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Day Around the Bay: FBI Seeks New Leads In 2016 Pokemon Go Killing 13%

By Zack Ruskin34%

8/7/2026, 5:33:55 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 5 faulty reasoning types, including Recency Bias, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Negativity Bias, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 14.6% saturation with 44 hits. Analysis detected 133 faulty-reasoning hits from 301 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 22.1% and a BS Rank of 13% (26,800 of 30,584 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 87.60% of the article peer group.

10 years on, the FBI is seeking new leads in the cold-case murder of 20-year-old Calvin Riley, who was killed while playing Pokémon Go at Aquatic Park in San Francisco in August 2016. 
Police had descriptions of two persons of interest and two possible suspect vehicles in the area, but the case remains unsolved and there is a $25,000 reward being offered for information. 
[ NBC Bay Area ] 
The popular Mediterranean fast-casual chain CAVA has confirmed long-awaited plans to expand to the Bay Area. 
A San Jose location in Santana Row is set to open next year with the promise of two additional locations "closer to San Francisco" arriving in the future. 
[ KRON4 ] 
An Alameda man alleged to have sold a fatal dose of fentanyl to an Orinda resident who died from an overdose in 2024 was arrested and charged with murder this week, per the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office. 
[ KPIX ] 
Seven people were killed, including three students, in a shooting at a high school near Bangkok, Thailand on Friday. 
Authorities have identified a 14-year-old student who killed himself following the shooting as their primary suspect. 
[ ABC 7 ] 
Expect your Froot Loops to look a bit different starting in 2027. 
Following similar actions in other countries, Kellogg has pledged to remove artificial dyes from its cereals by the end of the year. 
[ NBC Bay Area ] 
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have agreed to a "NATO-style" defense pact amidst immense regional turmoil that deems an attack against any of the three nations as "an attack against them all." 
[ CNN ] 
Outside Lands is officially underway! 
KRON4 was on the scene as the gates were opening Friday before noon. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 1.1%SFist: 1.3%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.5%SFist: 0.4%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 3.5%SFist: 2.5%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.4%SFist: 0.3%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.5%SFist: 0.4%Framing Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.3%SFist: 0.2%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 1.7%Zack Ruskin: 2.2%SFist: 1.6%Optimism Bias1.7%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 1.4%SFist: 1.1%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 6.3%Zack Ruskin: 3.2%SFist: 5.6%Negativity Bias6.3%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.5%SFist: 0.4%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.9%SFist: 0.7%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.4%SFist: 0.3%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 5.6%SFist: 4.6%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 11.0%Zack Ruskin: 1.7%SFist: 1.7%Recency Bias11.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.4%SFist: 0.3%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.5%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.5%SFist: 0.4%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.4%SFist: 0.3%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.8%SFist: 0.6%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 2.3%SFist: 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.5%SFist: 0.4%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 2.4%SFist: 1.8%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 10.6%Zack Ruskin: 2.8%SFist: 2.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)10.6%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.6%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 13.0%SFist: 9.6%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Zack Ruskin: 0.0%SFist: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 14.6%Zack Ruskin: 1.3%SFist: 1.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…14.6%

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