SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Human Skeletal Remains Found In Point Reyes A federal judge questioned the PG&E troubleman who first spotted the Dixie Fire for over two hours Monday, QAnon believers think the recall election is being rigged, and the city of Pleasanton has ended its weekend outdoor dining program on its Main Street.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Biden Joins Newsom In SoCal Ahead of Recall President Joe Biden will be in SoCal campaigning with Newsom today, the PG&E worker who first spotted the Dixie Fire is being called before a judge, and a SETI telescope array is now being threatened by the Dixie Fire.
SF News Sunday Links: Unkown Explosion in San Francisco Causes Shelter-in-Place Order A Saturday explosion in Oceanview led to some residents having to shelter in place, you can thank a collection of low-lying clouds for today’s sunrise in the Bay Area looking particularly gorgeous, and no: Apple isn't moving its Silicon Valley headquarters to Texas.
SF News Saturday Links: The Bay Area Remembers 9/11 on Its 20th Anniversary A woman spotted a mountain lion on the UC Santa Cruz campus, this local nonprofit is helping displaced people from the homeless camp on Apple-owned land find shelter, and on this day 20 years ago: Two Boeing 767 planes struck the Twin Towers — killing 2,996 people.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Holmes Trial Delayed By Juror's COVID Exposure Nine members of a family including two small children were injured in a DUI crash in Oakland, Elizabeth Holmes's trial has been delayed by a juror's COVID exposure, and local newsman Wayne Freedman is retiring after 53 years in news.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Community Mourns Crossing Guard Killed In Lafayette A crossing guard was killed and a child injured in a car collision in Lafayette, a new investigation finds that TikTok directs young users to dangerous content, and Millennium Tower officials say foundation work will resume soon.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Harris and Newsom Campaign Against Recall in East Bay VP Kamala Harris is heading to San Leandro for a "No on the recall" campaign event, SF's Board of Supervisors is moving forward on a "ghost gun" ban, and opening statements begin today in Elizabeth Holmes's fraud trial.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Marin County Fire Likely Sparked By Lawnmower A lawnmower hitting a rock was likely the culprit in last week's vegetation fire in Lucas Valley, two teens were killed during a roadside party in Brentwood, and containment on the Caldor Fire has risen to 49%.
SF News Labor Day Links: Oracle Park Concession Workers Vote to Strike Oracle Park workers have voted to strike but will be working today's Giants game, a new wildfire erupted Sunday in Auburn, and a horrific wrong-way crash killed one person Monday morning in Oakland near the Bay Bridge.
SF News Sunday Links: How Berkeley Defines a Shadow Could Upend Future Housing Plans Karla the Fog was particularly thick this morning, California firefighters continue making headway containing wildfires, and Berkeley’s mission to explicitly define shadows could mitigate future housing plans.
SF News Saturday Links: Wildfire Smoke Continues to Haze Air Around San Francisco "Moderate" air quality levels still hang above the San Francisco sky, a one-alarm warehouse fire broke out in Potrero Hill early Saturday morning, and Yolanda López, who painted the Virgen de Guadalupe series, has passed away at 79.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Oracle Park Concession Workers Threaten Strike Over COVID Hazard Pay The Caldor Fire is now 29% contained and there is hope of keeping it away from Lake Tahoe, SF police made an arrest in an Aug. 17 murder on Larkin Street, and Oracle Park concession workers may strike over COVID hazard pay.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Another Air Quality Advisory Hits the Bay The southeastern front of the Dixie Fire is now threatening the Highway 395 corridor, smoke from the Caldor Fire may impact the Bay Area's air quality again, and flash flooding in New York and New Jersey led to at least 14 deaths last night.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Caldor Fire Moves Closer to Heavenly The Caldor Fire grew to over 200,000 acres last night and is scorching the edges of South Lake Tahoe, Santa Clara County supervisors took a vote of no confidence in the sheriff, and jury selection continues in Elizabeth Holmes's trial.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Unsanctioned Burning Man Has First Serious Accident A man was injured in a roll-over dune buggy incident at the "renegade" Burning Man that began Sunday, some evacuation warnings and orders have been lifted in the Dixie Fire, and demand for monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID are surging in the Bay Area.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Oakland Firefighters Head to Louisiana to Help With Hurricane Recovery, Rescue South Lake Tahoe remains under an evacuation warning after the Caldor Fire "let loose" on Sunday, two surfers and a bystander saved a drowning man at Ocean Beach, and an elite team of urban rescue firefighters just left Oakland to aid in the Louisiana hurricane recovery effort.
SF News Sunday Links: South Lake Tahoe Looks Lifeless Amid Evacuation Warning Hurricane Ida has made landfall off the coast of Louisiana as a Category 4 storm, a deadly car crash Friday killed one Livermore high schooler and left another five injured, and pictures arrive of a desolate South Lake Tahoe following a new evacuation warning.
SF News Saturday Links: Bay Area Air Showing 'Unhealthy' Levels of Pollutants There's an ongoing donation drive for Afghan refugees in the East Bay, Contra Costa County employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by October 4 (or face possible termination), and the air around the Bay Area continues hazing with dangerous levels of wildfire smoke pollutants.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Smoke Plume Arrives Over Bay Area Wildfire smoke is making for hazy skies in the Bay Area, Scott Wiener has pulled his decriminalize-psychedelics bill, and President Biden is vowing retribution for the ISIS attack on Kabul's airport that now has a death toll of over 180.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Boy Killed In East Bay Train Collision Two new NorCal wildfires prompted evacuations on Wednesday, Caitlyn Jenner toured the Tenderloin with news cameras, and VTA light-rail service is expected to return this weekend for the first time since the late-May shooting in San Jose.
SF News Humpday Headlines: SF Convention Schedule Stymied By Delta Variant A fugitive aboard a California Zephyr train was fatally shot by Amtrak police in Chicago, Tahoe area residents are fleeing to the Bay Area to breathe, and the convention schedule at the Moscone Center is in limbo due to the Delta variant.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: No Arrests Made In Sunday Sideshows In SF The fast-moving Caldor Fire is "knocking on the door" of the Tahoe basin, the SFPD made no arrests after two sideshows in San Francisco on Sunday, and the governor of Hawaii is telling tourists to stay away as COVID cases surge.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Caldor Fire Grows to 104,000 Acres An air quality advisory has been issued for the Bay Area Monday though smoke may stay aloft, the Caldor Fire continues growing near South Lake Tahoe, and the FDA has given full approval to the Pfizer vaccine.
SF News Sunday Links: Autopsy of NorCal Family That Died Hiking in Sierra National Forest Brings Up Nothing No one still knows exactly how a local family of three (and their dog) died while hiking in the Sierra National Park, Barack Obama Boulevard debuted in San Jose Saturday, and hundreds of immunocompromised people have received a supplemental COVID-19 vaccine dose in Marin.
SF News Saturday Links: California's Prop 22 Deemed Unconstitutional by Superior Court Judge Oakland Symphony Director Michael Morgan has died at 63 years old, hundreds of animals have been displaced by the Cache Fire, and CA's controversial gig-economy bill—which allowed companies like Lyft and Uber to keep workers as independent contractors—has been ruled unconstitutional.
