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Case Against Airbnb in Fatal House Party Shooting Can Proceed, Judge Rules
The family of an 18-year-old fatally shot during a Sunnyvale house party at a property rented through Airbnb notched a rare win against the short-term rental giant in court this week. In a Thursday order from the bench, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Charles Haines rejected Airbnb’s attempt to get...
Man Faces 200 Years In Prison After Being Convicted Of Murders, Series Of Crimes Dating Back To 2009
A 31-year-old man was convicted of killing three people, attempted murder of two others and other crimes in Oakland dating back to 2009, Alameda County prosecutors said. The Alameda County District Attorney's office said Thursday that it obtained guilty verdicts for Joseph Carroll of two counts of first-degree murder, one count of second-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder, three counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, one count of assault with a firearm, and one count of shooting at an occupied vehicle.
40 pounds of meth seized in San Jose drug bust
(KRON) — A significant drug bust in San Jose ended with the arrest of a convicted felon after a thorough investigation by the Alameda County Narcotics Task Force. The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said officers executed a search warrant at a home on Rockaway Drive Tuesday, uncovering a massive haul that included over 40 pounds […]
Day Around the Bay: Fatal Domestic Shooting In East Bay Might Have Been Planned
The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office now says that a fatal domestic shooting this week was planned, and that a San Leandro woman killed her boyfriend. 36-year-old Analleli Garcia Mejia was booked on suspicion of homicide Thursday, and while she ended up shot in the leg, investigators suggest the killing of boyfriend David Ramirez was pre-meditated. [KRON4]
Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile Virus in Palo Alto following county resident’s death
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The County of Santa Clara Vector Control District confirmed Thursday there is a population of West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes in Palo Alto, after one county resident died from the virus in early August. So far, two county residents that the district says have no...
Stanford Reverses Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer’s With Brain Metabolism Drug
Neuroscientists at Stanford have linked Alzheimer’s disease to the disruption of brain metabolism via the kynurenine pathway, which is affected by amyloid plaque and tau proteins. Their research has demonstrated that drugs blocking this pathway can restore cognitive function in Alzheimer’s mice by improving brain metabolism. This discovery not...
Girls on the Run of Silicon Valley Seeks Volunteer Coaches
Fourteen years ago, Jessica Martin-Moss was a new teacher at Schallenberger Elementary School in San Jose when she first viewed Girls on the Run Silicon Valley in action. “There was a small team of maybe 12 girls [at Schallenberger], and I went out and saw them running, and it was history,” she recalls. “Ever since then, I’ve been coaching.”
Interest Rate Cuts Won’t Necessarily Help Bay Area’s Notorious Housing Market
Prospective homebuyers could soon see interest rates drop thanks to a cut to the Federal Reserve’s key benchmark, but some experts say tight supply and overwhelming demand are still likely to lead to a tough market for those in California. On Friday, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell signaled that the...
CHP recovers $450,000 in stolen goods from Oakland fencing operation
A California Highway Patrol retail theft task force recovered nearly a half-million dollars in stolen merchandise from a home in Oakland and arrested a resident following a month-long investigation, the agency said Friday.In July CHP investigators began a probe into a criminal network responsible for a string of retail thefts targeting various retailers throughout the Bay Area, the CHP's Golden Gate Division Organized Retail Crime Taskforce (ORCTF) said in a press statement.Investigators identified suspects in an illicit fencing operation based in an Oakland home after conducting surveillance operations, the CHP said. After obtaining search warrants, CHP investigators and San Ramon...
Swedish Retail Giant IKEA Expands Bay Area Footprint with New Specialized Colma Location
IKEA, the Swedish home furnishings behemoth, has announced the opening of a new “Plan & Order Point with Pick-up” store in Colma, marking its latest move to expand its presence in the Bay Area. According to KRON4, this new specialized facility is slated to open this fall at 35 Colma Blvd. Despite the smaller footprint of 2,340 square feet, the new outlet aims to bolster the shopping experience the larger San Francisco location provides.
Flavored Bubbles Will Rain Down From the Ceiling at the New Merchant Roots in SoMa
Dianne de Guzman is a deputy editor at Eater SF writing about Bay Area restaurant and bar trends, upcoming openings, and pop-ups. Step past the blue gates of the new location of Merchant Roots in SoMa and prepare to become fully immersed in the world of this fine dining restaurant. This isn’t your typical white-tablecloth space with whispered conversations; instead, it’s a place with fine dining chops and service that leans far into the playful feelings that food can invoke.
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