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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Despite desperate warnings from officials to stay away from the beaches, rescue crews pulled five people to safety after they ventured too close to the ocean waters churned up by the surge from Saturday’s tsunami. San Francisco firefighters deployed rescue swimmers Saturday afternoon when a group of surfers were spotted in distress at Kelly’s Cove near the Cliff House on Ocean Beach. READ MORE: Thieves Target License Plates in San Francisco; Rack Up Parking Tickets “At 2:40 PM today a female adult surfer was rescued at Ocean Beach by #SFFD and did not require medical care. In total, we had 25 safety contacts and 3 rescues today,” the fire department tweeted. But the rescue wasn’t easy even for the experienced SFFD swimmers. “SURFER SAFE ON @USCG VESSELL CONDITIONS SO SEVERE WE ARE NOW WORKING ON GETTING OUR RESCUE SWIMMERS SAFELY ONBOARD,” the department tweeted during the rescue. The woman was taken to China Beach where she was treated by … [Read more...] about Rescue Crews Busy On San Francisco Bay Area Beaches During Tsunami Surge

Of the many strange episodes and racist exhibits at the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition, perhaps the most emblematic was the problem of the Japanese Village. Today the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, it started life as Marsh's Japanese Village, an exhibit put on by an Australian furniture collector. For authenticity, Marsh decided to add rickshaws pulled by real Japanese men. Even by 1890s standards, this was not well-received. Japanese Americans demanded Marsh drop the idea. Instead, Marsh proudly announced his solution: He'd have German men pull the rickshaws. German men with darkened faces, dressed in "Oriental" clothes. And so the show went on. The Midwinter Fair was the city's grandest stage, a massive expo that opened 128 years ago this month and was intended to showcase San Francisco the way Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition had the year before. The expo featured thousands of exhibits spread across Golden Gate Park. Among them were: … [Read more...] about The very racist 1894 fair that almost ruined San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park

An atmospheric river drenched the greater San Francisco Bay Area across three days, resulting in impressive rainfall totals. A gauge on Mount Tamalpais recorded the most rainfall, measuring 11.37 inches, the National Weather Service said. Some of the highest peaks in the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Santa Lucia Mountains along the Big Sur coast received 9 to 10 inches of rain. Gauges in San Francisco measured between 3 and 4 inches. Here's a look at 72-hour rainfall totals from the weather service and a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration map for locations around the Bay Area: -Mount Tamalpais: 11.37 inches The storm's moisture hose was focused on the Central Coast on Tuesday morning, but scattered showers and brief bursts of heavy rain remained in the forecast for the Bay Area. Cold air has filtered into the region, creating an unstable atmosphere and bringing the chance for thunderstorms. Dustings of snow are also possible on the region's highest peaks … [Read more...] about San Francisco Bay Area 72-hour storm totals, wettest spot gets over 11 inches

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Car break-ins are a huge problem in San Francisco, but now thieves are also targeting license plates and victims are receiving parking citations. Katie Lyons recently found her car without a front license plate. She believes someone unscrewed it right in front of her home in the Marina. READ MORE: Rescue Crews Busy On San Francisco Bay Area Beaches During Tsunami Surge “Today I realized I was getting parking tickets, because I got a ticket on my car and I went to pay it, and I saw four tickets that I did not get,” Lyons said. She made the discovery online when she entered her license plate. She realized someone stuck her plate on a similar white Audi, and that car received multiple street cleaning and expired meter citations in Nob Hill in the last week. “It’s a violation, it’s a sense of violation that you can’t even park your car in front of your house without your license plate being stolen,” she said. “That’s actually what I first thought when I … [Read more...] about Thieves Target License Plates in San Francisco; Rack Up Parking Tickets

With a parade of storms sweeping California in December, the federal government's US Drought map has shown severe drought conditions fade across the state in recent weeks, and on the most recent map released Thursday, "exceptional drought" — the most extreme level of drought — completely disappeared from the map. The map quickly went viral on Reddit , but Jeanine Jones , the drought manager for the California Department of Water Resources, cautioned that the map isn't an accurate depiction of the overall picture in the state and said that the drought is far from over. "All the drought monitor did was subtract one category," Jones said. "All they did was pull back their D4 [exceptional drought]. That’s definitely not saying the drought is over. The US Drought monitor attempts to summarize many different things on one map for everyone and when you try to be the one answer for everyone that is difficult. It really doesn’t reflect the water supply circumstances in California and … [Read more...] about Why this viral map isn’t the best indicator of California drought

