Eileen Vargas

Curb is introducing Curb Flow to San Francisco, hoping to revolutionize the traditional taxi service by providing drivers with tools to optimize their work and enabling passengers to enjoy a more efficient ride experience. Curb, known for connecting users with licensed taxis and for-hire rides, witnessed a fourfold increase in their network volume since Curb Flow's inception last year,

More than four decades have passed since the mysterious death of 31-year-old Ronald Forest in Hayward, and now the Alameda County Sheriff's Office is reaching back through time to seek justice. On the evening of November 20, 1980, Forest was discovered lifeless in the backyard of his home, and despite the years that have quietly slipped by, the case still beckons for closure.

After eluding law enforcement for over three years, a suspect wanted for murder was finally apprehended last week in Solano County. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) announced the arrest of Jeremiah Marquis Macias Lacy, a 27-year-old Vallejo resident, who had been on the run since a 2021 murder in Merced, California. According to a social media post by CHP-Solano, the arrest occurred last Friday afternoon when an officer on routine patrol spotted Lacy driving without a seatbelt.

The Gilroy Police Department is reaching out to the public, seeking assistance in identifying a suspect involved in a stabbing incident that occurred at the local Tamale Festival. The alleged gang-related altercation happened on the evening of September 28, as officers were dispatched to an urgent call from the 7500 block of Monterey Street.

Eastbound commuters on the Bay Bridge faced a significant delay this morning after a big-rig tractor-trailer jackknifed across the freeway. The incident occurred just east of the First Street onramp on Interstate 80 around 5:10 a.m., as reported by the CHP San Francisco. The crash resulted in the tractor-trailer facing the opposite direction, blocking four eastbound lanes.

The National Weather Service in San Francisco issued an early morning warning about the persistent atmospheric river drenching northern California. Bay Area residents are facing a soggy start to their day as the North Bay reels under the heaviest rainfall. According to the NWS San Francisco's latest forecast

San Francisco Police Department has apprehended eight individuals linked to organized retail thefts targeting Walgreens stores citywide. As reported by the San Francisco Police Department, the suspects, including several juveniles, are connected to at least 23 incidents amounting to over $84,000 in stolen goods. The arrests followed investigations into a violent robbery on September 16 at Walgreens on Potrero Avenue, where store employees were assaulted, one sustaining a serious head injury when asking the suspects to halt their theft.

District Attorney Pamela Price has charged 29-year-old Deondre Smith-King with the trafficking of a minor for commercial sex. Based on an official release by the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, the charges include one count of human trafficking of a minor and two counts of pimping a minor, all considered felonies. Smith-King was arrested following a police investigation that connected him to these crimes between August 17 and November 12.

San Francisco's banking landscape shifts again as JPMorgan Chase & Co. moves to drop 335 contract employees who were once part of the old guard at First Republic Bank. The cuts derive from offices at 111 Pine St. and the erstwhile headquarters at 1 Front St., both stamps of First Republic's presence before its crisis-driven acquisition, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. These layoffs hit various departments, showing no partiality to operations, customer service, or even the tech corridor that often buoys the city's economy.

A San Jose boxing instructor has been brought up on charges stemming from alleged sexual misconduct. The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office has charged Tristan Arfi, a 42-year-old instructor at YBX Fitness, with multiple counts of sex crimes against two customers and an employee.