Tuesday Morning Topline: SF Sees Drop In Jail Population

The Oakland Fire Department rescued one person and three dogs from an RV fire in West Oakland Tuesday morning. The fire, which happened right next to the BART tracks and the West Oakland BART station, sent up a large plume of smoke that was visible for miles. [KTVU]
A California Supreme Court ruling in late April placing limits on bail amounts for non-violent offenders has apparently led to a precipitous drop in the SF jail population. The number of people in jail in San Francisco was 978 on September 5, the lowest count since August 2023 and far lower than pre-pandemic years, despite arrests being up. [Mission Local]
The Chronicle food team just updated their best croissant ranking, rerunning their blind tasting, and a couple of previous favorites slipped down the list. Arsicault, which critic Cesar Hernandez had crowned #1 in the Bay Area in 2024, came in at #12 out of 14 SF croissants tried; Parachute landed at #8, and the #1 spot went to three-year-old Juniper, a cafe from the owners of Saint Frank Coffee on Polk Street. [Chronicle]
A sea lion was showing signs of distress and later died at San Francisco's Crissy Field on Monday, and scientists from the Marine Mammal Center are blaming domoic acid poisoning from an ongoing toxic algae bloom. [NBC Bay Area]
Travelers boarding a 16-hour flight from SFO to Melbourne to see the 49ers play this week in their first-ever season opener Down Under, got a surprise sendoff from Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young on Monday. [NBC Bay Area]
Erik and Lyle Menendez have been granted an early parole suitability hearing in March 2027, after being denied parole last year. [ABC 7]
The first-ever tornado watch has been issued for Hawaii, with Hurricane Lowell still approaching the islands of Kauai and Niihau from the south as a Category 2 storm, expecting to come closest to the islands Monday night into Tuesday morning. [Chronicle]

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