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Top SF news: KFOG to go off the air; hit-and-run driver side-swipes Mayor Breed's official car; more

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Published on August 28, 2019
Top SF news: KFOG to go off the air; hit-and-run driver side-swipes Mayor Breed's official car; morePhoto: KFOG/Facebook

Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in San Francisco.

KFOG radio station going off the air: 'We knew this was gonna happen'

Alt-rock radio mainstay KFOG 104.5 is signing off after 36 years on the air. On Monday, the San Francisco station announced it would flip to a simulcast of KNBR-AM sports radio on Friday, September 6, leaving longtime "Fogheads" with just over a week to savor the sounds of artists like Jefferson Airplane, Green Day, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Smashing Pumpkins.

Read the full story on SFGate.

Charges to be dropped in second case against San Francisco homeless man

The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office is expected to drop charges Wednesday against the homeless man accused in several assaults near the Embarcadero, including one caught on camera earlier this month outside a condominium complex.

Read the full story on KRON 4 News.

Shuttle bus full of passengers hijacked at SFO found abandoned in Berkeley; no one injured

It's being called a bizarre crime where an airport shuttle bus was carjacked from the arrivals area of the international terminal at San Francisco International Airport just before noon Tuesday, and then found abandoned in Berkeley.

Read the full story on KTVU Fox 2.

Hit-and-run driver side-swipes San Francisco Mayor London Breed's official car

Mayor Breed is out of town, so Supervisor Vallie Brown was using it in her role as Acting Mayor when it was side-swiped by an unknown driver in Japantown.

Read the full story on ABC7 News.

Witness describes watching car run man over as he lay in street, detained by SFPD

A woman recalls the moment she watched a car run a man over as he lay in the street detained by police. San Francisco police say that car was an unmarked police vehicle driven by another officer called in for backup.

Read the full story on ABC7 News.


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