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Toddler Dies After Fall Out of Mission District Apartment Window
A 15-month-old boy who fell from a third-story window in the Mission District last week has died from his injuries. The boy, identified by family as Ulises Gonzalez, fell out of the window at 2315 Mission Street on July 3. It was previously reported that he was gravely injured, but a GoFundMe posted by a friend of the boy's mother indicats that Gonzalez died later that day from his injuries.
7 hospitalized in suspected DUI crash, 1 arrested
PAJARO, Calif. — Seven people were injured in a crash believed to have been caused by a drunk driver, on Saturday evening. According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 11 p.m. south of Pajaro in the area of Salinas Road where it meets Elkhorn Road. According...
FBI demand records from Oakland mayor’s office, other city officials
Multiple Oakland city staffers are being forced to hand over records to the FBI this week in response to a federal grand jury subpoena. A grand jury is a group of regular citizens convened in secret by federal prosecutors to hear evidence and testimony of an ongoing investigation. The grand jury then decides whether or not there’s enough evidence to charge someone with a crime.
‘Sweet, kind, loving’: Family remembers woman who died after being pushed into train
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) – A homeless man is in police custody after allegedly pushing a 74-year-old San Francisco woman onto a train platform. The woman later died at a hospital. Inside her home, Corazon Dandan’s family opened up about the woman who was loved by many. Corazon Dandan...
San Francisco Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest of Two Sacramento Men, Cache of Firearms Seized by CHP on I-80
In an operation that transpired in the late hours of darkness, California Highway Patrol officers in San Francisco arrested two men after a traffic stop on the I-80 revealed an assemblage of firearms and ammunition. According to the CHP San Francisco, the incident occurred just past midnight when a Chrysler 300 sedan was pulled over for a vehicular infraction as it crossed the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge.
Electric scooter sparks blaze in San Francisco apartment building
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — San Francisco firefighters responded to a fire Monday burning inside an apartment at the top of a four-story apartment building. The cause of the fire was determined to be from an electric scooter that was charging, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. The apartment...
Oakland Juneteenth Shooting Suspect Arraigned, Charged with 4 Counts of Felony Assault
OAKLAND, CA. — A few weeks following a Juneteenth mass shooting, the Alameda County District Attorney announced the suspect, JaJuan Kelly, was to be arraigned July 3 on four counts of felony assault. The office of the District Attorney alleges it has evidence that on June 19, 2024, Kelly...
Daniel Lurie: SF should bar alleged drug dealers from neighborhood of crime
A major drug-trafficking operation in the Tenderloin last month netted 57 arrests in one day. Focusing on fugitives who had outstanding arrest warrants, officers seized fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine. But such crackdowns aren’t enough to permanently shutter The City’s drug markets. Like all crime, the solution lies in ensuring dealers know they will be caught and face consequences every time, not just once in a while. The first major priority...
Motorcyclist killed in crash on I-580 in Oakland
A motorcyclist was killed in a crash on Interstate 580 in Oakland early Saturday. According to the California Highway Patrol, the incident happened just before 3:30 a.m. on eastbound I-580 at Fruitvale Avenue in Oakland. Video posted to the Citizen app showed the crash scene. It was not made known...
Pleasure boat rider endures medical emergency near Golden Gate Bridge: SFFD
(KRON) — The San Francisco Fire Department’s marine rescue crews responded to a person on a pleasure boat who was experiencing a medical emergency on Saturday morning. At around 11 a.m., a San Francisco Police Department Marine Rescue boat requested an SFFD paramedic rescue boat to respond to the person experiencing the medical emergency. That […]
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