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Suspect In SF's First Homicide of the Year Turns Himself In
A 43-year-old man linked to a fatal Monday shooting near the Embarcadero turned himself in to San Francisco police shortly after the shooting.
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Will Elizabeth Holmes Face Stiff Sentence, or Will Judge Go Easy On Her Because of Baby?
The specter of the Theranos collapse could linger on both with the upcoming trial of alleged co-conspirator Sunny Bulwani, and with Holmes's sentencing, which could come in mid-2022. But her jail time could be delayed pending an appeal.
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SF Dad Starts ‘Bike Bus’ of Kids Riding to School, It Swells to Several Dozen In Size
Inspired by a similar “bicibús” ride in Barcelona, a pro-slow-streets group has created a pint-sized Critical Mass bike ride for kids pedaling to school en masse.
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Los Gatos ‘Cool Mom' Faces More Uncool Problems, Hit With Defamation Suit From Kid She Called a ‘Rapist’
An unnamed teen boy has a defamation lawsuit against the notorious mom who allegedly threw boozy teenage parties, for spreading the rumors that the teen was a “rapist” and a “predator.”
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Tuesday Morning Topline: Napa County Reaches Full Capacity In ICUs
The SFPD is investigating the first SF homicide of the year in SoMa, 146 students in Stanford dorms are currently isolating with COVID, and Napa County has just reached its regular ICU bed capacity — though not just because of COVID.
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Elizabeth Holmes Found Guilty On Four Counts of Fraud, Not Guilty On Four Others, Jury Remained Hung on Three
The verdict is in, at least two-thirds of one, for Elizabeth Holmes, and while she'll surely appeal, some time in the clink looks fairly inevitable for the disgraced entrepreneur.
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Day Around the Bay: SF Clocks State's Third-Highest COVID Transmission Rate
SF now has the third-highest COVID transmission rate in all of California, Apple just became the first U.S. company worth $3 trillion, and the NYT had a piece ready to publish today on the "Epic Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes."
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Year-End Stats Show SF Property Crime Down 11.2% Below Pre-Pandemic Levels, Despite ‘Moral Panic’
A detailed analysis of property crime in Bay Area cities shows that San Jose and Berkeley have seen property crime decrease over the last two years, and while many Bay Area cities saw an increase in 2021, thefts are still down double-digit percentages compared to 2019.
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52-Year-Old Asian Man Robbed and Beaten Next to Fillmore Area Restaurant
A 52-year-old man was pistol-whipped and robbed of his wallet, watch, and cellphone on New Year's Eve in the Fillmore District.
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San Ramon Police Sic Attack Dog on Uber Driver Who’d Merely Missed Car Payments
An Uber driver who’d missed rental car payments had his vehicle reported stolen, and San Roman police allowed their K-9 to maul him badly, in an incident that begs ethical issues of gig car rental companies and police use of force.
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Good News!: Bonded Peregrine Falcon Couple Revives Their Courtship Atop Berkeley Campanile, Following Injury
As if they knew it was New Year's Day and almost time to raise another brood of chicks, longtime falcon lovers Annie and Grinnell reunited and were observed on camera performing courtship behavior for the first time since Grinnell's November return to the nest following a fight with a rival.
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[Update] Elizabeth Holmes Jury Deadlocked on Three of Eleven Counts, Judge Polls Jurors
The big news of Elizabeth Holmes’ Theranos fraud trial today is not entirely big news yet, just another delay, but the flip side of the jury being deadlocked on three counts means they will render a verdict on the other eight.
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French Bulldog Stolen on New Year's Day in the Marina Has Been Returned
A nine-month-old Frenchie named Rosie has reportedly been returned to her family, though it's not yet clear whether someone collected the $10,000 reward being offered.
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San Francisco Ends Year With Richmond District Homicide
A New Year's Eve shooting became San Francisco's 56th homicide of the year, marking an uptick in the homicide rate seen in recent years.
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Milpitas Police Drawn Into High-Speed Chase With Man Who Had Ex-Girlfriend’s Dead Body in Car
A police pursuit yielded a grisly discovery Sunday afternoon, after a high-speed chase between Milpitas and Fremont ended with a murder victim’s body being found in the back of her own stolen car.
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COVID Hospitalizations In SF Cross 100 For First Time Since September; Bay Area Number Doubles Since Mid-December
The first days of the new year look depressingly similar to the first days of last year, with COVID cases once again surging and hospitals filling up from a spike in holiday-season infections.
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Monday Morning Headlines: State Begins Unique Study of COVID Antibody Prevalence
Oakland's first homicide of the year happened on New Year's Day, Willie Brown calls London Breed's Tenderloin tough talk "very bold" and "grandmotherish," and California is launching a unique study of COVID antibody prevalence across the state's diverse population.
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SF Movers Handle 21% Increased Relocations Out of the Bay Area During 'Exodus.'
Speculation is a thing of the past when one questions if Bay Area residents relocated throughout the pandemic. In fact, the Wall Street Journal published the findings of a new report from University
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's Primary Twitter Account Has Been Permanently Suspended
On Saturday, Twitter (at long last) suspended the misinformation-spewing Georgia GOP Representative's main handle, citing Marjorie Taylor Greene's most-followed Twitter account — “@mtgreenee” — was removed "for repeated violations of Twitter’s COVID-19 misinformation policy."
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[Update] French Bulldog Stolen in Marina District Saturday Is Found
Nine-month-old Rosie, a merle French bulldog, was taken from her owner around 10 a.m. Saturday near Broderick and Beach streets in SF's Marina District; and the dog has since been recovered.
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Sunday Links: Masked Skaters Parade Their Looks for SF's Annual 'Polar Bear Skate'
One of the longest-running Japanese businesses in the city is set to close later this month, expect king tides around the Bay Area today until early tomorrow, and some dozen skaters (wearing not all that much) competed in San Francisco's "Polar Bear Skate'' Saturday.
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San Francisco Is Poised for 'Undeniable Hospital Surge’ of COVID-19 Cases
UCSF Department of Medicine Chair Dr. Bob Wachter — who has become a touchstone on Twitter for understanding the state of the COVID-19 health crisis — noted that the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has been steadily rising, though it’s not likely to overwhelm SF hospitals.
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New Year's Day Links: SF Fire Chief Has Tested Positive for COVID-19
The SF Fire Department Chief, Jeanine Nicholson, tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week, it looks like the Bay Area's newest native was born in Antioch, and the record-setting wildfires burning through Colorado are now responsible for destroying at least 1,000 homes.
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Day Around the Bay: There Was a Massive Elephant Seal Pulled From a Parking Lot at Drakes Beach
A large elephant seal was wrangled from a parking lot near Point Reyes, San Francisco has adopted the CDC's shorter quarantine protocols, and Betty White has died at 99 years old.
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The CA Drought Map Has Changed a Lot Since September
We aren't out of the drought yet, and we won't be unless January, February, and March are as ridiculously rainy as December was. But most of California and the Bay Area is officially out of 'exceptional drought' status.