Erin Stone
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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LA Will Require All New Buildings To Be Electric-Only. But Are We Ready?
All-electric building mandates are here. But what do they really mean? → Read More
Climate Scientists Chained Themselves To A Downtown Bank's Doors In An Act Of Peaceful Protest. Police In Riot Gear Shut It Down
On Wednesday evening, a small, peaceful protest ended with scores of police officers in riot gear, a crowd of spectators, and four arrests. → Read More
A Phoenix woman wants to save a baby hummingbird. Her HOA may not let her
Like a moment of zen in the midst of a crisis, Caroline Davies is trying to find help for a baby hummingbird on her back porch. → Read More
Caltrain sex assault claim: Should these videos have negated woman’s case against conductor?
After a Caltrain passenger accused a conductor of guiding her to an employee car while she was heavily intoxicated and sexually assaulting her, San Mateo County prosecutors rejected the case, saying video footage of the woman that night did not provide evidence she was too impaired to consent. She appeared, they concluded, too steady on her feet. But the surveillance videos - obtained from… → Read More
Hit-and-run in San Francisco leaves pedestrian with major injuries
A hit-and-run early Saturday in San Francisco's Richmond District left a man who was crossing the street with life-threatening injuries, authorities said Monday. At 1:22 a.m., police received a call that a 35-year-old man had been hit by a car while crossing Geary Boulevard near Second Avenue, leaving him in critical condition. The suspect was driving a green four-door vehicle, police said. → Read More
Bomb explodes under Sonoma County Sheriff’s patrol car, man arrested
A man ignited a bomb under a Sonoma County Sheriff's Office patrol car Friday morning to injure one person, authorities said. Shortly before noon Friday, the deputy parked his car in the parking lot of the Safeway in Guerneville and walked inside before a loud explosion "rattled the windows" of the grocery store, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office. → Read More
SF district attorney hosts symposium on drug-facilitated sexual assault
The San Francisco district attorney’s office hosted a symposium Thursday at the Women’s Building in the Mission District to focus attention on drug-facilitated sexual assault — a controversial issue in the city after several women recently alleged their cases were not taken seriously. District Attorney George Gascón opened the two-hour event by emphasizing that more needs to be done to get… → Read More
Pedestrian dies after being hit by vehicle in North Beach
A person died after being hit by a vehicle Wednesday morning in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood, police said. At about 7 a.m. San Francisco police received a call that a driver had struck a man on the 700 block of Greenwich Street. Officers arrived to find the man suffering from severe injuries. Paramedics attempted to revive the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities… → Read More
Fire by Yosemite forces popular Bay Area summer camps to evacuate
At least two popular camps for Bay Area youth decided to evacuate Tuesday due to smoky weather conditions caused by the still-blazing Ferguson Fire near Yosemite National Park. Camp Tawonga, a popular Jewish camp for Bay Area and out-of-state children, evacuated less than two days at their site, while Camp Mather, another popular campground for San Francisco families, also decided to close until… → Read More
Cell phone deal nearly turns deadly in Candlestick Park shooting
A man suffered life-threatening injuries after being shot in Candlestick Park in San Francisco's Bayview District, authorities said Tuesday. The 23-year-old victim met the shooter, a man of unknown age, late Sunday night at Candlestick Park to sell him his cell phone, said Officer Robert Rueca, an San Francisco police spokesman. An arrangement to meet was allegedly made over the internet. When… → Read More
Suspect in fatal attack at San Leandro BART station arrested
The man accused of a fatal attack on a BART station platform in San Leandro turned himself in to police Monday, officials said. Twenty-four-year-old Jashawn Combs, of Fremont, was the last suspect to be arrested in connection to three separate homicides at BART stations over a five-day period this month. Combs allegedly punched Don Stevens, 47, with a closed fist at around 1:20 a.m. on Saturday,… → Read More
Women and children robbed at gunpoint by SF’s Palace of Fine Arts
Two women and two kids were robbed at gunpoint while out for a Sunday morning stroll by the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, authorities said. At 7:45 a.m. San Francisco police were notified that a man and woman, estimated to be between the ages of 20 and 25 years old, had brandished a pistol and robbed a 52-year-old woman and a 55-year-old woman and her two children, a 10-year-old boy and… → Read More
16 years after man brutally rapes SF woman, he gets 36 years in prison
The man who brutally raped a San Francisco woman 16 years ago in an alleyway with the help of an accomplice was sentenced Friday morning to 36 years and four months to life, bringing an end to a protracted search for justice. Judge Jeffrey Ross sentenced Lamar Paschall, 36, to at least three dozen years in state prison after he was found guilty of eight felonies, including forcible rape, sodomy,… → Read More
24-year-old man killed in shooting in San Francisco’s Hunters Point
A 24-year-old man was shot and killed Tuesday night in San Francisco's Hunters Point, authorities said. At 10:51 p.m., San Francisco police received a report that a man was shot on the 700 block of Kirkwood Avenue. The alleged shooter, a 30-year-old man, was not arrested and the investigation is ongoing, police said. → Read More
CHP car catches fire on Highway 24 in Lafayette, ammunition explodes
A California Highway Patrol car caught fire on Highway 24 in Lafayette Tuesday morning, forcing the freeway to close, authorities said. The heat from the flames caused the ammunition in CHP officers’ guns to “explode” in the car at around 10:30 a.m., the Lafayette Police Department said in a Nixle alert. The vehicle caught fire near the St. Stephens Drive exit on Highway 24. Law enforcement and… → Read More
Police issue shelter-in-place alert in San Rafael
San Rafael police issued a shelter-in-place alert at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday in the community of Terra Linda. Officers are investigating an incident on Penny Royal Lane and requested that residents stay indoors in the area bordered by Del Ganado Road, Pine Lane and Las Raposas. Police were not immediately available for comment. Erin Stone is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email:… → Read More
Man arrested in SF after Wells Fargo Bank robbed with note
A man robbed a San Francisco bank Thursday afternoon but was quickly arrested, authorities said. At 3:45 p.m., San Francisco Police Department received a report that a 49-year-old man walked into Wells Fargo Bank at 1 California St. and handed a teller a note with a statement demanding money. The teller gave the man an envelope with money and the man fled the bank. There were no weapons… → Read More
Bay Area arborist killed while cutting down tree
An arborist was killed Wednesday in Healdsburg when a tree he was cutting down fell on him, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office. → Read More
Couple attacked in San Francisco with knife and skateboard after ‘bird calling’ by men
Four men attacked a man and a woman as they walked near the historic San Francisco Mint in the city's downtown early Thursday, leaving the man with a life-threatening stab wound and the woman nursing a head wound from being struck by a skateboard, authorities said. At about 2:20 a.m., a 21-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman were walking in Mint Plaza, near Mission and Fifth streets, when they… → Read More
Group of teens beats 72-year-old man in Berkeley
A group of young men beat a 72-year-old man in Berkeley, leaving him with serious injuries, authorities said. On July 6 at 3:30 a.m., the older man was walking along Martin Luther King Jr. Way between University Avenue and Addison Street, when six to eight young men attacked him from behind, according to the Berkeley Police Department. One man struck the victim in the back of the head, causing… → Read More