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Defense attorneys aiming to block the data that was handed over from being used in court argue that the warrant was unconstitutionally broad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t just say, ‘I’m looking for evidence of any crime,’” attorney Shaffy Moeel said. “You have to actually have a very particularized, specified thing that you’re looking for if you’re going to ask a judge to sign off on a warrant like this. And so what they got from Meta is hundreds of gigs of data related to what we think is absolutely First Amendment-protected activity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moeel filed a motion to suppress that evidence in court \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011165/felony-charges-against-golden-gate-bridge-protesters-can-go-to-trial-judge-rules\">ahead of trial\u003c/a>, where defendants face maximum sentences of 14 or 15 years in prison for charges including felony conspiracy, false imprisonment and trespassing to interfere with a business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the requested information, such as content from accounts the defendants allegedly interacted with, has no relevance to the question of whether the protesters conspired to block traffic, Moeel argued in the motion. Instead, she told KQED, authorities were looking to build “a map of political association.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have the district attorney using law enforcement and the court to get data from people, Americans, regarding their political association, what accounts they’re liking, what accounts they’re reposting, what comments they’re posting related to accounts that might have a political message on it,” Moeel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031870\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031870\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1246387515-scaled-e1742325160899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The exterior of the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco, California, on Jan. 20, 2019. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco district attorney’s office declined to comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A CHP analyst looked into Instagram accounts that “supported one another with spreading knowledge of events” as part of the agency’s assessment of protests, according to a CHP officer’s affidavit for the warrant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the list were accounts for some of the groups most consistently responsible for planning pro-Palestinian protests in the Bay Area in recent years, including local chapters for the Palestinian Youth Movement, Jewish Voice for Peace and the Arab Resource and Organizing Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CHP declined to comment, citing the pending case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meta said in a statement that the company pushes back or refuses requests that are illegal. It did not do so in this case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trial comes more than two years after protesters\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11975859/golden-gate-bridge-blocked-by-activists-calling-for-cease-fire-in-gaza\"> blocked vehicle lanes\u003c/a> for hours on the Golden Gate Bridge as part of a broader day of demonstrations against U.S. economic support for Israel amid its war in Gaza. In Oakland, protesters also blocked lanes on Interstate 880.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jury selection and opening statements are expected in the coming weeks, Moeel said.[aside postID=news_12080402 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/041526_CHADASHBY_9485-KQED.jpg']The defendants had previously hoped to avoid trial altogether and convince a judge to downgrade the felony charges to misdemeanors, but two judges ruled against them, most recently in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Historically, San Francisco has had other protests where they’ve blocked bridges for environmental justice or to raise awareness regarding \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvKAIPOBWlY\">disparities in providing AIDS treatment\u003c/a>,” Moeel said. “And so, I think this is a part of San Francisco history, and the district attorney here in this case took the unprecedented step of charging felony conspiracy to commit misdemeanor crimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with those two demonstrations, which occurred in 1996 and 1989 respectively, protesters have also flocked to the Golden Gate Bridge more recently. The environmental justice protest, which involved actor Woody Harrelson, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.goldengate.org/bridge/history-research/moments-events/key-dates/#1990s\">listed among key dates \u003c/a>on the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District’s website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anti-war protesters were also arrested on the bridge in 2002, though only one was charged with a felony for assaulting an officer, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Anti-war-rally-ties-up-bridge-Cops-stop-traffic-2818029.php\">SFGate.\u003c/a> In 2020, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11823356/day-8-of-protests-around-the-bay-taking-a-knee-for-change-and-a-march-across-the-golden-gate-bridge\">thousands marched\u003c/a> across the bridge as part of the wave of Black Lives Matter protests without incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defendants in this case note that their action two years ago was seemingly the first time the bridge district filed a restitution claim against protesters, originally set at $163,000 in lost toll revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When lawyers for the defendants first argued that the felony charges should be reduced, Judge Brendan P. 