Today’s Headlines
Five People Hurt When Unlicensed SUV Driver Crashes into Muni Bus Shelter (SF Gate, SF Examiner) Three People, Including 7-year-old, Killed as Truck Driver Plows into Santa Barbara Home (LAT) Bay Area Heat Causes Delays on BART, Caltrain (Mercury News, ABC7) Senator Yee Again Refuses to Vote for Camera Enforcement at Market/Octavia (SFBG) Future of … Continued
August 25, 2010
Candlelight Walk and Memorial Vigil for Yannick Linke
A candlelight march and memorial vigil is being planned Wednesday evening for Nils Yannick Linke, the German tourist who was killed by a drunken driver while riding a bicycle on Masonic Avenue just four days after his 22nd birthday.
August 23, 2010
Memorial Wednesday for Nils Yannick Linke, Cyclist Killed in Hit-and-Run
A candlelight march and memorial vigil is being planned Wednesday evening for Nils Yannick Linke, the German tourist who was killed by a drunken driver while riding a bicycle on Masonic Avenue just four days after his 22nd birthday.
August 23, 2010
Young Bicyclist Killed by Driver in Milpitas But Police Offer Few Details
Police in Milpitas say a 17-year-old bicyclist, identified by the Santa Clara County coroner's office as Steven Lucatero of Milpitas, was killed by a driver last night on North Capitol Avenue, but authorities aren't offering very many details. According to a press release from the Milpitas Police Department:
August 23, 2010
Alleged Drunken Driver Pleads Not Guilty in Cyclist Hit-and-Run Death
An Oakland man who allegedly hit and killed a 22-year-old bicyclist while driving drunk on Masonic Avenue one week ago switched seats with his girlfriend in his Mercedes-Benz after the crime and then fled the scene while the victim lay bleeding in the street, San Francisco prosecutors have alleged in court documents.
August 20, 2010
Advocates Call on SFMTA to Take Immediate Steps to Fix Masonic Avenue
A week after a 21-year-old German tourist on a bicycle was killed by a hit-and-run drunk driver on Masonic Avenue, the first death of a bicyclist in the city this year, advocates who have been working for years to calm the major arterial are calling on the SFMTA to make immediate safety improvements.
August 20, 2010