San Francisco General Hospital officials are desperately trying to determine the identity of a man who was brought to the hospital last month confused and with no identification.
The man, who appears to be in his 50s, was admitted to the hospital on June 17 at about 5 p.m. after an ambulance picked him up at Bayshore Avenue. The patient has not been able to identify himself and hospital staffers have not been able to track down anyone who knows him.
BART is recovering from major delays after an unidentified passenger shouted that they had a bomb on a train near North Berkeley Station today.
Jim Allison, a BART spokesman, said that around 2:23 p.m. a train on the Richmond-Millbrae line came to a screeching halt immediately after the threat was made. Police brought a K-9 unit equipped for sniffing out bombs on the trains and determined the bomb threat was a hoax.
Train service was restored at 2:32 p.m.
A 36-year-old man who's been in County Jail the last month could be facing a much longer stint behind bars.
Joseph Barlow, an inmate in San Francisco County Jail, was arrested today and charged with the murder of 40-year-old Coquiese Walker. Police didn't have to travel far to track down their suspect. Barlow has been in police custody since June 25 when he was arrested on unrelated charges, says Sgt. Danielle Newman.
A new music video that spoofs Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" is the latest take on Bitcoin fever.
The video for "Bitcoin Girl" features a character named Wall Street Guy, played by actor Gianmarco Soresi, attempting to win the heart of the Bitcoin Girl.
Naomi Brockwell, a fellow at the New York Bitcoin Center who directed and stars in the video, says its an attempt to educate audiences about the often misunderstood digital currency.
In a blast from the political past, six members of the "Class of 2000" Board of Supervisors have penned a letter to the city's Planning Commission.
And they are not pleased.
Former Supes Matt Gonzalez, Chris Daly, Tony Hall, Sophie Maxwell, Jake McGoldrick, and Aaron Peskin yesterday sent a succinct missive regarding possible changes to the decade-old ordinance limiting formula retail stores from pervading San Francisco.
This is a complicated and controversial subject.
But, in a nutshell, the city considers a business with 11 or more outlets to be "formula retail" and subject to a far greater degree of scrutiny. That process varies from neighborhood to neighborhood; putting a chain store into a spot on Bayshore Boulevard is not akin to trying to shoehorn a Starbucks into North Beach.
In any event, the Planning Commission will today consider the recommendations of Planning Department staff to alter Gonzalez's legislation, and loosen the definition of "formula retail" from 11 establishments to 20.
Gonzalez and his colleagues are "deeply troubled" by this proposal "as it is without any rational justification."
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The South Bay is being burdened with bunnies as shelters are seeing "critical" numbers of rabbits being ditched.
According to the Peninsula Humane Society, the bunny population is 50 percent higher than it has been around this time over the last three years. To address this concern, the PHS is waiving all rabbit adoption fees.
In other words: Go adopt a rabbit right now. Please.
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It's not just cops and weedheads who are eagerly watching Colorado's experiment with marijuana legalization. Bankers and businesses also have a very literal stake in the legal cannabis game. What happens in Colorado is likely a bellwether for what will happen elsewhere in the country once marijuana is made legal.
Here's an example: Based on what we're seeing in Colorado, demand for legal, recreational marijuana in California could exceed 2.1 million pounds. If a pound of weed fetches about $1,000, that's $2.1 billion worth of marijuana at the retail level.
According to the the state agency in charge of legal weed in Colorado, annual demand there is 130 metric tons. If Colorado's numbers are scaled to fit California's population and tourists, we're talking trillions.
Update, 1:32 p.m. Suspected drunk imposter screener Eric Slighton was reportedly carrying business cards from Atkis Capitol Singapore at the time of his arrest, the Chron reports. Google trails suggest he is a wealthy banker.
Update, 1:34 p.m.: According to the San Mateo County District Attorney's office, Eric Slighton was released from the county jail last night after signing a promise to appear in court for his arraignment on August 18, 2014 in the Redwood City courthouse.
A 53 year-old man pretending to be an airport security guard was luring two women into a "private booth" for pat-downs when real security guards caught him, the Chron reports.
The man -- who police identified as 53 year-old Eric Slighton -- was arrested around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday on suspicion of public drunkenness. He was reportedly wearing blue gloves, of the type you might see in a surgery room or crime scene investigation -- or on the hands of a TSA security officer.
His victims couldn't be located.
Nine is the new six -- but with 50 percent more Californias.
At least according to campaign slogans from a new parody Twitter account aimed at Timothy Draper's bizarrely viable Six Californias ballot measure, which would divide the state into six autonomous provinces, including Silicon Valley.
The measure, which thus far has garnered at least 1.3 million signatures and $2 million in financing from its venture capitalist sponsor, is headed for the November 2016 ballot. Draper and his retinue personally delivered them to registrars in all 58 counties yesterday, wearing a Six Californias tie. (Evidently, you can get your own -- he's currently taking orders.)
Now, Nine Californias has thrown down the gauntlet, launching a vociferous social media campaign with the snappy hashtag "TimeforNine."