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"content": "\u003cp>A federal judge in Oakland has publicly revealed the identity of a key FBI informant in the corruption case against former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071314/fbi-informant-tested-corruption-case-against-oaklands-former-mayor\">Mario Juarez\u003c/a>, a longtime Oakland businessman and former city council candidate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juarez is named in an order issued Monday and unsealed Tuesday, denying \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062614/defense-in-oakland-corruption-case-files-motion-targeting-key-informants-credibility\">several motions\u003c/a> to suppress evidence in the case. The motions had questioned Juarez’s credibility as an informant and the FBI’s reliance on his statements to secure search warrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to court records, Juarez began working with the FBI in 2024, mere weeks before agents conducted highly publicized raids on Thao and the other defendants’ homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While his presence has loomed large in the case, he had yet to be publicly identified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thao was charged with bribery, conspiracy and fraud in an eight-count indictment in January last year. Her longtime partner, Andre Jones, and father and son recycling executives David and Andy Duong, were also charged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Duongs own California Waste Solutions, Oakland’s current curbside recycling contractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12081856\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12081856\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/011026_KingofTrash-_GH_005_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/011026_KingofTrash-_GH_005_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/011026_KingofTrash-_GH_005_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/011026_KingofTrash-_GH_005_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Duong speaks with guests after the screening of The King of Trash on Jan. 10, 2026, at Regal Jack London in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The indictment alleges a pay-to-play scheme in which the Duongs made payments to Jones through a no-show job and financed political mailers attacking Thao’s opponents in the 2022 mayoral race. In exchange, Thao promised to extend the Duongs’ recycling contract and commit the city to purchasing shipping containers converted into housing for the homeless from a company the Duongs co-owned, according to federal prosecutors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The indictment also describes a fifth person who was allegedly involved in the scheme but has not been charged. That individual, now confirmed to be Juarez, is identified in the indictment as “CO-CONSPIRATOR 1.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The motions, filed by Thao and the other defendants, had accused the FBI of failing to leave out key information about Juarez’s past in affidavits used to secure search warrants of their homes, vehicles and businesses.[aside postID=news_12071314 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_1338-2000x1500.jpg']In their motions, the defendants alleged the FBI failed to disclose that Juarez has a decades-long track record of defrauding business partners and what they described as a “documented counter-attack history” of alleging misconduct by others in response to accusations and lawsuits lodged against him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A simple search of Co-Conspirator 1’s name through the Alameda County Superior Court records reveals that he has been sued approximately 33 times between 1992 and 2022, including numerous fraud cases involving former business partners,” one motion reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juarez, they alleged, was continuing that pattern in this case. They requested an evidentiary hearing where they could question the FBI agents who wrote the affidavits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors had pushed back on that argument, saying they had amassed significant documentary evidence of the alleged corruption scheme well before interviewing Juarez, and that his statements were included merely for “context and completeness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her order, U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers denied the defendants’ request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Defendants present no credible evidence that the government intended to deceive or acted with reckless disregard,” she wrote. “The motion is deniable on this basis alone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037105\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037105\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230816-Dublin-Womens-Prison-Suit-MD-01_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230816-Dublin-Womens-Prison-Suit-MD-01_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230816-Dublin-Womens-Prison-Suit-MD-01_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230816-Dublin-Womens-Prison-Suit-MD-01_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230816-Dublin-Womens-Prison-Suit-MD-01_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230816-Dublin-Womens-Prison-Suit-MD-01_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230816-Dublin-Womens-Prison-Suit-MD-01_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Federal Courthouse in Oakland on Aug. 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One warrant, she wrote, included “significant documentary evidence tying David Duong, Andy Duong, Thao, Jones, and Juarez to the alleged corruption scheme, including messages and notes from Juarez’s iCloud account, financial records showing the allegedly corrupt payments, phone records showing significant communication regarding those payments, and other documentary evidence relating to the scheme.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for Thao, Jones and David and Andy Duong either declined to comment on the order or did not return KQED’s calls requesting comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juarez also did not respond to a text message requesting comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Criminal defense attorney Jay Rorty said the judge’s decision could change the calculus for the defendants, who still have the option to accept a plea deal before the case goes to trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Each client will now need to make difficult choices as to whether it is in their interest to resolve the case or take the risk of a more severe penalty in the event they are convicted at trial,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>After Dannielle Spillman, 74, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12080023/san-francisco-police-to-investigate-fatal-soma-hit-and-run-as-a-murder\">killed in an alleged hit-and-run\u003c/a> on Mission Street this month, the story that followed sounded