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One Dead, Five Skaters Rescued When Ice Gives Way on Semi-Frozen Reservoir Near Truckee
A group of eight ice skaters ventured onto a not-so-frozen reservoir in the Sierra on Saturday, and the day ended in tragedy.
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Monday Morning Headlines: SFPD Seeks Triple Bank Robbery Suspect
The same suspect is believed to have committed three bank robberies in SF on Saturday, Woodside has been shamed into reversing its mountain lion habitat declaration, and 300 people took part in a Benicia sideshow on Friday.
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Did You Feel That? 3.2M Earthquake Rattles San Leandro
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) recorded a relatively mild tremor Sunday late afternoon at 4:02 p.m. in the Bay Area, with light shaking felt across San Leandro — and even as far north as Vallejo.
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Former Cal Athletics Player Identified as Victim in Fatal I-880 Shooting in Oakland
California Highway Patrol responded to a deadly shooting Friday night that shut down the northbound lanes of I-880 for several hours in Oakland. And on Sunday, it was reported that Bay Area sports legend Gene Ransom was the fatally wounded victim involved in the murder.
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Sunday Links: Saturday Night Car Crash in San Jose Leaves One Dead, Two Injured
The Bay Area is forecasted to see warm temperatures next week, San Jose recorded its eleventh traffic-related fatality this year Saturday night, and the Colorado Fire that's been burning near Big Sur is now 100% contained.
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135 Years Ago Today, San Francisco Saw Its Most Significant Snowfall to Date
The last time measurable snow fell in San Francisco was February 7, 1976, when snow covered the Golden Gate Bridge and Marin Headlands, with snowflakes also coming down to sea level. But February 5, 1887, saw the city's most plentiful snowstorm ever recorded — when nearly 4" of snow buried downtown.
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Saturday Links: Two-Alarm Fire Erupts at Tesla's Fremont Factory
CHP is investigating a deadly shooting that shut down the northbound lanes of I-880 Friday in Oakland, Sonoma County is set to lift its ban on large gatherings, and Fremont firefighters battled a two-alarm fire yesterday outside Tesla's Fremont factory building.
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Day Around the Bay: 27-Year-Old Man Fatally Stabbed Monday in Mission District Has Been Identified
The SF Medical Examiner’s Office has identified Frank Chavez as the victim in Monday's late-night Mission District stabbing, there’s a new “fancy” pedestrian bridge at the Warm Springs/South Fremont BART station, and the U.S. Covid-19-related death toll has now surpassed 900,000 lives.
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'Firefall' Returns to Yosemite Next Week, and Some Park Areas Will Be Closed Due to Traffic Problems
The very popular and very Instagram-worthy "firefall" phenomenon is expected to return to Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park this month — and its popularity has led to parts of the park needing to be closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
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State Watchdog Dismisses SF Democrats’ Complaint That Recall Chesa Boudin Ads Were ‘Unlawful and Misleading’
The California Fair Political Practices Commission has tossed out an ethics complaint from the SF Democratic Party, which alleged that the ads didn’t disclose how they featured a spokesperson being paid $16,000 a month.
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Caltrans Researching Redesign Ideas for SR37, Ahead of Projected Climate Change Road Flooding
If you’ve driven on State Route 37, you likely know how regularly the Bay Area commuter throughway experiences major traffic backup. Now, the State of California plans to revamp the Highway 37 corridor through projects expected to cost over a quarter-billion dollars.
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Couple Trapped Since December 6 at Snowed-In Sierra County Cabin Finally Gets Airlifted Out
A couple — and their dog — spent 57 days snowed in at a remote Sierra County cabin, and didn’t make it out until a California Highway Patrol rescue copter came for them Tuesday.
Business & Tech
Meta Already Has a Sexual Harassment Problem In the Metaverse
In a development that's surprising to absolutely no one, Facebook/Meta is already having to address groping and sexual inappropriateness in the Metaverse, even though there is no real Metaverse yet — there's just a beta version of a very early stab at it.
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Billionaire Enclave Woodside Claims It Can’t Build More Housing Because It’s a Mountain Lion Habitat
The fur is flying in the fashionable tech billionaire quarters of Woodside, where the mansion-dwellers argue they can’t comply with a new state housing law because it’s a mountain lion habitat.
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Milpitas Woman Goes Missing, and Neighbor Is Arrested After Her Body Is Discovered In His Backyard
A Milpitas man is now in jail after police say he killed a woman and then buried her in a backyard.
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Arrest Made and Details of Video Emerge In Assault on 49ers Fan Daniel Luna at SoFi Stadium
A suspect was arrested in connection with the assault on Oakland chef Daniel Luna outside the Rams' stadium in Inglewood on Sunday during the NFC Championship game, which has put Luna in a medically induced coma.
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Friday Morning Constitutional: Bail Denied For Los Gatos 'Cool Mom'
Los Gatos "cool mom" Shannon O'Connor had her bail motion denied, Santa Clara County jails need an extra $1.5 million to cover rising food costs, and a second lawsuit has been filed in the death of Mario Gonzalez at the hands of Alameda police.
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Day Around the Bay: Octagon House Price Reduced to ‘Just’ $6.5 Million
A GoFundMe is set up for the 49ers fan attacked in L.A., SF Supervisors are again making noise about cutting all ties with PG&E, and the Russian Hill Octagon House has its asking price slashed by more than a million bucks.
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Now the Landmark Embarcadero Cinema is Closing, as COVID Continues to Ravage Movie Theaters
Thursday night is your last chance to see a movie at the Landmark Theatres Embarcadero Center Cinema, as the place is closing permanently at the end of the night.
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Mystery COVID 'Lineages' Found In Viral Fragments In Wastewater In California and New York
Not that the pandemic-anxious need anything to add to their arsenal of anxiety sources, but the New York Times has a story today about an ongoing mystery happening in wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 that researchers can't pin down.
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DA Chesa Boudin Says SFPD Withdrawl From Investigation Agreement Is Political, Made Under Pressure From Police Union
Embattled District Attorney Chesa Boudin continues to push back against his critics and those who want him recalled in an election this spring, and this week he's having to engage in a war of words with the police chief.
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Oakland Chef and 49ers Fan Suffered Horrific Beatdown at Rams’ Stadium, Now in Medically Induced Coma
A 49ers fan made the trip to L.A. only to be assaulted in the parking lot, and we now know that it was Daniel Luna, who owns a Peruvian restaurant in Oakland and is currently in a medically induced coma.
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BART Makes a Big To-Doo Over Finally Reopening the Bathrooms at Powell Street Station
BART made a big stink over its new all-gender, shiny new bathrooms at Powell Street stations, in a grand opening celebration complete with a toilet paper-cutting ceremony.
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East Bay Man Pleads Guilty to Impersonating Mailman to Steal Identities
Mail theft has been an increasingly severe problem in San Francisco and the wider Bay Area since the start of the pandemic, and in one recent case, a mail thief based in the East Bay has pleaded guilty in federal court.
Business & Tech
SF-Based Property Management Startup Hemlane Closes $9 Million Series A To Unlock Work-From-Home Accessibility For Property Managers
Many technology businesses thrived during the pandemic as work-from-home took hold of the world. Zoom meetings abound, service businesses across the US turned to tech to allow business to continue. Some