SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Suspect In Second Attempted Assassination of Trump Was Known to Media Ryan Routh, the suspect arrested for possibly trying to assassinate Donald Trump, was a known, passionate supporter of Ukraine; Salesforce gives money to SF schools for AI education; and Jane's Addiction cancels reunion tour after onstage fight.
SF News 40-Acre Cougar Fire Next to Sonoma Raceway Quickly Put Out Sunday An updated status report from Cal Fire's webpage stated that the fire's forward progress was halted about an hour after it initially started, at 2:20 pm, and that the fire crew eventually swelled to 40 at some point during the blaze.
SF News Sunday Links: Oakland A's Suffer Two Straight Defeats to Historically Inept White Sox Team The Oakland A's lost twice in a row to the historically awful White Sox; Donald Trump survived another attempt on his life today; and a "miracle" rescue occurred in San Jose.
SF News San Francisco Police Have Arrested Retail Robbers Reportedly Responsible for Over $100k in Thefts In a press release published earlier today, the San Francisco Police Department announced that they arrested a "burglary crew" of four people they say are responsible for more than $100,000 in multiple retail thefts perpetrated across both San Mateo County and San Francisco.
SF News Saturday Links: X Leaves SF, Once and For All X has finally shuttered its San Francisco headquarters; Trump is threatening to rescind wildfire funding; and an Oakland Police officer is on leave as an ongoing reckless driving investigation proceeds.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Alameda DA Hired Controversial Former Deputy Chief of Oakland Police for Top Position One of Pamela Price's top officers has a lightning-rod past; A San Jose school district is resting its hopes on a new leader; and Springfield, Ohio is now under threat after Trump's attacks during the debate.
SF Politics Mark Farrell Faces Questions After Companies With Business Before City Gave $1.2 Million to Nonprofit Where His Wife Is on the Board It’s beginning to look a lot like Nuru with a pattern uncovered during mayoral candidate Mark Farrell’s time on the Board of Supervisors, as a report details how he got $1.2 million in donations directed to a nonprofit where his wife serves on the board.
SF News SFPD Busts Illegal Gambling Den in Cayuga Terrace, One Day After Busting Tenderloin Gambling Den It’s been a jackpot for SFPD efforts to crack down on illegal gambling operations this week, as after a Tuesday raid on an underground Tenderloin casino operation, police on Wednesday popped a Cayuga Avenue home that also had an apparent illegal gambling den.
SF News Fremont Man Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Attendants, Making Threats on Frontier Flight A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office told SFist that the suspect is currently being held without bail, and that an arraignment is scheduled for October 1.
SF Politics Update: Yet Another Improper Spending Scandal Rocks SF City Hall, Commission Director Hastily Resigns The curious matter of a $10,000 Martha’s Vineyard house rental paid for with your tax dollars had led to the resignation of an SF City Hall commission director, and she appears to have also approved more than a million dollars in contracts to a man that lives with her.
SF News Update: Powell Street BART Station Closed After Police Shooting A major police situation was happening in or near Powell Street Station Friday morning after an armed suspect apparently fired a gun, and then was shot by police.
SF News Road Rage Incident Leads to Fatal Shooting in Upscale Orinda An SUV driver had some reason to be so upset with a Tesla driver in Orinda that he reportedly punched the Tesla driver, who then allegedly shot and killed the SUV driver, bringing a rare gun homicide to the wealthy suburb of Orinda.
Bay Area Sports Rumors Flying That the A’s Might Stay in Oakland for Another Year, or Even Longer One of Major League Baseball’s most prominent agents has stirred the pot about the possibility of the A’s staying in Oakland for another year or longer, and it may be significant that the players’ union has still not signed off on the deal for the A’s to play in Sacramento.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Laser Show Lights Up Transamerica Pyramid Lasers light up the Transamerica Pyramid; Newsom signs bill making penalties harsher for smash-and-grab thieves; and Trump comes to California looking for campaign funds.
SF News Day Around the Bay: PG&E Gets the Green Light to Hike Your Rates Yet Again The Transamerica Pyramid had its grand reopening Thursday; the hot dog vendor who SFPD roughed up in an arrest now says she’s pregnant; and PG&E will be raising your rates again for the third time in barely a year.
SF Politics SF’s Own Linda Ronstadt Goes Full-On ‘Childless Cat Lady’ In Condemning Trump, Endorsing Harris Donald Trump happens to be holding a rally today at Tucson, Arizona’s Linda Ronstadt Music Hall. San Francisco resident Linda Ronstadt is furious about this, and posted a Taylor-Swift style “childless cat lady” endorsement of Kamala Harris.
Arts & Entertainment Shakespeare In the Park Brings ‘The Tempest’ to the Embarcadero, and ‘As You Like It’ Opens at CalShakes This season of the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival got extended to include two weekends of performances of ’The Tempest’ at Sue Bierman Park at the foot of Market Street, on the Embarcadero. And CalShakes comes back alive in Orinda this weekend with its production of ‘As You Like It’.
SF News Man Who Allegedly Stabbed Two People on an Amtrak Sunday in Fairfield Will Get a Mental Competency Hearing A Sacramento man accused of stabbing two people on an Amtrak train Sunday night had his attempted murder trial proceedings suspended, as he’ll now get a mental competency hearing to determine whether he even will stand trial.
SF Politics Ballot Measure Prop 3 Hopes to ‘Trump-Proof' Same-Sex Marriage In California, No Matter What US Supreme Court Does At least one US Supreme Court justice is on the record as wanting to overturn the landmark same-sex marriage decision, so California voters will consider Prop 3 in November, which would enshrine gay marriage into the state constitution.
SF News Alleged Brothel Raided in South San Francisco Apartment Building, 65-Year-Old Woman Charged With Pimping A certain apartment complex in South San Francisco allegedly had a brothel operating out of one of the units, and a 65-year-old woman has been arrested and is being accused of serving as its madame.
SF News SF Man and Juvenile Arrested for Auto Burglaries After Pursuit In Oakland A San Francisco man and a juvenile accomplice were arrested last week in connection with a possibly wide-ranging auto burglary "operation" that included at least two burglaries in Alamo Square and near the Palace of Fine Arts.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Delays on BART After Emergency at 16th & Mission An early morning medical emergency at 16th & Mission was causing major BART delays in both directions through SF; teachers in Half Moon Bay avert a strike; and the mayoral candidate debate again.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Breed Backs Out of Debate With Challengers Mayor London Breed backed out of a Wednesday evening KPIX debate with her challengers; 65-year-old North Bay chain Mary's Pizza Shack has filed for bankruptcy; and next year's AIDS Lifecycle ride will be the last.
SF News Concord Man Arrested For Allegedly Having 100 Pounds of Meth In His Car The California Highway Patrol conducted a routine traffic stop in I-680 in Concord, and a drug-sniffing dog indicated there may have been narcotics in the vehicle. And were there ever, as the CHP seized nearly 100 pounds of suspected methamphetamine from the car.
SF News Both SFPD and Hot Dog Vendor Speak Out After Viral Video of Rough, Physical Arrest The SFPD arrest of a hot dog vendor who was slammed to the ground and held down made a splash in the local news. But both sides are now going public with their own versions of events, which unsurprisingly, do not quite match.
