SF News Suspect In Pleasanton Murder Leads Police On Pursuit, Takes Own Life On 580 Freeway A total shutdown of I-580 in both directions Thursday morning in San Leandro was the result of a reported murder-suicide case that began with a homicide in Pleasanton.
SF News SFPD Touts Drug Bust That Seized Eight Pounds of Fentanyl, 32 Pounds of Meth A very heavy drug bust, as SFPD says they arrested four people for having 44 pounds of illegal drugs, and all were East Bay residents who allegedly supplied “street-level dealers who frequent the Tenderloin.”
SF News San Leandro Police Chief Steps Down Amidst Investigation, So He Likely Won’t Be Oakland Police Chief San Leandro's chief of police Abdul Pridgen was already on administrative leave over some undisclosed, alleged violations of department policies. That made him an odd candidate for Oakland Police Chief, and now he’s officially gone from the San Leandro job.
SF News Macy’s Will Close Its San Leandro Store at Bayfair Mall as It Lays Off 2,350 Employees Nationwide A big bloodletting is coming to the franchise department store Macy’s, with a reported 2,350 employees being laid off nationwide, and the San Leandro’s Macy’s at the Bayfair Center will be one of five store casualties.
SF News One Suspect Killed, Two Arrested After Struggle With CHP Officer Near San Leandro An incident that began with a police chase involving an allegedly stolen car on I-580 in the East Bay ended early Monday morning with one suspect fatally shot, either by a CHP officer or an Alameda County Sheriff's deputy.
SF News French Bulldog Stolen From San Leandro Found 900 Miles Away in Arizona, Returned Home One-year-old French bulldog Bruno’s dognapping was captured on video, which helped connect the dots to recover the dog 927 miles away in Wilcox, Arizona, and return that little pupper home.
SF News Three People Shot In Unsuccessful Robbery Attempt at San Leandro Marijuana Grow What may or may not have been a legal indoor cannabis grow facility suffered an armed robbery attempt where plenty of gunfire was exchanged Sunday morning, with one of the suspects and two facility workers now hospitalized.
SF News Video: Stolen Pickup Drives Wrong Way on I-880, Rams BART Police Van and Other Vehicles in San Leandro A wrong-way car chase had both Oakland police and BART police in hot pursuit Thursday evening, and news chopper video shows a BART police SUV and three other vehicles taking damage before the suspect was nabbed.
SF News Did You Feel That? 3.2M Earthquake Rattles San Leandro The United States Geological Survey (USGS) recorded a relatively mild tremor Sunday late afternoon at 4:02 p.m. in the Bay Area, with light shaking felt across San Leandro — and even as far north as Vallejo.
SF News San Leandro Man Charged Along With Two Others In $2M EDD Fraud Scheme Three people were charged earlier this month in one of the many fraud schemes uncovered during the pandemic in which unemployment claims were filed with the state under the names of incarcerated people and others.
SF News San Leandro Police Officer Fatally Shoots Car Theft Suspect In Oakland A San Leandro Police officer shot and killed a suspect in an allegedly stolen vehicle following a chase into Oakland Wednesday night, after the suspect allegedly emerged from the car with an assault weapon.
SF News Looters Stole At Least 73 Cars From a Dodge Dealership In San Leandro It turns out the looting situation in San Leandro on Sunday night was even more extensive and egregious than already reported, as we're now learning about a car dealership that lost between 70 and 100 vehicles to looters.
SF News More Curfews Spread Across East Bay After Another Police Shooting in Hayward Hayward, San Leandro, and Union City have all joined in on instituting curfews as the ongoing unrest spawns another police shooting of a suspect and the ransacking of the Bayfair Center.
SF News San Leandro Police Shoot and Kill Bat-Swinging Man in Walmart Police were called to the scene at a San Leandro Walmart on Sunday afternoon following reports of a robbery and found a man just inside the store entrance wielding a baseball bat.
SF News Oakland Man Allegedly Steals $780 of Energy Drinks, Claims He Has Coronavirus to Evade Security In a caper that could only happen at a Walmart, San Leandro police thwart a Monster heist of energy drinks where the accused scared off security by saying he was a coronavirus carrier.
SF News BART Says Randomly Beaten Rider 'Out Of The Ordinary,' Apparently Forgetting Similar Attacks Last Month An unprovoked attack on a woman riding BART from city college drew a seemingly disingenuous response from the transit agency, with a spokesperson terming the random attack as "out of the ordinary&
SF News Day Around The Bay: 'Extreme Vetting' To Include Possible Demand For Immigrant User Passwords From Websites * Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. * Tech companies come out against a proposed "extreme
SF News Bayview Warehouse Next To Flora Grubb Under Investigation For Alleged Illegal Housing Warehouse art spaces around the Bay Area will be facing heightened scrutiny for many months following Friday's deadly Ghost Ship fire in Oakland. Spots like the Salt Lick in downtown Oakland
Arts & Entertainment 55-Foot Nude Woman Sculpture To Get Inaugural Lighting Near San Leandro BART Tonight Truth is beauty at Burning Man By Marco Cochrane Pic courtesy of @scottlondonpics edited by me #burningman #art #... pic.twitter.com/Df8SrPvwEl — Luis Cochez (@L_uisCochez) November 18, 2014 After some months of
Arts & Entertainment Several People In San Leandro Still Upset About Three-Story Nude Woman Sculpture Truth is beauty at Burning Man By Marco Cochrane Pic courtesy of @scottlondonpics edited by me #burningman #art #... pic.twitter.com/Df8SrPvwEl — Luis Cochez (@L_uisCochez) November 18, 2014 While the Chronicle has
SF News Oakland Man Charged In Muni Driver's Murder Outside Bar In San Leandro A violent and scary scene unfolded outside a bar in San Leandro Friday night/early Saturday when 34-year-old Sophy Kong of Oakland approached a group of men outside Shooter’s bar
SF News Mother And 3-Year-Old Killed In San Leandro As Amtrak Train And SUV Collide #BREAKING: Amtrak train crashes into car in San Leandro, killing two. https://t.co/M7r8icdYzT pic.twitter.com/GolOO19BoU — NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) May 24, 2016 An Amtrak train and an SUV collided
SF News Off-Duty SFPD Recruit Saves 'Lifeless' Baby In Mall Parking Lot How this @SFPD officer recruit saved a baby's life in a @Target parking lot. @kron4news at 8 pic.twitter.com/FOMh3fURpT — Justine Waldman (@JustineWaldman) December 22, 2015 San Francisco Police Department
SF News Alleged Puppy Thief Nabbed After Victim's Craigslist Sting Operation Though there are literally thousands of adoptable dogs in California, that didn't stop one man from allegedly stealing two dogs from their home, then attempting to sell them Craigslist. 30-year-
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 21st Amendment Will Expand Beer Operations To East Bay, Nationwide Noted Second Street brewpub and beer outfit 21st Amendment will be expanding their reach to the East Bay — and likely the rest of the country — starting this Fall with the opening of a
