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SF Saw Triple the Number of Overdose Deaths Than COVID-19 Deaths in 2020
Fentanyl is killing far more San Franciscans than coronavirus, according to a new report from the city’s Chief Medical Examiner.
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Excelsior District Assault Leaves 48-Year-Old Man In Critical Condition
The SFPD is seeking two suspects in a Thursday afternoon assault in the Excelsior District that has left the victim clinging to life.
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New York Times Editors Again Take Secret Pleasure In 'Bay Area Exodus' Headline
While there's no denying there has been an exodus of city residents during the pandemic that is driving down rents, did the Times need to go with the headline "They Can't Leave the Bay Area Fast Enough"?
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Biden Taps UCSF Prof. David Kessler to Lead Vaccine Distribution Effort
UCSF professor of pedriatics, epidemiology, and biostatistics, and former FDA head Dr. David Kessler will be President-elect Joe Biden's chief science officer of COVID response in charge of vaccine science.
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Willie Brown's Chronicle Column Is Ending After 12 Years
Former SF mayor Willie Brown will no longer be lending his gossip and opinions to the Chronicle as of next month. The controversial — and many would say highly problematic — "Willie's World" column is coming to an end after 12 years, and it sounds like it was not Willie's choice.
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Friday Morning Constitutional: Most of America Wants Trump Convicted
BART Police are hiring more unarmed crisis intervention officers, a hacker scraped Parler of all its posts and data before it was taken down, and 70 percent of Americans believe Trump played a role in last week's Capitol siege.
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Day Around the Bay: Twitter CEO Hedges on Banning Trump - 'Was This Correct?'
Ever-indecisive Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweets some lame crap about not taking pleasure in banning Trump, Newsom mobilizes National Guard troops in Sacramento, and Sutter Health's website crashes as seniors clamor for vaccine appointments.
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Pioneering SF Gay Activist Ken Jones Dies at 70
One of San Francisco's longest-serving LGBTQ activists, Ken Jones, lost his battle with bladder cancer this week. He died Wednesday at the age of 70, and his local community of friends is mourning the loss.
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Warm, Spring-Like Weekend Ahead as Bay Area Weatherman Warns of Potential January Red Flag Warnings
Rain over the first week of the new year has given way to a dry spell with unseasonably warm temps — a false early spring akin to something we saw in the Bay Area in the depths of the drought in 2014.
Business & Tech
Feds Allege Elizabeth Holmes Destroyed a SQL Database That Proved Her Theranos Product was Garbage
Prosecutors subpoenaed an internal Theranos database they say proved executives knew their blood test product was a sham. That database was promptly destroyed, according to a new filing.
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Chef Thomas Keller Flees Twitter After Series of PR Gaffes, Criticism Over Huge PPP Loans and Trump Ties
It's been a rough year, PR-wise, for French Laundry chef and restaurant empire-builder Thomas Keller, and it looks like he's finally decided to abandon Twitter on account of the fact that he can't stop saying things there that piss off large swaths of the American public.
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40-Year-Old Father and 9-Year-Old Son Found Dead in Marina District in Possible Murder-Suicide
The San Francisco Police Department is investigating a possible murder-suicide that occurred Wednesday afternoon in the Marina District.
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3.8M Earthquake Rumbles Under East Bay
A small but not tiny earthquake centered around Concord rattled much of the East Bay on Thursday just after 11:15 a.m.
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Oakland Police Face New Possible Scandal Involving Social Media Accounts, Racist and Sexist Memes
The Oakland Police Department has reportedly seized as many as 100 city-owned cellphones from officers in a new potential scandal that shows officers allegedly following and liking social media posts promoting racist and sexist jokes, and pro-Trump conspiracy theories.
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Thursday Morning What's Up: Sacramento and Tahoe Partially Reopen
Rep. Eric Swalwell will star as prosecutor in Trump's second Senate trial, the CA EDD is now making people prove their identities, and the Sacramento and Tahoe regions are lifting lockdowns and reopening outdoor dining.
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Day Around the Bay: Ghost Ship Defendant Derick Almena Gets Plea Deal
A Giants owner donated to QAnon congresswoman Lauren Boebert, the Friday Warriors-Suns game has been postponed due to COVID concerns, and more dangerous surf is expected Friday.
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Chronicle Launches a Bizarre 'Top 25' That Will Be Updated Quarterly, Kind of Like the Eater 38
It's seemingly been a struggle for the Chronicle food department and restaurant critic Soleil Ho in assuming the albatross of Michael Bauer's Top 100 list ever since Bauer retired and Ho took his place.
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Massive Unemployment Scam Four Times Worse Than Thought, Victims Frozen Out of Their Own Accounts
Scammers have racked up an estimated $8 billion in benefits, taken from the pockets of a million and a half genuinely unemployed people, who then find themselves locked out of their accounts, as California’s unemployment fraud spirals out of control.
SF Politics
Trump Is Now the Only President Ever Impeached Twice; Senate Trial Not Likely Before Biden's Inauguration Day
As New York Democrat Hakeem Jeffries said, "Donald Trump is a living, breathing impeachable offense. It is what it is."
Arts & Entertainment
SF Supervisors Move to Make Diego Rivera Mural a Landmark; SFAI Says 'Please Not Yet'
The SF Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to initiate a process to designate the famed Diego Rivera mural at the San Francisco Art Institute's Chestnut Street campus a city landmark, in order to prevent it from being sold and removed.
Business & Tech
Airbnb Cancels All D.C. Reservations Ahead of Inauguration
Guarding against taking any blame for providing shelter to domestic terrorists, Airbnb announced Wednesday that it would be canceling all reservations at properties owned by Washington D.C. hosts during inauguration week — as well as all reservations through Airbnb-owned HotelTonight.
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Facebook Tells Employees to Stop Wearing Company-Branded Apparel, For Their Safety
Following the bans on President Trump and "Stop the Steal" content, Facebook is telling its employees not to wear company-branded swag out in public, lest they incur the wrath of Trumpers.
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Berkeley Could Ban the Sale of Gas-Powered Cars by 2027
Much like the United Kingdom — which, in a bid for zero-emissions, hopes to outlaw the purchase of gas-powered cars by 2030 — Berkeley could ax the selling of cars powered by gasoline, diesel, and natural gas as soon as 2027.
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Humpday Headlines: It's Trump Impeachment Day, The Sequel
The House is readying a swift second impeachment of President Trump today, the US hit yet another grim record for daily COVID deaths, and calls are growing for mass vaccinations in California without the phased rollout.
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Day Around the Bay: City Administrator Steps Down Amid Corruption Probe
Naomi Kelly is now the fifth city department head in SF City Hall to resign amid a federal probe, a new lawsuit has been filed challenging Prop 22, and Joe Biden is returning a donation from Barbara Boxer because she's lobbying for the Chinese.