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The 49ers Cannot Stop Beating the LA Rams
Are the Niners a slightly unpredictable team who lose games that they should win, and win games that they should lose?
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Car Lands On Its Roof In Castro Valley Accident, All Three Occupants Rescued
This dramatic photo is the aftermath of a Castro Valley accident this weekend, where, thankfully, all three occupants of the vehicle were rescued.
Business & Tech
Twitter to Charge $20/mo Subscription For Blue Checkmarks; Musk Polls Users About Bringing Back Vine
As we await word on how swift and widespread layoffs may be at Twitter, Chief Twit Elon Musk is making moves and hinting at others — and still acting like a child with a new toy he may break any second.
SF News
Boyfriend and Murder Suspect of Oakland Dentist Lili Xu Kills Himself in Jail
An August fatal shooting shooting of beloved Oakland dentist Lili Xu initially spurred hate-crime speculation, but it turned out to be a suspected murder-for-hire by her boyfriend, and now that boyfriend has taken his own life in jail.
SF News
Gypsy Taub Speaks Out About Ex-Boyfriend David DePape, Confirms He Wasn't a Trumper, But Had Mental Illness
It's both a surprising twist in the long narrative of Bay Area kooks and political dramas and an inevitable "of course" that an incident involving an unhinged attack on a national political figure in SF should somehow circle back to Gypsy Taub, but it has.
SF News
Monday Morning Headlines: Prescribed Burn Sends Smoke Into Bay Area
An 800-acre prescribed burn in Humboldt County sent a lot of smoke into the North Bay, DA Brooke Jenkins corrected some misinformation about the Pelosi attack, and a man was injured in a shooting near the Balboa Park Safeway.
SF News
A Person Jumped Onto Tracks at SF's Balboa Park Station Friday
BART's Balboa Park Station in San Francisco temporarily closed on Friday after a man reportedly jumped underneath a train — which brought multiple police officers and firefighters to the scene.
SF News
Of Course, Musk Tweeted Out an Anti-LGBTQ Conspiracy Theory About Attack on Paul Pelosi
Leave it to Elon Musk to post a since-deleted tweet that contained misinformation about the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband. And no surprise here: The conspiracy theory first appeared on the Santa Monica Observer — a fringe website dominated by right-wing conspiracies.
SF News
Nancy Pelosi Breaks Silence Around Husband's Attack, Says His Condition Continues Improving
Nancy Pelosi's husband was brutally assaulted inside their San Francisco home Friday by an alleged attacker named David DePape — an anti-vaxxer, pro-insurrectionist, and QAnon member. On Saturday, the Speaker of the House released her first remarks on the event that has traumatized her whole family.
SF News
Sunday Links: Mountain Lion Takes Stroll Through San Mateo Neighborhood in Broad Daylight
Valencia Street is getting a new Korean snack bar, a mountain lion was spotted roaming around a San Mateo neighborhood Friday morning, and... have you checked out Menlo Park's floating "yellow brick road” yet?
SF News
California's Dungeness Crab Season Is Postponed (Again) to Protect Migrating Whales
For what's now the fourth year in a row, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is delaying the start of the 2022 commercial Dungeness crab season to safeguard migrating whales from accidental entanglements with fishing gear.
SF News
Saturday Links: 'Major Medical Emergency' Causes System-Wide Delays on BART
A BART train was evacuated Friday due to a “major medical emergency" that led to a 20-minute delay across the network, San Jose police are investigating a hit-and-run involving a grandmother and her grandson, and there’s a pumpkin carving event today at the Mission Arts Center.
SF News
Day Around the Bay: People Are Already Testing Misinformation, Hate Speech Limits on Twitter After Musk Takeover
The man accused of attacking Pelosi’s husband is set to be charged with attempted homicide, Twitter users are testing the company’s community guidelines with Musk as owner, and FYI: The Anza Vista Target store was built on a former graveyard.
SF News
Supervisor Ahsha Safai Has Home Broken Into, Thieves Steal Stove and Microwave Oven
District 11 Supervisor Ahsha Safai’s house suffered a break-in Thursday night, and some appliances were stolen from the supervisor who’s one of the most outspoken about property crime.
Business & Tech
Elon Musk Promises Facebook-Style 'Moderation Council' to Make Content and Ban Decisions at Twitter
New Chief Twit Elon Musk announced Friday that he will be allowing some content moderation to happen at Twitter after all — but it won't be staff doing it, it will be an independent "content moderation council" like Facebook has.
SF News
Reactions and Condemnations Flow In From National, State, and Local Leaders Following Attack at Pelosi Home
The toxic and vitriolic energy of our body politic erupted into the city of San Francisco once again Friday morning with an attack by a conspiracy-obsessed loon on the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that left her husband seriously injured.
SF Politics
Ann Hsu Way Ahead of the Pack in School Board Race Donations, Despite (Or Because Of?) Racist Comment Scandal
Despite a summer backlash and furor over SF school board member Ann Hsu’s comments that Black and brown students had “unstable family environments," Hsu has racked up nearly twice the campaign contributions of any other school board candidate in the November election.
SF News
Pelosi Attacker Is COVID Denier, Anti-Vaxxer, My Pillow Guy Fan, Nudist, Pro-Insurrectionist
As condolences pour in from around the spectrum over the Paul Pelosi hammer attack that has placed him in surgery, we learn that suspect David DePape was a QAnon anti-vaxxer and election denier with a conspiracy-tinged streak.
SF News
Rain Is Coming Next Week, But When Will Be the First Atmospheric River?
Rain is in the forecast for the Bay Area next week, likely Tuesday and Wednesday, but this won't be much of a storm.
SF News
Will Trump Be Allowed to Mouth Off on Twitter Again Before the Midterms?
We're counting down the minutes or days before Donald Trump is welcomed back on Twitter by new Chief Twit Elon Musk. Because what's a 246-year-old democracy worth when you'd rather be "saving humanity" through unfettered dialogue and free speech.
SF News
Two Arrested In Slaying of Oakland Dentist; One Is Victim's Longtime Boyfriend
Two men were arrested Thursday in connection with the August murder of Lili Xu in Oakland's Little Saigon neighborhood, and one of the suspects is Xu's longtime boyfriend who was with her at the time of the killing.
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Paul Pelosi Attacked With Hammer In Home Invasion, Suspect Was Reportedly Looking for Nancy
The hammer-wielding suspect was reportedly shouting “Where is Nancy, where is Nancy?” when he broke into the House Speaker’s Pac Heights home early Friday morning, and spouse Paul Pelosi is hospitalized with blunt force trauma wounds.
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Friday Morning Constitutional: Top Twitter Execs Fired as Musk Takes the Helm
The Elon Musk Era at Twitter has officially begun, a second fatal pedestrian crash happened in the Sunset, and 41 of the 47 Alameda County sheriff's deputies put on leave over their psych evaluations are now back on active duty.
SF News
Day Around the Bay: Mark Zuckerberg Lost $11 Billion Today
Berkeley is having another housing battle over ADUs in fire-risk zones, the Bayview just got itself a new Lucky supermarket, and Mark Zuckerberg lost $11 billion in net worth just today alone.
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[Update] Jane Fonda Is Speaking About Climate Change at Manny's and Oasis On Wednesday
The legendary Jane Fonda will be in San Francisco on Wednesday, six days ahead of the election, to talk about her life, career, and her Jane Fonda Climate PAC — as well, presumably, as her support for Prop 30.