BERKELEY — A San Francisco man suspected of a half-dozen non injury shootings last month that began in a confrontation with some UC Berkeley students has been charged with nine felonies and a misdemeanor, according to authorities and court records.

The suspect, Jeffrey Hue, 45, has been charged with felonies of assault with a firearm, discharge of a firearm with gross negligence, shooting at an inhabited dwelling, shooting at an unoccupied vehicle, three counts of possession of an assault weapon, possession of a silencer, possession of armor-piercing ammunition and a misdemeanor count of possession of a firearm without identification numbers.

Twelve rifles and pistols were recovered at his home when he was arrested Nov. 7 and police seized more than 15,000 bullets of various calibers, including the armor-piercing rounds.

Hue pleaded not guilty to the charges Tuesday. He is free on bail, which in earlier jail records was listed at $480,000.

According to court documents, just after 12 a.m. Oct. 26 Hue and an unnamed friend, who was not arrested, got into a confrontation with four UC Berkeley students in the 2400 block of Telegraph Avenue. Police have not said what the confrontation was about, but according to the documents, Hue allegedly pulled a pistol from his waistband, pointed it at the students and told them to run. As they did, he fired a shot into the air.

The other shootings — which took place in the half-hour following the first confrontation — happened in the 2400 block of Durant Avenue, the 2200 blocks of Bancroft Way and University Avenue, the 2300 block of Fulton Street and the 1100 block of Sutter Street, police said. Police have not said what prompted those shootings.

According to the documents, Hue was captured on video at a bar in the area of the shootings, and his Lexus SUV was seen on video entering and leaving Berkeley and being in the area of the shootings. His cell phone records, later obtained via a warrant, showed him to be in the area of all of the shootings, the documents say.

The UC students also identified him as the suspect. Hue was arrested Nov. 7 at his home and police searched the residence.

Six of the firearms seized at his home were legally registered to him. The others were unregistered or un-serialized and kits were recovered that are commonly used to manufacture so-called ghost guns, the documents say.

Police said that in an interview after his arrest, Hue said he remembered being in Berkeley the night of the shootings and driving his Lexus in the city. But when asked about the shooting incidents and the evidence seized from his home, he asked to speak to an attorney.

Attempts to reach Hue by phone this week were unsuccessful.

Originally Published: November 13, 2024 at 2:53 PM PST

SAN FRANCISCO — A person died outside a San Francisco BART station early Wednesday in an apparent stabbing, police and officials said.

The incident outside the Embarcadero Station on Market Street closed down the system for about 40 minutes during the morning commute, officials said.

In a statement, San Francisco police said they responded about 5:50 a.m. to reports of a person bleeding outside the station. Officers arrived to find a person with an unspecified injury and bleeding. Police said they and medics rendered aid but the person died at the scene.

BART spokesperson Jim Allison said officials closed the station while police searched for a suspect. Police said they have not made an arrest.

 Man who allegedly stabbed woman on BART has extensive criminal history

The stabbing came less than two weeks after a slashing on an Antioch-bound train that critically injured a 54-year-old woman. Authorities have charged a 34-year-old man with one count of attempted murder, according court records.

Officials closed the Embarcadero station at 5:50 a.m. for about 40 minutes. Trains briefly single-tracked through the station before all trains were held at the station, Allison said.

Police closed Market Street from Main Street to Beale Street during the investigation.

Please check back for updates.

Originally Published: November 13, 2024 at 8:03 AM PST

A U.S. judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Port of Oakland from using “San Francisco” in the Oakland airport’s name, finding the name change would likely cause consumer confusion and harm the city of San Francisco.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Hixson said in the decision that changing the name of Metropolitan Oakland International Airport in nearby Oakland to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” would likely mislead consumers into thinking it is connected with San Francisco.

A spokesperson for the Port of Oakland said the port is “continuing to review the recent ruling and considering all available options.”

Spokespeople for San Francisco did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the decision.

The Port of Oakland announced plans in March to change the name of its airport, which its board of commissioners unanimously approved in May.

San Francisco sued Oakland for infringing its airport’s trademarks in April, arguing the Oakland airport’s similar new name would confuse travelers. It asked in September for a preliminary order forcing the port to stop using the new name, which Hixson granted on Tuesday.

“Including ‘San Francisco’ in the name of the Oakland airport when there is in fact no affiliation, connection or association between the Oakland airport and San Francisco is contrary to how airports in the United States are normally named and is highly likely to be confusing,” Hixson said.

Oakland’s airport is 12 miles east of San Francisco and just over 30 miles from San Francisco International Airport, whose airport code is SFO.

San Francisco International served 47 million passengers in fiscal year 2023 while Oakland’s airport served more than 11 million, according to city reports.

The Port of Oakland told the court in May that airports in Chicago, Dallas, London, Paris and Beijing peacefully share their cities’ names and said its branding and continued use of the OAK airport code would prevent confusion.

The port also said the new name was an “accurate geographic descriptor of OAK’s location on San Francisco Bay.”

The judge said it was “extremely rare” for a major U.S. airport to “bear the name of a different city than the one that owns it,” noting that Chicago and Dallas each own the two airports that bear the cities’ names.