nothing like the woman known to her loved ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An attorney for 30-year-old Valentino Amil, who pleaded not guilty to murder charges Friday, alleged that Spillman had posed a threat to Amil before he accelerated his black Mercedes into her, knocking her onto the car’s front windshield before crushing her under its tires. In court on Friday, the attorney described Spillman as an “agitator” and “belligerent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the two weeks since her death, a community of loving friends and family has shared a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12080217/victim-of-alleged-sf-hit-and-run-murder-is-remembered-as-a-beloved-trans-elder\">different image of Spillman\u003c/a> — as a woman with decades’ worth of stories of far-flung travels, as a guitarist with a love for playing and listening to rock-and-roll music, and as a beloved elder in the transgender community with sincere benevolence and empathy for those in her orbit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was so kind, so nice, someone [who], if she’s around, it’s going to be a good vibe,” said Matt Stevens, a friend and employee at Real Guitars, a guitar shop where Spillman frequently hung out. “She was loved, and it’s a huge loss for the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, about 20 people donned rain jackets and bundled together under umbrellas to pay tribute to Spillman outside Real Guitars in the South of Market neighborhood, honoring her as a “member of the crew.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, she’d spend multiple long afternoons a week in the small, crowded shop, bonding with Stevens over their mutual love for oddball guitars and the Grateful Dead, offering up supplements and remedies to another employee who was a new dad with a constant sniffle, and teaching budding guitarists about the instrument. A few years ago, she planned the store’s first holiday party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She just sort of pitched her tent here one day, and that was that,” said Jesse Cobb, a manager at the store. “We were all really happy to have her. She’s just such a kind, empathetic person who just brought a lot of care and warmth to this store.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080714\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_012-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_012-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_012-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_012-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mourners embrace at a vigil for Dannielle Spillman in San Francisco, April 20, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cobb said Spillman began coming into Real Guitars occasionally more than a decade ago. They grew closer after the store reopened following the pandemic and Spillman’s visits became more frequent. She was known to come in about every other day while out on her daily walking route, which swept around the city from Rainbow Grocery in the Mission to Real Guitars, and sometimes up to the Guitar Center on Van Ness Avenue and California Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cobb remembers watching Spillman become great friends with Real Guitars’ owners, Ben Levin and his father, Chris Cobb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re two old crusty dudes that just have been sitting behind this counter for half of their life. They’ve built up a certain exterior over the years, and she just broke that wide open,” he said, laughing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’d call Ben and say, ‘Are you there by yourself? Do you need me to come down and help out?’” said Kelley Stoltz, another part-time employee and longtime customer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some days, she’d spend just a few minutes in Real Guitars, but on others, she lingered for hours.[aside postID=news_12080217 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260416-hit-and-run-victim-01-KQED.jpg']“Dannielle was into it for the exchange,” Stoltz said. “Learning about people and letting them know about her and trading riffs, talking about different guitars, different pedals, different amps, different sounds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a Friday afternoon, Spillman would often be in the back of the store with two other regulars, teenage girls who come weekly to play guitars, sing and make TikToks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was back there teaching them guitar and talking to them about music, educating them and also educating herself on what they were into,” Stoltz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other days, she’d take on the role of a “self-appointed employee, intern, knowledge base,” pointing customers toward something they were looking for, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cobb said that since her passing, he’s been thinking about times when Spillman, who was over 6 feet tall, would climb on top of the rows of amps displayed throughout the small, narrow shop to grab a guitar off the wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you would talk to Dannielle, you’d start with music, and … fact would just sort of come out slowly. She had a lot of great stories to tell,” Stoltz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spillman grew up as an Air Force brat and discovered the Berkeley psychedelic rock band Country Joe and the Fish as a kid in the 1960s. She fell in love with ’60s rock-and-roll music and began playing the guitar very young.