SF News Sunday Links: Lyft Passenger Killed After Running on North Bay Freeway A Lyft passenger was killed while running on the shoulder of I-80 in Vallejo; police in Santa Clara found a body inside a burned out home following a shooting; and Dave Coulier shares a health update.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Vallejo Police Arrest 10 People In Sex Solicitation Sting Operation The coyote that made it to Alcatraz actually swam there from Angel Island; Republicans are asking for $1 billion in funds, partially for security features at the White House ballroom; and 10 people were arrested for soliciting sex workers in Vallejo.
SF News Sunday Links: Winning $7 Million Lottery Ticket Purchased in the Mission District Spirit Airlines shut down overnight, leaving thousands of travelers in the lurch; a one-alarm fire from a lithium-ion battery put one person in the hospital; and a winning lottery ticket purchased at a Mission District liquor store has not been claimed yet.
SF News Lost Dog Rescued In Vallejo After Ending Up In Well, Treading Water For Hours A lost dog named Fiona fell into a well under an abandoned home in Vallejo on Monday, and needed to be rescued after treading water for about two hours.
SF News Vallejo Kidnapping Victim Denise Huskins Aims to Amend State Law Exposing Victims’ Privacy Denise Huskins, the Vallejo woman whose 2015 kidnapping and sexual assault case was featured in Netflix’s 'American Nightmare,' is pushing for changes to state law after learning her assailant was given access to explicit evidence from her case during his trial.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Walnut Creek Woman Arrested In Mission Bay Crash That Killed Two-Year-Old The SF Zoo is laying off an unspecified number of employees amid financial challenges; 90,000 bottles of children's liquid ibuprofen have been recalled; and police arrested a Walnut Creek woman in the Mission Bay crash that killed a toddler
Arts & Entertainment East Bay’s ‘Punk in the Park’ Festival Slammed by Revelations That Promoter Was a Trump Donor Vallejo's upcoming Punk in the Park music festival was just tarred by revelations that the concert promoter donated to the Trump 2024 campaign, but the Dead Kennedys still insist they’re playing the show.
Arts & Entertainment Vallejo Gets a ‘Punk Rock and Beer’ Music Festival on Memorial Day Weekend, With the Adicts, Dead Kennedys, and the Exploited BottleRock just got a punk-ass little sibling breathing down its neck on Memorial Day weekend, as a festival called Punk in the Park is coming to Vallejo, with a beer tasting area, plus the Adicts, Dead Kennedys, and the Exploited.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Huge Bucket of Meth Prompts Hazmat Response In Vallejo A five-gallon bucket of what turned out to be meth prompted a hazmat response in Vallejo; Allbirds is closing all of its brick-and-mortar stores; and Nicki Minaj was seen holding hands with Trump at an event in DC.
Arts & Entertainment Vallejo Rapper LaRussell to Perform at Official NFL Tailgate on Super Bowl Sunday Local rapper LaRussell, who petitioned the NFL to let him perform at this year's Bay Area Super Bowl, has gotten the invite to do so at the official NFL Tailgate Party outside Levi's Stadium.
SF News Saturday Links: San Ramon Hit With 18 More Earthquakes Friday As Part of Historic Swarm A driver died after they hit a tree and their Tesla caught fire off Highway 17 in the South Bay; an angry dog owner pulled a gun on someone at a Vallejo park; and San Ramon experienced another swarm of earthquakes Friday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: City Hall Aglow With Animated ‘Winter Lights’ Show Through January 2 Sutter Health is continuing to provide gender-affirming care to minors despite federal pressure; last weekend’s viral incident has gained Hazie’s in Hayes Valley a lot of new customers; and City Hall honors its history and celebrates the holidays with a new animated light show.
SF News Proposed 160-Acre, $700 Million Indian Casino in Vallejo Held Up by Lawsuits, Trump Administration A proposed mega-casino in Vallejo from the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians has faced legal challenges from tribes that run rival casinos, and now the Trump administration says the casino’s approval may have been based on a “legal error.”
SF News 3.6M Earthquake Rumbles Under Vallejo, Follows Earlier Swarm of Quakes A small but noticeable 3.6-magnitude earthquake happened Thursday at 12:41 pm, with an epicenter two miles southeast of Vallejo.
SF News Sunday Links: SF Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested for Domestic Battery, But Not Charged The man from the viral “Blinking White Guy” meme lives in SF; the perpetrator of a Hayward murder-suicide was fighting with his parents over his hygiene; and the sheriff’s department is investigating a deputy accused of domestic battery.
SF News Saturday Links: Author of Satiric News Site ‘Marin Lately’ Revealed Newsom is launching a new task force addressing homeless encampments along state roadways in California's ten largest cities; smoke caused by overheating brakes led to a BART meltdown Friday night; and a Marin County writer and father of three is having a heyday roasting the area's well-to-do.
Arts & Entertainment Terriers Take on Vallejo Ferry Terminal, Nab an Impressive 27 Rats in 90 Minutes In response to a very visible and persistent rat infestation at the Vallejo Ferry Terminal, a volunteer squad of canine rat hunters were recently deployed to bring the population under control. SFist was so inspired by this endearing story, we scribbled an illustration of the heroes in action.
SF Politics ACLU Wants Investigation Into Vallejo City Attorney Over Alleged Police Misconduct Cases The Vallejo Police Department has long had a reputation for being a little trigger-happy, but now the ACLU alleges the Vallejo City Attorney’s Office has been in on some cover-ups, and is calling for an independent investigation.
SF News Sunday Links: Young Black Riders Take the Reins at Historic Bill Pickett Rodeo in Castro Valley Around 300 teens wreaked havoc on a Brentwood mall in the East Bay; a paraglider was rescued after they lost control and crash-landed at Daly City's Mussel Rock Park; and the national Bill Pickett Rodeo honors Black cowboy culture in the East Bay.
SF News Two Killed, One Injured In Vallejo Homeless Encampment Shooting One person has been taken into custody after three people were shot, two of them fatally, at a long-running encampment near Highway 37 in Vallejo on Monday night.
SF News Sunday Links: 1975 Murder Convict Arrested for Child Porn, Narcotics, and Gun Possession Amazon-backed AI model, Claude Opus, attempted to blackmail engineers; local film industry leaders hope two new proposed state bills will increase production in SF; and a Vallejo ex-con was arrested for child porn.
SF News Arrest Leads to Seizure of Meth at Vallejo Home, as Well as Endangered Monkey, Live Rattlesnakes A traffic stop in Solano County led to the arrest of a Vallejo man and subsequent search of his home, which led to the discovery a lot of meth, an endangered baby spider monkey, and two live rattlesnakes.
SF News Sole Surviving Witness In First Zizian Murder Case Is Infirm, Has Memory Lapses In Day of Testimony The elderly man who is the sole surviving witness to the November 2022 stabbing of Vallejo resident Curtis Lind — though he only witnessed the aftermath of the stabbing — gave a day of testimony Tuesday in Solano County.
SF News Sunday Links: UCSF Neurologist Wins $3 Million Prize For Groundbreaking Multiple Sclerosis Research UCSF neurologist Stephen Hauser won a $3 million Breakthrough Prize for his multiple sclerosis work; one resident was killed and three injured in an early morning fire on Sunday in Fremont; and an anonymous benefactor has been fulfilling innovative locals' wishes.
SF News Juvenile Too Young For A License Leads Police On Chase Through Vallejo Streets A Vallejo youth who was reportedly below legal driving age was pursued by police on Friday after the juvenile was seen speeding through a red light in a stolen vehicle, causing several near-collisions.
