2024-08-03 15:04:44
- The Park Fire has grown to become the fourth-largest wildfire in state history, surpassing the 2020 SCU Lightning Complex fire that burned 397,000 acres. The Park Fire had burned 400,956 acres and destroyed 564 structures as of Saturday morning and was now 27% contained. [Cal Fire]
- Three Alameda police officers appeared in court Friday charged with manslaughter in the April 2021 death of Mario Gonzalez. They did not enter a plea, and at least one of their attorneys accused District Attorney Pamela Price of reopening the case out of “desperation” as she faced recall. [KTVU]
- A 17-year-old Vallejo boy was shot to death in East Oakland on Friday. The shooting happened in the 7800 block of Garfield Avenue in East Lake around 6:04 p.m. [East Bay Times]
- A UCSF doctor is opening the first West Coast clinic for LGBTQ people with inflammatory bowel disease. [Chronicle]
- Uber general counsel Tony West, the brother-in-law of Vice President Kamala Harris, is taking a leave of absence from the company in order to volunteer as an adviser to her presidential campaign. [Politico]
- Car tire thieves are operating in Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park and Petaluma, where car owners say all the wheels were stripped off their cars last week. [KTVU]
- San Francisco Giants left-hander Blake Snell threw a no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night. [ABC 7]
Photo courtesy of Cal Fire
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