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Homicides In Oakland Are Down, But 2025 Is Off To A Bleak Start
Oakland, California has experienced a 34% decrease in homicides in 2024, but the start of 2025 has seen 4 homicides in just 5 days, indicating that the city is not making progress in solving the root cause of racism and poverty.

Who Is At Fault In San Francisco’s Traffic Fatalities? Pedestrians Or Drivers?
San Francisco has seen a significant increase in pedestrian deaths since 2016, with many blaming the pedestrians themselves, but others suggesting that drivers may be more at fault due to their reckless behavior.

Tornado Hits Santa Cruz County And Wakes Up The Bay
If you live in San Francisco or cities immediately nearby, you probably were awakened at 5AM by something that has never happened in the history of San Francisco, a fucking tornado warning. Tornadoes are rare on the West Coast, while they have happened, California is more of a shake and

San Francisco Has Only Approved 16 New Housing Permits In 2024
Back in 2022, it came to my attention that San Francisco had been ordered by the State of California to build roughly 80,000 new housing units by 2031 in order to make rents more affordable, home ownership more attainable and homelessness less prevalent in the City by the Bay. So,

A Police Officer Taught me How to Steal a Car
The craziest fuckin’ thing happened to me on Monday and it had nothing to do with the eclipse. A police officer showed me how to steal a car. I’m dead serious. Right around 10:30 a.m. in the morning as folks were readying themselves for the eclipse, I was sitting inside

Oakland International Airport Might Change Its Name…
While San Francisco continues to get beaten to death in the mainstream press, its neighbor across the Bay is considering changing the name of its airport to better represent their proximity to what some in the American media zeitgeist refer to as Hell on earth. Because no matter how bad

Gardeners Find Duffle Bag Filled With Money In The Inner Sunset
I have so many fucking questions about this story. The first question is: Why not me???? In a series of events reminiscent of a heist movie, an unexpected discovery unfolded in a tranquil San Francisco neighborhood.. Volunteers tending to gardens of the Inner Sunset stumbled upon a black bag concealed

SF and Oakland Are About To Get Cameras That Automatically Ticket You For Speeding
This may come as a shock to absolutely no one, but San Francisco is an exorbitantly expensive place to live. It’s a place where you can get your car stolen and somehow still have to worry about the sadistic MTA giving your stolen car a parking ticket. It’s a silly