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- Brian Montana, founding guitarist of Bay Area death metal band Possessed, was fatally shot by police in South San Francisco this week after allegedly opening fire during a standoff in South San Francisco. The incident began over a dispute with neighbors about tree debris and escalated into a gunfight with officers. [SF Gate]
- A driver fleeing CHP in a stolen car reportedly threw a grenade out of the window in North Berkeley on Friday afternoon, prompting a neighborhood evacuation. The University of California Police Department’s bomb squad secured the device and declared the area safe shortly after 5 p.m. [Berkeleyside]
- Seven people, including six foreign nationals and a Texas man, died in a fiery head-on crash between a tour van and pickup truck near…