SF News Sunday Links: Palm Springs Fertility Clinic Explosion Declared Terror Attack A red flag, wildfire warning is in effect for some North Bay residents through Monday evening; SFUSD canceled its plans to lay off support staff for the 2025-26 school year; and a suspected car bomb explosion at a Palm Springs fertility clinic was declared a terrorist attack.
SF News Mendocino County Sheriff’s Deputy Accused of DUI and Hit-and-Run, Seemingly In Their Own Patrol Car It’s probably not the best idea for a sheriff’s deputy to drive to a bar in their patrol car, get intoxicated, and then drive with the dashcam recording, a lesson that one Mendocino County sheriff's deputy is currently learning all too well.
SF News SF Lyft Driver Found Guilty of DUI on the Job, After Running Into Motorcycle and Fighting With Bystanders An SF Lyft driver with twice the legal BAC limit hit a motorcycle, got into a physical fight with people in front of the Roxie Theater, and tried to drive away. Today he was found guilty on these charges.
SF News Bail Set for $1.5M for Napa Mother Arrested In DUI That Left Two Kids Dead A mother who was arrested and charged with DUI and vehicular manslaughter last week made her first court appearance Monday after being released from the hospital in Napa County.
SF News Oakland Man Crashes Into Car With Two Kids Inside After Earlier CHP Chase A reckless driver in Oakland crashed into a car with two kids inside on Thursday after an earlier pursuit by CHP was called off.
SF News Napa Mother Charged and Arrested for DUI After Sunday Morning Crash That Killed Her Two Children A 31-year-old Napa woman was allegedly under the influence and speeding when she crashed her car into a tree Sunday morning, killing her own ten-year-old son and nine-year-old daughter.
SF News Suspected DUI Driver Drags Pole-Mounted Street Sign for a Whole Mile in Pacifica We say it is a “suspected” DUI driver pulled over shortly after a midnight Saturday morning hit-and-run in Pacifica, and she’s suspected as such because she allegedly rammed into a pole-mounted street sign and then dragged it for an entire mile.
SF News Monkey in a Onesie Seized in Madera County DUI and Pot Bust, Transported to Oakland Zoo for Care The CHP pulled over a suspected drunk driver Monday night in Madera County, and discovered the driver in possession of several pounds of illegal marijuana, and a baby spider monkey in a onesie. The monkey has now been transferred to the Oakland Zoo for medical care.
SF News Suspected DUI Driver In Marin County Drives Ferrari Right Into Richardson Bay A man who was allegedly driving drunk in Mill Valley Friday managed to drive his luxury Ferrari off the road and deep into the muck of Richardson Bay, creating quite a challenge for a tow truck operator.
SF News Suspected DUI Driver Kills Two, Injures Three Others In Ingleside Crash A tragic Monday morning car crash took the lives of two women while injuring three other people in the Ingleside District, and SFPD is charging a 21-year-old Santa Rosa man with driving under the influence.
SF News Alleged Hayward Drunk Driver Leads Highway Patrol on 90 MPH Chase With Four-Year-Old In Car Today’s Darwin Award nomination goes to a woman allegedly driving in Hayward at twice the legal DUI limit, going 90 miles an hour, and apparently had her four-year-old daughter in the car at the time.
SF News Two Oakland PD Officers Arrested for Driving Under the Influence — While on Duty We’ve seen police officers arrested on DUI charges before, but not while they were on the job. Yet it has come to light that two Oakland Police Department officers were arrested for DUI while they were on duty in 2023.
SF News 20-Year-Old Sonoma County Man Charged With Murder Following High-Speed Rohnert Park Crash The man arrested over the weekend after a series of crashes in Sonoma County that authorities attributed to road rage, one of them fatal, has now been charged with murder and hit-and-run, the district attorney confirms.
SF News CHP: Florida Man Who Caused Wrong-Way Crash In San Jose Was Intoxicated The Florida man who allegedly caused a deadly wrong-way crash last week that killed a woman and her son has now been booked into jail, after he was released from the hospital where he was being treated for his own injuries.
SF News 31-Year-Old Single Mother Killed by Suspected Five-Time DUI Driver In Santa Rosa A man with four previous DUI charges just picked up a fifth in Santa Rosa, and this one took the life of a 31-year-old mother who worked as a juvenile corrections officer.
SF News 24-Year-Old Woman Charged With Intentionally Running Down and Killing Vacaville Police Officer The Vacaville Police Department is mourning the loss of 32-year-old Officer Matthew Bowen, who was struck from his motorcycle and killed last week by a woman who was not only allegedly intoxicated, but is also accused of intentionally running Bowen down.
SF News Mother of One Who Was Dispatcher for the Alameda County Sheriff's Office Killed By Alleged Drunk Driver An East Bay woman who was on her way to work a night shift on Sunday night at the Alameda County Sheriff's Office was killed in a collision with an alleged drunk driver in San Leandro.
SF News SF Police Vow DUI Patrols Will Be Out in Force for 4/20 The “DUI Saturation Patrols” we normally associate with Saint Patrick’s Day and Super Bowl Sunday will be rolling out for this Saturday’s 4/20 observances, as SFPD hopes to discourage people from driving while stoned.
SF News Cycling Community Outraged as Presidio DUI Driver Gets Very Generous Plea Deal After Killing Cyclist Cycling champion Ethan Boyes was killed last April by a driver operating under the influence, but that driver just got a very lenient plea deal of only two misdemeanor counts, and faces no longer than a year in jail.
SF News Good Samaritan Saves Two From Burning Car That Smashed Into a Walgreens in Sunnyvale An early Sunday morning car accident in the Santa Clara County town of Sunnyvale saw a car hit a Walgreens and burst into flames, but an anonymous good Samaritan was able to pull two people from the wreckage, both of whom survived.
SF News Reminder: SFPD Will Have DUI Saturation Checkpoints All Over Town For St. Patrick’s Day As they do every year, SFPD will have DUI saturation patrol checkpoints around town for St. Patrick’s Day, so stay out of the paddy wagon on St. Patty’s Day and do not drive while intoxicated tonight.
SF News Brawl Between Families Outside Sacramento Courthouse After Alleged DUI That Killed Five The first court appearance for an alleged DUI driver in an accident that killed five people was more notable for what happened outside the Sacramento courthouse, as a brawl broke out between families of the victims and the accused.
SF Politics Paul Pelosi Sentenced to Five Days for DUI, TMZ Posts His Sobriety Test Video Twin indignities have befallen Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi, as he gets sentenced to five days in jail (though he won’t serve them), and gossip site TMZ posted video of his highly unsuccessful attempt at a field sobriety test.
SF Politics Pelosi’s Husband Now Trying to Refute DUI Reports as ‘Incorrect Information’ A spokesperson for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband says a report of his arrest for an alleged DUI has “incorrect information,” while the Speaker’s office says she “will not be commenting on this private matter.”
SF News Defrocked Ex-Priest, Accused of Child Sex Abuse, Kills Pedestrian In Alleged Walnut Creek DUI Incident One man is dead and his wife briefly hospitalized after an allegedly drunk driver rammed into them Saturday, a driver who happened to be a former priest accused of molesting dozens of children.
