1970s, but the neighborhood started reappropriating the name positively when the Dogpatch Cafe opened in 1998. [Chronicle]
- Some burglar swiped thousands of gallons of diesel fuel from a Valero gas station in Fremont. [NBC Bay Area]
- The Castro District LGBTQ social club The Academy is celebrating its “copper” (seventh) anniversary Thursday night with a party. [The Academy]
- Ugh, Joe Biden had a couple more verbal flubs Thursday at the NATO Summit, referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as “President Putin,” and Vice President Kamala Harris as “Vice President Trump.” [NY Times]
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