San Quentin Prison San Quentin Prison Captain Accused of Sexual Assault of Unconscious Person The victim, whose identity has not been released, said that the assault occurred in San Quentin Village, CA area, close to the prison where the suspect, Orlando Ponce, 43, was employed.
SF News Saturday Links: Historic Seacliff State Beach Pier in Santa Cruz to be Demolished After Storm Damage Officials might begin demolition of the Seacliff State pier as early as next week; Bay Area favorites Drake's Brewing Co. and Bear Republic Brewing Co. are merging; and a Tesla driver died after the car struck a fire truck in Contra Costa early Saturday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: BART to pay $9 Million in Settlement for S.F. Man Who Lost a Leg After Getting Dragged by a Train The payout amount is apparently BART’s largest settlement to date; an ex-Contra Costa sheriff's deputy faces multiple felonies for an alleged scheme to steal guns; and police are looking for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman at a Half Moon Bay beach.
Arts & Entertainment Christopher Chen’s New Play 'The Headlands' Explores Mysteries and Memories of a Changing San Francisco This distinctly San Franciscan play, narrated by a native of the Sunset District who's now a Google engineer, evokes noir cinema and the nostalgic city of 30 and 40 years ago to unravel a family mystery.
Arts & Entertainment Mini Golf Venue Tipsy Putt (Featuring Secret Speakeasy) Expands to Emeryville, With Plans for Sunnyvale Tee off at the nine-hole miniature golf course and enjoy the patio areas, private party rooms, and "speakeasy" backroom called the Trophy Club (which needs a password, but don't worry, it's available online).
SF News SFPD Offering $100K Reward for Info About 2002 Cold Case Murder of San Francisco Woman, Thea Slater Police believe that Slater was targeted while she was remodeling carpets in a Bayview apartment, where she was found dead with multiple stab wounds, but the homicide remains unsolved.
Castro Valley 77-Year-Old Woman Intentionally Hit by Car in East Bay Church Parking Lot The female victim and unknown male suspect allegedly got into a verbal altercation before he deliberately drove into her, and she's now recovering from non-life threatening injuries.
SF News San Francisco Landlords Have Filed a Lawsuit Trying to Stop the City’s ‘Empty Homes Tax’ The vacancy tax was approved by 54.5% of voters last year to start in 2024 to direct money to adorable housing, but landlords and property owners are calling it "unconstitutional."
morning links Sunday Links: Super Bowl LVII Will Feature Bay Area Local in First All-Women National Anthem Flyover Navy Lieutenant Commander Calli Zimmerman, who grew up in San Jose, will be in this Super Bowl's flyover; SF wants to make parking meter hours much longer; and evictions have returned to pre-pandemic levels in four out of five Bay Area counties.
SF News Large Statue Stolen from San Jose Park Reportedly Located by Local Journalist in Lobby of Troubled Scrapyard After publishing a story about the statue’s history last week, Mercury News reporter Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler says he found it "hours" later inside the headquarters of a scrapyard that's had many police citations.
SF News Saturday Links: Lawsuit Alleges Scandal-Plagued Bayview Homeless Services Org Funds Went to CEO's “Lavish” Lifestyle The troubled organization United Council of Human Services faces a new lawsuit about the misuse of funds; Davis is California's most "college-y" town with the highest proportion of the population students; and a cybersecurity attack has hit Oakland's systems.
day around the bay Day Around the Bay: Authorities Link Leaking Gas Canisters That Closed BART Stops to Sunset District House Explosion The canister was being transported by police when it started hissing potentially hazardous gas on the freeway; the Half Moon Bay mass shooting suspect broke down in tears in court; and nearly 152,000 Californian schoolchildren are missing from the system after the pandemic.
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.
