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.
Protesters stood outside of radio host Michael Savage’s studio on July 27, and vehemently requested that Savage step down or be fired for comments he made about autistic children on a show aired July 16.
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.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom married his 34-year-old girlfriend, actress Jennifer Lynn Siebel from the NBC television series “Life,” on July 27, 2008 in
Stevensville,
Montana.
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.”
On July 28 the new search engine Cuil was released on the internet by former Google employees. Cuil claims to have access to over 120 billion websites and provides a more organized way to search the internet.
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.
The Governor is going to sign an executive order on August 1 that will cause 22,000
California state workers to lose their jobs. There will also be a hiring freeze until the budget decision is made.
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.
KNEW’s radio station was surrounded by more than a 100 autism activists Sunday, July 27, after the station’s talk show host Michael Savage made some controversial remarks about autism on July 16.
