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San Francisco, California · San FranciscoThere’s a new contest where you could win four VIP seats into Giants games where the seats are literally made from Cuervo tequila agave fibers, and the Giants are also pushing commemorative jackets from their last World Series title, for about a thousand bucks.Your San Francisco Giants are not having a particularly memorable season this year. They’re a season-low six games below .500 coming into tonight’s tilt with the Colorado Rockies, they’re…See the Story
New SF Giants Promotions Include Seats Made From Cuervo Tequila Agave, Plus $1000 Championship Jackets
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San Francisco, California · San FranciscoAfter barely 48 hours, the massive Park Fire in Butte and Tehama counties has grown even more massive, adding tens of thousands of acres to its footprint every few hours.As of Friday morning, Cal Fire reported the Park Fire as encompassing 164,000 acres, but as of the last update at 12:30 pm, it had grown to over 178,000 acres."The Park Fire continues to burn very actively, especially when aligned with slope and winds, resulting in spotting and …See the Story
Park Fire Grows to 180,000 Acres, 134 Structures Confirmed Destroyed
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FBI · San FranciscoWe’re learning that Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao's boyfriend also had his phone seized amidst last month’s stunning FBI raids, and while that doesn’t mean he’s a target of the investigation, he sure seems to have some nebulous but powerful role in her office.It's been more than a month since the FBI raid on Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s home, and we still don’t know why they raided Thao’s home, nor do we know why they simultaneously raided the homes of…See the Story
Sheng Thao’s Boyfriend Also Had Phone Seized in FBI Raid, Questions Swirl About His Role in Her Administration
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LGBTQ+ · San Francisco(BCN) -- San Francisco Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson on Friday announced she will retire at the end of August due to "unforeseen medical issues." Nicholson, who has spent 30 years with the city's Fire Department, was its first openly LGBT chief when Mayor London Breed chose her in 2019 to take over after the retirement of her predecessor, former chief Joanne Hayes-White. "I am proud of the San Francisco Fire Department and the people that work d…See the Story
SF fire chief to retire due to ‘unforeseen medical issues’
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BART · San FranciscoA 20-year-old man was killed Wednesday evening near the 16th and Mission BART station in SF's Mission District, in the second shooting to occur in that vicinity in two weeks.Shots rang out around 5:30 pm Wednesday at 16th and Mission streets, where a group of about 20 people had been gathered in the BART plaza on the southwest side of the intersection. There was apparently a fight or brawl that ensued, prior to shots being fired, and one witness…See the Story
Man Fatally Shot In Mission District Following Brawl Near 16th Street BART
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San Francisco, California · San FranciscoThe suspect arrested in connection with sparking the Park Fire in Butte County has been identified as 42-year-old Ronnie Stout, a registered sex offender who was released from jail to his mother's home 18 months ago. Stout was allegedly seen pushing a burning Toyota Yaris into a ravine Wednesday afternoon, setting off the blaze that has now grown to over 164,000 acres. [Chronicle]Three Southern California men have been arrested in connection wit…See the Story
Friday Morning Constitutional: Park Fire Arson Suspect Identified as Sex Offender
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San Francisco, California · San FranciscoSFPD arrested 36-year-old Kim Andrews for harassing children, and Andrews allegedly has quite a history of this kind of thing in Golden Gate Park and the Inner Sunset, with this being her second such arrest in a week. In Andrews’s previous arrest Friday, she allegedly shouted “You’re going to die” while holding a lighter up to a Lysol bottle and pointing it at a child. [Chronicle]#BayBridge Heavy traffic on the upper deck of the #BayBridge due t…See the Story
Day Around the Bay: Car Catches Fire on Bay Bridge, Holds Up Traffic
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San Francisco, California · San FranciscoThe Vallejo Police Department isn’t going to like this — an SF street in Bernal Heights has been renamed in honor of Sean Monterrosa, who that department killed at the height of the George Floyd protests. When the George Floyd protests were sweeping the nation in May and June of 2020, one flashpoint in the Bay Area was the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Sean Monterossa on June 2, 2020. The Vallejo Police Department alleged that Monterrosa was abo…See the Story
Bernal Heights Street Renamed ‘Sean Monterrosa Boulevard’ After His 2020 Killing by Vallejo PD
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