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About 11,000 PG&E Customers Lose Power in SF’s Richmond, Presidio, and Golden Gate Park
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (356+ words) For the third time in a little over a week, 11,000 customers on the Western side of the city experienced a power outage Sunday evening, which took about two-and-a-half hours to restore. A planned outage was also scheduled to occur at…...
Dozens Attend Outer Sunset Sideshow, U-Haul Set on Fire From Inside With Roman Candles
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (574+ words) Residents said more than 100 people attended an early morning sideshow in SF's Outer Sunset Saturday. SFPD was flooded with reports of gunshots, fireworks, and a U-Haul full of furniture being set ablaze from inside with Roman candles. As KRON4 reports, the…...
Saturday Links: Shark Smacks Surfer in Marin County, Leaves Imprint on Surfboard
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (311+ words) Saturday Links: Shark Smacks Surfer in Marin County, Leaves Imprint on Surfboard'SFist - On the Monday following a fatal suspected shark attack in Monterey County, a surfer at Marin County's Dillon Beach reported being smacked from below by a shark. Authorities…...
Swimmer in Suspected Shark Attack Was a Triathlete, Swam at Same Beach for 20 Years
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (501+ words) The 55-year-old swimmer who went missing during a presumed shark attack in Pacific Grove Sunday was identified as Erica Fox, a triathlete who took part in Escape From Alcatraz for 20 years and swam at Lovers Point every Sunday for two…...
Four People Injured In Early Friday Morning Shooting In San Jose
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (362+ words) The O'Brien Tract neighborhood of San Jose saw four people shot on the street in a 3:30 am Friday morning incident, and all four have been hospitalized as police look for answers and for a suspect. The Christmas season in San…...
SFO's Harvey Milk Terminal 1 Shut Down and Evacuated Due to Suspicious Item
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (280+ words) Terminal 1 at SFO was temporarily evacuated Friday morning due to a suspicious, unattended item, and passengers on airlines using the terminal were instructed to go through security at the International Terminal. The incident began around 8:15 am, when San Francisco police…...
Redditors Join Forces to Help Abandoned Dog Near Google’s Sunnyvale Office on Christmas Eve
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (361+ words) When a pit bull, nicknamed "Google," was abandoned outside Google's Sunnyvale office the morning of Christmas Eve and animal control was closed, Bay Area Reddit users came together to give it food and water and find it shelter with the…...