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30-Year-Old Man Killed In SF's Fillmore District
There was a homicide Tuesday night in San Francisco's Fillmore District, which has not seen a homicide in three years.
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[Update] BART Says Hold Up, You Still Need to Wear Masks, Then Reverses
Following that federal judge's ruling on Monday that abruptly ended mask mandates on planes and public transit, BART reportedly told its police not to enforce mask-wearing on Tuesday. But now, they've issued a statement similar to the SFMTA's saying masks are still required, for now.
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Defrocked Ex-Priest, Accused of Child Sex Abuse, Kills Pedestrian In Alleged Walnut Creek DUI Incident
One man is dead and his wife briefly hospitalized after an allegedly drunk driver rammed into them Saturday, a driver who happened to be a former priest accused of molesting dozens of children.
SF Politics
Matt Haney Claims Victory In Assembly Race, Giving Mayor Breed a Board Seat Appointment
SF's District 6 will be getting a new appointed supervisor and the city is getting a new face in the Assembly after Tuesday's runoff election — it's just that we'll have to vote on this seat twice more this year.
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Humpday Headlines: Three People Shot In Colma
Three people were shot in Colma early Wednesday morning, a San Leandro teacher has been removed after being caught on video threatening students, and the Los Gatos Town Council has passed an ordinance banning teen parties hosted by adults.
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Day Around the Bay: The Inevitable SF Redistricting Lawsuit Has Indeed Arrived
San Quentin prison is now home the nation’s first “college behind bars,” the ban on use of rape kits to prosecute unrelated crimes is now San Francisco law, and sure enough, a gaggle of local residents is suing San Francisco over the ongoing redistricting drama.
Arts & Entertainment
Netflix Sees Big Drop In Subscribers, Swears It's Going to Crack Down On Password-Sharing
With the waning of the pandemic, Netflix is seeing its big subscriber growth fall off a cliff — and now the company is saying it's really going to get tough on password-sharing.
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Two SFPD Officers Arrested for Destroying Evidence, Ex-Officer Arrested for Swiping Machine Gun From Evidence Room
Two separate SFPD scandals hit the fan at the same time, as two current officers were arrested for destroying evidence (including meth, allegedly) and a former officer was arrested for relieving the evidence room of a machine gun.
Arts & Entertainment
A San Francisco 4/20 Event Guide (For People Who Have No Interest In Going to Hippie Hill)
A San Francisco 4/20 Preview (For People Who Have No Interest In Going to Hippie Hill) Plenty of SF dispensaries and venues are counterprogramming against the Hippie Hill high jinks with live music, comedy, and even “Wings, Weed & Waffles.”
Bay Area Sports
The Warriors, Looking In Fine Playoff Form, Overpower the Nuggets In Games 1 and 2
"Does the phrase 'riding a bicycle' mean anything? It's come back real quick: recall, muscle memory — whatever you want to call it. It's working for the Warriors."
SF Politics
It's Election Day #2 of 4 For the SF Assembly Seat Sought By David Campos and Matt Haney
Today's the day that San Francisco voters decide who will take David Chiu's vacant Assembly seat for District 17 in the state legislature — at least who will occupy it for the next eight months.
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Are We Seeing a Fifth COVID Surge In SF Right Now? Probably.
The official daily case count probably isn't reliable, but other metrics suggest that San Francisco is probably in the midst of its BA.2 surge, which experts predicted would likely not be as significant as this past winter's first Omicron surge.
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Man Accused of Setting San Jose Home Depot on Fire Identified and Charged
A 27-year-old man from San Jose is now behind bars, accused of setting fire to a Home Depot two Saturdays ago as he stole several items.
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Masks Come Off on BART, Airplanes, and In Uber and Lyft Cars — But Not Muni — Following Ruling By Trump-Appointed Judge
A Trump-appointed federal judge in Florida issued a ruling Monday that denied the authority of the CDC to continue its federal mask mandate on planes and public transit — a mandate that was set to expire in two weeks anyway.
Arts & Entertainment
Outside Lands Announces 2022 Lineup, Featuring Green Day, Post Malone, and SZA
Tickets will go on sale on 4/20 for Outside Lands 2022, as the festival announces a lineup including Green Day, Post Malone, Phoebe Bridgers, Lil Uzi Vert, and a whole bunch more.
SF News
Tuesday Morning Topline: Roofing Crew Might Be to Blame For West Portal Fire
The SFFD says a roofing crew might have sparked the roof fire in West Portal on Monday, a dumped bucked of floor adhesive caused a "sticky situation" (and car damage) on the San Mateo Bridge, and a Gilroy victim of the Happy Face Killer has been ID'd.
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Day Around the Bay: Arson Suspect Arrested In San Jose Home Depot Fire
Sherri Papini has officially entered her guilty plea and will now face sentencing, authorities in San Jose have arrested and charged a suspect in the Home Depot fire, and the White House apparently still has Senator Dianne Feinstein's back.
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SF Man Who Spent Last 32 Years In Prison Gets Conviction Overturned, Now Free
Joaquin Ciria has always maintained his innocence in a 1990 murder, and today he is a free man, the first person exonerated by DA Boudin’s Innocence Commission.
Arts & Entertainment
Japantown Revels in Successful Return of Cherry Blossom Festival
While there was no parade this year, the 55th annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival blossomed again, and every performance is available online so you can relive all the anime cosplay, Taiko Dojo, and swordsmanship.
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As SF Marks 116th Anniversary of 1906 Earthquake, Actual Earthquake Hits Near Gilroy
Early Monday morning saw the return of the in-person Lotta’s Fountain earthquake anniversary ceremony, yet only 33 minutes before, a little 2.6 magnitude quake struck just south of Gilroy.
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Mummified Body Found In Oakland Convention Center Wall Identified as Missing Homeless Man
A 42-year-old man who was known to frequent homeless encampments in Oakland and who was reported missing in August 2020 was the person who met with misadventure inside the abandoned Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center by Lake Merritt.
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Three-Alarm Fire In West Portal Leads to Partial Building Collapse
A fire broke out on a roof Monday on the commercial corridor of San Francisco's West Portal Avenue, and so far no injuries have been reported but the fire has caused a partial collapse of a building.
SF Politics
Is It Sexist to Call Out Feinstein's Memory Decline When Male Senators Have Stayed In Office Much Longer?
The weekend brought even more press attention to Senator Dianne Feinstein and her reported cognitive decline. And some are suggesting that laying open this open secret to the public is sexist at its core.
SF Politics
Whack Vallejo City Council Meeting Goes Off Rails, Mayor Threatens to Arrest Councilmember
What started as a discussion about a new Vallejo police station turned into free-for-all with one public commenter being physically hauled out by police, then threats from the mayor to do the same to a councilmember, who in turn speculated about certain parts of the mayor's anatomy.
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Thieves Use Stolen Tractor to Try to Rip ATM Out of Wall In East Bay, Fail
Some unsuccessful thieves in Brentwood used heavy machinery to try to steal an ATM from a bank on Sunday, and they failed to do so but caused a lot of damage.