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Day Around the Bay: Berkeley Prof Admits To Faking Native American Heritage

SF tourism spending is back to pre-pandemic levels despite all the terrible headlines, some Tahoe campgrounds are shutting for Memorial Day weekend over “Big Melt” concerns, and a prominent UC Berkeley professor has admitted to falsely claiming Native American ancestry.

Day Around the Bay: United Airlines Bans Passenger For Life After Assault at SFO

A Santa Clara city councilmember is in court over a leaked 49ers report; a Texas-bound passenger leaving SFO Sunday night has been banned for life from United Airlines over an assault; and the SF Main Library had $550K in damages from a clogged toilet in which someone flushed "foreign objects."

Day Around the Bay: Castro Valley Couple Sets U.S. Record by Having Fourth Set of Twins

This nutty May rainfall could continue until Thursday, the California reparations task force is throwing out some million-dollar estimates, and a Castro Valley couple gave birth to a record fourth set of twins.

Day Around the Bay: Person Fatally Shot on Folsom Street Sunday Morning

One person was killed early Sunday near the intersection of 5th and Folsom; local Marriott workers just won a settlement over withheld banquet tips; and a man who got frustrated with an Oakland sideshow took a beating Sunday.

Friday Morning Constitutional: CHP Officers to Be Deployed In Tenderloin Next Week

Newsom's deployment of CHP officers to curb drug dealing in the Tenderloin starts Monday; Berkeley police are seeking catalytic converter thieves driving a Maserati; and COVID deaths in CA have dropped 65%.

Day Around the Bay: Homeless Man Released From Jail in Alleged Attack on Former Fire Commissioner

The 2023 NFL Draft is underway (though the 49ers don’t pick until Friday night), 10% of SF’s housing stock for the homeless is just sitting empty, and the former SF fire commissioner didn’t show up in court today so his accused attacker is a free man.

Day Around the Bay: First Spare the Air Day of Spring Called for Thursday

Thursday is the first Spare the Air day of the season; Oakland police are investigating a downtown homicide; and a person was shot and gravely injured in SF's Oceanview neighborhood this afternoon.

Day Around the Bay: Newsom In A Pickle Over Feinstein’s Lengthy Senate Absence

Palo Alto High was locked down over the discovery of a threatening message, accused Bob Lee killer Nima Momeni had his arraignment delayed, and Gavin Newsom is stuck in paralysis-analysis mode over Dianne Feinstein’s continued absence from the Senate.

Day Around the Bay: Possible Former Girlfriend Said Nima Momeni Had 'Mood Swings'

We now know that the man who died in Sunday's North Beach shooting was 23 and from Solano County; the SF Board of Supes' Land Use Committee once again delayed a Castro Theatre vote; and an unclaimed Powerball jackpot in the South Bay has been claimed.

Day Around the Bay: SFPD Investigating Possible Shots Fired In Haight During 4/20 Event

Police were investigating near Haight and Cole whether shots were fired Thursday afternoon; the suspect in the Pleasanton Home Depot shooting was allegedly trying to steal a toolbox; and the president of the Oakland A's is trying to explain the team's move to Vegas.

Day Around the Bay: BART Needs a New $5M Elevator at 16th & Mission

Newsom made a surprise visit to the Tenderloin today; an on-duty BART employee has been arrested in a fatal hit-and-run; and BART's new elevator at 16th & Mission somehow is costing $5 million.

Day Around the Bay: Outside Lands Announces Single-Day Lineups

Fox News settled their Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit for nearly $800 million, the Petaluma “mommy influencer” headed to court today over her allegedly faked kidnapping story, and Outside Lands announced its single-day schedules.

Day Around the Bay: San Jose Falcon, Who Mated With Berkeley-Born Falcon, Has Died

85% of Bay Area cities still have not passed their Housing Element, the latest Omicron subvariant may be causing pinkeye, and a falcon who mated with the son of our beloved Berkeley falcons Annie and Grinnell has died from avian flu.

Day Around the Bay: Third Berkeley Falcon Chick Hatches, and There Is Video

An SF street will be named after Emperor Norton, Pier 70 is getting a new Standard Deviant Brewing and Breadbelly bakery, and a third baby falcon hatched Thursday afternoon alongside its snuggling siblings.

Day Around the Bay: Morale Reportedly Meh at Meta

Salesforce is fully abandoning the 30-story Salesforce East; Rep. Ro Khanna and others are openly calling for Sen. Dianne Feinstein to resign; and morale is reportedly sinking lower at Meta in Menlo Park.

Day Around the Bay: Board of Supervisors Couldn’t Meet Because Someone Sliced Their Comcast Cables

Salesforce is now trying to offload all of its office space at Salesforce East, ousted post-recall school board member Ann Hsu is starting her own private school, and the SF Board of Supervisors couldn't meet today because someone chopped their SFGovTV fiber-optic cables.

Day Around the Bay: Feinstein's Lengthy Absence Impacting Senate Votes

Dianne Feinstein has been absent from a whole lot of Senate votes in the last five weeks; the annual Cherry Blossom Festival is on in Japantown; and dumb twentysomethings are trying to get into bars using a picture of their ID on their phone.

Day Around the Bay: Placer County Hostage Situation Leaves One Dead, Two Injured

Registration for Burning Man ticket sales ends Friday at noon, the Alameda DA is doing battle with the judge who rejected her plea deal, and Placer County’s Roseville had a hostage situation that left one victim dead.

Day Around the Bay: London Police Investigate Heklina's 'Unexpected' Death

A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run in South San Francisco; BART Police Chief Ed Alvarez is retiring; and London Police are involved in the investigation into SF drag legend Heklina's sudden death.

Day Around the Bay: Heklina’s Autopsy Has Been Scheduled For Thursday

Donald J. Trump was arrested and arraigned Tuesday, Dogpatch diner Just For You Cafe has closed after a 43-year run, and the autopsy of dearly missed drag queen Heklina has been scheduled for Thursday.

Day Around the Bay: Person Barricades Themselves In Parkmerced

SFPD responded to a barricade situation in Parkmerced Monday; the Oakland police union is filing suit over the ransomware info leak; and Google is tightening belts for items small and large at its offices.

Day Around the Bay: Trump Is Finally Indicted For Something

The Antioch Police Dept. is facing a scandal involving 16 officers; Twitter Blue-Check D-Day is April 1; and Donald Trump is now the first president in U.S. history to be brought up on criminal charges after leaving office.

Day Around the Bay: Giants Ready Up For Opening Day Against the Yankees

The 4 Star, Balboa, and Vogue theaters successfully hit their $100k crowdfunding goal, Matt Horn’s Oakland burger joint Matty’s Old Fashioned will be opening soon, and your San Francisco Giants play ball for Opening Day Thursday morning at 10 a.m. PT.

Day Around the Bay: 49ers Angling To Bring 2026 Super Bowl To Santa Clara

Today’s storms wreaked havoc on NorCal roads from Napa County to Lake Tahoe, the scandal-scarred Lefty O’Doul’s restaurant in Fisherman’s Wharf will reopen as a candy emporium, and the 49ers are trying to bring the Super Bowl back to Santa Clara in 2026.

Day Around the Bay: That NFT-Backed Restaurant In Salesforce Park Appears Delayed

There are tornadoes being forecast as possible along Highway 1 Tuesday and Wednesday; First Republic Bank shares rebounded a bit; and that proposed, NFT-backed sushi restaurant atop the Transit Center appears to be stalled.