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1 killed in motorcycle-minivan crash in Marin County Sunday
INVERNESS -- A fatal crash took place on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard at Pierce Point Road in Inverness Sunday, the California Highway Patrol said.A minivan and a motorcycle were involved in the crash around 2:15 p.m. and one person was declared dead at the scene, according to the CHP.Pierce Point Road and Sir Francis Drake Boulevard northwest of Inverness were closed to entry and exit until further notice due to a serious crash, the U.S. Park Service said on social media.The intersection is located in Inverness, an unincorporated community and census-designated place in western Marin County.
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.
‘Flying Fentanyl': Marin speeding suspects caught throwing drugs on Hwy 101: CHP
(KRON) — Despite being an initial traffic stop for speeding, the California Highway Patrol in Marin said they arrested four suspects on Highway 101 for possessing a large cache of drugs on Friday. CHP said the drugs recovered — reportedly thrown out of the car window and onto the highway — equated to over 4,000 […]
Family from Kansas City finds missing son in San Francisco
Two worried parents flew all the way from Kansas City to San Francisco to search for their missing son on the streets of the Tenderloin neighborhood. Dorrell King's mother and father hiked up and down city streets on Sunday. Early Monday morning, they got a break.
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 is located at 60 Leavenworth Street. […]
Police chase ends in deadly crash: Vallejo police
VALLEJO, Calif. - What was supposed to be a simple traffic stop turned deadly in Vallejo Saturday morning when a speeding car crashed into another. Vallejo police said just before 1 a.m., patrol officers tried to pull over a driver on Sonoma Boulevard and Lemon Street. However, the driver didn't yield and began speeding.
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.
Oakland mom heartbroken after losing 2 children to gun violence
OAKLAND, Calif. - An Oakland mother is awash in grief after first losing her stepdaughter to gun violence in a party bus shooting three years ago and now her son. "The pain I'm feeling right now is so unbearable, I would never want this on another mother," Aisha Meredith said through tears.
‘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...
Back-to-back shootings in Vallejo leave one dead
At least one gunman wielding a rifle wounded two people at a shopping center hours after a driver was killed in a Vallejo intersection on Friday afternoon, capping a chaotic 24 hours in the city already strained by fireworks and fires. The fatal shooting occurred around midday at the intersection...
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...
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