SF News Suspect In Austin Murder of SF-Based Cyclist Captured In Costa Rica After Going On the Run for 43 Days Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, the woman who had been sought for over a month in the May homicide of San Francisco-based competitive cyclist Moriah Wilson, was arrested Wednesday in Central America by the U.S. Marshals Service.
SF Politics Gavin Newsom Runs to Fire-Charred Woods to Make Video Response to Supreme Court's EPA Decision In just a week's time, the conservative-led Supreme Court — more the Alito Court than the Roberts Court at this point — has made itself Enemy Number One of the Democratic Party, and of women, LGBTQ people, climate activists, and liberals generally.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Oakland School District Moves Ahead With Closures The Rices Fire in Nevada County is being held at 900 acres, the body of a missing Oakland teenager has been found in waters of Alameda, and the Oakland school board voted for a third time to move ahead with closing or consolidating around 10 schools.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 77-Year-Old San Jose Woman Charged With Killing Husband A 77-year-old San Jose woman is accused of setting her house on fire to kill her husband, SF-born Supreme Court Justice Steven Breyer retires tomorrow, and Steph Curry has been named the host of the ESPYs.
SF News Source: Two Rookie Oakland Cops Engaged Sideshow Car In Chase That Ended In a Pedestrian Death New allegations are emerging from an Oakland Police Department source regarding a Sunday morning crash in East Oakland that may have been spawned by an unsanctioned high-speed chase by rookie officers — who then allegedly fled the scene without calling for medical help.
SF News Starbucks Near Oakland Airport an Apparent Hot Spot for Smash-and-Grab Thieves Right Now Don't stop for coffee on your way to or from Oakland Airport with a car full of luggage, because opportunistic thieves may just smash in and grab it all.
SF News Fish Are Falling From the Sky In SF, and Clumsy Pelicans Are Likely to Blame A seasonal boom in the anchovy population on the San Francisco coast and in the Bay is causing some heavy traffic among feasting seabirds, and this is apparently leading to fish seeming to fall out of the sky in the city and elsewhere.
SF News Here's Hoping That Illegal Fireworks Don't Light the State On Fire This Weekend Cal Fire has put out its annual warning, but in this particularly drought-parched year, conditions are ripe for wildfires caused by illegal fireworks over the Fourth of July weekend.
SF News BART Police Arrest Two Suspects In Weekend Shooting BART police have arrested two suspects, a San Francisco man and an Oakland woman, in connection with a Saturday shooting that took place onboard a train.
SF News San Francisco Man Arrested After Alleged Crime Spree That Ended With Murder of Truck Driver In Central Valley A 21-year-old San Francisco man is in custody after a truck driver was found fatally stabbed over the weekend at a remote gas station along I-5, and the suspect has been tied to multiple crimes including one Friday night in Oakland.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Wildfire Near Nevada City Grows to 769 Acres The Rices Fire has been burning since Tuesday in Nevada County and is now threatening over 500 buildings, SF street vendors of often stolen goods remain defiant in the face of a new crackdown, and Nancy Pelosi just received Holy Communion in Rome.
SF Politics Chesa Boudin Won't Say That He Won't Run Again For San Francisco DA In his first interview since being recalled in an election that was covered around the country, SF DA Chesa Boudin says he hasn't ruled anything out in terms of running for DA again.
SF Politics Unable to Rage on Twitter, Trump Unleashes 'Truth' Storm on Truth Social About Bombshell Jan. 6 Witness Trump is clearly upset by the implications — and actual truth? — behind testimony on Tuesday by a bombshell witness to the inside dealings on January 6th, because why else would he go full Twitter rant on his barely relevant alt-right app?
Arts & Entertainment The Castro Theatre's New Organ Is Still on Track For Installation By Next Year, Organist Not Going Anywhere Amid all the hubbub and grousing about the future of the beloved Castro Theatre, one question has lingered that was surely a critical one for many fans of the old movie house: What will happen with the organ and the theater's resident organist of 44 years, David Hegarty?
Business & Tech 40-Story Tower at the Foot of Van Ness Goes Before Planning for Reapproval as Rental Apartments Days before its entitlements are set to expire, a very tall proposed residential tower at Van Ness and Market is headed before the Planning Commission this week, now as a significantly larger, all-rental property.
SF News Former Air Force Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Murdering Santa Cruz Deputy Weeks after taking a guilty plea in the killing of a federal security officer, former Air Force Sergeant Steven Carrillo has pleaded guilty in a state murder case involving the murder of a Santa Cruz sheriff's deputy and the attempted murder of four other officers.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Abortion Rights Amendment Heads to November Ballot A 4.2M earthquake struck this morning in Lake County, one person died in a grass fire Monday in Sonoma County, and more than two-thirds of California lawmakers voted Monday to send a constitutional amendment to the November ballot enshrining abortion rights into state law.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Suspect In Muni Shooting Won't Be Charged With Homicide Javon Green, the suspect in last week's fatal shooting on Muni, won't be charged with homicide according to his attorney; a 31-year-old woman was charged with setting a hill on fire in Albany; and BART fares go up on Friday.
SF News Harrowing Tale of Abused Young Girl Murdered In Merced Gets Worse With Details of Abuse Reports A clear example of a young girl whose case slipped through some (possibly very wide) cracks of the child protective services apparatus is now the subject of an investigative report.
Arts & Entertainment World's Ugliest Dog, Named Mr. Happy Face, Crowned In Petaluma The World's Ugliest Dog Contest once again graced the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma last weekend, and this year's winner is as ugly-cute as they come.
SF News Firefighter Injured, Six Displaced In Bernal Heights Fire A late Sunday night house fire in SF's Bernal Heights that burned into the early hours of Monday has displaced six people, and one firefighter was reportedly injured while battling the blaze.
SF News Three Killed, Three Others Injured When Amtrak Train Collides With Car at Unmarked Rail Crossing In East Bay Three women were killed and three other people, including a child, were injured Sunday afternoon when an Amtrak train barreled into a car that was attempting to cross a railroad crossing that had no official signs on it.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Bicyclist Killed On Highway 1 Alameda County has lifted its broad mask mandate once more, a bicyclist was killed on Highway 1 near San Gregorio on Saturday, and the Supreme Court sides again with "religious freedom."
SF News Largely Peaceful SF Pride Celebrations End On Weird Note With Crowd Fights, 'Bear Spray' Incident The full scale SF Pride Parade and Civic Center celebration went off mostly without incident on Sunday for the first time in three years. But the mood was slightly marred by some end-of-day (probably drunken) chaos.
SF News Muni Shooting Suspect May Have Acted In Self-Defense; Video Shows Victim With Knife A look at Muni surveillance video from Wednesday morning's fatal shooting on board a Muni train reportedly shows an altercation between suspect and victim that was more than verbal, prior to shots being fired.
