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Former Investigator Sues SF District Attorney In Whistleblower Complaint

The embattled San Francisco District Attorney's Office has one more headache to add to the pile this week as a wrongful termination suit has arrived from a former investigator.

SF News

Humpday Headlines: Tolls Go Up to $7 On 7 Bay Area Bridges Next Month

Tolls on the Bay Bridge and six other bridges go up $1 on Jan. 1, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a pivotal abortion case today, and high demand for boosters is creating trouble for some local pharmacies.

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9th Circuit Upholds CA Ban On High-Capacity Gun Magazines, Will Take Up Assault Weapon Ban Next

Gun-law rulings by a controversial federal judge based in San Diego are likely both to be overturned by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, setting up the potential for more Second Amendment fights at the Supreme Court.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Automat Quietly Opens For Daytime Service In NoPa, Will Open Fully Next Week

One of the most anticipated restaurant openings of this year has finally made it open, as former Lazy Bear chef Matthew Kirk's Automat has quietly debuted in the NoPa neighborhood.

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SF Mayor London Breed Again Seen Partying Maskless at Nightclub, Again Says She Did Nothing Wrong

Some finger-wagging is going on over at the Chronicle once more after a new video surfaced of SF Mayor London Breed dancing and cavorting with friends without a mask on at a nightclub on Thanksgiving night.

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22-Year-Old Man Shot By Random Gunfire Near SF Civic Center

A 22-year-old male was shot and wounded on Hyde Street in the Tenderloin Monday night, and it appears to have been the result of random gunfire.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Delfina and Pizzeria Delfina Closing 'Til March for Major Remodel, Takeout and Delivery Still Available

Delfina and Pizzeria Delfina are going to be combining into a single restaurant on 18th Street in 2022, and both restaurants are closing for sit-down eating for the next three to four months while construction occurs.

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Thieves Throw Party In Nearly Open Downtown SF Ramen Restaurant, Leave Behind Bottles, Vomit

Some burglars decided to throw a party in a soon-to-open restaurant in downtown San Francisco, and it appears they invited friends and hung around for a few hours, drinking whatever they could find and smoking weed.

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Tuesday Morning Topline: Body Found In Bay Near Ferry Building

A body was pulled from the water near the Ferry Building Tuesday morning, Oakland's police chief is addressing the public again today, and Oakland cannabis retailers are reeling after recent robberies.

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Day Around the Bay: Scott Peterson Moved to San Mateo County Jail

Convicted killer Scott Peterson has been moved out of San Quentin to San Mateo County ahead of his resentencing next week, local health officers say the Omicron variant is probably already here, and BottleRock announced Memorial Day Weekend dates for 2022.

SF Politics

Right-Wing Twitter Launches False Rumor That Nancy Pelosi Bought a Mansion In Florida

The conservative blogosphere and Twitterverse ran with a rumor during Thanksgiving Week that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had purchased a $25 million mansion on tony Jupiter Island in Florida, and this is false.

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Study: Sierra Snowpack Could All But Disappear In 25 Years

Winters with little or no snow could become commonplace in the Sierra Nevada as soon as 25 years from now, according to an alarming new study.

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Warm Weather (and No Rain) Will Help Ring In the Start of December In the Bay Area

We are in for a very warm week — basically a second round of Indian Summer — here in the Bay Area, as we head into the last few weeks of Fall 2021 and the beginning of the holiday season.

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Video: Truck Plows Wrong Way Through Bay Bridge Toll Gate, Hits CHP Cruiser

A bizarre crash happened at the Bay Bridge toll plaza on Sunday afternoon in which a flatbed truck came barreling through the toll gates going the wrong way, pushing a CHP vehicle out of the way.

Business & Tech

Jack Dorsey Steps Down as Twitter CEO, Gives Little Reason

A year after an attempted ouster by a major investor, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down from his role at the company, and longtime CTO Parag Agrawal will take the helm in his place.

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Monday Morning Headlines: Woman Robbed of Dog at Gunpoint in Oakland

President Biden and Dr. Fauci addressed the nation about the Omicron variant, smash-and-grab thieves hit an East Bay Walgreens, and gas prices in the Bay Area may be leveling off.

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New Omicron Variant In South Africa Freaks Out W.H.O., and Maybe You Should Worry About It?

There are a lot of open questions about a new, highly mutated COVID variant, B.1.1.529, first detected in South Africa that is leading to travel restrictions across the globe. Some experts say there are causes for concern, but it also may not be a huge deal.

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Black Friday Constitutional: Solo Crash Briefly Closes Northbound 101 In SF

The days of lining up at midnight for Black Friday deals in the Bay Area may be over, there were multiple highway fatalities around the Bay on Thanksgiving, and there was one early Friday morning on 101 in SF that closed all the northbound lanes until 6 a.m.

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Multiple Downtown SF Skyscrapers Are Causing Entire Area to Slowly Sink

Much media attention has been lavished on the tilting and sinking Millennium Tower, a fix for which remains in the works. But the entire downtown area is actually sinking, though maybe not all quite as fast.

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All Three Defendants In Ahmaud Arbery Killing Found Guilty of Murder

All three white men accused in the February 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia have been found guilty of murder, and all three now face life sentences in addition to federal charges they have not yet been tried for.

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Union Square Smash-and-Grab Arrestees Range In Age From 23 to 53

SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced felony charges against nine individuals on Tuesday in connection with Friday's widespread robberies at Union Square retailers, and they range in age from 23 to 53.

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Thanksgiving Eve Headlines: SF Asks Residents to Curb Water Use By 5%

The SFPUC has declared a water emergency and is asking for residents to cut back usage, CNN looks at the smash-and-grab trend nationwide, and BART trains now have new air filters to further protect against virus spread.

Bay Area Sports

Plans For Redeveloped Oakland Coliseum Include NFL and WNBA Teams, New Convention Center

A group that has been selected by the City of Oakland to redevelop the Oakland Coliseum and Arena properties has big ambitions for the future complex, which include bringing both a new NFL team to Oakland and establishing a new women's basketball team in the city.

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Oakland Police Head to Sacramento and Houston to Arrest Three Men Suspected In Gas Station Robbery/Shooting

Oakland police on Monday announced three arrests in connection with a violent armed robbery attempt at a West Oakland gas station that ended with one of the suspects shot and the victim critically wounded.

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'Caravans' of Cars With Some Armed Suspects Targeted Oakland Cannabis Businesses Amid Weekend Robberies

Mobs of organized thieves targeted retail businesses in multiple corners of the Bay Area. But some incidents in Oakland suggest a more loose affiliation between suspects, and group tactics that perhaps came together on social media.

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