- San Francisco Sheriff’s Deputy Louis Alessandria, 32, was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery Monday but wasn’t charged due to lack of sufficient evidence. The victim reported the incident to authorities at the Park Police Station in Golden Gate Park on Sunday, which is now being investigated internally. [Mission Local]
- Six Flags employee Douglas Irwin Shaw, 41, confessed to the murder of 29-year-old Renia Lewis of Berkeley, whose body was found in a Vallejo attic Tuesday. Lewis’s family said they’re unaware of any connection between Lewis and Shaw or the house where Lewis was found. [SFGate]
- Robert Baltrip Jr., the 38-year-old Hayward man who shot and killed his dad and himself and sent his mom to the hospital, had been involved in a dispute with his parents after they criticized his hygiene. [Bay Area News Group]
- Drew Scanlon, the SF guy who looks like actor Cary Elwes and who's the face behind the legendary “Blinking White Guy” meme, is using his unlikely fame to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. [SFGate]
- A human skull that was found 12 years ago in Redding has been identified by authorities as belonging to Velma Louise Silva Lee of Napa with the help of advanced DNA technology. [KGO]
- A local survey found that 44% of respondents have delayed or skipped medical procedures and nearly a third are delaying starting a family due to the high cost of living in the Bay Area. [Bay Area News Group]
- A luxury 6,951 square-foot townhouse in SF’s Telegraph Hill, which once hosted the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Truman Capote, is up for sale for $12.5 million. [Chronicle]
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