2024-07-04 19:38:45
- The current heat wave in the Bay Area has killed one person. A homeless man who died in San Jose is believed to have died from the effects of the heat. [Bay Area News Group]
- A man believed to be involved in a June shootout in Lake Merritt has been charged. JaJuan Kelly, 23, one of the suspects arrested the night of the shooting, was charged with four felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic weapon in connection with the shootings of four people; District Attorney Pamela Pugh Rice did not say how many other suspects are believed to be involved. [NBC Bay Area]
- A 15-month-old child was seriously injured Wednesday followingnoon following falling from a third-story window in the Mission District. The incident occurred at 2315 Mission Street on the 19th. The condition of the child is currently unknown. [Chronicle]
- Retired Bay Area congresswoman Jackie Speier was diagnosed with breast cancer and recently had a tumor removed. Speyer said the cancer was detected early during routine mammograms. [Chronicle]
- Firefighters appear to be making some progress in containing the Oroville Thompson Fire, which didn’t spread overnight. The fire broke out on a hot Tuesday morning and has now burned 3,747 acres and is 7 percent contained. [KCRA]
- A man was shot and seriously injured near 19th Street and Harrison Street in San Francisco’s Mission District around 7:50 pm on Wednesday. [KRON4]
- Across the bay, a fatal shooting also occurred regarding half an hour earlier on Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Berkeley. [KRON4]
- Chronicle urban design critic John King raved regarding Levi’s Plaza Park along the Embarcadero, but many people don’t know it’s there. [Chronicle]
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