Details about how and why the injuries at the Phish concert occurred are still under investigation.
The SFPD said there is no evidence of foul play and that the death may have occurred after a man intentionally jumped from a balcony. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…
“We heard a large thump, a big bang,” said one concert attendee. “We thought someone fell from a few rows behind us. We were all looking around. Then we look and there is a body in front of us.”
“He fell on seats that were’ thank god, unoccupied. He covered at least two of them and one was broken. I’m struggling to get the image out of my head.”
One man who sat in the 219 section of the arena said he saw a man fall through a “large opening” in the section and plummet down.
Describing the steep seating, he called the arena “a death trap,” and said the barriers in the upper tiers are too low. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…
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Shocked by In-N-Out Burger’s anti-vaccine mandate stance?
You shouldn’t be. The LGBTQ community has long been wary of the company, and with good reason. trib.al/R6yB3fT
LGBTQ consumers have had to be vigilant about where they spend their money:
"Many of us don’t like patronizing businesses that might turn around and support political parties or organizations that have worked to strip us of our rights."
Call columnist Tony Bravo quirky, but it’s a personal peculiarity of his that "I can’t enjoy food sold to me by a restaurant company that financially supports a political party whose platform asserts that my marriage is detrimental to families."
Chronicle Covers: Today marks the 30-year anniversary of the start of the Oakland hills fire. The Chronicle’s front page from Oct. 21, 1991, covers the inferno that killed 25 people, burned more than 3,000 homes and caused $1.5 billion in damage.
30 years after the Oakland hills fire: The Chronicle’s front page from Oct. 22, 1991, covers the aftermath of the fire, the most devastating Bay Area blaze in generations.
Memories from the Oakland hills fire, 30 years ago: "As I walked down on my way to the field, I saw that every fan sitting in those lower seats had a dark dusting of ash on his or her shoulders, like some hellish outbreak of communicable dandruff."
Belcampo, once a darling of the sustainable meat world with locations in California and New York, is shutting down all of its restaurants. The sudden announcement follows controversy earlier this year when Belcampo admitted to mislabeling meat products.
Belcampo’s public backlash started in May, when a former employee took to Instagram to claim that the Santa Monica store was selling non-organic, corn-fed beef and chicken and turkey from other companies as Belcampo products.
In interviews with The Chronicle this summer, several former Belcampo employees described a demanding work culture that intensified as Belcampo grew rapidly.
The delta variant is still the overwhelmingly dominant coronavirus strain in California and the U.S., but one of its descendants is starting to gain traction overseas.
While AY.4.2 isn't a concern yet in the U.S., @PCH_SF said that “as long as there are unvaccinated people, the virus will evolve and we need to be vigilant and track all of these variants and sublineages.”
The Bay Area got a taste of rain overnight Sunday, with a lot more expected to follow over the coming week — a “parade of precipitation” that meteorologists said could give San Francisco a chance to reach the normal October level for rainfall.
With the showers Sunday night the only precipitation so far this month for the city, and with extreme drought still gripping the region, the prospect of significant rain was tantalizing.
The rainiest October on record in San Francisco was in 1889, with 7.28 inches. The most recent October in the top 10 was in 2009, in eighth place with 3.11 inches.