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This Week In Food: An Al Pastor Master Comes to Union Square

1 week ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

Al Pastor Papi debuts in Union Square, WesBurger & More says farewell, and San Francisco gets snubbed entirely at the James Beard Awards again, all in This Week In Food. Al Pastor Papi, the popular food truck purveyor of al pastor tacos and burritos, is now open in its first-ever brick-and-mortar storefront in Union Square — at 232 O'Farrell Street.
Tesla Driver Charged With Assault and Elder Abuse For Allegedly Running Down Protester at 'No Kings' March

1 week ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

The protest and march down Market Street last Saturday was mostly peaceful for the 'No Kings' day demonstration in SF. But at least one frustrated driver not only tried to drive through the marchers, but also allegedly hit an elderly marcher and ran over their foot.
Former Private Prison In SoCal Being Converted Into Largest Migrant Detention Camp In the State

1 week ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

The mass-deportation effort by the Trump administration, which is all but certain to cost the American people much more money than it saves — and deprive multiple industries of an able and willing workforce — soldiers on. We've known for months now that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and the Trump administration have been sniffing around California for facillities they could put to use as migrant detention camps.
Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman's Son Accused of Rape at NYU

1 week ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

The youngest of Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman's four children, Abe, who was raised in Berkeley, has been brought up on a criminal rape charge in New York, where he is attending college. Bay Area authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman are now supporting their youngest son and youngest child as he faces criminal prosecution in New York City.
Ninth Circuit Sides With Trump Over National Guard, But Battle Continues In District Court Friday

1 week ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

In celebrating a temporary legal victory Thursday night, Donald Trump immediately threatened to deploy the National Guard in any state where protests occur. But California will continue to do battle with the administration in district court Friday. That three-judge panel at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in President Trump's favor Thursday, as they were expected to do following their hearing on Tuesday on the issue of his federalizing the National Guard to quell protests in Los Angeles.
Friday Morning Constitutional: Santa Cruz Man to Face Murder Charges After Fleeing to Europe

1 week ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

Equipment-related power outages cut power for around 1,100 San Francisco residences and businesses on Thursday evening in the Mission and SoMa. The Mission outages were concentrated between 22nd and 24th streets, and power was restored after 7 pm. [Chronicle]A 54-year-old Santa Cruz man, James Smallwood, is in custody in Switzerland after he apparently fled there a month ago just before his 90-year-old father was found dead in the home they shared.
Zoox Opens Factory In Hayward, City Very Pleased About This

1 week ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

Amazon-owned autonomous taxi company Zoox has opened a new production facility in Hayward, which is already employing around 100 technicians, and the City of Hayward is quite happy to welcome them.
Vallejo Kidnapper Matthew Muller Pleads Guilty in 32-Year-Old Cold Case In Sacramento

1 week ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

The guilty pleas continue to rack up for Matthew Muller, the man convicted in the infamous 2015 kidnapping and sexual assault of Denise Huskins which was the subject of Netflix's American Nightmare. Muller, 48, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a 1993 kidnapping and sexual assault that he admitted to committing in Folsom, in Sacramento County, when he was 16 years old. As KPIX reports, Muller approached a campsite near Folsom Lake and ordered a man and a woman out of their tent at gunpoint.
New Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee Hopes For Safe Juneteenth Celebration, Asks Revelers Not to Repeat Last Year

1 week ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

On Juneteenth last year at Oakland's Lake Merritt, celebrations gave way to a raucous sideshow which then gave way to a brawl and a mass shooting that left 14 people wounded. Oakland city leaders are promising a safer situation this year. An unofficial Juneteenth gathering is expected to happen again by Lake Merritt today, and Oakland police say they are prepared to handle a large crowd and hopefully quell any chaos.
Racist History of Piedmont to Be Commemorated With Memorial For First Black Family Driven Out

1 week ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

A very racist episode in the history of the City of Piedmont, in the East Bay, is likely going to be commemorated with a memorial sculpture park, as the town's leaders announce this Juneteenth. You may not know if you haven't lived in Oakland or in and around the wealthy enclave of Piedmont that the town of 11,000, which is surrounded on all sides by Oakland, was established as a redlined, whites-only city.