SF News [Update] Squaw Valley Ski Patrol Officer Killed In Explosion, Mountain Closed A ski patrol officer was killed this morning at Tahoe's Squaw Valley resort during "avalanche control activities," closing the resort for the day according to a statement from a representative of the ski
SF News Young Boy Dies In Bayview While Playing In Abandoned Van A young boy playing in an abandoned vehicle died Friday afternoon when it rolled and he became pinned between the vehicle's door and a pole in a carport. The incident was reported at
Arts & Entertainment All The Things That Were Lit Up Purple Last Night In honor of Prince and thanks to the quick suggestion of the citizenry (ahem, Eve Batey), City Hall went purple last night, and some people got down among those rabbits and danced. The
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Fans React To Sudden, Inconceivable Death Of Prince How could this happen? Details are still scarce, but the legend that was Prince Rogers Nelson is dead. Many of you are probably saying, "He was just here!" and "Why didn't I go
SF News Two Teens Presumed Drowned At Ocean Beach Identified The two teenagers presumed dead after being swept to sea by a rip current on Saturday afternoon have been identified as Wayne Ausa and Grisham Duran of Vallejo. Friends and family are mourning
SF News Two Teen Boys, In A Group Of Five Friends, Swept Out To Sea At Ocean Beach, Presumed Dead Appears to be a rescue operation in progress at Ocean Beach. 2 teens stuck past the break. SFFD & USCG on scene. pic.twitter.com/T8rIyBS8Jf— Eddie Codel (@ekai) April 17, 2016 Yesterday
SF News [Update] 40-Year-Old Surfer Missing And Presumed Dead Off Marin Beach A surfer who appeared to have been knocked unconscious Wednesday afternoon in rough surf of Rodeo Beach in Marin remains missing today as search crews continue their efforts to find him. Fellow surfers
SF News Sister Speaks About Boy's Death By Dog Mauling In Yuba County The 24-year-old sister of the nine-year-old boy who was killed Sunday in Yuba County by her three pit bulls spoke to the media Monday evening and is shattered by the death. She takes
SF News Nine-Year-Old Boy Mauled And Killed By Sister's Three Dogs On Sunday morning, up in Yuba County, tragedy struck after a nine-year-old boy was left alone with a trio of pit bulls a mother and her two one-and-a-half-year-old offspring and was later found
SF News Valley Fire May Have Claimed Up To Five Lives; Second And Third Victims Confirmed We were told on Monday and Tuesday that there was one confirmed death from the swift-moving Valley Fire last week, and that was 72-year-old Barbara McWilliams. Yesterday we learned that a missing 69-year-old
SF News [UPDATE] Suspect In Tragic Virginia On-Air Shooting Is From Oakland, Worked At San Francisco's KPIX Update: The New York Times is now reporting that the suspected shooter, Vester Lee Flanagan II, has died after succumbing to a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Update 2: A "manifesto" that Flanagan faxed to
SF News Man Crushed to Death by WWII Tank at Jelly Belly Family Retreat by Jack Morse A bizarre tragedy involving the makers of everyone's favorite buttered-popcorn simulacrum candy occurred this past Saturday. During a retreat at the private Fairfield estate of Jelly Belly chairman Herman Rowland,
SF News Dry Rot Confirmed As Cause Of Fatal Balcony Collapse In Berkeley Berkeley building inspectors have determined that water seepage and dry rot were to blame for the balcony collapse that took the lives of six young people last week, five of them on J1
SF News Berkeley Balcony Contractor Has Paid Millions In Lawsuits Over Other Balconies The shoddy balcony that collapsed under the weight of thirteen people early Tuesday morning in Berkeley was the work of an East Bay construction firm that already paid $6.5 million in a
SF News UPDATE: 6 Killed In Berkeley Balcony Collapse, 7 Injured Authorities say that five people have died after a fourth floor apartment balcony collapsed early this morning. At least eight others were injured, and "Many of the injured have critical, life-threatening wounds." Update:
SF News Well Known Mountain Climber Dean Potter And One Other Die In BASE Jumping Accident At Yosemite A renowned climber and BASE jumper, who for years had flouted rules against BASE jumping in national parks, died Saturday along with another man in an accident involving wing suits, and a jump
Arts & Entertainment KPFA Radio Personality Killed In Oakland Hit-And-Run Wesley Burton, a regular host and DJ on Berkeley-based KPFA, was killed early Saturday morning in a violent hit-and-run collision in North Oakland. He was on his way home from a shift, hosting
SF News Friends And Family Mourn Woman Who Was Struck And Killed During High-Speed Chase Friday 42-year-old Bridget Klecker was in the wrong place at the wrong time Friday night when she was struck and killed in a crosswalk at California and Kearny Streets by three armed suspects fleeing
SF News South Bay Man Kills Stepdaughter In Gruesome Drunk Driving Incident A Campbell man with a serious alcohol problem drove into, and then over, his 41-year-old stepdaughter on Thursday afternoon, and his wife is speaking out to the media about the terrible incident in
Arts & Entertainment SF Drag Community Mourns Death Of Cookie Dough A beloved drag queen has died, and all too soon. Cookie Dough, a.k.a. Eddie Bell, succumbed to complications from meningitis at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco Thursday night. She was 52.
SF News Stay Classy, SF: Paris Tragedy Coverage Marred By 'F**k Her Right In The Pussy' Meme Really? I might expect this of the populace in the hinterlands where this annoying meme got its hoax start, but here in San Francisco? During a goddamn vigil for the Charlie Hebdo massacre?
SF News Local French Community Reacts To Charlie Hebdo Massacre You may not have realized that San Francisco is home to a sizable community of French ex-pats, and the tragic events in Paris yesterday have obviously rippled across their ranks. Hundreds gathered Wednesday
SF News Family Of Woman Found Dead In SF General Stairwell To Receive $3 Million Settlement From City The family of Lynne Spalding, the woman who tragically died while under the care of SF General and remained missing for 17 days due to the flubs of both the hospital and the
SF News Remembering Jonestown And Why We Should Stop Saying 'Drink The Kool-Aid' This week marks the 36th anniversary of the deadly event we now simply call Jonestown. The horrifying tragedy was a national one, but it's one that belonged to the Bay Area, where the
SF News Five More Jonestown Victims Identified Among Ashes Found In Delaware In an update to the sad and morbid story about the trove of labeled and unlabeled cremains from Jonestown victims, five more of the nine unidentified remains have now been ID'd. As USA
