Uber Terminates Driver for Sexual Come-On to Female Passenger
Uber, the San Francisco-based ride service known for its monstrous valuation, its myriad regulatory battles and its recurring trouble with driver behavior, has ended its relationship with a New Jersey...
View ArticleJerry Brown Signs Bill Ending Personal Belief Exemption for Vaccines
The state Senate this afternoon passed amendments added by the Assembly to SB277, the bill that ends the vaccine personal belief exemption for schoolchildren. The vote was 23-14 and the bill now moves...
View ArticleNot Over Yet: Tim Donnelly Files Referendum to Overturn California’s New...
Well that didn’t take long. Former California assemblyman and ex-gubernatorial candidate Tim Donnelly has filed paperwork with the Office of the Attorney General for a referendum that would overturn...
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Berkeley Balcony Survivor Making ‘Great Progress’
The family of a 21-year-old Irish woman who was seriously injured in the collapse of a fifth-floor balcony at the Library Gardens apartment building in Berkeley has posted photos of her progress on a...
View ArticleBay Area July 4 Fireworks and Events
Cities all over the Bay Area will celebrate the Independence Day holiday this weekend with safe and spectacular displays of fireworks. Although most cities and counties in the area are prohibiting...
View ArticleDOJ Clears Sheriff’s Deputy in Death of Andy Lopez
The U.S. Department of Justice won’t file criminal charges against Sonoma County Sheriff’s Deputy Erick Gelhaus, who fatally shot 13-year-old Andy Lopez in 2013, the sheriff’s department said on...
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Parts Of Social-Sharing Site Reddit Go Dark In Apparent User Revolt
An Internet insurrection is taking place on Reddit, where moderators have shut down many of the social sharing site’s most popular sections in an apparent protest over the dismissal of Victoria Taylor....
View ArticleHigher Electricity Rates Approved for Most California Customers
Most residential customers in California will see their electricity bills increase under a new rate structure passed Friday by state regulators. The Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved a...
View ArticleKate Steinle Shooting Puts San Francisco Immigration Policy Under Microscope
Just what you were looking for: The intersection of a horrific tragedy, the perpetual immigration debate, San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, and the presidential ambitions of Donald Trump. And just...
View ArticleReddit’s Ellen Pao: ‘We Screwed Up’
Meanwhile, over at Reddit … Interim CEO Ellen Pao apologized today, acknowledging “a long history of mistakes.” “We screwed up,” Pao posted to the social-sharing website. “Not just on July 2, but also...
View ArticlePier Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty to Murder Charge
An undocumented immigrant accused of fatally shooting a woman at a San Francisco pier pleaded not guilty today to murder with malice aforethought, with his defense attorney arguing that the shooting...
View ArticleSheriff’s Request Is Why Pier Shooting Suspect Returned to S.F.
Update, 2 p.m. Thursday: The San Francisco Sheriff’s Department said it had no choice but to request and arrange for the transfer to its custody of Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, who has been charged...
View ArticleMuir Woods to Require Parking, Bus Reservations
If you’ve been one of the roughly 1 million visitors per year who has tried to park at Muir Woods, you know you have to get up earlier than the wildlife to cop a spot. Things have gotten to the point...
View ArticleGrisly Inmate Death at Solano Prison
Nearly 15 hours after a riot at a Northern California prison, guards found a missing inmate sawed nearly in two, with his abdominal organs and most chest organs removed, his body folded and stuffed...
View ArticleBerkeley Police Hope Bike Registry Will Deter Thieves
Many cyclists in Berkeley know the all-too-common pain of losing a bike to thieves. Far fewer have experienced the opposite: the rare joy of a reunion. The Berkeley Police Department wants to change...
View ArticleS.F. May Impose Controls on Mission Development
In a room packed with contention, the Planning Commission decided Thursday in a 5-1 vote to begin considering temporary controls on development in the Mission. The commission will take a final vote on...
View ArticleEx-49er Jonathan Martin Says He Attempted Suicide Multiple Times
Ex-49er and Stanford Cardinal Jonathan Martin, who was at the center of a notorious NFL bullying scandal, posted on Facebook Wednesday a highly personal and emotional account of the torment he felt...
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Timeline of Fatal Oakland Police Shooting and Emergency Response
Update, 2:30 p.m. Friday: After studying police dispatch tapes and reviewing a citizen’s video of Thursday morning’s fatal officer-involved shooting near Oakland’s Grand Lake District, we’ve put...
View ArticleReport: A San Francisco One-Bedroom Costs … How Much?
We’re No. 1! In terms of unaffordable one-bedroom apartments, that is. That news — which perhaps we should hesitate to describe as such, but there you go — comes courtesy of the September report on...
View ArticleHelmet Video of Bay Point Fire Puts You in Middle of Blaze
What’s it like to be a firefighter standing in the middle of the night amid a home in flames? This short helmet-camera video from a three-alarm fire in Bay Point early this morning gives you some idea....
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