SF Politics Boudin’s Former Prosecutor Continues Fuming Over Case Where DA Didn't Fight Insanity Plea One of the prosecutors who left the DA’s office, and made a big stink to the press about doing so, continues to air complaints about a homicide case she prosecuted where Boudin ended up relenting to an insanity plea from the suspect.
Business & Tech Amazon Reveals More About Its Planned Potrero Warehouse on Former Recology Site Amazon had a virtual public meeting Monday to discuss its plans to build a three-story warehouse and delivery hub at 7th and Berry streets, at the edge of Potrero Hill and the Design District, across the tracks from the foot of Mission Creek.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Xfinity Outage Impacts Unknown Number of Customers A major Xfinity outage took out internet and TV for the Bay Area and beyond, there was a candlelight vigil in Oakland for the toddler shot on I-880, and the Grand Princess cruise ship just cruised back into SF Bay on Monday like nothing happened.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Three Charged In Contra Costa Co. Armed Robbery Spree Newsom's press secretary dispels rumor that he had a bad booster shot reaction, a man was shot while walking in Visitacion Valley, and three young men were charged in a series of 25 armed robberies across Contra Costa County.
SF News Heiress Ivy Getty Got Married at SF City Hall Saturday, With Nancy Pelosi Officiating, and a Reception at the Getty Manse There was a lavish to-do this past weekend — a whole weekend of parties, actually, that kicked off on Thursday — to mark the nuptials of 26-year-old Getty heiress and model Ivy Getty.
Business & Tech International Hackers Have Breached Nine Organizations, Says Bay Area Cybersecurity Firm At least one U.S. company, but probably more, is among several firms that a Santa Clara-based cybersecurity firm says has been infiltrated via some sort of password theft scheme that appears to be targeting the Department of Defense.
SF News Accused Capitol Insurrectionist From Mill Valley Has Fled to Belarus Seeking Asylum A Marin County man accused of punching two officers during the Trump Capitol insurrection has run off to Belarus to avoid the charges, complaining of “political persecution.”
SF News Berkeley Falcon Drama Intensifies, as Female Courts New Male While Her Mate Recovers The “soap opera” of the Berkeley peregrine falcons may be turning into a love triangle, as the female Annie is courting a new mate while the male Grinnell recovers from injury.
SF Politics What 'Family' Issue Kept Gavin Newsom From Attending Climate Conference? Governor Gavin Newsom and his wife abruptly canceled a planned trip to the U.N. climate conference, COP26, and he's been out of the public eye for about 10 days now with little explanation
SF News Unvaccinated SFPD Officer Dies of COVID at Age 46 A San Francisco police officer who had been on the force 17 years died over the weekend, less than a week after testing positive for COVID-19.
SF Politics Rejected SoMa High-Rise Suddenly the Main Issue In Haney-Campos State Assembly Race The two progressive candidates running for David Chiu’s now-vacated assembly seat have finally found an issue to disagree on, and you’re probably going to hear a lot more about one specific housing project the board of supervisors shot down in late October.
SF News San Francisco and San Mateo Counties Back In CDC's Yellow Tier for COVID Transmission If you're getting a little confused and dizzy by the back-and-forth with the CDC's color tiers and the COVID status of Bay Area counties, you're not alone. But rest assured that while cases seem to be leveling off, transmission of the virus remains fairly low in San Francisco.
SF News 26 States Sue the Federal Government Over Biden’s Vaccine Mandates Last week, OSHA handed down a new rule that every company with 100 or more employees must require everyone to be vaccinated. Within eight hours, 26 states sued.
SF News Still No Suspects In Random Oakland Freeway Shooting That Killed Toddler; City Marks Three New Killings Police still don't have any suspects to tie to a stray bullet that struck and killed a two-year-old child inside a car on I-880 in Oakland on Saturday, and there were three fatal shootings in a 24-hour period in the city between Friday and Saturday.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: No One Injured In Fourth Haight Shooting Another shooting occurred in the Upper Haight Saturday as a residential burglary got interrupted, Rep. Jackie Speier was commemorating COVID victims in San Mateo County on Sunday, and the international travel ban to the U.S. gets lifted today.
SF News 21-Year-Old Man Killed in Haight-Ashbury Homicide Identified The Haight-Ashbury has been rattled by recent shootings that have left local businesses damaged and cars riddled with bullet holes. But Thursday's episode of gun violence in the neighborhood proved fatal, claiming the life of one 21-year-old Samuel Jessop.
SF News SF Man Suspected of Stabbing Woman's Terrier Has Been Arrested San Francisco police arrested 35-year-old Derrick Juan Strong as a suspect of a dog stabbing that occurred inside a parked car (with the owner still inside of it) in Bayview; Strong is currently being held on multiple criminal charges.
SF News Sunday Links: Looks Like We Can Expect Light Rain Basically This Entire Week A toddler was killed in an Oakland freeway shooting Saturday, the National Weather Service (NWS) tweeted out a handy chart to let you know when to expect rain in the Bay Area this week, and a mountain lion was hit by a patrol car on Route 92 in San Mateo.
SF News Only About One-Fifth of Eligible San Francisco Seniors Have Received a COVID-19 Booster Shot The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) shared this week that just 23,000 San Franciscans who are 65 years or older — roughly 20% of the city's entire eligible senior population — have received their COVID-19 booster shot ahead of the holiday season.
SF News Kaiser Strike to Affect All NorCal Outpatient Pharmacies; Patients Recommended to Fill Prescriptions Before November 15 Citing low wages and less than ideal working conditions, thousands of nurses and other health care workers at Kaiser Permanente hospitals will go on strike on November 15 — directly affecting prescription refill services at Kaiser outpatient pharmacies in Northern California.
SF News Saturday Links: Lockdown at Milpitas Mall Caused Massive Confusion and Panic Over False Gunshot Report Oakland's original Blue Bottle Coffee location is set to close, a random paintball attack blinded one SF woman, and hundreds of police officers converged at the Burlington Coat Factory store inside the Milpitas' Great Mall after a gun was allegedly discharged.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Will Open Lot for Vehicle Dwellers to Ride Out Storms SF's political map is being redrawn, J Balvin dined at two-Michelin starred Californios before his OSL set, and SF is expected to open a parking lot that will allow people living in vehicles to safely park during storms (for the next two months).
SF News Report: Embarcadero Needs to Be Raised 'Two to Seven Feet' to Prepare for Climate Change Flooding A new report from the SF Port Commission sounds the alarm that without a couple billion dollars in seawall upgrades, downtown SF will find itself underwater when sea levels rise.
SF News Highway 37 In Sonoma County Shut Down Following Injury Accident Involving Two Big Rigs The often trafficky Highway 37, which connects northern Marin County and Sonoma County to Napa and Vallejo, was shut down in both directions Friday after following a major injury crash involving two big rigs.
SF News Monarch Butterfly Population Sees Thousand-Fold Increase, Likely Thanks to Drought A silver lining of the drought may be that the Monarch butterflies are exploding back after a near-extinction event last year, with one central California beach recording a 3,500% increase in the winged critters.
