This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigatePlaces of worship in San Francisco might be able to hold indoor services for up to 25 people, and 50 people outdoors, starting Oct. 1 if coronavirus cases aren’t surging.That goal was announced Monday, two days before the head of Archdiocese of San Francisco the city for “unfairly treating” religious institutions by not allowing indoor services — a move that he argued lacked compassion. He also said the new rules to allow indoor gathering will not accommodate enough people.He has organized to “Free the Mass.”San Francisco is...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigatePlaces of worship in San Francisco might be able to hold indoor services for up to 25 people, and 50 people outdoors, starting Oct. 1 if coronavirus cases aren’t surging.That goal was announced Monday, two days before the head of Archdiocese of San Francisco the city for “unfairly treating” religious institutions by not allowing indoor services — a move that he argued lacked compassion. He also said the new rules to allow indoor gathering will not accommodate enough people.He has organized to “Free the Mass.”San Francisco is...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateAn attempted street robbery in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood has left storied San Francisco private detective Jack Palladino gravely injured and on life support.The 70-year-old investigator, who had clients from Hollywood stars to Black Panthers to whistle-blowers over the decades, had just stepped outside his Page Street home Thursday shortly before 5 p.m. when a car pulled up, a man jumped out and tried to steal his expensive camera, police and witnesses said.“As the suspect pulled on the camera, the victim fell to the...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateAn attempted street robbery in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood has left storied San Francisco private detective Jack Palladino gravely injured and on life support.The 70-year-old investigator, who had clients from Hollywood stars to Black Panthers to whistle-blowers over the decades, had just stepped outside his Page Street home Thursday shortly before 5 p.m. when a car pulled up, a man jumped out and tried to steal his expensive camera, police and witnesses said.“As the suspect pulled on the camera, the victim fell to the...WW…

With eight hours left in a calamitous year, a stolen car sped through downtown San Francisco.Inside the gray Honda HR-V, police say, was a pistol with an extended ammunition magazine, a cash register belonging to a vegan bakery and an intoxicated man on parole. He’d used the gun, they say, to steal the vehicle that provided the getaway from the bakery. Troy McAlister, 45, had been in and out of jail and prison since he was a teenager — his most recent arrest just 11 days earlier.Blocks away, at Second Street, two women walked alone, tracing separate paths through a neighborhood transformed...…With eight hours left in a calamitous year, a stolen car sped through downtown San Francisco.Inside the gray Honda HR-V, police say, was a pistol with an extended ammunition magazine, a cash register belonging to a vegan bakery and an intoxicated man on parole. He’d used the gun, they say, to steal the vehicle that provided the getaway from the bakery. Troy McAlister, 45, had been in and out of jail and prison since he was a teenager — his most recent arrest just 11 days earlier.Blocks away, at Second Street, two women walked alone, tracing separate paths through a neighborhood transformed...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe Chronicle’s Fire Updates page documents the latest events in wildfires and power shut-offs across the Bay Area and the state of California.including these huge lightning-sparked blazes in Northern California:The San Francisco Chronicle’s ongoing coverage is available to subscribers. for full access and to support our work.Latest updates from today:10:33 a.m. No drought let up for Northern California: Northern California experienced through the summer and into October, the National Weather Service said Thursday. The drought...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe Chronicle’s Fire Updates page documents the latest events in wildfires and power shut-offs across the Bay Area and the state of California.including these huge lightning-sparked blazes in Northern California:The San Francisco Chronicle’s ongoing coverage is available to subscribers. for full access and to support our work.Latest updates from today:10:33 a.m. No drought let up for Northern California: Northern California experienced through the summer and into October, the National Weather Service said Thursday. The drought...WW…

An 18-year-old man, whose family said in a viral TikTok video that he was the victim of an anti-Asian attack in San Francisco, was punched in the face by a retired professional heavyweight boxer, a witness told The Chronicle.The owner of Gino & Carlo Cocktail Lounge, Frank Rossi, witnessed the incident on Friday and told The Chronicle that the attacker was Pat Lawlor, a regular bar patron who is a retired professional boxer known during his fighting career as theLawlor punched the young man who would not leave the seating area of the bar, according to Rossi and the young man’s father,...…An 18-year-old man, whose family said in a viral TikTok video that he was the victim of an anti-Asian attack in San Francisco, was punched in the face by a retired professional heavyweight boxer, a witness told The Chronicle.The owner of Gino & Carlo Cocktail Lounge, Frank Rossi, witnessed the incident on Friday and told The Chronicle that the attacker was Pat Lawlor, a regular bar patron who is a retired professional boxer known during his fighting career as theLawlor punched the young man who would not leave the seating area of the bar, according to Rossi and the young man’s father,...WW…

