SF News 'Scholar-Activist' Indicted By Grand Jury for Arsons at UC Berkeley; Arson Attempt at Oakland Federal Building Comes to Light Casey Goonan, the 34-year-old self-described "scholar-activist" who was arrested last month in connection with a series of small arson fires on the UC Berkeley campus that appeared to be Gaza-related acts of protest, has now been indicted by a federal grand jury.
SF News East Bay 'Scholar-Activist' Arrested for UC Berkeley Arson Incidents That Were Possibly Linked to Pro-Palestinian Protest A 34-year-old man was arrested Monday in connection with multiple arson incidents and the firebombing of a campus police vehicle at UC Berkeley, and these may have been acts of protest over the university's treatment of pro-Palestinian protesters.
SF News Another Carsonist? Four Cars Set Ablaze In San Francisco Sunday Morning We may have another carsonist on our hands, or else the same individual who set fire to two Teslas in SoMa in February is back at it.
SF News Could SF Have Another Toilet Torcher? Porta-Potty Fire on McCoppin Threatens Buildings Way back in 2009, a string of porta-potty arsons led SFist to nickname the perpetrator the Toilet Torcher. And any time a new incident of porta-potty torching arises, we still have to wonder, are they back?
SF News Fawn Fire Arson Suspect Deemed Mentally Unfit to Stand Trial Well that was quick! 30-year-old bioengineer-turned-yoga instructor Alexandra Souverneva, the sole suspect in September's Fawn Fire, has been deemed mentally incompetent to face trial by a judge in Shasta County.
SF News Is the Pandemic Making Wildfire Arson More Common? Some experts have already been saying that the COVID-19 pandemic may be causing arsons to spike, much as it has caused other types of serious crime to spike as well. And a couple of recent examples in Northern California feature suspects with tenuous mental health.
SF News Palo Alto Scientist Arrested In Fawn Fire May Be Serial Arsonist The circumstances around last week's arrest of a 30-year-old Palo Alto woman who was in the immediate area of the Fawn Fire as it began in Shasta County remain a bit mysterious, and there is likely more to the story that investigators haven't made public.
SF News Possibly Mentally Disturbed Bay Area Woman Arrested For Setting Fawn Fire In Shasta County; Fire Grows to 1,200 Acres A woman seen in the area of the explosive Fawn Fire in Shasta County on Wednesday who later sought help from firefighters has now been arrested on suspicion of being the arsonist behind it.
SF News Spree of 15 Arson Fires Puts Healdsburg On Edge A suspected arsonist had firefighters chasing down small blazes all around Healdsburg on Monday, putting residents and firefighters both on edge for hours amid continued dry conditions.
SF News Current Apartment Fire Alarms Found Inadequate By New Study An inter-agency group studying issues of fire safety met today for the final time in order to present their findings to the Board of Supervisors. The Emergency Interagency Fire Safety Task Force, consisting
SF News SFFD Removed Head Of Arson Task Force After His Repeated Complaints Regarding Shortstaffing The San Francisco Fire Department is feeling the heat today, as the former head of its arson task force claimed publicly that he was forced out of the position after repeatedly voicing concerns
