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Sunday Links: Winning $7 Million Lottery Ticket Purchased in the Mission District

Spirit Airlines shut down overnight, leaving thousands of travelers in the lurch; a one-alarm fire from a lithium-ion battery put one person in the hospital; and a winning lottery ticket purchased at a Mission District liquor store has not been claimed yet.

Petaluma Police Arrest Suspect For Hate Crime Targeting Youth Coach and Former Globetrotter

After initially suspending the case due to lack of evidence, Petaluma police arrested a suspect who was allegedly caught on video surveillance tracing racial slurs and swastikas onto the dusty windows of local youth mentor and former Harlem Globetrotter William Bullard’s SUV.

Hate on the Rise: Ex-Globetrotter’s SUV Defaced in Petaluma, San Jose Teens Form Human Swastika

As the federal government continues to attack DEI efforts — emboldening racists to come out of the woodwork, two high-profile hate incidents came to light this week. In Petaluma, a youth mentor and ex-Globetrotter was targeted, and in San Jose, high school students formed a human swastika.

Sunday Links: Missing Utah Woman Who Disappeared Near Santa Cruz Beach Found Safe

Another person has gone missing at the same spot in Big Sur as the father and daughter killed last week; Antioch is using a special desalination process to treat brackish water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta; and Danielle Staley has been found safe after disappearing on November 6.

Berkeley Animal Rights Activist Convicted of Stealing Chickens From Petaluma Farm

The trial has ended for Direct Action Everywhere activist Zoe Rosenberg, and she has been convicted of trespassing and conspiracy in connection with a 2023 raid on a Petaluma poultry farm in which she stole/rescued four chickens.

Arts & Entertainment

Field Notes: SF Photobook Fair, Annie Sprinkle’s ‘Bazoombas,’ and Local Indigenous-Owned Businesses

Fundraiser for Madrone’s Oscar Myers; local Indigenous-owned businesses; processing trauma through surfing; learning about SF via Muni; downtown alley transformation; Photobook Fair weekend; Annie Sprinkle celebrates Earth and boobs; lavender and bees; SF’s 55-acre garden.

Day Around the Bay: Anthropic AI to Pay Authors, Publishers $1.5 Billion in Copyright Settlement

Oakland-born figure skater Alysa Liu won’t be performing to the d4vd song she’d chosen for the Milan Olympics; Sinclair and Nexstar will be airing Jimmy Kimmel at their ABC affiliate stations Friday; and Anthropic has settled a lawsuit with authors and publishers alleging copyright infringement.

Bombs Found in Petaluma Home of Arson Suspect (Who Happens to Be a Former Cop)

A strange story out of Petaluma, where a former police officer suspected of arson had his home searched in an investigation, and sheriff’s deputies found bombs, meth, and drug paraphernalia.

Novato Teen Dies, Three Injured in Petaluma Crash Following Suspected DUI Police Chase

A teenager is facing felony charges after a Saturday night police chase in Petaluma ended in a suspected DUI crash that killed a 14-year-old passenger and seriously injured three others.

Sunday Links: Pokemon Line-Cutting Dispute Leads to Stabbing Outside Colma GameStop

One person was killed and four injured in an early Saturday shooting in SF's Bayview District; Oakland has received a $10 million grant to improve street safety and expand bike lanes; and someone was stabbed with a glass shard for allegedly cutting in line for Pokemon cards.

Man Arrested After Making Multiple Threats to Petaluma School Official Over Pride Flags

A Petaluma man was arrested after allegedly threatening to “execute” a school official if Pride flags weren’t removed from campuses. The suspect, Josh Garzoli, faces felony charges and is being held on $750,000 bail.

Monday Morning Headlines: Three-Year-Old Killed In Petaluma Accident

A three-year-old child was killed in an apparent DUI accident involving a Bobcat on private property in Petaluma; an SUV went over the seawall along Marina Green Drive; and former FCI Dublin guard 'Dirty Dick' won't be taking the stand in his own defense.

Sonoma Sheriff Being Questioned About Case In Which Murder Suspect Was Let Go By Deputies Hours Before Killing

On Monday we learned of a brutal murder that occurred in rural Sonoma County, near Petaluma, involving a suspect who was screaming outside a home and trying to force his way inside. Hours earlier, Sonoma County deputies had contact with the man, who was being kicked out of a high-end hotel.

Suspect Arrested After Allegedly Making Threats That Closed Petaluma Schools

A 47-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in the South Lake Tahoe area in connection with a threat made on Monday against an elementary school in Petaluma, which led to that school

North Bay School Gymnasium Evacuated After Naked, Bloodied Woman Walks In

A woman experiencing a mental health crisis who wandered into a high school gymnasium in Petaluma on Tuesday had apparently suffered self-inflicted wounds after exiting her house through a window.

Red-Flag Warning Weekend Included Brush Fire In Benecia, Several Barns Destroyed In Petaluma Blaze

It was not a completely quiet weekend for the North Bay during this past weekend's Red Flag Warning, but the reported fires were fairly quickly contained.

Petaluma Woman Kept Her Mother’s Corpse In Her House for More Than a Year, Police Say

A routine wellness check produced a grisly discovery in Petaluma Tuesday, as police found a woman had been living with her mother’s dead body in the house for more than a year.

Arts & Entertainment

World's Ugliest Dog, Named Mr. Happy Face, Crowned In Petaluma

The World's Ugliest Dog Contest once again graced the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma last weekend, and this year's winner is as ugly-cute as they come.

Another Black Bear Finds Itself Lost and Confused in Bay Area Neighborhood

A (presumably off-course) black bear was spotted early Sunday strolling around Petaluma. The sighting triggered a shelter-in-place advisory for the Raymond Heights neighborhood — leaving residents concerned, perplexed, and curious about the bear's whereabouts.

Petaluma Man Believed To Have Killed Girlfriend Allegedly Kills Himself By Speeding the Wrong Way Onto 101

A Petaluma man who's believed to have killed his girlfriend on Friday died in a fiery motorcycle crash with another vehicle after he sped northbound onto the southbound lanes of Highway 101.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

French Laundry's Gardener Aaron Keefer Is Bringing Eco-Conscious Craft Cannabis To Sonoma

After being acquired by cannabis agriculturalists Sam Magruder and co-proprietor Gian-Paolo Veronese in 2017, a quaint Petaluma farmstead is gung ho on cultivating a more modern mainstream green — weed.

Petaluma Man Arrested For Sex With Teen He Met On Grindr

A Petaluma man who apparently admitted to knowing he was chatting up and hooking up with a 15-year-old on the gay hookup app Grindr was arrested Wednesday and booked on charges

Meet Martha, The World's Ugliest Dog

The Sonoma-Marin Fair held it's now nationally famous, 29th Annual Ugliest Dog Contest on Friday and a winner has been crowned. Behold Martha, a 125-pound Neapolitan Mastiff who beat

Arts & Entertainment

Owner Of World's Largest 'Star Wars' Memorabilia Collection Reveals Major Theft

The owner of the Petaluma-based Rancho Obi-Wan, a museum housing what's said to be the world's largest collection of Star Wars memorabilia, claims that he was robbed

Former Castro Restaurateur Arrested For Allegedly Drugging, Sexually Assaulting Teen

A former San Francisco restaurant owner is out on bail today, after an arrest in Sonoma County for allegedly drugging then sexually assaulting a 16-year-old he met on social media. According