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Two Men Face Charges for Oakland Murder of Man Whose Body Was Found Wrapped in Plastic Garbage Bag

Seven weeks ago, Oakland Police found a dead body abandoned and wrapped in a garbage bag in West Oakland. Now they’re naming two suspects, one of whom has been arrested, and the other is still at large.

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London Police Say They're Seeking Three Men For Questioning In Connection With 2023 Death of Drag Queen Heklina

London Metro Police have put out a notice, nearly two years after the fact, about three men seen on CCTV footage in the vicinity of the apartment where SF drag legend Heklina was found dead. Friends of Heklina say the London cops have been inept and unresponsive.

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SF Gets an Early Morning Taste of SpaceX Rocket Activity in Our Skies

Some crazy lights and cloud formations created a mysterious celestial display around 6 am Friday morning in San Francisco skies, and it was all because of a SpaceX rocket launch that happened more than 300 miles away in Santa Barbara.

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SFUSD Superintendent Fuels False Rumor About ICE Agent on Muni Bus

As fear continues to spread among immigrant communities across the country about potential deportation by the Trump administration, the San Francisco Unified School District didn't help the situation by spreading a rumor, now proven false, about ICE agents questioning kids on public transit.

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Chronicle Staff to Temporarily Leave Historic Headquarters as Hearst Prepares to Demolish Next-Door Building

The Hearst Corporation is looking to revive a stalled condo tower project on the site of the former SF Examiner offices — a building at 110 Fifth Street that is connected to the Chronicle headquarters by a bridge over Minna Street.

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Oakland Police Chief Wants to Loosen Rules Around Police Car Chases

After Gavin Newsom started haranguing the Oakland PD to engage in more car chases of suspects, new Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell agreed, and laid out his proposal for more car chases at higher speeds.

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Friday Morning Constitutional: Oakland Murder Trial Ends In Mistrial

The girlfriend of the man killed in Sunday's SoMa crash talks about being in the car when it happened; an Oakland murder trial ends in mistrial; and the SF Zoo restaurant is closed due to rodents.

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Day Around the Bay: The Chinese New Year ‘Year of the Snake’ Statues Are Now Up in SF

Some SF in-home caregivers allegedly drained a millionaire's bank account before she died; the JCPenney at the Tanforan shopping center is closing; and those Lunar New Year statues are back in SF for the Year of the Snake.

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Robert Cromey, Former Trinity Church Rector and Longtime Champion of LGBTQ Civil Rights, Dies at 93

You may not know that there was a liberal priest in San Francisco who was performing same-sex marriages as far back as 1968. But there was, and he was a much beloved and sometimes controversial figure in the local Episcopal diocese.

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Latest Robotaxi Criticism Claims They’re Blocking SF Housing Development

Here’s a complaint we hadn't considered about Waymos and self-driving cars, as at least 600 units of proposed housing are not getting built, because the property owners are getting quicker and easier money by renting out the lots as vehicle charging stations.

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Central Subway Will Be Shut Down Next Month For Water Leak Repairs

People who ride the T-Third line through the Central Subway will be relegated to bus service between late February and mid-March, as SFMTA fixes the subway's water leak issues that they once had to address with plastic red beer pong cups.

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Parking Vigilante Paints Fake ‘No Parking’ Curbs In Richmond District as Daylighting Laws Kick In

As the new daylighting laws preventing parking within 20 feet of a crosswalk are in effect, SFMTA has not painted all of the necessary curbs red. So some joker went and painted some counterfeit red “no parking” curbs, but got the dimensions completely wrong.

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Serial Killer David Misch Breaks Out Into Song During Sentencing For 1986 Murders of Two East Bay Women

Convicted serial killer David Misch was likely just trying to get himself kicked out of the courtroom Tuesday when he broke out into song as he was forced to listen to family members talk about the loss of two women he killed in 1986.

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Thursday Morning What's Up: SUV Crash Damages BART Third Rail In Pittsburg

Service was halted on part of BART's Pittsburg/Antioch line this morning following a fatal car crash on the tracks; the Hughes Fire now exceeds 10,000 acres; and Netflix is raising its prices again.

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Day Around the Bay: New Wildfire Consumes 8,000 Acres North of LA

The Hughes Fire, which broke out near Santa Clarita this morning, has already burned over 8,000 acres; Sonoma State announces they're cutting athletics, eight academic programs amid a budget crisis; and Trump issues a possibly empty threat toward SF officials.

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Early Morning Fire Displaces Four at the SRO Formerly Known as the Hotel Diva

A 1 am apartment fire Wednesday morning on the second floor of the former Hotel Diva has left four people displaced, though no one was injured.

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Stanford Drops Disciplinary Case Against Student Journalist Covering Gaza Protest

A Stanford student who was covering the occupation of the university president's office by pro-Palestinian protesters last year for the campus newspaper when he was arrested alongside those protesters has been cleared of wrongdoing, at least by the school.

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San Jose Police Arrest Trio Linked to Nearly 80 South Burglaries, Mostly Targeting Asian Households

Three men have been arrested in connection with a slew of home burglaries in several South Bay cities, and authorities estimate the value of goods stolen around $1 million.

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Victim In Sunday Crash Identified as 27-Year-Old Computer Engineer Who Was Previously Hit In Different Crash

The man killed Sunday when his car was violently struck by other vehicles in a multi-car crash on Sixth Street in SoMa was previously involved in a crash that was the result of a high-speed police chase.

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Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Kingpin of the Bitcoin Drugs-and-Murder Online Market Silk Road

In another sop to the libertarian crypto bros, President Trump has pardoned the San Francisco founder of the Silk Road online drug marketplace, indicating Trump’s increasing fondness for crime among the cryptocurrency crowd.

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Family of Woman Shoved In Front of BART Train Sues BART

The family of Corazon Dandan has filed suit against the BART agency for wrongful death, alleging that the transit system was aware of the threat posed by the man accused of shoving Dandan in front of a moving train last July.

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Humpday Headlines: Father and Son Who Drowned Near Half Moon Bay Identified

A father and son who died after being pulled into the ocean by a rip current near Half Moon Bay have been ID'd; local chefs mourn Charles Phan; and immigrants are now worried about sending their kids to school.

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Day Around the Bay: Books Inc. Files for Bankruptcy, Will Close Berkeley Store

We’re getting more information on Sunday’s mass-casualty crash in SoMa; Vans has closed its Marina District store; and the 174-year-old Bay Area bookstore chain Books Inc. has filed for bankruptcy and will close its Berkeley location.

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San Jose Police Union Exec Gets Probation for Dealing Opioids, SF Officer Who Robbed Rite-Aid Resurfaces

Two high-profile examples of Bay Area law enforcement personnel being on the wrong side of the opioid trade are back in the news, just with lighter sentencing than what law enforcement usually clamors for in the newspapers.

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Local Billionaire and Onetime Presidential Candidate Tom Steyer Plans to Build Stunning Mansion In Sea Cliff

Plans have been approved for a striking modern mansion to be built on property with sweeping Golden Gate views that is currently occupied by a nearly 90-year-old home in SF's Sea Cliff neighborhood, and the owner is Tom Steyer.

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