Update (4:55 p.m.): The District Attorney announced this afternoon that Wilfredo Reyes will be charged with three counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, one count of aiding and abetting in the discharge of a firearm, and one count of participating in a street gang. One count of conspiracy to commit murder will be added to his slew of charges, the DA said. Reyes will be appear in court next on July 24.
"The family is very pleased that Reyes is back and will face justice for the murders," said Danielle Bologna, wife of Anthony and mother of Michael and Matthew.
Original Story (12:40 p.m.) Wilfredo Reyes, the second suspect in a 2008 triple homicide, has been extradited from North Carolina and will be arraigned in San Francisco today, the District Attorney's office announced.
Pralith Pralouarng, 32, of Oakland had been working for about two years at the TCHO Chocolate Factory near Pier 17 when he allegedly slashed a co-worker in the arm with a sheetrock razor knife on Wednesday morning.
There was no history of problems or contempt between the two co-workers, and when they began their work day on Wednesday, both employees had greeted each other amicably, police said at a town hall meeting this morning.
However, police said they learned from talking to his family that Parlouarng had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and had sought help at a psychiatric facility. But when he was released from the facility, he refused to take prescribed medication.
It's National Lollipop Day, and if you work anywhere near the Embarcadero, you might have noticed.
See's Candy staged this 7,000-pound lollipop at Justin Herman Plaza today for everyone to enjoy. You can look, but not lick!
The sucker isn't just some stupid PR stunt --it's in the running to become the world's largest lollipop.This ginormous sucker took See's workers 14.5 hours to make this insane sucker. The process started at 4 a.m. and was completed by 6:30 p.m. on the same day. That's a lot of overtime.
And a lot of sugar -- 2,947 pounds, to be exact.
Since Occupy Bernal has proven to be the only local Occupy group to actually get shit done, homeowners in Noe Valley went ahead and formed a similar movement, riffing off Bernal's model of not occupying.
In other words, no tents necessary.
Tomorrow, Occupy Noe will start collecting signatures at the Noe Valley Bank of America to protest the pending foreclosure of one of their dear neighbors: the Musni family.
Occupy Noe tells us that the Musnis have lived in their Noe Valley home on Randall Street for a loooong 40 years, where they raised seven children. Now, the Musnis, who are senior citizens, are on the brink of losing their home after struggling to negotiate a mortgage payment with the much-despised BofA.
The court instead issued a modified order, clarifying that Mirkarimi cannot assault, harass, or threaten his wife -- things that, his attorneys noted, were blatantly obvious, according to media reports. Nevertheless, it's the first victory for the suspended sheriff since Mirkarimi entered a guilty plea to misdemeanor false imprisonment charges in March. CBS News caught the first kiss on photo this morning.
Update: Officer Gordon Shyy called us to say that the suspect was a bouncer at a night club in North Beach. He apparently, was trying to toss the victim out of the club for one reason or another. We he tossed him out, the victim landed on the ground and hit his head.
Original story: A 64-year-old man is clinging to life this morning after being beaten in North Beach last night.
Police were called to the 200 block of Columbus Avenue at about 10:40 p.m. on reports of a fight. When they arrived, they found the victim on the ground.
Police say the victim got into a fight with the 33-year-old suspect, who then threw the older man into the street. The victim's head bounced off the ground, causing life-threatening injuries, according to Officer Gordon Shyy.
Supervisor Eric Mar, the unhappy french fry guy, has taken on some rather dubious causes: Banning Happy Meals and stripper mobiles. But since 86ing cheap meat and strippers isn't going to totally protect your children from this terrible place called Earth, Mar has decided to go ahead and ban smoking at local street fairs, too.
According to his proposed legislation, all outdoor events held on property owned by the city to be smoke free and organizers of these events would have to post signs letting smokers know they aren't welcome as long as they plan to light up.
Here's what Mar has to say for himself:
"This is another step forward to protect the public's health from the dangers of second-hand smoke," said Mar, who noted that 73,000 non-smokers die every year from said effects. It's a critical public health danger with no safe level of exposure."
But wait. What about pot smokers?
A San Francisco jury has found a former Muni employee guilty of vehicular manslaughter for killing a pedestrian in the Castro District last year.
The jury concluded that 61-year-old Gregg Wilcox was completely negligent when he thought it was a good idea to drive with a cast on his right foot. Wilcox testified that he had been using his left foot to press both the gas and brake pedals after a walking cast was put on his right foot, which had been diagnosed with a stress fracture.
Wilcox said he had been driving that way for more than a month with no problems, and claimed this creative driving technique played no role in the accident in which he killed William Cox as he walked in the crosswalk at 14th and Noe streets.
But the jury completely disagreed.
Eliana Lopez continued her testimony last night, where she denied that her husband, Ross Mirkarimi, abused her during the couple's domestic dispute on New Year's Eve, which ultimately led to Mirkarimi's suspension as the county sheriff.
In her testimony, she detailed the New Year's Eve argument in which Mirkarimi bruised her arm. Here's some of what Deputy City Attorney Peter Keith managed to squeeze out of Lopez amid the at-times combative banter, the interruptions, and the sighs tossed between the prosecutor and the witness:
