SF News SF Therapist Receives Felony Charges In Juvenile Hall Grooming, Sexual Abuse Case A former behavioral health clinician from San Francisco faces several felony charges for allegedly grooming a teenage client at a juvenile detention center in Contra Costa County for two years then sexually abusing him upon his release.
SF News Napa Authorities Arrest Man Accused of Making AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Materials A 46-year-old American Canyon man was arrested on charges of possessing and manufacturing child pornography, which authorities believe was AI-generated, after the sheriff's office received a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children task force.
SF News Sunday Links: 400 TSA Agents Have Quit, Leading to Long Airport Lines and Trump May Send ICE A judge dismissed a sexual abuse lawsuit against Sam Altman by his sister but said she could refile under a different statute; kids entertainer Ms. Rachel aims to free children from ICE detention centers; and Trump may send ICE to airports, as 400 TSA agents have quit.
SF News Saturday Links: Father Dies, 5-Year-Old Missing After Being Swept Away by Large Waves in Big Sur Researchers are skeptical that Anthropic’s recent cyberattack was 90% autonomous; a San Jose teacher was mistakenly flagged as a convict in a background check; and a father has died and his 5-year-old daughter is missing after being swept away in Big Sur.
Arts & Entertainment Spearhead Frontman Michael Franti Hit With Sexual Misconduct Allegations, Splits With His Management A whirlwind week in a bad way for Bay Area musician Michael Franti, as he faces allegations that he sexually groomed a woman when she was 19, had a music event he was headlining canceled, and has suddenly parted with his management agency.
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 San Ramon School District Pays $7 Million to Alleged Sex Abuse Victims Who Accuse the District of a Cover-Up Two women who say that a San Ramon Valley High teacher sexually abused them when they were high school students were just awarded a nearly $7 million settlement, though oddly, that teacher is reportedly still credentialed.
SF News Disgraced San Jose City Councilmember Convicted of Molesting a Minor Decades Ago San Jose City Councilmember Omar Torres had already been under fire for text messages seemingly soliciting a minor before he was arrested on sexual abuse charges. This morning, he pleaded no contest and was convicted.
SF Politics Suspended SF City Hall Director Now Claims She Was Ousted For Whistleblowing On a Sex-Abuse Case The strange case of an allegedly moonlighting City Hall director just got stranger, as she claims she wasn’t put on leave over a side gig, but because she was about to blow the whistle on “the sexual abuse of a minor in a city-funded foster care program.”
SF News Former Napa and Benicia Elementary School Teacher Faces Trial on Child Molestation Charges A former Napa elementary school teacher who’d beaten the rap on some 2007 child sexual abuse charges is now somehow facing more felony counts for lewd acts with children under 14 in Benicia, and a judge has ruled he’ll stand trial.
SF News Oakland Catholic Diocese Accused of Hiding $106 Million in Assets So They Wouldn't Have to Pay Sex Abuse Victims The Oakland Diocese declared bankruptcy in 2023 when forced to pay settlements to 330 victims of sex abuse at the hands of priests. Now victims’ attorneys say the church transferred more than $100 million into an inactive nonprofit to hide their assets.
Arts & Entertainment More Creepy Allegations Surface About Coppola’s Behavior on ‘Megalopolis’ Set, Now Accused of Kissing 13-Year-Old Girl The legacy of Francis Ford Coppola’s mega-flop “Megalopolis” may be the number of sexual misconduct allegations Coppola’s on-set behavior has generated, as now we have claims that he kissed a 13-year-old girl.
SF News Trial Underway for Vacaville Mormon Bishop Accused of Sexually Abusing Adopted Daughter A former attorney and Mormon bishop in Vacaville is on trial for the sexual abuse of his then-11-year-old adopted daughter, and other church associates are giving some pretty damning testimony on the witness stand.
SF News Lawyers Frantically Try to Halt Chaotic Inmate Transfer at FCI Dublin Women’s Prison We don’t know how many women have been transferred out of the scandal-ravaged and soon-to-be-shuttered FCI Dublin women’s prison, but attorneys for the inmates have filed an emergency restraining order to halt the clearly haphazard and rushed transfer process.
SF News Scandal-Plagued FCI Dublin Women’s Prison Is Abruptly Closing After Torrent of Sex Abuse Claims In a sudden and surprising Monday morning announcement, the federal Bureau of Prisons announced they’re immediately closing the FCI Dublin women’s prison, and they’re already transferring the inmates out.
SF News SF Nonprofit Worker Charged With Sexually Assaulting Everett Middle School Student A 20-year-old San Francisco man has been charged with multiple felony sex abuse counts for an alleged sexual assault of an Everett Middle School student, and remains in custody.
SF News Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit Hits SF Catholic High School, Multiple Victims Lodge Allegations On the heels of the local SF Catholic Archdiocese declaring bankruptcy over sex abuse lawsuits, one prestigious prep school affiliated with the archdiocese is facing a lawsuit alleging that a teacher kissed and groped multiple students.
SF News Sure Enough, SF Archdiocese Declares Bankruptcy to Fend Off Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits With more than 500 civil lawsuits looming over the sexual abuse of children, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco did the expected and declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, putting those lawsuits on hold.
SF News Oakland Catholic Diocese Files for Bankruptcy as 330 Sexual Abuse Lawsuits Loom With a substantial 330 sexual abuse lawsuits looming against their priests, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, hoping to stem financial losses from all these abuse cases.
SF News Oakland Catholic Diocese May File For Bankruptcy Over 330 Sex Abuse Lawsuits The Diocese of Oakland is trying to get ahead of what appears to be around 330 looming clergy sexual abuse lawsuits, announcing they may file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which critics say is just a tactic to avoid testifying and paying damages.
SF News Ex-Warden of Dublin Women's Prison Convicted of Sexually Abusing Inmates The jury returned swiftly with a verdict in the trial of former FCI Dublin warden Ray Garcia, and he's been found guilty on all eight counts he was charged with, seven of which stemmed from sexually abusive conduct toward three female inmates.
SF News Here Are the Hundreds of SF Archdiocese Catholic Clergy Accused of Sexual Abuse On Thursday, a group of Catholic Church sexual abuse survivors revealed a public list of 312 clergy and non-ordained church staff of the Archdiocese of San Francisco who stand credibly accused of sexual abuse, a list Archbishop Cordileone has long refused to disclose.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Oakland Bar Owner Who Fled To Mexico While Facing A Sex Abuse Trial Has Returned To Reopen The Bar The owner of the bar Small Wonder on Oakland's Grand Avenue, who reportedly fled to Mexico in late 2017 in order to avoid being tried in Minnesota on sexual abuse charges, has allegedly returned to Oakland, fired the staff of the bar/restaurant, and plans to reopen it under his management.
SF News Berkeley Chef Sentenced To 116 Years For Sexually Abusing Stepdaughter An East Bay man who was convicted in March in a case involving the years-long sexual abuse of his stepdaughter was sentenced Friday to 116 years to life in state prison. As
SF News Local Man Claims He Was Asleep When He Molested His 9-Year-Old Niece On Monday morning in Martinez, 35-year-old Ralph Dell was charged with sexually abusing his niece when she was 9 years old. Dell's defense attorney did not dispute that the
