Jay Barmann
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Underground Electrical Vault Fires In SF Follow Power Outage at Ferry Building (opens the original)
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PG&E had another major problem on its hands Thursday, 24 hours after it was dealing with an unplanned power outage that impacted the entire Ferry Building. A few blocks away from the Ferry Building, on the 100, 200, and 300 blocks of California Street, and the 100, 200, and 300 blocks of Front Street, smoke was reported coming out of underground vaults Thursday morning around 6 am. A shelter-in-place order was subsequently issued for the area. As the Chronicle reports, four manhole covers blew o
FBI Says Former Alameda County Firefighter Likely Faked His Own Death Following Child Porn Charge (opens the original)
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation in San Francisco has issued an update on a man who remains wanted on charges of possession of child pornography, who failed to appear in court in 2023 after charges were filed because, his brother says, he drowned while fishing in Suisun Bay. Former Alameda County firefighter Charles Jonathen Harris, who would now be 46 years old, surrendered to federal authorities on March 7, 2023 and was later released on bond after being indicted by a federal grand jury on
Elderly Couple Charged In Dublin Murder of Son-In-Law, Accused of Lying In Wait (opens the original)
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Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, appeared in court Wednesday to face newly filed charges of murder in connection with the shooting death of their son-in-law in a Dublin parking lot Saturday. The Alameda County District Attorney's Office has charged Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen with murder and multiple related charges, with the special circumstance of "lying in wait," in the death of 40-year-old Jonathan McKinsey. As the New York Times reports, prosecutors say that surveillance video from
One Person Injured After Multiple Shots Fired at Haight and Ashbury (opens the original)
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The often busy sidewalks of the Upper Haight turned violent Tuesday night with reports of gunfire and at least one person reportedly injured. Shots were fired at around 11:09 pm near the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets, according to an automated SFPD dispatch-monitoring account. San Francisco police reportedly responded to the scene within four minutes. As the Chronicle reports, SFPD officers said they found multiple spent shell casings at the scene, but found no injured victims. Subs
Oakland Police Department's 23-Year-Long Federal Oversight Is Over (opens the original)
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After 23 years of a federal court-mandated monitor overseeing the Oakland Police Department, stemming from a scandal that occurred 14 police chiefs ago, a federal judge has lifted the mandate. It was a historic day Tuesday and a triumphant one for Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and newly installed OPD Chief James Beere, after US District Judge William Orrick proclaimed that the longest-running federal oversight program of an American police department was coming to an end. Orrick made the announcemen
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