Downtown San Francisco went without electricity for a few hours on Saturday July 26. The power outage occurred at around 8:30 a.m. and affected various downtown streets and businesses.
Mayor Gavin Newsom and officials announced on July 22 that new federal funding would go towards the San Francisco Housing Authority in order to help homeless veterans find housing.
A crude oil tanker leaked over five gallons of lube oil into the
San FranciscoBay on Saturday, July 26. The oil is reported to have been emitted from the engine of the tanker, the “Abul Kalam Azad.”
Members of the transsexual and transgender community boycotted the annual Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Gala on July 26 in an effort to protest their debarment from a federal gay bill last fall.
A streetrace between two teen drivers lead to a head-on collision in the South San Franciscoarea during early Saturday morning on July 26. The collision occurred on the 200 block of Shaw Road.
Police arrested 29-year-old Edwin Parada in connection to a series of real estate fraud incidents that occurred in the Bay Area on July 23. The suspect is facing multiple counts of grand theft.
Israel Mendez of Daly City was arrested by police on Friday, July 25. Mendez was the suspect of an ongoing investigation of sexual assault against prostitutes in the Missiondistrict area.
An early morning San Francisco Bay-Bridge crash involving a drunk driver led to the death of a motorcyclist on Saturday, June 19. The suspect was booked into the San Francisco County Jail.
Daniel Dennard was fatally shot Saturday night while riding his motorcycle near
San Francisco’s Silver Terrace neighborhood on July 19. The suspect’s identity and whereabouts are unknown.
On July 18, after collecting more than 12,000 signatures, the Erotic Service Providers Union succeeded in putting a measure protecting prostitution crimes on the November ballot.
The 22nd annual AIDS Walk in
San Francisco nearly broke its fundraiser record from the previous year with just short of it at $4.5 million. At least 25,000 walkers came out to support the cause on July 20.
Authorities arrested more than 16 people in the Bay Area on July 16 in connection to a major drug bust. Cities involved in the raids included
Oakland,
San Francisco,
Antioch,
Sacramentoand CrescentCity.
