Contra Costa Massive Anti-Human Trafficking Bust in East Bay Leads to Arrest of 13 People, Identification of 30 Survivors California has one of the largest concentrations of human trafficking survivors in the United States, and Contra Costa county is no exception.
California PG&E Wants to Raise Your Monthly Bill by 16% Starting This Fall, Separate From This Winter's Sticker Shock Customers have likely seen and will continue to see significant increases in their bills this winter, to the tune of about a 32% spike.
SF News Sunday Links: Annual San Francisco Lunar New Year Parade Saturday Weathered the Rain to Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit The 1.3-mile parade route stretched from Second and Market Streets through Union Square all the way to Chinatown, drawing thousands; San Jose police arrested a suspect in a fatal shooting; and Oakland firefighters put out a 2-alarm blaze in Jack London Square Saturday night.
SF News Three Men, One Teenager Arrested After Drug Bust Recovers Over 20 Pounds of Fentanyl in Oakland and SF The bust was the result of SFPD's joint investigation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency on drugs into the Tenderloin, DA Brooke Jenkins said.
SF News Saturday Links: Pest Control Company Finds 700-lb. Stash of Acorns in Walls of Sonoma County Home Nick's Extreme Pest Control removed 8 trash bags of acorns from the walls of a Glen Ellen house; a judge ruled the city of Oakland could clear out the Wood Street homeless encampment; and a dead body was found in a stage hole near downtown Oakland.
SF News Suspect Arrested in Connection with SF Synagogue Shooting, Police Say SFPD and the FBI investigated after a man allegedly fired several blank rounds at the Schneerson Jewish Center and also entered a nearby theater with a handgun this week.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Carlos Man Accused of Beheading His Child’s Mother in September Found Fit to Stand Trial The suspect in the beheading, Jose Rafael Solano Landaeta, underwent a court-ordered mental health evaluation this week; plans for a tiny home community in the Mission for unhoused residents have stalled (again); and you can meet SF Giants players at FanFest on Saturday in Oracle Park.
SF News California Man Jailed on Suspicion of Attempted Murder For Driving Tesla With Family Inside Off South Bay Cliff The rescue and survival of Patel, his wife, 7-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son, had originally been called a miracle, but California Highway Patrol investigators reportedly "developed probable cause to believe this incident was an intentional act."
Former North Bay Mayor Pleads Guilty to Several Counts of Child Sexual Abuse The former Sebastopol mayor, 45-year-old Robert Jacob, pleaded no contest to six counts of child sex crimes this month, the Press Democrat reported.Jacob, the founder of a medical marijuana dispensary in Sebastopol,
SF News Sunday Links: 49ers Rookie Brock Purdy’s Injuries Forces Him Out of Playoff Game, Fourth-String Josh Johnson Enters 49ers’ rookie third-string 23-year-old quarterback Brock Purdy suffered a right elbow injury on the team’s first drive; potential frost and freezing warnings could happen this week; and a Tesla spontaneously caught on fire just outside of Sacramento.
SF News Steph and Ayesha Curry Oppose New Multi-Family Housing Near Home in Exclusive South Bay Town Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry and his wife Ayesha are arguing against new affordable housing in Atherton, which has the most expensive ZIP code in America.
SF News Oakland Police Department Reportedly Facing Lawsuit for Alleged “Ghost Pursuit” that Resulted in Death of Bystander The family of Lolomanaia “Lolo” Soakai, who died in June of 2022 following an alleged Oakland police chase without lights, sirens, or prior authorization, have filed a civil rights suit against the department.
SF News Saturday Links: Bay Area Protests After Release of Video of Fatal Memphis Traffic Stop Resulting in Death of Tyre Nichols Five Memphis police officers were charged with murder and kidnapping on Thursday following the death of Tyre Nichols; a shooting near Beverly Hills killed three people Saturday morning; and a vigil in Half Moon Bay for victims of shootings there draws crowds of hundreds to mourn Friday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Deadly Half Moon Bay Shooting Was Second Gun Violence Incident at Same Farm in Past Year A manager at a mushroom farm where a gunman killed 4 people Monday had shot at another employee in August; the release of video of the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband spurs more right-wing conspiracy theories; and SF's population is still declining, but at a much lower rate.
SF News Back-to-Back Early Sunday Morning Collisions In the Mission Leave Two Injured, One Dead The suspect accused of crashing his vehicle into a pedestrian and another vehicle — fatally — on 16th Street is reportedly in custody and an investigation is ongoing.
SF News Sunday Links: Woman Dies After Tesla Crashes Into Residential Swimming Pool in Marin Police say the car careened through a fence and into the pool, though the reason for the crash is still unknown.
mass shooting [Update] Suspect Found Dead In Van Linked to Mass Shooting In Southern California's Monterey Park On Sunday afternoon, a man was found dead, likely of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in a white van that authorities believe may be connected to the Saturday night shooting.
orinda VIDEO: Landslide Threatens Orinda Neighborhood, Pulls One House Down Hillside After its residents were evacuated Wednesday, the home at 14 Cedar Lane slid to about 30 feet below its original position, staying mostly intact.
SF News Police Arrest San Francisco Man in Connection with Two Armed Bank Robberies in South San Francisco The suspect, 48-year-old Damion Stephen Shoemaker, was arrested in Daly City on suspicion of two counts of armed robbery at the same Chase Bank.
SF News Saturday Links: Oakland A's Hall of Famer and World Series Champion, "Captain Sal" Bando, dies at 78 Sal Bando remembered as Oakland A's captain who led the Oakland A's to three World Series wins in the 1970s; the search for missing SFSU student near Pacifica beach called off; and actor Jeremy Renner said he broke at least 30 bones in Nevada snowplow accident.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Swimmer Who Went Missing Off Pacifica Coast Thursday Identified as SFSU Student The 22-year-old, Hamzah Alsaudi, reportedly went for a Polar Plunge when he got swept away by a wave; a Hayward man connected to a vehicle theft ring is on the run and "armed and dangerous," police say; and Madonna added a second SF show to her world tour in October.
SF News California Reservoir Levels Steadily Rising After All These Storms, According to State Agencies While none of the major reservoirs are at capacity – most are still less than 50% full – many are at or beating their historical averages for this point in the year.
SF News Sunday Links: Dead Body Found In SF Bay Near Ferry Building Sunday Morning The SFFD says that an unidentified body was discovered near the Ferry Building; Highway 37 near Novato is closed until Monday due to flooding; and bottlenose dolphins might start calling the Bay home because of climate change.
SF News 70-Year-Old San Francisco Woman Dies After Tree Branch Falls on Her in Golden Gate Park The woman was jogging near Lindley Meadow in Golden Gate Park when she was struck by a large branch, and authorities pronounced her dead on the scene.
SF News Saturday Links: Three People Rescued From Car About to Fall Off Los Gatos Cliffside A CHP officer helped calm and extricate a trio from a car on a Los Gatos roadside cliff Friday; a Mountain View man who had been trying a stab a family member held police in a 5-hour long standoff; and the Bay Area had one winning Mega Millions lotto ticket.