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in life, she lived for a time in Iceland before eventually settling in San Francisco. She loved kids, eating healthy foods and going on extremely long walks to explore the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080715\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080715\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_014-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_014-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_014-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_014-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People gather under umbrellas near a memorial for Dannielle Spillman in San Francisco, April 20, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s really tiring being around her because she just loves walking a lot,” said Jenny-Lou Cabanag, who described Spillman as part of her family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cabanag and her mother, Theresa, grew close with Spillman after immigrating from the Philippines in 2014, and Theresa became Spillman’s caregiver about two years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dannielle was a very pivotal person for my mom to have a footing here in America,” Cabanag said. Theresa got Spillman’s help studying for the citizenship exam, and when her relationship with Cabanag’s father became tenuous, Spillman offered her a place to stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Spillman died, she had lived with Theresa for about a decade. Often, on weekends, Cabanag would swap apartments with her mom, staying with Spillman while Theresa was off of work. Spillman was there for Cabanag’s graduation from San Francisco State University and the family’s celebratory lunch at their go-to spot, Burma Love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dannielle is a huge reason why I kept pushing; she was always just so proud of me,” Cabanag said. “My mom wanted to keep working for her until she really grew old. She was like family to us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080712\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080712\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_001-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_001-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_001-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_001-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person walks past a sign marking the site of a fatal hit-and-run that killed Dannielle Spillman outside Real Guitars in San Francisco, April 20, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Spillman would often take photos of Theresa and her partner out on walks, or bring home a trinket from the thrift store that reminded her of someone she loved. When the family went to the beach, Spillman would return home with shells to frame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Derrick Guerra, another friend who met Spillman weekly for tea, said she was a “natural caregiver.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that before she died, they had often discussed her experiences as a transgender woman in San Francisco — and recent feelings of heightened anti-trans aggression. For the community to lose such a beloved elder, he said, is a huge loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know if [the suspect] was aware of her gender identity or if that played into it at all, but … it’s still a very horrible thing that happened to an elder in our community,” he said. “She was such a compassionate, loving person.”[aside postID=news_12080041 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/BrookeJenkinsAltmanGetty1.jpg']On Friday, Amil’s attorney Seth Morris argued for his release pending trial, saying that when he hit Spillman with his vehicle, his actions were “rooted in panic” and that he left the scene to get his family to a safer location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New video footage shows that after he initially drove away, he returned and got out of his car. Both Amil and his wife approached the victim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But prosecutors allege he jogged back to the car and again drove away after hearing a siren. He was later apprehended by police driving southbound on Highway 101 — away from the home address of his wife and children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also said Amil had repeatedly lied about the circumstances of the incident. Morris has alleged that Amil believed Spillman might have poured gasoline on the car, but he told law enforcement he saw her drink out of the bottle she spilled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amil has also alleged that Spillman banged on the windows where his children were sitting and was behind the vehicle when he started to pull away — claims that have been disputed by witness accounts and surveillance video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Leanne Dumas denied bail, citing his fleeing the scene and the violence of the action. When he was remanded into custody, Amil cried and called out to about 10 family members, including his wife and children, who were in the courtroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s due back in court May 6 for a preliminary hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, about 20 people donned rain jackets and bundled together under umbrellas to pay tribute to Spillman outside Real Guitars in the South of Market neighborhood, honoring her as a “member of the crew.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, she’d spend multiple long afternoons a week in the small, crowded shop, bonding with Stevens over their mutual love for oddball guitars and the Grateful Dead, offering up supplements and remedies to another employee who was a new dad with a constant sniffle, and teaching budding guitarists about the instrument. A few years ago, she planned the store’s first holiday party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She just sort of pitched her tent here one day, and that was that,” said Jesse Cobb, a manager at the store. “We were all really happy to have her. She’s just such a kind, empathetic person who just brought a lot of care and warmth to this store.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080714\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_012-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_012-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_012-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_012-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mourners embrace at a vigil for Dannielle Spillman in San Francisco, April 20, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cobb said Spillman began coming into Real Guitars occasionally more than a decade ago. They grew closer after the store reopened following the pandemic and Spillman’s visits became more frequent. She was known to come in about every other day while out on her daily walking route, which swept around the city from Rainbow Grocery in the Mission to Real Guitars, and sometimes up to the Guitar Center on Van Ness Avenue and California Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cobb remembers watching Spillman become great friends with Real Guitars’ owners, Ben Levin and his father, Chris Cobb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re two old crusty dudes that just have been sitting behind this counter for half of their life. They’ve built up a certain exterior over the years, and she just broke that wide open,” he said, laughing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’d call Ben and say, ‘Are you there by yourself? Do you need me to come down and help out?’” said Kelley Stoltz, another part-time employee and longtime customer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some days, she’d spend just a few minutes in Real Guitars, but on others, she lingered for hours.