Two news reporters were pepper-sprayed during an attempted robbery of their camera in Golden Gate Park on Wednesday, police said.The reporters were filming a segment near the Stow Lake Boathouse around 1:18 p.m. when a suspect sprayed them with chemicals, grabbed their camera and absconded to a waiting getaway car, said Robert Rueca, a spokesperson for the San Francisco police department. The suspect dropped the camera as he fled.Paramedics responded to treat the victims, who were identified only as reporters for a local media outlet.Users on the Citizen app claimed a “CBS news crew” were...…Two news reporters were pepper-sprayed during an attempted robbery of their camera in Golden Gate Park on Wednesday, police said.The reporters were filming a segment near the Stow Lake Boathouse around 1:18 p.m. when a suspect sprayed them with chemicals, grabbed their camera and absconded to a waiting getaway car, said Robert Rueca, a spokesperson for the San Francisco police department. The suspect dropped the camera as he fled.Paramedics responded to treat the victims, who were identified only as reporters for a local media outlet.Users on the Citizen app claimed a “CBS news crew” were...WW…

San Francisco did not receive the expected state codes Tuesday for educators to get priority for vaccines because the city’s city’s high-volume vaccination site was already fully booked, state officials said.Alameda, Contra Costa and San Mateo counties confirmed they received the needed codes, which Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged last week counties would get as part of a to set aside shots for teachers.San Francisco’s school district — which has 4,600 teachers — did not receive its share of vouchers for the 75,000 vaccine doses reserved for teachers and other education workers statewide this...…San Francisco did not receive the expected state codes Tuesday for educators to get priority for vaccines because the city’s city’s high-volume vaccination site was already fully booked, state officials said.Alameda, Contra Costa and San Mateo counties confirmed they received the needed codes, which Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged last week counties would get as part of a to set aside shots for teachers.San Francisco’s school district — which has 4,600 teachers — did not receive its share of vouchers for the 75,000 vaccine doses reserved for teachers and other education workers statewide this...WW…

A 12-year-old San Francisco boy was struck and killed by a car in the Bayview neighborhood Wednesday morning, authorities said.The medical examiner’s office identified the victim as San Francisco resident Jesai Andrews, 12.Officers responding to reports of a crash found Andrews suffering from life-threatening injuries on the 900 block of Ingerson Avenue at 10:11 a.m., said Robert Rueca, a spokesman for San Francisco police. The driver stayed at the scene of the accident.Paramedics responded, but Andrews was pronounced dead at the scene.He was riding a skateboard when the collision occurred,...…A 12-year-old San Francisco boy was struck and killed by a car in the Bayview neighborhood Wednesday morning, authorities said.The medical examiner’s office identified the victim as San Francisco resident Jesai Andrews, 12.Officers responding to reports of a crash found Andrews suffering from life-threatening injuries on the 900 block of Ingerson Avenue at 10:11 a.m., said Robert Rueca, a spokesman for San Francisco police. The driver stayed at the scene of the accident.Paramedics responded, but Andrews was pronounced dead at the scene.He was riding a skateboard when the collision occurred,...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateMayor London Breed on Thursday denounced San Francisco’s criminal justice system, saying it failed to prevent the New Year’s Eve hit-and-run crash that killed two women.Addressing the case of Troy Ramon McAlister, who was on parole when he allegedly struck and killed pedestrians Hanako Abe and Elizabeth Platt at Second and Mission streets in a stolen car, Breed said — without naming anyone — that the criminal justice system could have prevented the death by holding McAlister accountable for crimes.“Had this person been held...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateMayor London Breed on Thursday denounced San Francisco’s criminal justice system, saying it failed to prevent the New Year’s Eve hit-and-run crash that killed two women.Addressing the case of Troy Ramon McAlister, who was on parole when he allegedly struck and killed pedestrians Hanako Abe and Elizabeth Platt at Second and Mission streets in a stolen car, Breed said — without naming anyone — that the criminal justice system could have prevented the death by holding McAlister accountable for crimes.“Had this person been held...WW…

President Trump has already issued pardons , including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, former national security adviser Michael Flynn and others convicted of crimes following Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference.He also pardoned four American contractors convicted of killing Iraqi civilians in 2007, among others.But the biggest question remains surrounding the outgoing president’s clemency choices: Will Trump attempt to pardon himself?The Chronicle spoke to Aaron Rappaport, a criminal law professor at UC Hastings, about the history of the presidential pardon, how...…President Trump has already issued pardons , including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, former national security adviser Michael Flynn and others convicted of crimes following Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference.He also pardoned four American contractors convicted of killing Iraqi civilians in 2007, among others.But the biggest question remains surrounding the outgoing president’s clemency choices: Will Trump attempt to pardon himself?The Chronicle spoke to Aaron Rappaport, a criminal law professor at UC Hastings, about the history of the presidential pardon, how...WW…