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CHP probes the deaths of Judith (84) and Wylie Sheldon (86), longtime San Francisco art patrons, whose bodies were found in a running Jeep on the right shoulder of northbound I-5 near Redding amid near-record heat. The cause of death is under investigation but appears medically related. The Sheldons were active in the SF art scene and helped host events for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
The bankrupt San Francisco Art Institute's campus, home to a valuable Diego Rivera mural, has been sold to a nonprofit organization led by philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs for about $30 million. The sale includes the iconic 1931 mural, valued at $50 million, which will remain in a viewing room. The campus will be repurposed to house an unaccredited institution with a residency program for artists, aiming to support the art community and create a center for the community around art. The purchase is seen as a positive development for San Francisco's arts and culture scene, providing hope for the city's recovery.