SF News Ted Kaczynski, AKA the 'Unabomber' and Former UC Berkeley Professor, Dies in Prison at 81 The Unabomber sent fatal homemade bombs to universities, airports, and computer stores around the U.S. from a rural Montana shack that he moved to after a stint as a UC Berkeley math professor who became disillusioned with modern society.
SF News San Francisco Woman Convicted of Ammo Possession Had Thousands of Rounds of Live Ammo and Nazi Memorabilia The woman, named "Thor Kill," had stockpiled an alarming arsenal with thousands of rounds of live ammunition, 87 firearm magazines, 125 pounds of explosive powder, and gun-making pieces.
Arts & Entertainment Bomb Scare: 'The Circle' Hidden From Critics' Evaluative Eyes We've been eagerly anticipating the release of The Circle, the Tom Hanks/Emma Watson film adaptation of Dave Eggers' dark Silicon Valley tale. But today we got word of a bad sign for
SF News BART's Summer Of Bomb Threats Continues With West Oakland Scare Tuesday Night It's been a wild month of bomb scares at East Bay BART stations! In the latest incident last night, their service was disrupted for about two hours while a bomb squad investigated a
SF News Breaking: Suspicious Package Evacuates SFO Terminal [Update] Part of San Francisco International Airport was evacuated a little before noon today after authorities discovered a suspicious package in a screening area. The closure shut down Terminal One, boarding area C, the
SF News Meanwhile in Vacaville: Newspaper Bomb Injures Elderly Man An elderly man in Vacaville was injured by an explosive device hidden in his Sunday newspaper yesterday. When the man went to retrieve the paper from his lawn the hidden device exploded, alerting
SF News (UPDATED) Explosives Found In Potrero Hill View Larger Map Grenades were discovered on the 600 block of Potrero Avenue this morning at around 7:15. According to BCN (via SFGate): "Potrero Avenue has been closed between Mariposa and 19th
SF News Armed Man Threatens to Blow Up Bay Bridge, Doesn't Around 7:10am during this morning's commute, a heavyset man in a Black SUV called in to the KCBS traffic tipline to alert them to a potential traffic jam: his own vehicle he
SF News (UPDATED) Suspicious Package Found at Front & Market The bomb squad arrived at Market and Front this morning after a "suspicious package" was found. We'll update as soon as we hear more. And, if we may add another dash of alarmist
SF News Old Bomb Discovery Closes Part of Fort Funston A reader, who sent in the above photo, tells us, "Most of Fort Funston is closed due to the discovery of an old, possibly active bomb." Twitter user fiercekitten reports: "Half of [Fort
SF News Bomb Squad at 550 15th Street Oh oh. A suspicious looking package was discovered at 15th Street and San Bruno this afternoon -- well, 550 15th Street to be exact -- prompting the bomb squad to investigate. SFist reader
SF News Bomb Threat at Pier 96 According to Emergency_In_SF, "Bomb threat at Pier 96 [home to Norcal's Recycle Central] resulting in evacuation of 100+ people. No other info available yet." (Posted at 3:38 p.m.) We'll
SF News Hillsdale High School Bomb Suspect Identified Alex Youshock, 17, has been identified as the former Hillsdale High School student who tried it set off pipe bombs at the San Mateo school yesterday. If you recall, ex-student Youshock, armed with
SF News 108 Congo Explosion an Accident, Says SFPD Police are viewing the blast that shook San Francisco's Sunnyside neighborhood Monday night as an accident. Although illegal fireworks were found in the house's garage and rumors swirled about possible mischief, police still
SF News UPDATE: Investigation in 108 Congo Explosion Continues The police have ruled out electrical and natural gas as causes of last night's 108 Congo explosion. The front of the house was blown out (including the garage, where the explosion originated) and
SF News Bomb Squad Blocks Off South Van Ness South Van Ness Avenue was shutdown from 14th to 16th streets while the bomb squad pores over a black Dodge Ram, possibly linked to a pipe bomb explosion that occurred in Bayview on
misc Bomb Scare at Bayer Building in Berkeley Berkeley police responded to a menacing looking suitcase sitting in front of a Bayer AG-owned building on Seventh Street between Dwight and Parker. Jackson West informs us that said drug company has "its
SF News FBI Increases UCSC Firebombing Reward to $50,000! Holy cow! The Federal Bureau of Investigation (crudely known as the F.B.I.) added a cool $20,000 to the reward being offered for the arrests of the animal activists who injured
SF News Bomb on 16th Street? Here we go again. We just received word that "[t]he cops closed down 16th Street between Folsom and South Van Ness." And our favorite piece of SFPD technology, the adorable SFPD bomb
SF News BREAKING NEWS: SFPD Bomb Squad at 39th Avenue According to SFist reader Salty, as of 8:30 p.m. the SFPD bomb squad has been stationed "[m]idway down the 1600 block, on the west side" of 39th Avenue (i.e.
SF News Bomb Squad Finds Mortar In <del>Golden Gate Park</del> Cole Valley SFist sources tell us that the bomb squad has been called to Golden Gate Park at JFK and 30th Avenue Carl Street in Cole Valley at around 6 p.m. Now, which one
misc Oakland Bart Station Opens After Menacing Backpack Is Found It seems an "unattended backpack" prompted the 12th Street Station in downtown Oakland to temporarily close up shop. A little after 6 a.m. this morning a curious sack was found sitting alone
SF News "There's Supposedly A Bomb Threat..." What a soothing thing for a Muni bus driver to announce. What are we talking about? This: Civic Center Blog has a first-hand account a benign bomb threat that happened Wednesday at--where else?
SF News Breaking News: Letter to Congress Claims Responsibility for Today's New York City Explosion Offices in Capitol Hill received a manila envelope with a letter claiming responsibility for today's bombing of a landmark military recruiting station in Times Square, NYC. Our parent site, Gothamist, tells us that
SF News Suspicious Box Found in Oakland Marina, Bomb Squad On the Scene Eeps! The bomb squad has been called over to the Oakland Marina this afternoon. It seems, according to Wendy Tokuda, that a box has been found, adorned with the text "81 millimeter mortar
