- SFPD arrested 36-year-old Kim Andrews for harassing children, and Andrews allegedly has quite a history of this kind of thing in Golden Gate Park and the Inner Sunset, with this being her second such arrest in a week. In Andrews’s previous arrest Friday, she allegedly shouted “You’re going to die” while holding a lighter up to a Lysol bottle and pointing it at a child. [Chronicle]
#BayBridge Heavy traffic on the upper deck of the #BayBridge due to a car fire just before Harrison St. blocking the 3 left lane... expect delays. #KCBSTraffic 📹: @critterfleming pic.twitter.com/j0NnTEpclB
— KCBS Radio - The Traffic Leader (@KCBSAMFMTraffic) July 25, 2024
- As seen above, a car fire on Bay Bridge blocked some westbound traffic lanes just after about 11:30 am Thursday morning. There were no injuries reported, but the traffic back-up resulted in a collision with a motorcycle and a vehicle. [KPIX]
- A passerby discovered a dead body in a Palo Alto parking lot early Thursday afternoon, and a couple blocks of Bryant and Florence streets were closed to traffic for the reminder of the afternoon. The preliminary assessment is that the dead person was a male in his 60s, and likely unhoused. [KRON4]
- Facebook/Meta’s Oversight Board says its policies on deep-fakes needs updating, after highly compromising but fake pictures of two famous women were allowed to remain on Facebook despite being flagged. [KPIX]
- A 145-unit affordable housing complex for seniors broke ground Thursday on Valencia Street near Cesar Chavez Street, and is expected to be completed by December 2025. [Mission Local]
- The Associated Press has retracted its story about Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance supposedly having sex with a couch. But really, who among us has not dry-humped a couch? [SFGate]
Top image: Photo by Mike Sica