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SF Man Critically Injured In Sunday Morning Hit-and-Run Identified as Bob's Donuts Baker

A 3 am Sunday morning hit-and-run near Market and Guerrero streets has left a man in critical condition, and we now learn that man is Bob's Donuts employee Jesus Zamudio, who is reportedly still unresponsive.

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Child of Slack, Flickr Founders Reported as Runaway, Possibly Left Marin For SF

The Marin County Sheriff's Office posted a notice of a missing juvenile, whom they identified as 16-year-old Mint Butterfield — the child of former Slack CEO and co-founder Stewart Butterfield and entrepreneur Caterina Fake — who is believed to be in SF's Tenderloin neighborhood.

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Humpday Headlines: 'Recall Pamela Price' Crowd Pushes For Fast Special Election

The proponents of recalling Alameda Co. DA Pamela Price want to hold the recall election in a few months; a man was arrested after allegedly assaulting a member of the San Jose mayor's security staff; and a South Bay caregiver was arrested for stealing from an elderly couple in Los Altos Hills.

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Day Around the Bay: Third Baby Falcon Chick Hatches Atop Berkeley Clock Tower

The transfer of prisoners out of FCI Dublin has been even more chaotic than we realized; the Tesla layoffs will leave nearly 3,000 Bay Area workers out of a job; and a third baby peregrine falcon has been born at the famed Berkeley nest.

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'Gaza Solidarity Encampment,' Like the One at Columbia University, Established at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley has joined in a nationwide protest action on college campuses in which students are pitching tents in prominent plaza spaces, as a sort of "sleep-in" in solidarity with displaced Gazans and in protest of investments in war-profiting corporations.

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Two Suspects Plead Guilty, Take Plea Deals in Fatal Shooting of Pleasanton Home Depot Employee

Pleasanton Home Depot security guard Blake Mohs was shot and killed trying to thwart a shoplifting last April, and the two suspects involved have just pleaded guilty to knock a few years off their sentences.

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Latest City Hall Remedy for Tenderloin Street Circus Is Shutting Down Corner Stores at Midnight

Corner stores that cater to the crowds who hang out around UN Plaza and elsewhere into the wee hours of the morning are part of the problem, the mayor's office says.

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Inmate Escapes Custody at SF General By Climbing Into Ceiling

There was a brief bit of chaos Tuesday morning at Zuckerberg SF General Hospital when an incarcerated person being held in the jail ward at the hospital escaped custody by climbing through ceiling tiles and trying to crawl away through the bowels of the hospital.

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Waymo Drives on Wrong Side of Street, But Has Excuse Because of Taunting Unicycle Riders

A Friday night incident saw a self-driving Waymo pop into the wrong lane for a couple blocks, but it may have had good reason to do so, because it was being swarmed by electric unicycle riders.

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Tuesday Morning Topline: Child Predator Sting Operation Ensnares San Jose Firefighter

A child predator sting operation out of Sacramento arrested a San Jose fire captain; PG&E CEO Patti Poppe's compensation is being compared to others; and Tesla is being sued over California layoff notification laws, and last week's layoff announcement.

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Day Around the Bay: SF City Attorney to Try to Toss Out Dolores Hill Bomb Civil Case

SF is trying to get a class-action civil case thrown out that was brought by teens arrested for the Dolores Hill Bomb last year; the Joe Simitian/Evan Low recount is down to one vote again; and another United Airlines jet had to divert to SF, this time over smoke in the cabin.

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Rev. Cecil Williams, Evangelist of Equality and Dignity for All and Founder of GLIDE, Dies at Age 94

Reverend Cecil Williams, who until today had been a living testament to the modern era of San Francisco and its reputation for accepting all varieties of the human condition, has died at age 94.

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California Could Ban TSA Line-Skipping Service 'Clear' From CA Airports Under New Bill

The pricey, $189-a-year service called Clear that lets people cruise through airport TSA lines could be banned in California, under a proposed bill from state lawmakers who think its unfair to people can't pay the extra 200 bucks.

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Photos: Two Baby Falcon Chicks Hatch on Berkeley Falcon Cam, and on Earth Day to Boot

That's two newborn baby falcons just after hatching beneath their mom Annie atop the Berkeley Campanile on Monday morning, and two more little hatchlings are expected to bust out of their shells in the days to come.

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Report: More Than 80% of Middle-Income 'Below Market Rate' Housing Units Sitting Vacant In SF, Partly Thanks to Red Tape

It's great that San Francisco developers are given incentives to set aside housing for middle-income families that can't afford the pricier units. It's not so great that a large percentage of these units are sitting empty because of bureaucracy and the state of the housing market.

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Motorcyclist Injured Amid Dirt Bike and ATV Sideshow Near Lake Merritt

A Sunday evening sideshow near Oakland's Lake Merritt ended with one motorcyclist needing medical attention.

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Notorious Formerly $1.7 Million Noe Valley Public Toilet Opens With 'Potty Party,' Scatological Costumes

A stream of yellow and brown balloons and toilet-humor costumes came out for Sunday's official opening of the Noe Valley public bathroom that was once supposed to cost $1.7 million, though its cost plopped down to just a couple hundred thousand dollars.

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Churchgoer Stabbed Outside Saints Peter & Paul Church In North Beach

On Sunday, following a reported altercation with a homeless individual who had entered the church, a parishioner was stabbed outside Saints Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood.

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Monday Morning Headlines: Kaiser Nurses Protest Use of AI In Healthcare

Kaiser nurses say AI is being embraced too quickly at hospitals without being properly tested; a dead gray whale was seen in the Bay off Alameda; and ferry service between SF and Sausalito is suspended indefinitely.

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Sunday Links: Presidio Heights Couple, Embroiled in Pickleball Dispute, Sells Home For $7M Under Asking Price

The SF couple, Karl and Holly Peterson, had started a petition about the noise of a nearby pickleball court when they had one in their own home; the Stud reopened Saturday; and BART officially retired its legacy fleet.

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Celebrate 4/20 in the Bay Area At These Hippie Hill Event Alternatives

From food fests to drag shows, check out these weed-themed things to do in San Francisco and beyond Saturday.

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Saturday Links: Oregon Runner Sets New Record Time on the Lost Coast Trail

An Oregon woman, Emily Keddie, ran the Northern Californian Lost Coast in a record 5.5 hours; SF celebrated Bicycle Day on Friday; and Sacramento music festival Sol Blume was canceled at the last minute.

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Day Around the Bay: SFPD Looking For Man Who Punched A Baby On Muni Friday Morning

An SFPD drug bust in the Tenderloin netted 13 arrests; the victims of the fatal shooting in Napa last weekend were identified as a young mother and teenager; and a man apparently punched a baby on a Muni bus unprovoked Friday morning.

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A 'Magic Mushrooms Church' Is Providing More 4/20 Porta-Potties and Crowd Control Than the City Is

The cancellation of Hippie Hill's official 4/20 celebration seems unlikely to keep thousands of pot-smoking revelers out of Golden Gate Park, and so a psilocybin-themed church is stepping up to provide porta-potties, a medical tent, and water bottles.

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Peskin, Breed Both Say They Are Trying to Get Macy's to Stay In Union Square

Supervisor and mayoral candidate Aaron Peskin was on TV Thursday night discussing the city's efforts to cajole the Macy's organization to change its mind about closing the San Francisco store.

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