SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Mercury News Joins Suit Against OpenAI A fatal crash on I-880 in Oakland was causing delays; four children were injured by a suspected DUI driver in the South Bay; and the Mercury News is suing OpenAI over the use of its copyrighted material to train ChatGPT and other bots.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Lowell High Admissions Demographics Once Again Disproportionate A gunshot victim died in Oakland Saturday afternoon; the Chronicle alerts us to dogs overdosing on fentanyl; and the incoming class at Lowell High School is once again disproportionately white and Asian.
SF News Sunday Links: Ex-Slack CEO's Missing Teen, Mint Butterfield, Found in San Francisco The teenage child of Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield was found in SF after being reported missing from Marin this week; a rare coin store launched a scavenger hunt with 11 classic coins hidden around the city; and a woman was fatally shot in San Jose this weekend.
SF News Saturday Links: Ex-SF Giants Player Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Crimes In Indiana Former MLB player Dustan Mohr was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to sex crimes with a 13-year-old girl; a refrigerant leak at a Concord Costco forced 1,000 people there to evacuate; and pro-Palestinian protests continue at Bay Area college campuses.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Pacifica Police Seek Arson Suspect Who Likes Archery Pacifica police are seeking an arson suspect who was last seen at an archery range; an Oakland man is in a coma after being tased by park police while in the water; and there is some apparent misinformation being spread about the disappearance of Mint Butterfield.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Secret Service Agent Removed From VP Harris's Detail There was a deadly vehicle crash in Pleasanton on Wednesday night; a Secret Service agent on Kamala Harris's detail was displaying "distressing behavior"; and the LAPD arrested 93 student protesters at USC last night.
SF News Humpday Headlines: 'Recall Pamela Price' Crowd Pushes For Fast Special Election The proponents of recalling Alameda Co. DA Pamela Price want to hold the recall election in a few months; a man was arrested after allegedly assaulting a member of the San Jose mayor's security staff; and a South Bay caregiver was arrested for stealing from an elderly couple in Los Altos Hills.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Kaiser Nurses Protest Use of AI In Healthcare Kaiser nurses say AI is being embraced too quickly at hospitals without being properly tested; a dead gray whale was seen in the Bay off Alameda; and ferry service between SF and Sausalito is suspended indefinitely.
SF News Sunday Links: Presidio Heights Couple, Embroiled in Pickleball Dispute, Sells Home For $7M Under Asking Price The SF couple, Karl and Holly Peterson, had started a petition about the noise of a nearby pickleball court when they had one in their own home; the Stud reopened Saturday; and BART officially retired its legacy fleet.
SF News Saturday Links: Oregon Runner Sets New Record Time on the Lost Coast Trail An Oregon woman, Emily Keddie, ran the Northern Californian Lost Coast in a record 5.5 hours; SF celebrated Bicycle Day on Friday; and Sacramento music festival Sol Blume was canceled at the last minute.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: BART Now Required to Fix Elevators Quickly After a settlement in a lawsuit from disability rights advocates, BART is now legally required to fix elevators and escalators quickly; an inmate from Alameda County escaped a prison camp; and Tesla is recalling all its Cybertrucks.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Sting Operation Targets Drivers In West Portal SF city leaders gathered for the annual 1906 earthquake commemoration at Lotta's Fountain this morning; police conducted a sting in West Portal targeting non-yielding drivers; and 23andMe might be taken private.
SF News Humpday Headlines: All Alaska Airlines Planes Grounded By FAA The FAA issued a ground stop for all Alaska and Horizon flights this morning; CA public health officials are warning about a death from a hemorrhoid cream bought on Facebook; Dubai is in chaos after heavy rains.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: SF Saw More Rain Than Seattle This Winter SF saw five more inches of rain this past winter than Seattle, thanks to El Nino; more Gaza protests are expected today; and a total of 38 arrests were made in connection with Monday's protests.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: South Bay Man Arrested for Impersonating a Cop A man was convicted last week in a fatal 2021 shooting at the 24th Street BART station; a man was arrested by Santa Clara County deputies for impersonating a police officer; and Clarence Thomas was absent from the Supreme Court today.
SF News Sunday Links: Shooting Kills Two In Napa A rare shooting in Napa left two women dead on Saturday; a tiny house in Cupertino sold over asking, and asking was $1.7M; and the Cherry Blossom Festival kicks off in Japantown.
SF News Saturday Links: China Basin Park Opens A pedestrian was run over by a SamTrans bus in Redwood City; a ceasefire protest in South San Francisco turned violent; and China Basin Park has opened by McCovey Cove and it received a positive Chronicle review.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Overturned Trailer Briefly Blocks All of I-880 South A woman in a wheelchair was struck and injured in the Tenderloin; an overturned big rig trailer caused an early morning traffic nightmare on I-880 south; and the Warriors aren't giving up just yet.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Major Fire Burning Near Tracy A fire at a recycling center near Tracy prompted some early morning evacuations; an overturned big rig near San Leandro was causing major traffic headaches; and the route of the Big Sur marathon has been changed due to that road slip-out.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Downtown SF Crunch Fitness Closes After 30 Years A three-story Crunch Fitness on New Montgomery Street in SF has closed after 30 years; Oakland native Zendaya talks to Britsh Vogue about her early start in Hollywood; and video shows a whale off Pacifica with fishing gear wrapped around its tail.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: 15 Cats Abandoned Outside East Bay Hospital A pedestrian was killed crossing the 101 freeway near SFO; 15 cats and kittens were dumped outside Kaiser's San Leandro hospital; and a downtown SF post office might get named after Dianne Feinstein.
SF News Eclipse Day Headlines: A Warm Weather Week Ahead Santa Rosa could be getting a huge new affordable housing project thanks to the "builder's remedy"; there was another small earthquake this morning centered up in the North Bay; and we have a warm weather week ahead, with things shifting again on Friday.
SF News Sunday Links: Crows Are Taking Over SF An early morning crash in Concord killed one person and injured several others; the winning Powerball ticket was sold in Oregon; and the crow population in San Francisco seems to have exploded.
SF News Saturday Links: Fire Breaks Out On Treasure Island There was a fire in an abandoned building on Treasure Island Friday; the victim in Friday's Mission Street shooting was a Venezuelan barber; and Tesla is allegedly rolling out its own line of robotaxis in August.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Apple Lays Off Over 600 Workers Apple laid off 614 workers in Santa Clara; police in Fremont nabbed an arson suspect for setting small fires in Fremont and Newark; and there was a 4.7M earthquake in New York City this morning.