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Dannielle was into it for the exchange,” Stoltz said. “Learning about people and letting them know about her and trading riffs, talking about different guitars, different pedals, different amps, different sounds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a Friday afternoon, Spillman would often be in the back of the store with two other regulars, teenage girls who come weekly to play guitars, sing and make TikToks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was back there teaching them guitar and talking to them about music, educating them and also educating herself on what they were into,” Stoltz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other days, she’d take on the role of a “self-appointed employee, intern, knowledge base,” pointing customers toward something they were looking for, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cobb said that since her passing, he’s been thinking about times when Spillman, who was over 6 feet tall, would climb on top of the rows of amps displayed throughout the small, narrow shop to grab a guitar off the wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you would talk to Dannielle, you’d start with music, and … fact would just sort of come out slowly. She had a lot of great stories to tell,” Stoltz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spillman grew up as an Air Force brat and discovered the Berkeley psychedelic rock band Country Joe and the Fish as a kid in the 1960s. She fell in love with ’60s rock-and-roll music and began playing the guitar very young.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in life, she lived for a time in Iceland before eventually settling in San Francisco. She loved kids, eating healthy foods and going on extremely long walks to explore the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080715\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080715\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_014-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_014-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_014-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_014-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People gather under umbrellas near a memorial for Dannielle Spillman in San Francisco, April 20, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s really tiring being around her because she just loves walking a lot,” said Jenny-Lou Cabanag, who described Spillman as part of her family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cabanag and her mother, Theresa, grew close with Spillman after immigrating from the Philippines in 2014, and Theresa became Spillman’s caregiver about two years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dannielle was a very pivotal person for my mom to have a footing here in America,” Cabanag said. Theresa got Spillman’s help studying for the citizenship exam, and when her relationship with Cabanag’s father became tenuous, Spillman offered her a place to stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Spillman died, she had lived with Theresa for about a decade. Often, on weekends, Cabanag would swap apartments with her mom, staying with Spillman while Theresa was off of work. Spillman was there for Cabanag’s graduation from San Francisco State University and the family’s celebratory lunch at their go-to spot, Burma Love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dannielle is a huge reason why I kept pushing; she was always just so proud of me,” Cabanag said. “My mom wanted to keep working for her until she really grew old. 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When the family went to the beach, Spillman would return home with shells to frame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Derrick Guerra, another friend who met Spillman weekly for tea, said she was a “natural caregiver.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that before she died, they had often discussed her experiences as a transgender woman in San Francisco — and recent feelings of heightened anti-trans aggression. For the community to lose such a beloved elder, he said, is a huge loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know if [the suspect] was aware of her gender identity or if that played into it at all, but … it’s still a very horrible thing that happened to an elder in our community,” he said. “She was such a compassionate, loving person.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>State officials will extend their oversight of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/santa-clara-county\">Santa Clara County\u003c/a>’s beleaguered child welfare agency in the wake of a 2-year-old’s tragic death in foster care, as local leaders expressed outrage and called for further changes to protect kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county’s Department of Family and Children’s Services is also beefing up guardrails around where children can be placed, even in emergencies, requiring high-level staff to approve such placements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Children should not be dying under the care and custody of a system that exists to protect them. It is unacceptable,” County Supervisor Sylvia Arenas said Thursday during a news conference. “This level of system failure demands immediate action, course correction and accountability in a way that we haven’t done before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the April 9 death of Jaxon Juarez, the county’s Department of Family and Children’s Services said in a report on Thursday that it’s working with the California Department of Social Services to “extend and update” an existing oversight agreement in place since late 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the expanded state oversight, Arenas called for an “independent entity to take on episodic review” of the Department of Family and Children’s Services’ case files.