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Burning Tree In Golden Gate Park Takes Crews Nine Hours to Extinguish
A fire that ignited inside the base of a tree in Golden Gate Park Tuesday afternoon took SF firefighters and a park arborist until almost midnight to put out.
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Thursday Morning What's Up: Driver Arrested In Fatal Pedestrian Crash In Guerneville
A suspected DUI driver was arrested Tuesday in a fatal pedestrian collision in Guerneville; a 19-year-old suspect has been arrested in a Cinco de Mayo festival shooting in Santa Rosa; and an SF streetcar collided with a minivan on the Embarcadero.
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Day Around the Bay: Fire Breaks Out Inside Piece of Vaillancourt Fountain
The suspect in last months SoMa hit-and-run has dropped his defense attorney; UCSF is building a big new hearing center in Mission Bay; and a small fire broke out during the disassembly of the Vaillancourt Fountain today.
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City Extends Lime, Spin Permits But Doesn’t Address Widespread Scooter-Related Complaints
As ridership for Lime and Spin continues to climb, so do complaints about improperly parked e-scooters. Meanwhile, the SFMTA board voted to extend the companies’ permits another two years — without addressing the parking issue.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
Hamburger Project Closes Mission Location Following Viral Incident
A long-cursed restaurant space at a prominent corner of the Mission District is vacant once more, and the curse, it seems, has not left the place.
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New Search Warrant Served In Kristin Smart Murder Case as Hunt For Remains Continues
Nearly 30 years to the day that she disappeared, and just over three years after Paul Flores was convicted in her killing, the body of Kristin Smart has still not been found, and authorities in San Luis Obispo County continue their search for it.
Business & Tech
New AI-Run Dating App Based In SF Claims Half Its Matches Say ‘Yes’ to Real Dates
Known, a new AI-powered dating app that utilizes voice technology, launched this February out of SF, and its 22-year-old Stanford dropout founders, who raised $10 million in funding, claim it's much more successful than traditional dating apps.
SF Politics
Becerra Takes Attacks From All Sides, Porter Defends Against Criticism at Latest Gubernatorial Candidate Debate
Former Congresswoman Katie Porter tried to stand apart and make her case at Tuesday night's governor's race primary debate hosted by CNN, while all the candidates appeared to gang up on Xavier Becerra.
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Laid-Off Academy of Sciences Workers Still Showing Up For Work, Demand Salary Cuts For Execs
California Academy of Sciences announced the layoffs of 53 employees last week, and many of them are union members who are still showing up for work.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
Restaurants at Transamerica Complex, Ama and Cafe Sebastian, Abruptly Close as Developer Gets Pushed Out
After just seven months in business, Miami chef Brad Kilgore's showy Italian-Japanese fusion restaurant Ama has closed at the Transamerica complex, along with the more casual daytime spot Cafe Sebastian.
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Woman Shot Near SF’s Jefferson Square Park Walks a Mile to Hospital
A woman who was found near the Kaiser ER with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound told police she walked a mile to the hospital after she was shot near Jefferson Square Park.
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Humpday Headlines: Shooting at Cinco de Mayo Party In Santa Rosa Injures One
A shooting at a Santa Rosa Cinco de Mayo celebration left one man injured; Muni is adding more fare inspectors; and Barack Obama was on Colbert talking about aliens.
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Day Around the Bay: Vallejo Police Arrest 10 People In Sex Solicitation Sting Operation
The coyote that made it to Alcatraz actually swam there from Angel Island; Republicans are asking for $1 billion in funds, partially for security features at the White House ballroom; and 10 people were arrested for soliciting sex workers in Vallejo.
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Renovations of Marin City Complex, Tupac Shakur’s Former Residence, Set to Begin June 1
Golden Gate Village, a federal public housing complex for families in Marin City and former home to Tupac Shakur as a teen, is about to undergo a $266 million renovation, and residents have concerns about gentrification and displacement.
Business & Tech
Coinbase to Eliminate 700 Jobs as It Restructures Around Artificial Intelligence
SF-based cryptocurrency company Coinbase announced it's cutting 14% of its workforce as it moves to implement "one-person teams" using artificial intelligence.
SF Politics
Tom Steyer Gets Endorsement From Willie Brown as NYT Looks Into His Fossil Fuel Fortune
Billionaire Tom Steyer has emerged as a frontrunner in the race for California governor, in no small part because of the millions of dollars of his own money that he's spent on ads before we've even had a primary.
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20-Year-Old Texas Man Accused of Firebombing Sam Altman's House Enters Not Guilty Plea
The man accused of flying to San Francisco to try to save humanity from AI by tossing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's house made a court appearance Tuesday and entered a plea of not guilty.
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BART Tests New Fare Gates That Close Behind Riders Even More Quickly
Despite fare evasion being down since BART installed new gates designed to prevent gate-jumping, the agency will soon begin implementing upgrades allowing the doors to close 300 milliseconds more quickly to prevent "piggybacking."
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Fourth and Final Defendant Sentenced to Life In 2019 Santa Cruz Murder of Tech/Weed Entrepreneur
Joshua Camps, the last defendant to face trial in the 2019 kidnapping and murder of tech and cannabis entrepreneur Tushar Atre, was sentenced Monday after being convicted in March.
Arts & Entertainment
Another Oakland First Friday Sparks Violence, Street Fights, and Organizers Again Defend the Event
Oakland First Fridays, an event that began as a beloved, arts-driven street fair that activated a long dormant Uptown, continues to attract and/or inspire conflicts among attendees, and last Friday's was no exception.
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East Bay Human Rights Activist, 18 Others, Fatally Shot By Military In Philippines
Hayward activist Lyle Prijoles, who spent two decades fighting for farmworkers in the Philippines, was fatally shot by the Philippine armed forces in Negros, along with 18 others. There will be vigils honoring Prijoles Tuesday at SF State and Friday in SoMa.
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Tuesday Morning Topline: Clearer Skies Coming
A deadly five-car pileup in San Jose was likely caused by a driver's medical emergency; the suspect in the Palisades Fire was a fan of Luigi Mangione; and warm weather is coming behind the rain and clouds.
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Day Around the Bay: Doris Fisher, Co-Founder of Gap, Dies at 94
Katie Porter pokes fun at a viral video moment in a new ad; the Chronicle wins another Pulitzer; and Doris Fisher, the co-founder of Gap a creator of its signature style, has died.
Arts & Entertainment
Ten Academy of Art Students to Showcase 1970s-Era, Halston-Inspired Looks In Union Square
The estate of 1970s-era fashion designer Halston is hosting a fashion event celebrating the iconic designer and showcasing 10 Academy of Art fashion students competing for a scholarship through the estate’s foundation.
Arts & Entertainment
Olivia Wilde Addresses Unflattering Red Carpet Photo From SFFILM Screening
Actor-director Olivia Wilde, whose third feature film was the opening night screening of the SFFILM festival the other weekend, just fell victim to a tragically bad angle and bad lighting, she says, after the internet flipped over one of her red carpet photos.