Arts & Entertainment Photos: Wave-Riding Dogs Duke It Out at Annual World Dog Surfing Championship In Pacifica Saturday brought the World Dog Surfing Championship back to Linda Mar Beach in Pacifica, and a legion of impressive pooches was out on the waves, along with a thousand or so human fans.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Alan Wong’s District 4 Win Strengthens Mayor Lurie’s Agenda Lovers Point Beach in Monterey County is closed over the potential presence of a shark; two SoCal lawyers were penalized after including false, AI-generated information in a court briefing; and Alan Wong won big after joining forces with Lurie.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Drag Queen Pattie Gonia Raises $1 Million for Nonprofits on 100-Mile Hike to SF Regulators from the European Union fined Elon Musk’s X $140 million for violating transparency rules; Governor Newsom had a public spat with actress Halley Berry; and drag queen and environmentalist Patty Gonia raised $1 million for nonprofits prior to her show at the Warfield Saturday.
SF News Sunday Links: Tesla Ordered to Pay $243M in Fatal Florida Crash Involving Autopilot Software The dog stories continue this weekend with Pacifica's World Dog Surfing Championships highlights; two former San Ramon students were paid $7 million in a settlement over a sexual abuse case involving a teacher; and Tesla was found partly liable in a 2019 autopilot crash in Miami.
SF News Suspected DUI Driver Drags Pole-Mounted Street Sign for a Whole Mile in Pacifica We say it is a “suspected” DUI driver pulled over shortly after a midnight Saturday morning hit-and-run in Pacifica, and she’s suspected as such because she allegedly rammed into a pole-mounted street sign and then dragged it for an entire mile.
SF News Sunday Links: World Dog Surfing Championships Draw 7,000 Spectators to Pacifica Firefighters now have the Park Fire 30% contained; a wave of attacks is hitting a senior housing complex in Oakland; and the annual World Dog Surfing Championships on Saturday saw intrepid dogs surfing on some ruff waves.
SF News Pacifica Woman Allegedly Shoots Son, Drives Off, and Is Killed By Police An officer-involved shooting occurred in Pacifica Wednesday morning, and reportedly the person shot was a woman who had just shot her adult son.
SF News Pacifica Woman Says Boyfriend Died Trying to Protect Her From Estranged Husband A Pacifica woman who survived a brutal pre-Christmas attack by her estranged husband, against whom she had a restraining order, is now speaking out about the boyfriend who came to her rescue and gave his life protecting her.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Statue of Controversial ‘Colonizer’ Removed in Pacifica Another arrest has been made in the murder of the ex-cop providing security for a KRON4 crew; SF’s former Westfield mall is losing yet another tenant; and the controversial statue of a Spanish explorer has been removed in Pacifica.
SF News Suspect In Pacifica Homicide, a Colma Firefighter, Found Dead of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound In Ukiah The suspect in Thursday's double stabbing in Pacifica, which was described as an incident of domestic violence and in which one male victim died, was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Ukiah.
SF News Two Stabbed, One Fatally In Pacifica; Suspect Search Prompts Lockdown An investigation was underway after an alleged domestic violence-related double stabbing in the Vallemar neighborhood of Pacifica Thursday morning, and both a male and female victim were stabbed by a "known suspect."
SF News Crazy Cliffside Shack Near Pacifica Seen on Viral Video Destroyed In Winter Storms; Hermit May Still Be Down There We have a real, honest-to-goodness, mysterious hermit in the Bay Area whom no one seems to have to photographed or seen alive. And his precarious and sublime cliffside dwelling, fashioned out of driftwood and tarps, has become a recent source of fascination due to some drone footage.
SF News Doctor Accused of Driving Tesla Off Pacifica Cliffside Requests Mental Health Diversion, Seeks Case Dismissal Dr. Dharmesh Patel originally said that he drove his Tesla with his wife and children inside off Devil's Slide due to tire issues, but in court Friday his lawyers say he has major depressive disorder and should get mental health treatment.
SF News California Man Jailed on Suspicion of Attempted Murder For Driving Tesla With Family Inside Off South Bay Cliff The rescue and survival of Patel, his wife, 7-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son, had originally been called a miracle, but California Highway Patrol investigators reportedly "developed probable cause to believe this incident was an intentional act."
SF News Large Boulder and Rockslide Crash Onto Highway 1 Near Devil's Slide A great big rock and a bunch of other rocks are currently blocking the southbound lane of Highway 1 just north of the Tom Lantos Tunnels/Devil's Slide Bridge, and Caltrans says that motorists should "expect delays" in the area as they attempt to remove the rocks.
SF News Tesla Flies 250 Feet Off Cliff At Devil’s Slide, All Four Passengers Miraculously Survive It was a Monday morning disaster on the perilous Devil’s Slide section of Highway 1 near Pacifica as a vehicle flew off the road and fell more than 250 feet, yet multiple helicopters and dozens of rescue workers managed to get the two children and two adult passengers out alive.
SF News Car Goes Off Cliff Near Devil's Slide On Highway 1, Driver Survives Possibly due to slick road conditions during this morning's rain, a driver on Highway 1 south of San Francisco appears to have skidded off a steep cliff, but he was able to get out of the car and be rescued.
SF News Woman Trips, Falls From Bluff and Dies On Pacifica Hiking Trail A female hiker fell to her death off a hiking trail near Mori Point in Pacifica on Sunday.
SF News Nebraska Dad Arrested In Pacifica After Two Small Children Found Dead In His Home A 35-year-old Nebraska man apparently drove to the Bay Area after killing his two small children amid a custody dispute with his estranged wife, and he was arrested Sunday in Pacifica.
SF News Stubborn Scofflaw Yoga Studio Owner In Pacifica Makes Apparent Threats Against County Supervisor's Family As the Trumpists continue their wails of false fury about an election that they lost, a local battle that epitomizes the idiocy of politicizing the pandemic and denying basic science rages on just south of San Francisco.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Well Known Local Surfer and Pacifica Pie Maker Dies Following Accident at Fort Point A San Francisco native who loved surfing the coast up and down the Peninsula has died following what's being described as a freak accident beneath the Golden Gate Bridge on a day of extreme waves last week.
SF News Covidiot Files: Trump-y Pacifica Yoga Studio Owner Continues Flouting Health Orders, Hosting Mask-Free Classes A yoga studio in Pacifica that has apparently been holding in-person classes without masks since the spring or summer — and whose owner fills social media pages with pro-Trump and anti-Biden memes — continues to do so, and serves as an example of how poorly enforcement efforts are working.
SF News Search Launched for Man Swept Out to Sea Amid Rough Surf in Pacifica A man was reportedly swept out to sea Tuesday morning near the Pacifica Municipal Pier, and rescuers have been unable to find him.
SF News Video: Man Gets Far Too Close to Mountain Lion on Pacifica Hiking Trail, Calls to It 'Kitty Kitty Kitty' A very foolish man took about a minute of video of a mountain lion that was crouched by the side of a hiking trail in Pacifica this week, and he got way too close while also calling out "kitty kitty kitty" in the big cat's direction.
SF News Covidiot Files: Trumper Yoga Studio in Pacifica Advertising ‘Mask Free’ Classes The MAGA-yoga connection apparently exists, and a hot yoga studio could be in hot water for “mask free” classes flouting health restrictions.
