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Oakland Armed Carjackings Up More Than 100% in Last 12 Months
Bay Area Updates, Jerk Alert By Keith Burbank, Bay City News Armed carjackings in Oakland increased 115 percent over the past 12 months, police said Wednesday. The number of carjackings in the past year was up to 200 as of Sunday, compared with 93 from June 1, 2019, and May 31, 2020. In addition, more than six have more...
Vandals Destroy SF’s Lands End Labyrinth
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Updates, Jerk Alert, Only in San Francisco Thanks Eric Mar for sharing the sad news that San Francisco’s beautiful Lands End Labyrinth was recently destroyed. Based on Mar’s photos, it looks like vandals removed every single rock from the labyrinth which was originally created by San Francisco artist Eduardo Aguilera in 2004. All of the rocks that were laid more...
Lemur Theft Suspect Ordered to Stay Away from SF Zoo
Bay Area Updates, Jerk Alert Thanks to SFist for letting us know that the suspect in the Lemur-napping case from the San Francisco Zoo back in October has been ordered to stay away from the Zoo pending his trial. On October 14th, the San Francisco Zoo reported “Maki” a 21-year-old ring-tailed lemur was discovered missing from more...
Japantown’s Cherry Blossom Trees Were Vandalized
Jerk Alert Sadly, there won’t be any cherry blossoms in San Francisco’s Japantown this year. A mean spirited person decided to destroy the Cherry Blossom trees in front of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California in the early morning on Tuesday, January 5. They made sure there wouldn’t be any blossoms more...
$26,000+ Raised to Rebuild Oakland’s Stolen Breonna Taylor Sculpture
Causes, Jerk Alert A rally is being planned by the artist of the Breonna Taylor sculpture in Oakland that was vandalized and stolen. Rally with the Artist – 12/29 at 3:30pm The ceramic sculpture of Breonna Taylor has been stolen and likely completely destroyed. The vandals are continuing their campaign of intimidation against the Black more...
SF Grandma Flips Table to Defend Restaurant from Angry Customer
Jerk Alert, Outdoor Dining, Takeout / Delivery Thanks to NBC Bay Area for letting us know about a bad ass San Francisco grandmother who flipped a table in order to protect Panchita’s restaurant in the Mission from an angry customer. The incident took place at Panchita’s restaurant on 16th Street in San Francisco on Friday night after a more...
Mystery Anti-Pelosi Postcards Mailed to SF Residents
Jerk Alert, Only in San Francisco Did you get a mystery postcard in the mail today? We’ve just received our first report of some mysterious anti-Nancy Pelosi postcards that have started arriving in San Francisco mailboxes on Friday. The postcards, postmarked from Springfield, Missouri on October 20th are a crude two color print job saying in all more...
Firefighters & Evacuated Homes Robbed During Fires
Fire Updates, Jerk Alert Thanks to Mercury News and CNN for letting us know about some jerks who have been targeting people during the the fires. Five people were arrested for looting homes of people in Santa Cruz County who were evacuated due to the fires. In a bit of karma, one of the cars more...
Ughhh… Burglars Now Targeting Bay Area Restaurants
Jerk Alert Thanks to KRON4 for letting us know that two Alameda restaurants were targeted by early-morning burglaries this week. As if COVID-19 and the subsequent restrictions put in place weren’t enough for restaurants struggling these days, neighboring businesses Monkey King Pub & Grub and Hobnob on Park Street were burglarized causing thousands of more...
Burglaries Are Up By 40% in SF
Bay Area Updates, Jerk Alert Thanks to KRON4 for reporting the troubling news that there’s been a major spike in burglaries in San Francisco. While reported crime overall is down in SF, unfortunately, there’s been nearly a 40% increase in burglaries across the city year to date with both homes and businesses being targeted. With more people more...
Five Free Food Pantry Trucks Vandalized in Bay Area
Jerk Alert Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know the upsetting news that five Bay Area food pantry trucks were vandalized on Monday preventing them from getting to their location at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Marin City where 60 people waited for groceries. The fuel tanks of of the trucks had more...