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is something that has helped other counties before, and I believe could support and be the transformative change that is needed here,” Arenas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arenas is the chair of the Board of Supervisors’ Children, Seniors, and Families Committee, and has been vocal in raising alarms about the outcomes in the county’s child welfare system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080614\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080614\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-SCCDAANNOUNCEMENT-09-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-SCCDAANNOUNCEMENT-09-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-SCCDAANNOUNCEMENT-09-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-SCCDAANNOUNCEMENT-09-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">District Attorney Jeff Rosen speaks outside the Santa Clara County Juvenile Court in San José on April 20, 2026, where prosecutors announced charges against a San José teen accused of killing his 2-year-old foster brother, Jaxon Juarez. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The prior oversight effort, which included a “corrective action plan,” was prompted by the deaths of two other children in foster care in 2023, including the fentanyl poisoning of 3-month-old Phoenix Castro and the stabbing death of 6-year-old Jordan Walker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those deaths occurred, Arenas and critics said, while the agency pursued policies focused on keeping children with their families, even in the face of safety concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The corrective action plan, which the agency was making progress on and was set to conclude in June, was aimed in part at rebalancing the priorities of family reunification and child safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When it comes to the child welfare system in this county, the pendulum swung too far. We were prioritizing family preservation over child safety,” Arenas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While being considerate of family connections and unity remains a valuable part of the child welfare system, those considerations should never overshadow our assessment of whether a home or an environment is safe for a child,” she said.[aside postID=news_12080838 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-SCCDAANNOUNCEMENT-20-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg']But Richard Wexler, the executive director of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform, said in the wake of Castro’s death, the county sharply increased removals of children from homes into the foster care system and that had unintended consequences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That did enormous harm to hundreds of children needlessly taken. It also so overwhelmed workers that they had even less time to investigate any case, or any potential caretaker, carefully,” Wexler said. “That made it more likely that more children in real danger would be missed. So the horrible irony here is that the failed response to the death of Phoenix Castro may well have contributed to the death of Jaxon Juarez.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unionized workers employed at the agency have raised alarms about overwhelm, describing chronic understaffing, unsustainable caseloads and burnout, which they say jeopardize the safety of children in the county’s systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jaxon, a special needs child, was placed by the county agency into the care of a relative of his father’s, Bridget Michelle Martinez, in late February. He died on April 9 after authorities said he was repeatedly sexually and physically assaulted by Martinez’s 17-year-old son. The son, who has since turned 18, is facing murder and assault charges in juvenile court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Family members of Jaxon have lambasted the agency for ever placing him with Martinez, who court records show was previously convicted of felony child endangerment tied to a DUI in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County officials previously said that such a conviction would bar child welfare workers from placing a child in Martinez’s care, even in extenuating circumstances. It’s not clear how Jaxon ended up in the home, and the county has not explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wendy Kinnear-Rausch, the head of the Department of Family and Children’s Services, said effective immediately, reviews of emergency placements of children with relatives will need to be approved by senior managers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080419\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080419\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260416-Jaxon-Folo-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260416-Jaxon-Folo-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260416-Jaxon-Folo-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260416-Jaxon-Folo-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jaxon, a 2-year-old South Bay boy who died while in Santa Clara County’s foster care system after allegedly being sexually assaulted, is seen in this photo provided by his aunt. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Riley Wallace)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Any child welfare history or criminal record history will need to be signed off on by executives, she said during the meeting of the Children, Seniors, and Families Committee on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also said the agency is doing a “deeper dive” review of the caseloads of the staff who were connected to Jaxon’s case, “to make sure there are no safety concerns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Thursday, County Executive James Williams said in a memo that 10 staff members of the agency have been placed on paid administrative leave in connection with Jaxon’s case while local investigations and a separate state investigation of the case continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Depending on the findings of our investigation, staff may face disciplinary action up to and including termination,” Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams also supported the creation of an independent auditing and oversight body for the agency.