It's Monday. The man accused of attacking the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to be charged today. Plus, the assault comes after years of efforts to demonize the most powerful woman in Washington. |
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The fallout from a violent attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, continues to unfold this week as criminal proceedings are expected to begin against the Bay Area man accused of the break-in and assault. |
In a press briefing on Friday, Chief William Scott of the San Francisco Police became emotional and said the families of elected officials hadn't signed up to be targets. "Everybody should be disgusted by this," he told reporters. |
Early Friday morning, Paul Pelosi, 82, was assaulted with a hammer by an assailant who broke into the Pelosis' home in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco through a back entrance, the authorities said. The suspect is David DePape, 42, who will most likely be charged today with attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon and other counts. An arraignment is expected on Tuesday. |
Pelosi underwent surgery after sustaining a skull fracture and serious injuries to his hands and right arm and was expected to make a full recovery, a spokesman told The Times. Nancy Pelosi said in a statement that she and her family were "heartbroken and traumatized" by the events. |
The attack has made the Bay Area the center of one of the nation's biggest news stories, as fears of political violence are especially high with midterm elections just over a week away. The authorities said that when DePape entered the Pelosis' home, he yelled, "Where is Nancy?" The speaker was in Washington at the time. |
Accounts from people who know DePape, who appears to live in the East Bay, described a troubled individual who showed growing signs of politically fueled hate. He seems to have been obsessed with right-wing conspiracy theories, including false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, and the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Pelosi in recent years has been a leading target for viral falsehoods from the right. |
"How did he get to that point?" Mona Lena Krook, a Rutgers University political science professor, told The Times, referring to the suspect. "This has to do with things that he sees in the media, things he sees on social media, the people he socializes with that he felt like it was necessary and justified to attack her." |
Concerns about misinformation were further amplified on Sunday when Elon Musk, three days after he bought Twitter, posted a tweet linking to an article that made baseless allegations about the attack. Musk was responding to a tweet from Hillary Clinton, the former first lady and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, who rebuked Republicans for spreading "hate and deranged conspiracy theories," which she believed had contributed to the suspect's thinking. |
The tweet raised questions anew about how, or if, Musk will act to combat falsehoods and hate speech on the social media site. |
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Today's tip comes from Joanne Orion Miller, who lives in Kentfield. Joanne recommends a walking tour in the City by the Bay: |
"I've always been in love with old San Francisco. The best way to appreciate the history and romance of the city is to walk the Barbary Coast Trail, stretching from the Old Mint on Fifth Street, through Chinatown, up Telegraph Hill to Coit Tower, ending in Ghirardelli Square (chocolate!), with a return trip via the city's famous cable cars. The 3.8-mile walk is marked by medallions set in the sidewalk, and can be picked up at any point on the route. Best of all? It's free." |
Tell us about your favorite places to visit in California. Email your suggestions to CAtoday@nytimes.com. We'll be sharing more in upcoming editions of the newsletter. |
Have you visited any of the travel destinations that we've recommended in the newsletter? Send us a few lines about your trip and a photo! |
We'd like to share them in upcoming editions of the newsletter. Email us at CAToday@nytimes.com. Please include your name and the city in which you live. |
 | | Tyler Cherry, left, and Jakob Stronko.Cassidy DuHon and Laura Scheidt |
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And before you go, some good news |
Tyler Austin Cherry decided to spend his first weekend living in Washington at Nellie's Sports Bar, in the city's U Street corridor, by himself. Then a rising senior at U.C.L.A., Cherry was in the city that summer, in 2014, for an internship. |
Jakob Michael Stronko, who had grown up in the area, was at the bar with a few of his friends, and noticed Cherry instantly. "I pretty much immediately was attracted to him in a way that I'd not experienced before," Stronko told The Times. |
The next day, they met up for crepes and visited a bookstore. Within a few weeks, they were spending nearly every day with each other. |
Thanks for reading. I'll be back tomorrow. — Soumya |
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