Saturday Links: South Bay Police Chief Suspected of Commuting From Idaho

"Eamonn Allen, police chief of the South Bay town of Millbrae, is suspected of commuting from a home he recently purchased in Idaho and sleeping at the police station. Allen was previously the spokesperson for embattled former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus before she appointed him police chief. [KGO] The slow-moving Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to become a major hurricane centered over the northern part of the Caribbean Sunday."

"Experts anticipate multiple days of heavy rain between 25 and 35 inches in Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic, resulting in life-threatening flash flooding and landslides. [Associated Press] A large-scale investigation spearheaded by Mountain View police resulted in the capture of Franklin Enrique Sarceno Orla, 35, who's suspected of drugging and raping over 60 men in the South Bay dating back to 2018."

"A professor of ophthalmology at Stanford University, Daniel Palanker, has created a device that has successfully helped about 30 people with advanced age-related macular degeneration during a clinical trial gain their ability to read again. [SFGate]"

Eamonn Allen, Millbrae police chief, is suspected of commuting from a recently purchased Idaho home and sleeping at the police station; he previously served as spokesperson for former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus. Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to become a major hurricane over the northern Caribbean, with 25–35 inches of rain expected in Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic, creating life-threatening flash flooding and landslides. Mountain View police captured Franklin Enrique Sarceno Orla, 35, accused of drugging and raping more than 60 men since 2018; he faces 43 felony sexual-assault charges after extradition from Guatemala. Stanford ophthalmology professor Daniel Palanker developed a device that helped about 30 people with advanced age-related macular degeneration regain reading ability in a clinical trial. Governor Newsom signed a bill to launch a state commission on inclusion of trans youth in sports. Prop 50, to temporarily redraw California’s congressional districts, appears likely to pass amid heavy Democratic spending.

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