[aside postID=news_12080584 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-SCCDAANNOUNCEMENT-17-BL-KQED.jpg']“Throughout these reform efforts, the clear and unwavering focus of DFCS leadership and staff has been on child safety and taking all reasonable actions to ensure the safety of each child over whom DFCS has responsibility. Yet it is also clear that much more must be done, and as quickly as possible,” Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also acknowledged the grief and concern of child welfare staff in the county, and thanked them for doing “incredibly difficult, heart-wrenching work, day in and day out, as\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>our system appropriately faces calls to do more and do better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arenas, during the tense committee meeting, became emotional when talking about the deaths of children in the county’s care, and said everyone should be angry about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to assurances from Williams about the work the county is doing, she openly questioned the leaders of the county agencies sitting to her sides on the dais in the county board chambers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m doubting the leadership that is currently in place. I’m not making any bones about it,” she said, looking at Kinnear-Rausch, Department of Social Services Director Daniel Little and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You all tell me how many children could die under your leadership and you still have a job. If they’re Brown, maybe five, like what is it? If they are white, none?” she said. “You all seem to think that you’re going to give your sorrow to the families and the relatives and the community. But where is your responsibility and your accountability?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But Richard Wexler, the executive director of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform, said in the wake of Castro’s death, the county sharply increased removals of children from homes into the foster care system and that had unintended consequences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That did enormous harm to hundreds of children needlessly taken. It also so overwhelmed workers that they had even less time to investigate any case, or any potential caretaker, carefully,” Wexler said. “That made it more likely that more children in real danger would be missed. So the horrible irony here is that the failed response to the death of Phoenix Castro may well have contributed to the death of Jaxon Juarez.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unionized workers employed at the agency have raised alarms about overwhelm, describing chronic understaffing, unsustainable caseloads and burnout, which they say jeopardize the safety of children in the county’s systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jaxon, a special needs child, was placed by the county agency into the care of a relative of his father’s, Bridget Michelle Martinez, in late February. He died on April 9 after authorities said he was repeatedly sexually and physically assaulted by Martinez’s 17-year-old son. The son, who has since turned 18, is facing murder and assault charges in juvenile court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Family members of Jaxon have lambasted the agency for ever placing him with Martinez, who court records show was previously convicted of felony child endangerment tied to a DUI in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County officials previously said that such a conviction would bar child welfare workers from placing a child in Martinez’s care, even in extenuating circumstances. It’s not clear how Jaxon ended up in the home, and the county has not explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wendy Kinnear-Rausch, the head of the Department of Family and Children’s Services, said effective immediately, reviews of emergency placements of children with relatives will need to be approved by senior managers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080419\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080419\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260416-Jaxon-Folo-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260416-Jaxon-Folo-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260416-Jaxon-Folo-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260416-Jaxon-Folo-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jaxon, a 2-year-old South Bay boy who died while in Santa Clara County’s foster care system after allegedly being sexually assaulted, is seen in this photo provided by his aunt. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Riley Wallace)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Any child welfare history or criminal record history will need to be signed off on by executives, she said during the meeting of the Children, Seniors, and Families Committee on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also said the agency is doing a “deeper dive” review of the caseloads of the staff who were connected to Jaxon’s case, “to make sure there are no safety concerns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Thursday, County Executive James Williams said in a memo that 10 staff members of the agency have been placed on paid administrative leave in connection with Jaxon’s case while local investigations and a separate state investigation of the case continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Depending on the findings of our investigation, staff may face disciplinary action up to and including termination,” Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams also supported the creation of an independent auditing and oversight body for the agency.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Following the deaths, the Department of Family and Children’s Services was put under state oversight and a corrective action plan aimed at rebalancing the priorities of family reunification and child safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite that oversight, which had been in place for roughly a year and a half, Jaxon was placed by the agency in February in the home of Bridget Michelle Martinez, a relative who was previously convicted of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12080399/south-bay-toddler-placed-with-woman-convicted-of-child-endangerment-before-death\">felony child endangerment\u003c/a> tied to a DUI in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County officials confirmed that such a conviction should prevent a child from being placed in Martinez’s care, even in extenuating circumstances. 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