SF News Elevator Shaft Body Identified as Israeli Activist The body found inside an elevator shaft at Sharon Building (55 New Montgomery Street) has been identified as 38-year-old Dr. Daniel J. Kliman, an Alameda physician and "one of the
SF News Update: Dolores Aguilar Obit Real After some debate on the authenticity of Dolores Aguilar's obit in the Vallejo Times-Herald, which if you recall was shockingly brutal, we got to the bottom of it all. Turns
misc R.I.P., <del>Bitch</del> Dolores Aguilar Warms the heart, doesn't it? Above obit found in the Times-Herald Napa/Sonoma. Oh, and be sure to read the guestbook here. (Thanks Jameth!) UPDATE I: Cruel obit page pulled
SF News Mother Giraffe Dies at SF Zoo An eight-year-old mother giraffe, one that recently gave birth in Febuary this year, died at the SF Zoo today. (Giraffes usually live anywhere from 15 and 20 years.) Gezi collapsed today
misc Ryan Jones, Rest in Peace The article in yesterday's Chronicle is a snippet, a notice, a little bit of writing that doesn't do justice to the life of the late Ryan Jones. Ryan was
SF News Update: Another Biker Down A San Francisco cyclist is "clinging to life" after they were hit by a pickup truck at a freeway off-ramp yesterday. In the heavy-traffic area of Bayshore Boulevard at
SF News Muni Bus Strikes, Kills Woman at Sixth and Market Streets Early this morning at 8:24 a.m., an "adult female" was struck a 60-foot 71-Haight-Noriega bus on Market and Sixth Streets. She was transported to SF General
misc Kirk Janes, RIP The name of the bicyclist killed yesterday has been released. He was Kirk Janes, founder of the American Flyer bike messenger service, and a well-known figure in the local bike messenger community.
SF News Cyclist Killed Near Alamo Square Sadly, a bicyclist was hit by a vehicle this morning and killed. SFPD arrived at the scene at around 10:55 a.m. at Fulton and Steiner streets. The cyclist, whose name has
SF News Six-Year-Old Girl Run Over By Mom A young girl riding her tricycle in her Pittsburg neighborhood on the 1000 block of Muir Creek Drive was inadvertently run over by her own mother yesterday afternoon. According to the Gate, Rachel
SF News SFist Blotter: Mission Mayhem Edition * Taking a cue from the East Bay's recent restaurant robberies, an armed gunman entered Valencia Street Italian eatery Beretta (formerly Last Supper Club/Radio Free Valencia) on Tuesday morning and robbed
SF News SF Man Killed in Shark Attack 24-year-old San Francisco resident Adrian Ruiz was killed by a tiger shark while surfing off the coast of Mexico yesterday, making this the second shark-related death in the past week.
SF News SFist Blotter * Oakland, Monday: Two shootings that happened within minutes of one another--with one proving fatal--are being investigated by the fuzz. Last night at around 6 p.m., "a young man was
SF News Marin Headlands Hiker Falls to Her Death While taking in the (allegedly) gorgeous weather yesterday, a 20-year-old Marin hiker fell from the cliffs above Rodeo Beach in the Marin Headlands, and died. The unidentified woman, while walking with
misc Caltrain Fatality This Morning "Ladies and gentlemen, we're sorry," said the voice. "But there has been a fatality involving a train ahead at Menlo Park, and we will be holding here for
SF News SFist Blotter -- Before we dig into Bay Area mischief, and just to liven things up a bit, here are your ladies of-a-certain-age who have been arrested for having sex with their underage
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Inventor of the Egg McMuffin Dies Herb Peterson, inventor the the McDonald's Egg McMuffin, died this past Wednesday at the age of 89 in his Santa Barbra home. Peterson started his career with McDonald's as
SF News SOMA Scene To Early Morning Beating Death The San Francisco Police Department are on the hunt for someone who robbed and then beat to death a 72-year-old man in SOMA at Mission and Mary Streets. The murder occurred
misc Google Map Plots Out Oakland Murders of 2007, 2008 Your optimistic San Francisco Chronicle has decided that the best way for you to imagine how many murders take place in Oakland each year (and where) is to plot them out on a
SF News Bayview Shooting Kills 37-Year-Old Man No arrests have been made in this most recent killing in one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods. This brings the SF murder toll to a whopping 19 so far for
SF News House Fire Kills Two Men In East Oakland After last night's fire in the Mission displaced over 50 San Franciscans, an early morning East Oakland blaze at 2640 74th Avenue proved fatal, killing two men. It seems that the
SF News Day Around the Bay * For your viewing pleasure, more Pelli Clarke Pelli Transit Bay Terminal renderings -- now with birdies! [Curbed] * More memories. [WhatImSeeing] * Alt-Weekly Death Watch explains it all. Also: ouch. [AWDW] * Cyclists mourned. [SFGate] * Technical
SF News Market Street Hit-Run Injures Cyclist, Kills Dog A little before midnight on Sunday, at the notoriously dangerous Octavia and Market Street intersection, a driver plowed into a 27-year-old bicyclist, injuring her and killing her dog "who was
SF News Man Falls to His Death In Tenderloin Elevator Shaft, Two Arrested In the Tenderloin on Saturday night, three men were heatedly arguing in an apartment building over on the 400 block of Jones Street (at Ellis). During the fight, one man died after he
