Sometimes the only way to truly wake yourself up in the morning is a brisk walk (okay and some strong coffee).
Here's your chance to start getting that much-needed exercise.Tomorrow, San Franciscans will ditch their car keys and Clipper Cards and instead hike to the office as part of a public event to reclaim the streets amid the recent spike in pedestrian accidents.
Update 3:25 p.m.: Officer Gordon Shyy says it was a 3-year-old by who was hit while traveling through a crosswalk on his bike in the outer Richmond this morning. The driver was headed north on 43rd Avenue from Golden Gate Park and struck the boy, dragging him for several feet before realizing he had hit someone. The driver, who was in a silver pickup truck, made a U-turn and remained at the scene. The boy is still in critical condition.
Original Story 12:43 p.m.: A 4-year-old kid on a bike was rushed to the hospital this morning after being hit by a car in the city's Outer Sunset Richmond neighborhood.
Officer Albie Esparza says the child was pedaling along 43rd and Fulton at about 11:45 a.m. when he/she was hit. The child was taken to San Francisco General Hospital with life-threatening injuries.
One of the Bay Area's most beloved sports heroes -- a scrappy quarterback who led his team to a dramatic, if ill-fated Super Bowl just four months after starting his first professional game -- is sitting in the hot seat.
In news leaked this morning, the website TMZ sports , and other outlets, reported that Colin Kaepernick is being investigated for an alleged sexual assault that happened earlier this month in the Miami apartment of Seahawks wide receiver Ricardo Lockett.
This recent Al Qaeda pro-terrorism ad that reportedly features a tram from San Francisco International Airport has been drumming up quite a bit of anxiety here in the Bay Area.
The image was used for the spring edition of the English-language Inspire -- an al Qaeda-run publication. But it's the caption accompanying the photo that's catching everyone's attention: "Simply stand up, pack your tools of destruction. Assemble your bomb. Ready for detonation."
Firefighters are back at Ocean Beach this morning scouring the waters, looking for 14-year-old Marco Cornejo who was swept away at sea while swimming with his cousin yesterday afternoon.
KTVU reports that dozens of firefighters scoured the waters well into the night by boat and plane, looking for Cornejo who was pulled out to sea by a rip current while swimming with his 14-year-old cousin.
It's clear that 62-year-old Marilyn Hartman wants to spend her days at San Francisco International Airport. What's less clear is why.
Hartman has continued to make headlines since February after she attempted three times to board a plane to Hawaii without a ticket. One time, she even came close to getting to the Aloha State when she piggybacked her way through security and boarded a Hawaii-bound plane. She was booted from the plane after a paying passenger found her in their seat and alerted authorities.
A few days later, she was found again at SFO but this time she had a discarded boarding pass she was hoping to use. Police arrested her and the court ordered her to stay away from SFO unless she had a ticket to fly -- one that was paid for.
Oddly enough, Hartman's run-in with the cops didn't deter her; she was spotted three more times at the airport in violation of her court order. Twice she was found in the food court and another time she was found at the baggage claim.
San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe has tried to cut Hartman some slack, letting her out of jail for time served and putting her on probation. But even after that, Hartman on Monday went back to SFO where she was arrested again and charged with trespassing.
"Detectives interviewed her in pretty good detail and there was no evidence of mental illness," Wagstaffe told us. "She's not delusional, she's not confrontational, this is not a woman who says 'I know what the law is but I'm going to gonna violate it anyway.' There's no anger expressed. It causes me to have concern about why she keeps coming back."
