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Cops & Courts, San Francisco »
The San Francisco Medical Examiner’s office revealed Thursday the Seattle man believed to have been shot and killed by two police officers in the Bayview District over the weekend likely died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
An autopsy concluded that the bullet lodged in the skull of Kenneth Harding Jr., 19, was fired from a gun that was not issued to the police officers who confronted the Washington State parolee during a MUNI Metro fare inspection Saturday afternoon.
BART Police Shooting »
The Bay Area Rapid Transit District reached a settlement Tuesday morning with the mother of Oscar Grant, the 22-year-old unarmed train passenger shot and killed by a former BART police officer in 2009.
As part of the settlement, the District will pay $1.3 million to Wanda Johnson, Grant’s mother, the district announced in a statement.
San Francisco »
A four-alarm fire is burning inside a South of Market Area hotel at 1040 Folsom Street near Eighth Street, a fire dispatcher said.
The blaze began inside the Park Hotel at 6 p.m. and quickly engulfed the top floors of the building, witnesses said.
San Francisco »
SAN FRANCISCO — UPDATE 22:35 PDT — 100 San Francisco firefighters fought a wind-whipped 3-alarm fire in the city’s Outer Mission District Wednesday night.
Neighbors on the 3200 block of Mission Street reported the blaze to the fire department at 8:20 p.m., according to a fire dispatcher.
The Bay Area »
A tsunami warning has been issued for the Northern and Central California coast, including the San Francisco area, after a magnitude-8.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan.
The National Weather Service’s West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center says the waves are projected to reach San Francisco at 8:08 a.m. Friday. The tsunami is expected to peak between 1.5 and 3 feet along the Pacific coast near the Bay Area, with waves projected to reach more than 7 feet near Crescent City, California.
Traffic & Transit »
BART trains were single-tracking through the Transbay Tube Sunday evening after a report of smoke in the tunnel briefly halted service in both directions, according to the transit agency.
Train service is currently operating through the San Francisco-bound track underneath the bay. The process only allows one train to be in the tube at once, causing 10-minute delays for passengers travelling to and from San Francisco.
Political Beat »
Democratic and Republican state legislative leaders and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Friday that they have reached an agreement on closing the state’s budget deficit, estimated at more than $19 billion in the current fiscal year.
The deal ends a standoff on a budget that is already 93 days late — the latest in state history.
San Bruno Explosion & Fire »
UPDATE: 00:30 PDT — We have a full writeup of the day’s events posted now.
There are several street closures still in effect, including Skyline Blvd. between San Bruno Ave. and Sneath Lane, and the San Bruno Ave. and Skyline Blvd. offramps from Highway 280.
BART Police Shooting, Cops & Courts »
(7/8) — UPDATED 19:31 PDT — LOS ANGELES — Johannes Mehserle, the former BART Police Officer who shot and killed unarmed passenger Oscar Grant on January 1, 2009 at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland, has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a Los Angeles jury.
The jury found Mehserle not guilty of the most serious charge he faced: murder. The verdict means Mehserle will face from five to 14 years in state prison for Grant’s death.
BART Police Shooting, Cops & Courts »
(7/6) — UPDATED 10:50 PDT — LOS ANGELES – The jury weighing second-degree murder charges against Johannes Mehserle, the former BART police officer who fatally shot Oscar Grant, will delay its first full day of deliberations because one juror is ill.
