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Police ask for help in finding suspect in Pacifica skateboard assault

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Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect who beat and seriously injured a driver after a car crash in Pacifica last month. Police said officers responded to reports of the assault at the Fairmont Shopping Center, off of Hickey Boulevard, around 11:55 p.m. on April 27. The victim and suspect had been involved in a car crash on southbound state Highway 35 near Hickey Boulevard prior to the assault, according to police. Read More

Missing SF woman found slain in Pacifica

A San Francisco woman who was reported missing in February was found dead in Pacifica last weekend, San Bruno police said Friday. Cecilia Zamora, 36, was reported missing to San Francisco police on Feb. 15. Relatives said she was possibly heading to her cousin's home in San Bruno after she had last been seen at a home in the 300 block of Colby Street in San Francisco on Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. She was last heard from on Feb. 12. Read More

Marc Anthony Furlan pleads not guilty to gruesome Pacifica slaying

The man accused of butchering and bludgeoning his friend more than 50 times with a knife and hammer in Pacifica last year pleaded not guilty to the murder charge Wednesday, according to prosecutors. Marc Anthony Furlan, 24, allegedly killed 24-year-old Keith Coffey on Oct. 17. Read More

Sharp Park levee project raises environmentalists’ ire

A project that repaired a beachfront pathway adjacent to the Sharp Park Golf Course in Pacifica has environmental groups once again concerned about the direction of the San Francisco-maintained property. Read More

Long-awaited Devil's Slide tunnels unveiled with grand opening ceremony

Caltrans on Monday held a grand opening event to celebrate the completion of the long-awaited Devil's Slide-bypass tunnels. The ceremony was hosted by local politicians, transportation officials, and the wife and daughter of the late U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos, the Peninsula lawmaker for whom the tunnels are named. Read More

Pacifica and Oakley residents linked to shooting at Quantico base

Two Marines involved in a shooting at the Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia in Thursday have been identified as Bay Area residents, according to the U.S. Marine Corps. Read More

12 arrested in San Mateo County for selling alcohol to minors

Police in San Mateo County arrested 12 people Friday during a tap operation to keep alcohol out of the hands of minors. Officers from the Consumption of Alcohol Suppression Team participated in this statewide enforcement, arresting 12 adults who provided alcohol to minors, according to police. Read More

Yacht theives arrested after stolen vessel ran aground at Linda Mar Beach

Two men and a woman were arrested in connection with the theft of a yacht that ran aground at a Pacifica beach early this morning, a police spokesman said. Leslie Gardner, 63, Dario Mora, 54, and Lisa Modawell, 56, were arrested at about noon on suspicion of grand theft and conspiracy, Pacifica police Capt. Joe Spanheimer said. Read More

Devil's Slide tunnels undergoing final testing

PACIFICA, Calif. (AP) — Two slick new mile-long tunnels are undergoing final safety tests this month, poised to divert motorists away from an ocean cliff-hanging roadway dubbed Devil's Slide south of San Francisco to a smooth, Alpine-like passageway unlike any in the U.S. today. Read More

San Francisco payroll clerk, ex-colleague sentenced in embezzlement case

The San Francisco payroll clerk who was caught embezzling from her former employer after she reported the stolen income on unemployment insurance forms was sentenced last week, along with a former co-worker, to five years in prison, prosecutors said Friday. Read More
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