Driver Arrested for Vehicular Manslaughter Following Fatal Collision in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The San Francisco Police Department has arrested 76-year-old Zhuo Ming Lu in connection with a fatal vehicle collision that occurred on March 27, 2026. The incident took place at approximately 7:43 a.m. in the vicinity of Grant Avenue and Jackson Street. According to the preliminary...
Homeless Funding Plan Raises Concerns as San Francisco Looks to Narrow Budget Deficit
San Francisco’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) could lose about $10 million dollars from the city’s general fund, due to budget cuts meant to address a gaping deficit. That’s according to city officials who presented the department’s budget outlook at a Board of Supervisors hearing on...
Spike Strips Shred Tires, End Wild S.F. Street Chase
San Francisco police shared video yesterday, showing officers using spike strips to stop what they say was a reckless driver tearing through city streets and even an open field, before the suspect was taken into custody without further incident. What the video shows. In a post on X, the San...
Americans who make mistake disposing of trash will be fined $1,500 for first offense...
PEOPLE who dump trash in the wrong place just once could be fined $1,500 – and thousands more if they do it again. A frustrated city council is on a mission to crack down on its waste crisis after spending $12million and picking up 7 million pounds of trash.
7 Filipino Comfort Food Spots in Daly City and South SF Worth the Drive...
You make the drive across the Bay Bridge for a reason. Daly City has the highest concentration of Filipino-Americans in the country — sister city to Quezon City, the place Jollibee picked for its first US store back in 1998. Forty minutes down I-280 and you're in turo-turo, sisig, and señorita-bread country. The Infatuation refreshed its Daly City guide on February...
New plans, new price tag for California’s high-speed rail project
New cost estimates are in for California’s high-speed rail project, and the price tag has gone up again. The massive rail system is designed to one day connect Los Angeles and San Francisco, with future extensions planned to San Diego and Sacramento. In a newly proposed business plan released this year, project leaders estimate the […]
Grim Dumpster Discovery: Woman’s Body Found Off Oakland I-980 Ramp
A grim discovery off an Oakland freeway ramp is now at the center of a homicide-style investigation, after a woman's badly decomposed remains were found yesterday in a dumpster near the 17th Street offramp from northbound Interstate 980, authorities said. Officers located the body at about 5:20 PM, and investigators have not yet determined how long it had been there. The California...
Man found dead on Berkeley sidewalk
A man in his 30s was found deceased on a Berkeley sidewalk on Thursday morning, authorities report. Readers asked The Scanner for details after seeing police activity in the neighborhood. Police responded to the 1400 block of Carleton Street, at Acton Street, just after 7 a.m. after getting a report about an unresponsive man on the sidewalk. Arriving first responders confirmed that the man...
Shock as THIRTEEN Oakland-area Catholic churches close because so few people are now attending...
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Bishop Michael Barber said 12 sites and a pastoral center would all be shuttered.
Why 13 Catholic churches are closing in Northern California
East Bay Catholics were informed on Wednesday, April 29, that the Diocese of Oakland would close 13 churches across the region amid financial struggles and years of declining parishioner numbers. In a letter to the diocese , the Bishop of Oakland, Michael Barber, stated that the majority of the closures were in Oakland, along with four other churches in Alameda County and two in Contra...
