SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Two Homeless Men Found Dead In Berkeley Two homeless men were found deceased in Berkeley's Civic Center Park on Sunday, the fight goes on over "anchor-outs" in Richardson Bay, and Alameda County's COVID death toll recently dropped dramatically and the explanation is odd.
SF News Sunday Links: San Francisco's City Hall Will Reopen to the Public Tomorrow City Hall will open up to the public Monday, SF police are looking for a female FedEx employee caught on camera stealing packages, and Meghan Markle and Prince Harry welcome into the world their new baby girl, Lilibet Diana.
SF News Saturday Links: Today Marks the 40th Anniversary of the First AIDS Cases Reported in the US A federal judge in California on Friday overturned the state’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, new ADUs in Oakland might be banned, and the CDC reported the first cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — known more commonly as "AIDS" — 40 years ago to the day.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Vaccinated Napa Woman Dies From COVID The first California vaccine lottery drawing happens today, the Board of Supervisors is holding a hearing about gas line safety, and a San Francisco man recently returned a Bob Dylan record to a library 48 years late.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Cal/OSHA to Keep Mask Requirements for Many Workers State regulators are likely keeping mask rules in place for workers after June 15, Google has reassigned a diversity figure for antisemitic comments, and a dump truck driver did an apparent dump-and-run following a messy accident in Fremont.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Labor Unions Support Newsom in Recall A protest over a police shooting shut down a freeway in San Jose Tuesday night, California labor unions are launching a campaign to help the Newsom recall to fail, and Alameda residents want something done about all the sideshow activity at the former Naval Air Station.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Fires Erupt In CZU Burn Area In Santa Cruz County The VTA has indefinitely suspended light-rail service following last week's shooting, San Jose police shot and killed a suspect during a follow-up investigation Monday night, and two small fires broke out in the CZU Lightning Complex burn scar on Monday.
SF News Memorial Day Links: Asian SFPD Officer Attacked In Chinatown An Asian female SFPD officer was assaulted in a possible hate crime, a fire broke out at an Oakland homeless encampment under 880, and a solo kayaker set out from SF Bay today on a journey to Hawaii.
SF News Sunday Links: Mendocino Cafe Asks Any Customer Wearing Face Mask to Pay $5 Fee Almost the entire Bay Area is now under the "exceptional" drought category, Lake Tahoe is seeing a massive influx of tourists this weekend, and Fiddleheads Café in Mendocino — which has been a noted critic of pandemic face mask mandates — is now charging patrons wearing a face covering an extra $5.
SF News Saturday Links: Two-Alarm Fire Damages Mission District Apartment Building, Displaces 13 Residents San Francisco merchants and hotels are gearing up for its first wave of tourism since the pandemic, Abanico Coffee Roasters opened in the Mission District, and a large residential blaze broke out at 3906 Mission Street Friday evening — forcing over a dozen people to evacuate their homes.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Two More Guilty Pleas In Corruption Probe Two Oakland businessmen pleaded guilty to bribing Mohammed Nuru, the daughter of Berkeley-based 'Moneyball' author Michael Lewis and Tabitha Soren died in a Tahoe car crash, and the Chevron refinery in Richmond was conducting flaring last night.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Possible Motive In San Jose Shooting Takes Shape A ninth victim in the San Jose shooting has died, the shooter's ex-wife and a coworker provide insight into a possible motive, and a large development project begins construction today on the Potrero waterfront.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Support for Newsom Recall Has Not Grown Since March State officials are indeed withholding that $12 million from SF Unified School District for noncompliance with reopening efforts, support for the recall of Newsom remains unchanged at about 40%, and Amazon is buying MGM.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Lenticular 'UFO Clouds' Delight and Confuse Bay Area The homicide victim in the Oakland Chinatown shooting on Monday has been ID'd, Bay Area cities look back one year after George Floyd's death, and some funny-looking lenticular clouds over the Bay Area on Monday evening were cause for much tweeting.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: East Bay Sideshows End With 21 Cars Towed A string of sideshows Saturday night in multiple towns in Contra Costa County ended with one arrest, two people had to be rescued from a rip current at Ocean Beach on Sunday, and SF's largest downtown hotels are reopening.
SF News Sunday Links: Fast-Moving Wine Country Brush Fire Burns Five Acres, Destroys One Building Bay Area churches held vigils Saturday to honor George Floyd ahead of the anniversary of his death, another massive "Free Palestine'' protest was held in San Francisco, and a small (but destructive) wildfire between Windsor and Healdsburg erupted yesterday afternoon — but it was quickly contained.
SF News Saturday Links: Over One Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Have Been Administered in Santa Clara County A San Jose vehicle crash Friday night killed one pedestrian, the Harvey Milk Day Community Recovery Celebration will take place in the Castro today from 11 a.m to 6 p.m. at various locations, and Santa Clara County has now given more than a million COVID-19 vaccine doses.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Wildfire Breaks Out at Mount Diablo There was a fatal officer-involved shooting in Pittsburg last night, human remains found in an East Bay Park have been identified as a missing San Leandro woman, and a wildfire was quickly contained on Mount Diablo this morning.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Massive New 'Co-Living' Development Proposed in Potrero A 450-unit "co-living" development is being proposed in Potrero Hill, 10 suspects are being sought in a handbag heist at Stanford Shopping Center worth $150K, and Marin County twin brothers pleaded guilty in a pandemic assistance fraud case.
SF News Humpday Headlines: One Dead In Cole Valley House Fire One person died and another was injured in a two-alarm fire on Schrader Street in SF, the two teenage victims in Tuesday's party bus shooting have been identified, and there are more camera sightings of that mountain lion seen in Bernal Heights.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: A Warmer Weekend Is Coming Two people fatally shot in SF last week have been identified, Cal Fire is warning that last year's burn scars could ignite again, and the Recall Gavin campaign is not happy with Republican candidate John Cox.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Number of SF Homes For Sale Ticks Up Firefighters are battling a large brush fire in Pacific Palisades (in LA), the details about what will change and how under the state's June 15th plan remain vague, and there was a surge in vaccinations for 12- to 15-year-olds in Marin County over the weekend.
SF News Sunday Links: Large Homeless Encampment in San Francisco to Be Removed Monday One woman died following a suspected DUI crash in Cupertino, hundreds of young people in Marin County received Phizer vaccines over the weekend, and the smattering of tents and cars on a state-owned parking lot under Interstate 80 in San Francisco is expected to be removed Monday.
SF News Saturday Links: Missing San Francisco Man Found Safe in Mexico The water crisis on the Oregon-California border "couldn't be worse,” an Israeli airstrike bombed a Gaza high-rise that housed media offices, and SF police were informed of the whereabouts of a missing elderly man — who was at his other residence in Mexico.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Rally Planned to Demand Justice For Asian American Crime Victims The panhandler accused of slashing a man's face near Union Square has been identified, a rally is happening outside DA Chesa Boudin's office to demand justice for Asian American crime victims, and the House of Prime Rib is back open after yesterday's inspection.