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Rachel Swan

Rachel Swan

Investigative Reporter at San Francisco Chronicle

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sfchronicle.com

S.F. police investigating how Australian grain exec landed in a hospital in a coma - San Francisc...

San Francisco police are seeking information about how an Australian executive who was reported missing landed in a local hospital. Colin Bettles, the CEO of Grain Producers Australia, “experienced an injury,” according to a statement from his company, which provided no details about the incident. He had been in an induced coma for four days before family members discovered his whereabouts, Australian news outlet The Age reported, adding that Bettles was “found in a San Francisco street with sev…
5 months ago
msn.com

S.F. prosecutors charge 2 after alleged armed robbery of Mission Di...

<img data-reference=“image” data-document-id=“cms/api/amp/image/BB1mJGob” /><p>San Francisco prosecutors have charged two people with a raft of felonies linked to an armed robbery of a liquor store in the Mission District.</p> <p>The incident occurred shortly after 9:30 p.m. on June 21, when Favian Gonzales-Vancorner and Ana Reyes, both 19, tried to buy alcohol from a shop on the 1200 block of Valencia Street without presenting valid ID, prosecutors say. After a clerk blocked the purchase, the p…
5 months ago
sfchronicle.com

S.F. prosecutors charge 2 after alleged armed robbery of Mission Di...

San Francisco prosecutors have charged two people with a raft of felonies linked to an armed robbery of a liquor store in the Mission District. The incident occurred shortly after 9:30 p.m. on June 21, when Favian Gonzales-Vancorner and Ana Reyes, both 19, tried to buy alcohol from a shop on the 1200 block of Valencia Street without presenting valid ID, prosecutors say. After a clerk blocked the purchase, the pair left but later returned, allegedly swiping packs of mixed drinks from store shelve…
5 months ago
sfchronicle.com

California wildfires: Sites Fire in Colusa County now largest in st...

The Sites Fire in Colusa County had charred 19,195 acres by Thursday morning, becoming the largest wildfire in California as crews continued battling other blazes in Wine Country and Southern California. Ripping across tawny hills of dry brush and grass, the Sites Fire engulfed an area roughly stretching from East Park Reservoir campground in Lodoga to the unincorporated town of Leesville. California fire map & tracker: Latest updates on active fires throughout the state Firefighters from Cal F…
5 months ago
sfchronicle.com

Sonoma County's Point Fire burns homes amid evacuations - San Franc...

UPDATE: Crews battle Point Fire in Wine Country as other blazes rage statewide New wildfires erupted across California on Monday, bringing the statewide tally to 18 — even as crews worked to corral one of the most threatening, the Point Fire in Sonoma County, which already burned two homes. The Point Fire was 1,200 acres and 20% contained and prompted mandatory evacuations. Eight new wildfires sprang up in California on Monday. Among them were: Aero Fire: The Aero Fire broke out at 3:20 p.m. in…
5 months ago
sfchronicle.com

How an S.F. puppy's first hours in doggie day care ended in tragedy...

When Chloe Skelly brought her 3.5-pound mini dachshund, Olive, to a puppy school with rave reviews in San Francisco’s Mission District, teachers assured her the dog would thrive. But two hours into Olive’s first day on May 30, Skelly got an alarming phone call. An employee from Prime Paw Puppy School asked her to come to the facility on Alabama Street right away, Skelly recalled in a phone interview. Speaking to Skelly in an even tone, the employee mentioned an accident, yet provided few details…
6 months ago
sfchronicle.com

Bear trots across Northern California high school football field du...

Coach Josh Ivens had the Truckee High School Wolverines in formation Tuesday afternoon, ready for a defensive drill. Then a player tapped him on the shoulder. Turning around, Ivens followed the player’s gaze toward a commotion on an adjacent field, where football practice had temporarily stopped. Members of the junior varsity team huddled at the sidelines, some with their arms crossed, a few jeering nervously. Adults whipped out their cell phones. They stood and watched as a black bear trotted a…
6 months ago
sfchronicle.com

Muni drivers, SFMTA clash over $21 million gap in contract offer - ...

Muni drivers pushed for bigger wage increases and better working conditions during a tense hearing with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency on Tuesday, where the two sides tried to preempt a strike that would paralyze transit in San Francisco. After rejecting a proposed three-year contract that would have raised wages by 13.25%, representatives of the operator’s union pressed their counter-proposal: a 16.75% raise. The union’s bid would cost the city $80.5 million over three years,…
6 months ago
sfchronicle.com

Owners of Fisherman's Wharf restaurant barred from SF contracts - S...

The owners of a popular Fisherman’s Wharf restaurant will no longer be allowed to bid on or secure city contracts amid a federal prosecution alleging they bribed a city employee and an undercover FBI agent, San Francisco’s city attorney and port director announced Thursday. Prosecutors filed charges last year against Min and Hye Paik, owners of the classic seafood establishment Nick’s Lighthouse, saying that between May and November 2023 the pair paid the agent and a port worker $19,000 to clinc…
6 months ago
sfchronicle.com

Family of Angelo Quinto, who changed California law, to get million...

The family of a Navy veteran who died after Antioch police restrained him as he suffered a mental health crisis will receive a $7.5 million payout from the city, resolving a case that prompted statewide reforms in how officers handle such calls. Angelo Quinto, 30, lost consciousness during a tumultuous encounter with police at his family’s home on Dec. 23, 2020. Officers had responded to a 911 call from Quinto’s sister saying that her brother was behaving aggressively and that she feared for her…
6 months ago
msn.com

Texas' labor market is booming. Here are the 26 highest-paying jobs...

For 10 years, as San Francisco leaders touted an ambitious Vision Zero goal to end traffic fatalities, police eased back on ticketing drivers. Citations plummeted, from 12,444 in March 2014 — two months after the Police Department launched a crackdown to deter scofflaw drivers — to 336 in December 2023, according to city records. The numbers are so stark that some frustrated observers wondered if officers had retreated from a fundamental part of their job, giving people the impression that roa…
6 months ago