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Snow Is Literally Crushing Buildings In Tahoe Area
The weight of massive snow accumulation on rooftops has led to at least two destroyed buildings in the Tahoe area and Sierra foothills, with more perhaps to come.
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Thursday Morning What's Up: Teen Killed In Fight at Santa Rosa High School
A 16-year-old boy was fatally stabbed by another boy in a classroom fight at a Santa Rosa high school; a man set himself on fire in Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley; and the wife of Wild 94.9's JV says he "will not be coming back."
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Day Around the Bay: New Berkeley Falcon Named For Real-Life Partner Of Falcon Annie's Namesake
A Mission housing nonprofit is being sued for allegedly "abandoning" veterans, the Chronicle has responded to billionaire Michael Moritz's NYT op-ed dragging them, and the hunky new Berkeley falcon-cam male got a new name with a heartwarming backstory.
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Napa Man With 'White Privilege Card' Sentenced to Nine Years Over Plot To Blow Up Democratic State HQ
Colorful Trump supporter Ian Benjamin Rogers of Napa planned to ring in the Biden administration by blowing up the state Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento. Instead, he’ll remain in prison for the remainder of Biden’s presidency, and possibly another 45 years to boot.
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Drum-Playing Union Square Street Performer Larry ‘Bucket Man’ Hunt Has Died At Age 64
Union Square fixture Larry Hunt has been banging on buckets like they were a set of drums for decades on Market Street, but the beat won’t go on any further, as the “Bucket Man” died Thursday morning at age 64.
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Two 17-Year-Old Girls Arrested In Attack Near Dolores Park
A pair of juveniles, both female, have been arrested in connection with an unprovoked attack on Super Bowl Sunday in SF's Mission District that left one woman with eye injuries.
Business & Tech
Well, Well, Well, Twitter Has Reinstated Its Longstanding Policy Against Violent Speech
Twitter announced Wednesday that it has "made a few changes to our policies around violent content and similar language," though it is basically just a rephrasing of what Twitter's longstanding police was, pre-Elon.
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Plans For That Second Transbay Tube May Be Getting Shelved Over High Cost, Low Ridership
The latest grand plan for a second Transbay Tube would have cost at least $29 billion and wouldn’t have been completed until around 2040, and now regional transit planners are backing off the idea of building that new tube.
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All Eyes Are on AG Rob Bonta as Decision to Prosecute Rookie SF Cop In 2017 Keita O'Neil Shooting Rests With Him
A San Francisco judge on Wednesday opted to delay a motion from the District Attorney's Office to dismiss manslaughter charges against former SFPD Officer Christopher Samayoa, in order to give the state Attorney General's Office more time to consider the case.
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21-Year-Old San Leandro Man On Probation For Gun Charge Arrested For Gun Battle at Music Video Shoot
One suspect is now in custody facing a murder charge for a January 23 shootout that injured four people and killed one, 18-year-old Mario Navarro, during a music video shoot at an East Oakland gas station.
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Sierra Snowpack On Pace To Break 40-Year Record, Bay Area Rains Might Last Until April
The current gigantic snow dump, combined with January’s storms, could break 40-year-old snowpack records in parts of the state, as the forecast calls for more cold and precipitation through March and possibly into April.
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Avalanche Buries Tahoe Apartment Building, Several Areas Evacuated Over Avalanche Risk
The first two floors of this three-story apartment building near Palisades Tahoe were completely engulfed by an avalanche Tuesday night, and while everyone inside was rescued, avalanche orders remain in effect in parts of the Lake Tahoe area.
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City's Bill For Shelter-In-Place Hotel Damages Rises With $2.9M Settlement For Hotel Tilden
While the City of San Francisco continues to negotiate with hotel owners over what the costs of turning their hotels into ersatz homeless shelters during the pandemic turned out to be, one more hotel has just walked away with a considerable damage settlement.
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Humpday Headlines: Hundreds Stranded In Snow On I-80
Trucks are backed up for miles and hundreds of vehicles remain stranded on snowbound I-80 in the Sierra; an East Bay landlord has ended a three-day hunger strike over the eviction moratorium; and there was a rare shooting in Piedmont on Tuesday.
SF Politics
SFMTA Board Member Caught in Illegal Lobbying Scandal Over Italian Restaurant Permits
A San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) board member has admitted to illegally lobbying city officials and staff for permits on behalf of an Italian restaurant, receiving $12,500 in the process.
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Day Around the Bay: Now Your (Federal) Taxes Aren’t Due Until October 16
One of Mayor Breed’s scandal-plagued picks for the homeless oversight commission looks finished, arrests have been made in that Super Bowl Sunday Dolores Park attack, and the feds are now giving us until October 16 to file our taxes.
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New Owners of the Former Sir Francis Drake Sued Over $730,000 In Unpaid Wages
The Sir Francis Drake hotel renovated and reopened as the Beacon Grand last year, but the California Labor Commissioner alleges they stiffed workers to the tune of $730,000 during that renovation.
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[Updated] Outside Lands Adds 'GA+' Tier With Better Bathrooms; Eager Beaver Tickets Sell Out In One Hour
It's that time again — and a little earlier than usual — for Outside Lands to put its pre-sale, pre-lineup tickets on sale at a slight discount.
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Pittsburg Construction Worker Found Guilty In 2021 Murder of His Supervisor in San Rafael
33-year-old Miguel Jimenez Alejandre had already confessed to police that he killed his own boss and dumped his body at a construction site in San Rafael, but a Marin County Superior Court jury found him guilty this week.
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'Six' at the Orpheum Gives the 'Hamilton' Treatment to Henry VIII's Wives
Fair or unfair, it's impossible to think about Six without imagining the elevator pitch: It's Hamilton for the six wives of Henry VIII, but more feminist and with a more pop-influenced score. You know — divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.
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Newsom’s CARE Court Deadline Looms October 1, But SF Lacks the Beds And Staff to Enforce It
Gavin Newsom’s state-mandated CARE Court system is supposed to take effect October 1, but San Francisco doesn’t have the facilities or the staff to make it work, if it works in the first place anyway.
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BART Director Lateefah Simon Announces Run For Barbara Lee's Seat In Congress
BART Director Lateefah Simon, who has served on BART's board for seven years, has higher political aspirations, and this week she's made it official that she will be running to replace longtime Oakland House Rep. Barbara Lee in 2024.
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More People’s Park Drama, As Appeals Court Again Blocks UC Berkeley’s $312 Million Housing Project
The rabble-rousers and CEQA appellants have won another round in their attempts to thwart an 1,100-unit housing development at the site of Berkeley’s People’s Park, as the First District Appellate Court has hit the brakes on the project again.
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Fugitive In Stolen Truck Busts Through Hearst Castle Gates, Holes Up In Guest House, Causes Shelter-In-Place
A chaotic — and dare we say drug-fueled? — situation in San Luis Obispo County on Sunday turned into a tense standoff in which a bunch of Hearst Castle tourists had to shelter in place until it was safe to go back to the parking lot.
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Tuesday Morning Topline: Gas Fire Burns Outside Daly City Home
A natural gas fire broke out due to a ruptured line outside a home in Daly City; 70 miles of I-80 near Tahoe were closed in both directions due to whiteout conditions; and Burlingame is moving to ban outdoor smoking.