SF News Saturday Links: New ‘Year of the Fire Horse’ Mascot Unveiled for 2026 Chinese New Year Parade The Alcatraz coyote is thriving, but visitors need to give it space; a brawl broke out after an East Bay high school basketball game Friday night; and the new Chinese New Year mascot, “Maverick,” has been unveiled.
SF News Noted Art Fraudster Who Owned Sea Cliff Mansion Accused of Squatting on Property In Daly City, Erecting Fence A character who had been linked to a Sea Cliff mansion with an illegal cliffside staircase, who was convicted over a decade ago in a bizarre fraud case involving $11 million in paintings, is back in the news.
SF News Saturday Links: Berkeley Police Arrest Man in Texas Connected to Seven East Bay Cold Cases The SF sector of the US Coast Guard is looking for the owner of a surfboard that turned up at Ocean Beach Friday; a man was killed and a woman critically injured by a teenage driver in Gilroy; and Berkeley police cracked some cold sexual assault cases, largely due to a state grant.
SF News Sunday Links: OpenAI and Common Sense Media Create New Bill Protecting Kids Online San Ramon was hit with two more small earthquakes; Recology has picked up more than 500 tons of Christmas trees so far this January; and Common Sense Media and OpenAI are working together to create technology safeguards for children, which was part of OpenAI's original purpose when it first formed.
SF News Former Santa Clara County Undersheriff Kenneth Binder Named New San Mateo County Sheriff San Mateo County begins a new law enforcement era today with the naming of new Sheriff Kenneth Binder. Binder replaces Sheriff Christina Corpus, whose two-year tenure was rife with controversy, and who retired last month after county supervisors voted to remove her.
SF News San Mateo County Reveals Seven Candidates for New Sheriff, Three are Current or Former SFPD Cops The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors has whittled it down to seven candidates to fill their open county sheriff position, and two of them are former SFPD cops, while one is still an active SF police officer.
SF News Saturday Links: South Bay Police Chief Suspected of Commuting From Idaho An ophthalmology professor from Stanford University created a device that helps people with vision loss read again; Newsom signed a bill calling for a state commission on the inclusion of trans athletes in competitive sports; and the Millbrae police chief is suspected of commuting from Idaho.
SF Politics San Mateo County Sheriff Announces Retirement, Hours After Firing, Which Entitles Her to Full Pension, Benefits San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus perhaps saw her adamant appeals and denials as no-lose this year as county leaders sought to oust her, because now she appears to be retiring with her full pension and benefits.
SF News [Updated] San Mateo County Supervisors Cast Final Vote, Ousting Sheriff Christina Corpus Embattled San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus, who has spent the last year defiantly refusing calls to resign, faced a final vote by county supervisors Tuesday, who voted unanimously for her removal.
SF News Judge Finds Multiple Grounds For Removing San Mateo County Sheriff From Office Following an administrative hearing in August, the retired judge overseeing the hearing has issued a 42-page opinion that essentially calls Sheriff Christina Corpus uncredible, and offers multiple grounds on which to remove her from office.
SF News Sheriff's Former Chief of Staff Victor Aenlle Sues San Mateo County for Defamation, Wrongful Termination The saga down in San Mateo County over the board of supervisors' effort to remove Sheriff Christa Corpus can add a fresh lawsuit to its roster, this one from the sheriff's alleged lover and former chief of staff, Victor Aenlle.
SF News Former Ally Testifies About Evidence of San Mateo County Sheriff's Romantic Relationship That She Denies Some testimony on Day 3 of the removal hearing for San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus contradicts her claims that she had no romantic relationship with the man she hired as her chief of staff.
SF News San Mateo County Sheriff Testifies Before County Board, Denies Romantic Relationship Embattled San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus gave her first testimony before a hearing with the county's board of supervisors on Monday, and she remained defiant in denying the allegations against her.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Crews Contain 167-Acre Brush Fire in Solano County at 30% New plans for a 258-unit apartment building were announced for the long vacant 360 Fifth Street site in SoMa; a San Mateo County official pleaded not guilty to embezzling $800,000 over eight years; and a brush fire in Solano County has been contained at 30 percent.
SF News Judge Denies San Mateo County Sheriff's Attempt to Toss Voter-Approved Effort to Remove Her A federal court has denied an attempt by San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to block a voter-approved initiative allowing the county board of supervisors to remove her from office, claiming it violated her federal rights.
SF News Redwood City Couple Accused of Human Trafficking After Hiring Nanny From China A husband and wife in Redwood City are facing human trafficking charges relating to their alleged treatment of a nanny they hired from China.
SF News Embattled San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus Denies Grand Jury Accusations at Court Appearance The still embattled, still in-office San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus made her first court appearance today in civil court, making a brief statement to formally deny four accusations brought by a civil grand jury late last month.
SF News Illegal Fireworks Spark Dozens of Bay Area Fires on July 4th, Injuring Several and Killing Two Dogs Illegal fireworks ignited dozens of fires across the Bay Area on the Fourth of July — from Oakland and Alameda to Antioch and San Jose — with Oakland Fire Department responding to more than 60 fires.
SF News San Mateo County Sheriff Accused By Civil Grand Jury on Counts of Retaliation and Conflict of Interest The saga continues in San Mateo County as Sheriff Christina Corpus seems dead set on leaving her job kicking and screaming, as opposed to bowing out quietly as the cards keep getting stacked against her.
SF News Saturday Links: Tesla Driver Rescued After Car Hangs Over 200-Foot Cliff at Devil’s Slide Caltrain is increasing its rates by 25 cents starting Tuesday; East Bay Blue Bottle workers are unionizing; and a Tesla driver was rescued after the vehicle was found dangling over a 200-foot cliff at Devil's Slide — held up by a single tree.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Harvey Milk Plaza Redesign to Break Ground in 2026 The funeral for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband took place today — while their accused killer appeared in court; someone died after falling off a cliff near Devil’s Slide; and the Harvey Milk Plaza revamp is scheduled to start in 2026.
SF News Surfer Lives to Tell After Shark Attacks His Surfboard In San Mateo County A Saturday afternoon shark attack at San Mateo County’s Montara State Beach has left a surfboard ruined, but the surfer himself was able to avoid getting bitten, and the beach was closed off for the remainder of the weekend.
SF Politics San Mateo County Supervisors Introduce Three-and-a-Half Month Process for Hearings on Whether to Remove Sheriff There will apparently be some sort of legal-style trial on whether to remove San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus that will drag on for months, but there’s some question on whether witnesses will be anonymous for fear of her retaliation.
SF News San Mateo County Sheriff Could Face Criminal Prosecution After She Finally Leaves Office While the saga of San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus plods on and she still refuses to leave office before they drag her out, we get a few more details about this most bizarre ordeal.
SF Politics San Mateo County Sheriff Brazenly Rehires Alleged Boyfriend Whom the County Previously Dismissed San Mateo County had fired embattled Sheriff Christina Corpus’s alleged romantic partner after she gave him a $246K job, but even now that she may be on the verge of being removed from office, she just went and flat-out rehired him anyway.
