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SAN FRANCISCO—Martin Sanchez, a San Francisco City Water Manager is facing a suspension without pay after he was caught urinating in a reservoir that serves thousands of Bay Area homes. The incident took place on January 6 at the Priest Reservoir in the Sierra Foothills. Sanchez, an employee of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, is likely to receive a five-day...

SAN FRANCISCO—Journey lead guitarist Neal Schon and his wife Michaele Salahi are suing the city of San Francisco for an alleged extortion plot. The allegations came following the couple's wedding at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts. The couple claims that less than a week in advance of their 2013 marriage, the rental charge for the iconic venue had skyrocketed...

SAN FRANCISCO—Mark Andrus, the man arrested in connection with the San Francisco body parts case has died. Andrus, 54, passed after admitting himself to a San Francisco hospital on February 7. The official cause of his death has not been revealed, however, initial reports suggest he went into septic shock as a complication of drug abuse. Andrus had been taken into...

BEVERLY HILLS—A few nights ago, someone asked me the age of my readership. Of course, being a newer columnist to the paper, I didn't have an answer. When I asked my friend why, she told me I should discuss my secret money-sharing application unless my readers were too old to Venmo. Before I tell you anything about why age matters, I must ask you: have...

HOLLYWOOD—Being musically inclined is no easy task, “Whiplash” teaches that lesson in more ways than one can imagine. It’s a movie that starts off with a bang and ends that way. Miles Teller is absolutely fascinating as musical prodigy Andrew Neyman or so he thinks. He gets a hard dose of reality, when he meets one of the greatest and...

HOLLYWOOD—Oh, February how I adore you! Its sweeps time, and your favorite soaps are finally ramping up those storylines that have been building the past few months. Each week we’ll be examining the big surprises and predictions on your favorites. First up is “General Hospital.” The one storyline that has baffled fans for nearly a year is just who is...

SAN FRANCISCO—Jeffrey Bugai, of San Francisco, is facing a life sentence in prison after being found guilty of 17 felony charges in a San Francisco Superior Court. Bugai, 37, is guilty of sexually assaulting five male illegal immigrants while posing as a police officer between 2008 and 2014. Evidence proved that Bugai, who was a licensed security guard, carried out...

SAN FRANCISCO—A man who was shot and killed in the Bayview District's earlier this week has been identified as 37-year-old, Filivaa Kamelei. On Wednesday, February 4, San Francisco police responded at 10 p.m. to reports of shots fired near the intersection of Quint Street and Oakdale Avenue. Upon arrival, officers found Kamelei who was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Paramedics responded to...

HOLLYWOOD—I’m a fan of remakes to a degree, especially when the writer and director chooses to take a classic in a new direction. In 1982, a little movie known as “Poltergeist” scared the crap out of audiences. In 2015, a new version of that classic is about to hit the screen starring Rosemarie Dewitt, Sam Rockwell and some frightening...

SAN FRANCISCO—The Playland, a fixture of the Polk Street bar scene in San Francisco, has had its liquor license suspended following the discovery that a bartender was negotiating drug sales on the premises. The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control announced the suspension following a three-month undercover investigation from March to June 2014. Undercover operatives have stated that during this...