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Arrest Made In High-Rise Double-Homicide In Oakland
The killing of two people in an Oakland high-rise on Wednesday night may have been a "domestic incident," and Oakland police say they now have one suspect in custody.
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SF's Lowell High School Could Potentially Return to Merit-Based Admissions Following Judge's Ruling
A San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled against the San Francisco Board of Education Thursday, dealing another blow to the embattled school board that can hardly afford the attorneys fees it's incurred.
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Bay Area COVID Hospitalizations Hit Lowest Count Since Early July
While much of the country is bracing for a winter surge in new COVID cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, the Bay Area has seen only the slightest hints of an uptick in new cases, and local hospitals are not yet seeing a rise in severe cases either.
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SFPD Fatally Shoots Knife-Wielding Man at Fifth and Folsom Residential Hotel
There was heavy police activity Friday morning on the 900 block of Folsom Street, after an officer shot and killed a man armed with a knife inside an SRO.
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Kyle Rittenhouse Acquitted of All Charges, and Wisconsin May See Some Unrest Tonight
Militia kid Kyle Rittenhouse is a free man, as a jury acquitted him of all charges after deliberating for three and a half days.
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29-Year-Old Mother On Way to Job Interview Fatally Shot On Freeway Near Bay Bridge Toll Plaza
A 29-year-old mother of two was fatally shot through the window of the SUV she was riding in as the car approached the Bay Bridge toll plaza on Thursday morning. While the shooting was targeted, authorities say, it's not clear that she was the intended target.
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Friday Morning Constitutional: Kamala Harris to Briefly Serve as Acting President
President Joe Biden is briefly transferring power to VP Kamala Harris today while he undergoes a colonoscopy, local airport officials say today is actually the biggest Thanksgiving travel day, and the woman behind the programming at the Chase Center speaks about her job.
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Day Around the Bay: Bay Area Gets Another Chik Fil-A, Lines Form For Sandwiches
A Chik Fil-A just opened in Daly City, there was a contentious hearing at City Hall over the canceled homeless drop-in center in the Haight, and a 40-year-old Sonoma County man just got sent to prison after his 10th DUI.
Arts & Entertainment
Martin Scorsese Grateful Dead Biopic Nabs Jonah Hill to Play Jerry Garcia
Scorsese’s upcoming flick will be a yet-unnamed Grateful Dead biopic for Apple, and Jonah Hill will portray the late Jerry Garcia.
SF Politics
Recall Chesa Boudin Campaign Releases First TV Ad, Featuring Paid Campaign Staff
The first Recall Chesa TV ad starts airing Thursday night, and tells you that “Chesa Boudin is failing.” It does not tell you which people featured in the ad are paid recall campaign staff.
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Berkeley Rep Reopens With Charles Mee's Delightfully Odd 'Wintertime'
It was an emotional night at Berkeley Rep's Roda Theater on Wednesday, as the theater officially reopened its doors and had an opening night for the first time in 20 months.
Business & Tech
Apple Relents and Will Let You Repair Your Own Devices, But Only On the Newest iPhones
The long-sought consumer “right to repair” will finally arrive from Apple, but only for iPhone 12 and 13, and you have to buy the tools from them.
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Grinnell the Falcon Returns to Berkeley Campanile, and the Drama Continues
Grinnell, the Berkeley peregrine falcon who had been mated for life to a female named Annie until he had to go to the hospital for a couple of weeks and a new young buck moved in on his lady, has now returned home, and there will be drama.
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A Comprehensive Guide To The Top Wedding Service Providers & Vendors For Your Make-Up Covid Wedding
As SF.gov reports that we have achieved 80% full vaccination rate among adult San Franciscans, many are now looking ahead to what we all certainly hope is the end of this pandemic. You’ve likely already been re-invited to at least one “make-up wedding” that was pushed back from some time in 2020.
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Santa Clara Makes Very Small Exception to Unpopular Levi’s Stadium 10 p.m. Curfew Rule
Levi’s Stadium has been a laughingstock concert venue over its nitpicky 10 p.m. concert cut-off, so Santa Clara just changed it — but only for five nights a year.
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Balmy Weekend Ahead With Light Rain Tonight — And Too Many Clouds to See the Eclipse
A light rain system will be passing through the Bay Area late Thursday and into early Friday morning — and cloud cover all but guarantees that tonight's lunar eclipse will not be visible in most of our region.
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Two Found Dead of Gunshot Wounds In Uptown Oakland High-rise
A man and a woman were found dead of gunshot wounds in an Oakland high-rise apartment just after midnight on Wednesday night, and the circumstances have not yet been explained.
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Thursday Morning What's Up: CVS to Close Hundreds of Locations By Spring
CVS says it is closing 900 stores nationwide over the next three years, the cheapest gas in the Bay Area is in Hercules, and CA's MyTurn site for vaccine scheduling has stopped asking eligibility questions for boosters.
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Day Around the Bay: Boudin Charges Alleged Target Mega-Thief on 128 Counts
The whole nation is suffering from the same overdose crisis as SF, the DA throws the book at a woman accused of stealing $40,000 worth of stuff from a Target, and reviled sandwich franchise Chick-fil-A opens tomorrow just two miles from SF city limits.
SF Politics
Yikes! Feinstein Could Be In Line of Presidential Succession If Dems Hold Senate Next Year
A key Senate retirement could move 88-year-old Dianne Feinstein into the No. 3 spot in the presidential line of succession if Democrats keep control of the Senate — except she would be 89 if and when this happens.
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Thieves Targeting Garages In Pacific Heights Nightly, Owners Amused By Ingenuity
Thieves with sophisticated equipment, some of it apparently custom made, have been targeting garages in Pacific Heights nearly nightly.
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Old Bay Clay and Foundation Piles: Millennium Tower's Tilting Troubles and Fixes Finally Well Explained
Practical Engineering, a YouTube channel with 2.4 million subscribers, which has now done an excellent 13-minute video explaining the history of Millennium Tower's troubles.
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Chinatown Jeweler Vandalized, Then Robbed Of $250,000 In Jewels
The same jewelry store in Chinatown was hit twice by criminals in four days — first on Saturday, when suspects smashed a front window (perhaps in a first burglary attempt), and then on Tuesday, when thieves succeeded in grabbing $250,000 in merchandise.
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3.9-Magnitude Earthquake Hits San Ramon, Felt Across Local Earthquake Twitter
There were actually three separate tremors just before noon Wednesday, and Earthquake Twitter was feeling it.
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Few More Details Emerge From Deposition of Hillsborough Heiress in 2016 Murder; Could Civil Case Eventually Lead to Conviction?
There is still no smoking gun or particularly revealing detail in a recent deposition given in a civil case by heiress and acquitted murder suspect Tiffany Li, but things could get interesting in the civil trial.