SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Stockton Serial Killer Used Ghost Gun A school bus in San Jose struck and killed a man on an electric scooter, SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins walked out of a debate last night amid a protest, and Stockton serial killer Wesley Brownlee allegedly used a ghost gun in his killings.
SF News Man Fatally Shot on Market Street Near Powell A man was fatally shot Monday night near Powell Street Station and Union Square, in a rare incident for the popular area.
SF News Depressingly, There Are Enough Vacant Housing Units In SF to House the Homeless Population Eight Times Over Did you know that there are actually tens of thousands of housing units, rentals included, that are sitting empty on any given day for one of a variety of reasons, and that putting even a fraction of these into service as supportive housing could solve the homeless problem overnight?
SF News With Monkeypox All But Disappeared Locally, SF Will End the Public Health Emergency Next Week MPX (monkeypox) cases are still being recorded in the city of San Francisco, but the rate is down to less than one per day — and the Department of Public Health seems pleased.
Business & Tech Prince Harry and Kevin Hart Were Both In SF Wednesday Talking About Their Business Ventures This has been a big week for tech conferences and celebrity sightings in San Francisco, and Wednesday brought both comedian-turned-venture-capitalist Kevin Hart and royal-turned-entrepreneur Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.
SF News Those Fireworks Over the Bay Wednesday Night Were For a Movie Shoot Some people in SF and the East Bay heard the booming of fireworks, and some had the pleasure of watching an impromptu show over Treasure Island Wednesday night. But what holiday was this for?
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: London Breed Apologizes to Hondurans UC Berkeley has hired private security to patrol around dorms following a shooting, California may be losing its share of IPOs and startups, and Mayor London Breed gave an apology for comments she made about Hondurans.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Servers Dressed as Power Rangers Help Save Woman From Attack Servers at Noka Ramen in Jack London Square happened to be dressed as Power Rangers when they intervened in an attack last week, Noe Valley's public-restroom party was canceled, and SF is surprisingly not the city with the most dogs, or even close?
Business & Tech Serena Williams at TechCrunch Disrupt Says She Doesn't Ask Husband Alexis for Business Advice Serena Williams was at TechCrunch Disrupt at the Moscone Center on Wednesday, discussing her future as a San Francisco-based venture capitalist, and what she looks for in founders.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bi-Rite to Open Third Location On Polk Street, Taking Over Real Food Co. In Russian Hill Beloved bougie grocer Bi-Rite is in expansion mode once more, and the next neighborhood that will be getting the honor of a new store is Russian Hill.
SF News Another Hayes Valley Retailer Is Closing Up Shop Over Rampant Thefts Another retail store owner has closed their doors in San Francisco and gone public with their complaints about "rampant organized theft," with generalized complaints about the city having descended into "chaos."
SF News Brief Fall Heatwave to Bring Temps In the 80s to SF Today, Wednesday, is going to be even warmer than Tuesday, and records may be broken across the Bay in high-pressure-system heatwave.
SF News Unidentified Woman Killed on Antioch Trail After Being Set on Fire Police in Antioch are seeking the public's help to identify a woman who was found dead on a walking trail early Monday after apparently being set on fire by another individual or multiple individuals.
SF News Humpday Headlines: New Public Toilet In Noe Valley to Cost $1.7 Million There was a power outage Tuesday night in the Western Addition, the accused double-murdering Alameda Co. deputy is being arraigned today, and a new public toilet in Noe Valley is coming with a $1.7 million price tag.
SF News Bullet From 'Big Gun' In Sunday Night Shooting Crashes Through Home of Former Mayor's Family Well, this is crazy! The son and daughter-in-law of former SF Mayor Frank Jordan heard the sound of glass shattering in their bedroom Sunday night as they were putting their kids to bed. And it was apparently a stray bullet that had traveled a half-mile from a shooting near Jefferson Square Park.
SF News Paul Flores Found Guilty In 1996 Murder of Kristin Smart A 26-year-old mystery out of San Luis Obispo came to a conclusion Tuesday, as Paul Flores was found guilty in the murder of 19-year-old Kristin Smart. His father, Ruben Flores, was found not guilty by a separate jury of being an accessory after the fact.
SF News 50 People Per Month Have Died of Drug Overdoses In SF This Year, and Most Were Not In the Tenderloin Accidental overdose deaths in San Francisco, largely driven by the proliferation of fentanyl, continue to decline slightly in number from a peak in 2020. However they still remain at crisis levels, according to a new report from the city's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME).
SF News Homicide Under Investigation at Turk & Taylor Streets A person was apparently shot Monday evening near the intersection of Turk and Taylor streets in the Tenderloin.
SF News Probation Records Offer Glimpse Into Troubled Youth of Stockton Suspect The tendency with serial-killer and mass-shooter cases alike is always to want to immediately try to psychoanalyze the suspect and get to the bottom of their motives. The answers are rarely satisfying, but with the Stockton serial killer suspect, Wesley Brownlee, this has already begun.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Would-be Napa Terrorist Ordered to Get Psych Evaluation The Napa Trumper who pleaded guilty to plotting to bomb "Democrat buildings" is being ordered to get a psych evaluation, two new Omicron subvariants are likely to drive some sort of winter surge, and Jane Fonda has endorsed Honey Mahogany for D6 supervisor.
SF News Day Around the Bay: One of Two Juries In Kristin Smart Murder Trial Returns With Verdict Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that the COVID state of emergency will officially end in late February, a high-speed chase ends tragically in Oakland, and the jury deciding on the guilt or innocence of Ruben Flores in the Kristin Smart murder trial has returned.
Arts & Entertainment The Legendary Kiki & Herb Return to San Francisco to Do a Holiday Show at the Curran For the first time in 15 years, Kiki & Herb are on tour, and they are bringing the latest iteration of their holiday spectacular, "Do You Hear What We Hear?" to the Curran Theater for one night only, December 9.
Business & Tech OMG Elizabeth Holmes Showed Up In Court Looking Pregnant, Again As Elizabeth Holmes stares down a prison term of an indeterminate amount of years, she remained smiling as she showed up in court Monday for an evidentiary hearing that's a last-bid attempt by her attorneys to get her a new trial. And, she seems to be possibly pregnant yet again.
SF News Stockton Serial Killer Suspect Did Not Stray Far From His and Relatives' Homes to Find Victims We've learned a bit more information about suspected serial killer Wesley Brownlee since his arrest on Saturday, and it appears that several of his victims were killed within feet of either his home or the homes of relatives in Stockton.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: BART Police Arrest Sexual Assault Suspect BART police have arrested a suspect in an Oct. 6 sexual assault in Walnut Creek, two Sonoma County deputies shot a man near downtown Sonoma who they say fired on them, and flu season may have already arrived in California with an outbreak in San Diego.
