San Francisco, CA
San Francisco 49ers lose Draft advantage after NFL sanction due to payroll irregularities

The San Francisco 49ers can’t catch a break, not only did they lose the Super Bowl LVIII in overtime against the Kansas City Chiefs but now the NFL has sanctioned them for an administrative error, which will affect them in the 2025 draft.
The 49ers have accepted the NFL sanction without appeal
ESPN reported that after detecting errors in the 49ers’ accounting and payroll, the NFL penalized San Francisco with four spots for the 2024 Draft, dropping them from 131st overall to 135th overall.
“The NFL determined that the club would have remained under the salary cap at all times, regardless of the error, and there was no intent to circumvent the salary cap.”
Addin to the sanction, the league informed the 49ers that they would have to give up their fifth-round pick in the 2025 Draft.
The NFL noted that after a review of reports provided by all 32 teams, it detected accounting errors in San Francisco’s payroll at the end of the league’s 2022 operating year, resulting in failures to report accrued compensation for players.
San Francisco acknowledges its mistake and accepts their punishment
The San Francisco 49ers responded to the disciplinary action imposed by the NFL, something the California squad did not appeal and accepted the league’s punishment against them.
“We take responsibility and accept the imposed discipline from the NFL due to a clerical payroll error,” the 49ers said in a statement. “At no time did we mislead or otherwise deceive the league or gain a competitive advantage in connection with the payroll mistake.”

San Francisco, CA
Video captures suspects stealing ATM, safes from San Francisco North Beach taqueria

Taqueria Zorro, a Mexican restaurant in San Francisco’s North Beach, was burglarized early Tuesday morning by what the owner described as the “SWAT of stealing.”
Tarik Kassis, the restaurant’s owner, provided CBS News Bay Area surveillance footage of the burglary.
The video shows several masked individuals, including some who appear armed. A crowbar and bolt cutters were used to break into the restaurant on Columbus Avenue and its office.
Video also shows the suspects driving in a white Honda Odyssey minivan with a clear shot of its license plate: 8GWX875.
An ATM and two safes were stolen, according to Kassis. He estimates about $10,000 was stolen.
The repairs to the restaurant are expected to take several weeks and costs an estimated $25,000, according to Kassis.
“They’re not just randomly hitting these places. They’re studying them. They’re hitting them. They have standard operating procedures. It’s a business for them. They know what they’re doing,” Kassis said. “They’re calm. They’re nonchalant. They’re not frantically moving around… They’re clearing rooms, making sure there’s no one down there. They’re like SWAT of stealing.”
No arrests have been made and the investigation into the burglary is ongoing, according to SFPD.
Kassis is offering his own reward in an effort to help solve the case. He’s offering free lunch for a month to anyone who provides information that leads to the identification and arrest of the suspects.
“Bring a friend,” he smiled. “Mi casa, su casa.”
San Francisco, CA
Florida Gators land spot at coach Todd Golden’s favorite San Francisco restaurant after all

Coach Todd Golden managed to get his top-seeded Florida Gators basketball team a reservation at his favorite San Francisco restaurant after all.
Golden said Tuesday that Original Joe’s, a popular San Francisco eatery with several Bay Area locations, created space for the Gators to dine this week before their Sweet 16 matchup against No. 4 seed Maryland.
Florida was scheduled to fly cross-country Tuesday and practice at the University of San Francisco, the school where Golden got his first head coaching job. The Gators will dress up (maybe) and chow down (definitely) at Joe’s after.
Golden had been thinking about the possibility of taking his players and staff to his hot spot once the NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed and the Gators landed the No. 1 seed in the West Regional. But the coach didn’t want to get ahead of himself with first- and second-round games to be played before a potential trip to the West Coast.
So by the time Golden called Original Joe’s, there was not space for 17 players, six coaches and more than a dozen additional staff members on relatively short notice. But Joe’s ended up making it work, getting Golden’s homecoming off to a rousing start.
The 39-year-old Golden played basketball at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga and returned to the region to coach at the University of San Francisco, first as an assistant and then as the head coach for three seasons.
Golden is 72-33 in three seasons in Gainesville.
San Francisco, CA
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San Francisco’s ongoing drug crisis has shifted from previously cleaned-up hotspots to new streets and alleys, according to frustrated residents and business owners. Despite recent efforts by Mayor Daniel Lurie and the SFPD, many say the chaos is simply moving around the city, affecting their neighborhoods and daily lives.
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