It was a regular night at a regular house party in Madison, Wisc., when a man we’ll call Travis did something that he has yet to live down more than five years later: He brought home a man dressed as a burrito. No, it wasn’t Halloween, and no, it wasn’t a costume party. This guy was the only one dressed up. Yet something about this man drew Travis (who asked we not use his real name out of respect for burrito man) to approach him. Now a 33-year-old writer living in New York, Travis said his friends teased him that night in 2015 as they watched him flirt with the burrito man. And they haven’t stopped poking fun to this day. The jokes, though, didn’t matter: He fell in love. It ended up being, he said, “the most formative relationship of my life.” How did it all go down? And can making out with a burrito at a house party really lead to meaningful romance? The Chronicle spoke with Travis about the experience, including why the burrito costume prompted him, “kind of in a sick way,” … [Read more...] about He made out with a burrito — then fell in love with the person inside the costume

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A 23-year-old Richmond man was sentenced in a San Francisco federal courtroom Thursday to 10 years in prison for his conviction for sex trafficking a 15-year-old girl and for possession of child pornography. The sentencing and conviction of Kealeon Shakur Dyer-Hogan was announced Thursday in a news release from United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair. READ MORE: Rescue Crews Busy On San Francisco Bay Area Beaches During Tsunami Surge A federal jury convicted Dyer-Hogan of possessing child pornography on July 13, and he was allowed to remain out of custody while he awaited further court proceedings. READ MORE: Thieves Target License Plates in San Francisco; Rack Up Parking Tickets On July 22, police arrested Dyer-Hogan in Oakland in the company of a 15-year-old girl. He was charged with sex trafficking, to which he pleaded guilty on Oct. 20. In addition to the prison … [Read more...] about Richmond Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking, Child Pornography Possession

Judging from heavy participation in the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots, many Americans love lotteries. But when such randomized selection systems have been used lately to decide who gets into popular high schools, they have inspired bitter debates and lawsuits. Among the most controversial proposed lottery admission systems have been the ones for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Va., and Lowell High School in San Francisco. The debate over such systems is often confusing and misleading. Frequently overlooked is the fact that many long-used admissions processes, particularly in our most revered colleges, also are quite random but don't get as many complaints, in part because the schools involved are considered national treasures. Jefferson High was built in 1965 and became a magnet school admitting students on academic merit in 1985. It is often the most selective high school in the country, public or private, as measured by the … [Read more...] about Why not lottery admissions for great high schools? It’s not church bingo

The entire Bay Area has returned to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s orange “substantial” and red “high” categories of coronavirus transmission — a step backward for some counties, like Marin and San Francisco, where transmission was previously classified as yellow, or “moderate.” This comes after Marin County lifted its indoor mask mandate on Monday after reaching key COVID-19 benchmarks agreed upon by eight Bay Area counties. However, the mandate is unlikely to be immediately reinstated; the county’s health officer Matt Willis said last week that an increase in cases alone will not determine whether masks come back; rather he will watch hospitalization numbers, which as of Friday were at a four-month low. San Francisco had reached the “moderate” level last week, but reverted to “substantial” on Tuesday. Under a framework agreed to by eight Bay Area counties , a county may lift its indoor mask mandate for fully vaccinated people when: 1) its … [Read more...] about Entire Bay Area is back in CDC’s orange and red tiers for COVID spread

ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The Cowboys won the opening toss, giving the ball to the 49ers to start the first half. Donovan Wilson #6 of the Dallas Cowboys takes the field prior to a game against the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Wild Card Playoff game. (credit: Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images) READ MORE: Colleyville Rabbi: 'We Are Resilient And We Will Recover' But the 49ers took the early lead after Elijah Mitchell ran in a touchdown for San Francisco in the first quarter. The Cowboys offense struggled to get started, with Dak going four-and-out on their first drive. Linebacker Micah Parsons was injured in the first half. He was slow to get up and taken to the tent for evaluation, but returned to the field afterwards. The Cowboys managed to stop the 49ers advance, holding them to just a field goal. The #DallasCowboys get away with giving up just 3 points #MicahParsons was on the field for that field goal. Time to put some pressure on that @49ers D … [Read more...] about Cowboys Face 49ers In Tough Wild-Card Matchup