SF News Vallejo Officer Who Killed Sean Monterrosa Won't Be Charged; California DOJ Says There's Not Enough Evidence The 2020 killing of San Francisco native Sean Monterrosa by a Vallejo police officer remains a painful memory for Bay Area residents and a tragedy for Monterrosa's family. And now, after a review by the state attorney general, the criminal case against the officer is not moving forward.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Activists May Have Quashed Santa Rita Jail Expansion Plan Community opposition seems to have stalled or killed a plan to build a new mental-health facility at Santa Rita Jail; the first victim has been identified in a deadly I-680 crash; and a court says Donald Trump can't be on the primary ballot in Colorado.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Stonemill Matcha on Valencia Street Will Reopen Wednesday An encampment fire broke out under SF’s Central Freeway Tuesday; those Cruise robotaxi patches are unfortunately staying on the Giants' uniforms next season; and the popular Stonemill Matcha returns to Valencia Street Wednesday under new ownership.
SF News SFPD Hit With the Inevitable Lawsuit Over ‘Dolores Hill Bomb’ Mass Arrest of 81 Minors Parents said they would sue over July’s draconian mass arrest of 117 people (83 of them minors) during this year’s Dolores Hill Bomb skateboarding meetup, and that lawsuit against the SFPD has now arrived.
SF News Man Robbed, Stabbed Near SF's Mid-Market A 21-year-old man was gravely wounded in an armed robbery near the intersection of Mission and Seventh streets Monday night.
SF News It’s a ‘Banner Year for Baby Newts’ as Newt Crossing Season is in Full Swing in Bay Area Berkeley is the kind of city where they will shut down roads to create a safe newt crossing zone, and the newt enthusiasts’ efforts may be paying off, as people say they’re seeing “twice the number of baby newts this year than we had last year.”
SF News Alameda County DA Pursuing Murder Charges Against Men Accused of Killing Retired Officer Kevin Nishita It’s probably not going to win Alameda County DA Pamela Price any converts in the recall campaign against her, but she’s throwing the book at the men charged with killing a retired officer who was shot while providing security for a KRON4 cameraman.
SF Politics Oakland Police Chief Search Down to Three Candidates, Still Mired in Controversy The search for a new Oakland Police Department Chief has now dragged into its tenth month, and is apparently down to three final candidates, but it’s unclear if fired former chief LeRonne Armstrong is one of them.
SF News SFPD Says It Has Made Over 900 Arrests for Narcotics Sales Since May The mayor's office and the SFPD put out new numbers this week documenting the success, they say, of efforts to crack down on open-air drug sales in and around the Tenderloin and SoMa.
SF News SF's Anti-Gay Archbishop Not Likely to Be Giving Blessings to Same-Sex Couples Anytime Soon After Pope Francis issued a new declaration Monday that same-sex couples could receive blessings from Catholic priests and bishops, San Francisco's notoriously conservative archbishop Salvatore Cordileone issued his own terse response.
Business & Tech Google Agrees to Pay $700M to Settle States' Antitrust Case, Will Let Developers Take Direct Payments In Play Store We are now learning the details of a settlement reached in September between Google and 50 state attorneys general over antitrust claims about its Play Store, and they are mostly time-limited and minor for Google/Alphabet.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Three Nabbed For Alleged Sunglass Robbery In Vacaville The heaviest rains of the week arrive today and tomorrow; the CEO of California Forever just gave his final opening sales pitch in Solano County; and three suspects were arrested after a significant organized retail theft at the Vacaville Premium Outlets.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Hundreds of SFO Flights Delayed, Rain Floods Some SF Streets Monday’s rain caused notable flooding on a few SF streets; longtime SF favorite Jeffrey’s Toys says it’s in danger of closing; and more than 300 flights were delayed at SFO today.
SF News Glide Primes Up to Serve House of Prime Rib Christmas Eve Feast, and Give Out More Than 2,000 Toys You still have a little time to donate to Glide’s Toy Wonderland toy drive that will provide 2,000 toys to SF kids in need, and of course the gigantic House of Prime Rib Christmas Eve brunch is slated to serve 3,000 pounds of prime rib on Sunday.
SF News Man Speaks Out After Car Stolen With Daughter Still Inside In Friday Night Ingleside Theft It’s bad enough to have your car stolen, but one man had the terrifying experience of his car being stolen with his daughter still inside Friday night in Ingleside, and he’s now talking to the press.
SF News Bid to Rename SFO's International Terminal After Dianne Feinstein Gets First Hearing Next Month An effort to put late Senator Dianne Feinstein's name on one of the terminals at San Francisco International Airport will be having its first hearing next month at the Airport Commission.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Liguria Bakery Reopens Tuesday Just In Time for Xmas Focaccia Purchases The century-old Liguria Bakery in North Beach, which suffered an oven fire in early August, is finally getting back open this week in time for the holidays.
SF News Smoke on Tracks at 24th Street Station Causes Major BART Delays An equipment problem caused the tracks to smoke at 24th Street station and made a mess of the Monday morning commute, and while the equipment problem is resolved, train delays continue into Monday afternoon.
SF News A Whole New Slew of Parks and Public Spaces Have Opened on Yerba Buena Island There are parts of Yerba Buena Island that have not been open to the public in generations, but they are now, in the form of hiking trails, dog parks, and more as the island takes on its long-planned new identity.
SF News At Least 200 Gather at SF Hall of Justice to Protest DA's Decision to Charge Bay Bridge Gaza Protesters Pro-Palestinian protesters are, unsurprisingly, not happy about the SF district attorney's decision to charge 78 protesters with multiple misdemeanors for their participation in a disruptive demonstration last month on the Bay Bridge.
SF News Like SF Was Last Year, Berkeley Slapped With Restraining Order Stopping Encampment Sweep It's a repeat of what happened in San Francisco last December, and presages what could be a contentious legal fight at the Supreme Court next year: A federal judge has issued a restraining order against the City of Berkeley over a planned sweep of a homeless encampment.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Former Bay Area Band Member Sought In Girlfriend's Disappearance A former member of the rock band Mr. Bungle is being sought as a person of interest in the disappearance of a Capitola woman; a crash shut down the Richmond Bridge Sunday night; and a flood advisory has been issued for parts of the Bay Area this morning.
SF News Five Separate Sideshows Break Out In Three Bay Area Cities Overnight Sideshows took place in San Francisco, Oakland, and Vallejo on Saturday night, and people at the one in Vallejo even set a Christmas tree ablaze.
SF News Bay Area Native and Senate Staffer Fired Over Alleged Sex Tape Filmed In Senate Hearing Room A Palo Alto High School and UC Berkeley grad has been identified as one of the men in a sex tape apparently filmed inside of Congress.
SF News SF District Attorney to Begin Filing Charges Against Bay Bridge Gaza Protesters SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced that a slew of charges are going to be filed against 80 people who were arrested while participating in a protest that blocked the westbound Bay Bridge last month.
