
Annie Vainshtein
Reporter at San Francisco Chronicle
reporter @sfchronicle / @sfc_datebook | previously: @sfgate, @vice, @floodmagazine | email: [email protected]
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5 days ago |
sfchronicle.com | Jess Lander |Aidin Vaziri |Annie Vainshtein
Emergency personnel gather at Lake Tahoe on Sunday, a day after a deadly capsize during a sudden storm. Hale Irwin/For the S.F. ChronicleLAKE TAHOE — A sudden, violent storm Saturday afternoon churned up 8-foot swells and howling winds on Lake Tahoe, capsizing a powerboat and leaving at least six people dead, two hospitalized and two still missing as of Sunday, officials said.
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1 week ago |
sfchronicle.com | Annie Vainshtein
A 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of defacing San Francisco’s Pink Triangle. Stephen Lam/The ChronicleSan Francisco police said that officers arrested a 19-year-old on suspicion of defacing the Pink Triangle memorial art installation on Twin Peaks on Tuesday. Officers said they responded to the unit block of Christmas Tree Point just before 12:30 p.m., where they observed a man “actively defacing” the installation.
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2 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Jessica Flores |Annie Vainshtein
A portion of service on BART’s Green Line was suspended due to a medical emergency. Benjamin Fanjoy/Special to the ChronicleBART restored its Green Line service between Berryessa and Lake Merritt stations after it was shut due to a “major medical emergency” Thursday morning, officials said. A medical emergency at the Hayward BART station was reported around 7:23 a.m. on Thursday morning, BART said on X. By 8 a.m., the Green Line was suspended.
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2 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Annie Vainshtein
Manny’s cafe in San Francisco had its worst vandalism to date after anti-ICE protests swept through the Mission District on Monday, June 9. Annie Vainshtein/The ChronicleA broken window at Manny’s cafe, a Jewish-owned business in the Mission District in San Francisco. Annie Vainshtein/The ChronicleDebris inside Manny’s cafe, a Jewish-owned business in the Mission District. Annie Vainshtein/The ChronicleVandalism at Manny's cafe in the Mission District following anti-ICE protests on Monday, June 9.
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3 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Annie Vainshtein
A man faces multiple charges after a Tenderloin shooting left two injured, including himself, prosecutors say. Filipa Ioannou/S.F. ChronicleThe San Francisco District Attorney’s Office charged a man with a slew of charges, including discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle, in connection to a shooting in the Tenderloin on May 24. Jonathan Contreras, 33, pleaded not guilty to multiple criminal charges during his arraignment on Thursday, officials said.
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