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1 day ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

An American Airlines flight leaving SFO on Friday reportedly had an issue in its left engine on takeoff, which caused a puff of smoke to come out of it, and debris was left on the runway. The aircraft continued on to Dallas and landed without incident, and debris from a thrust-reverser liner was later found in the engine. [Chronicle]A 33-year-old Vacaville man, Victor Serriteno, has pleaded no contest in connection with the killing of Priscilla Castro in August 2020, after meeting her online.

1 day ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

SF Animal Care and Control was called out to the Chase Center Sunday after a report of some baby raccoons trapped behind some exterior paneling. It's not clear where the mama raccoon went off to, or if the three baby raccoons were seeking food, shelter, or both. But they managed to squeeze themselves through a gap in some wall panels at the Chase Center and then couldn't get out.

2 days ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

This year's Portola Festival lineup is filled with major names in the contemporary EDM scene, but also a couple big names older Millennials will know too, like Christina Aguilera and LCD Soundsystem. We knew the lineup announcement was coming after the Portola social media accounts came alive again last week, and we now have the reveal for the fourth annual iteration of this electro-heavy festival on Pier 80, which is happening the weekend before Folsom Street Fair this year.

2 days ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

A new startup called Haemanthus, which may have been in the works for several years now, has reportedly raised millions of dollars already, and the general outlines of it are strikingly similar to the disgraced Theranos, which Elizabeth Holmes co-founded with Sunny Balwani over two decades ago.

2 days ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

There was a rash of gun violence over the weekend in Oakland while the Bay Area experienced some especially warm weather, culminating in a fatal shooting Sunday night just before midnight in Oakland's Uptown district. The first of four shootings, which all happened within a 24-hour period on Sunday, happened around 1:15 am near the Fox Theater, in the area of 19th Street and Telegraph Avenue in Oakland's Uptown.