Overview
- San Francisco police arrested 30-year-old Valentino Cash Amil after Monday’s hit-and-run at Mission Street and South Van Ness Avenue and booked him on homicide and felony hit-and-run charges.
- Investigators used the Real Time Investigation Center, a unit with tools like license-plate readers and drones, to track the suspect vehicle onto Highway 101 before a stop near Potrero Avenue and 18th Street.
- District Attorney Brooke Jenkins filed a vehicular manslaughter charge against Merih Fssha Solomon in the Feb. 27 Mission Bay crash that killed a 2-year-old who had the right of way crossing with a parent.
- In San Jose, weekend crashes raised the 2026 total to 14 traffic deaths, including a pedestrian killed by a suspected drunk driver on Almaden Expressway and an elderly passenger who died after a high-speed reverse into a wall.
- Walk San Francisco reports that pedestrians account for most city traffic deaths this year, and the SoMa intersection lies on the High-Injury Network where fixes like bulb-outs, pedestrian islands, and turn-calming are being pursued.