CRIME & SAFETY
Tech Billionaire’s Teen Reported Missing in the Bay Area
The child of billionaire businessman Stewart Butterfield is missing, and authorities believe the teen may have run away to San Francisco’s seedy Tenderloin district.According to the Marin County Sheriff’s Office, Mint Butterfield, 16, was last seen around 10 p.m. Sunday night in Bolinas, a coastal community of roughly 1,500 people. They were reported missing early the next morning by their mother, entrepreneur Caterina Fake.“Mint has brown/reddish curly hair and their eyebrows are pierced,” Deputy Jose Suarez posted to neighborhood networking site NextDoor. “They were last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, flannel pajama pants, and black boots. They possibly had a...
Family searches for answers after girl, 15, dies in San Francisco driveway
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A 15-year-old Bay Point girl died in the driveway of a stranger’s San Francisco home while people walked by without stopping to help or check on her, according to family members. Jazmin Pellegrini ran away from her family’s Bay Point home in Contra Costa County on April 17 without a phone […]
Man in coma after being tased in water by park police, family now in anguish
OAKLAND, Calif. - A family is demanding answers after a man was left in a coma after he was Tased by East Bay Regional Park police while in water. "He was Tased in water in his back. My brother is fighting for his life," said Tenaya Sims, a sister of Deontae Faison.
Longtime Bob's Donuts baker critically hurt in SF hit-and-run, police say: Here's how you can help
Jesus Zamudio, a longtime baker at the beloved Bob's Donut's in San Francisco, remains in critical condition following a hit-and-run-incident on his way to work, SFPD says.
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