Day trip to the Bay: Marin County wildfire spreads to 30 acres

2024-08-14 01:26:51

• The 49ers have agreed to a framework Traded outfielder Brandon Aiyuk to Pittsburgh Steelersbut they haven’t executed the trade yet, and they’re also negotiating with Aiyuk at the same time, so this whole thing could end with him getting a new Niners contract. We don’t know what the 49ers would get in return if the trade happened, but it was described as “a significant package” for a player who led the 49ers in yards last season. [NBC Sports]
• vegetation fire break out The area grew to 30 acres around 4:15 a.m. Tuesday near the communities of Marinwood and Novato in Marin County. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Queenstone Fire was 45% contained, down to just 18 acres. [KRON4]
• Several billboards have been erected in the Richmond District attacking Supervisor Connie Chen with inaccurate crime statistics, but who paid for them remains a mystery. The billboard claims that “more than 20,000 robberies, break-ins and thefts have occurred in Richmond since 2021,” but those statistics also include neighborhoods such as Presidio Heights, Lower Pacific Heights, Haight Ashbury and Forest Knolls. Additionally, the billboards say they are paid for by Stop Crime SF and Safer SF, but both organizations insist they have nothing to do with the billboards. [Chronicle]
• Jon Jacobo, a former board member of the Mission District nonprofit Calle 24 and former DBI commissioner, has been released to home confinement amid ongoing criminal rape trial proceedings. Jacob must surrender his passport, can only leave his home to see a lawyer or medical appointments, and must wear an alcohol-monitoring device. [Mission Local]
• There was an argument at the startup scene, and a woman who was attending a Y Combinator meeting with her children said she was asked to leave, though organizers disputed that account of the event. [SF Business Times]
• this Popular Japanese grocer Tokyo Chuo is coming to Bay Street Mall in Emeryville. [Eville Eye]

Photo: @marincountyfire via twitter

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