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SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Police Department arrested Lewayne Hollins, 48,  for a drive-by shooting that occurred in June 2020.  On February 17, 2021, SFPD investigators placed Hollins under arrest for the shooting that occurred on the 200 block of Leavenworth Street. He was booked on four counts of Assault with a Deadly Weapon/Semi-Automatic Weapon. Hollins was already in custody for a...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Wednesday, March 3, the Lisa and Douglas Goldman Tennis Center opened at the Golden Gate Park. The state-of-the-art facility started construction in April 2019 with the courts originally opening in 1884. Reservations are required due to COVID-19 restrictions. Approximately $4.5 million was allocated to this project by the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department from the 2012 Clean...

SALINAS—According to Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine Pacioni, Luciano Rojas Medina, 47, was sentenced to 17 years and two months in state prison for a fatal collision in 2018 while driving under the influence of alcohol in his 2016 Chevrolet Silverado. The incident involved four vehicles including Medina's Silverado.  An investigation conducted by the California Highway Patrol, concluded that Medina...

CALIFORNIA—On Monday, March 1, California Governor Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers announced they reached a $6.6 billion deal to have schools reopened by the end of March. During a March 1 press conference, Newsom said that $2 billion of the $6.6 billion are "grants to help in-person instruction" for school districts.  If schools are not opened starting April 1, one...

SAN FRANCISCO—A report from KGO found multiple puppies were hospitalized after ingesting marijuana, opioids and meth found at Lafayette Park. The puppies have all recovered from their incidents.  One incident included a maltipoo named Oliver, who inadvertently consumed a slew of drugs, including methadone and amphetamines, while walking at the park and had to be taken to an ER veterinarian...

SAN FRANCISCO—Waymo, the autonomous driving unit of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, said on Wednesday, February 23 that they would begin testing its driverless ride-hailing service on the streets of San Francisco. The first ride-hailing tests will be first tested on Waymo employees in order to gain feedback before expanding to other riders. Waymo also spent time surveying nearly 1,000 San...

SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Police Department released new details about Necho N. Goins, 26, who was booked and charged with multiple crimes following a report of an armed robbery at a hardware store on the 2000 block of Market Street. Authorities indicated that Goins committed eight additional robberies and thefts before they arrested him on February 18. “On January 7, 2021,...

SAN FRANCISCO—Joseph Albert Corey, 56, appeared in federal court on Monday, March 1 for wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering, announced federal prosecutors in a press release. According to the indictment, Corey allegedly engaged in a scheme where he fraudulently pretended to be “Dennis Dupont” who worked at “Medical Practice Management,” which was a...

HOLLYWOOD—The pandemic has hit the residents of St. Joseph in the latest episode of “Queen Sugar” America. Wow, this was a FANTASTIC episode, one that captured the chaos, the fear, the frustration and the despair that the Coronavirus pandemic has left so many Americans reeling from. If you ever wanted an episode of a TV show to captured the...

HOLLYWOOD—The cliffhanger from last week’s episode on “The Oval” witnessed Jason open that emergency window on the plane causing all sorts of chaos. With that said, this week’s episode, ‘Wicked Things’ picked up with that aftermath. Victoria was reeling at discovering the body of Jean underneath Jason’s bed and was forced to do major damage control to prevent anyone...