Did you guys read the story of the San Francisco couple that were supposedly fined for parking in their own driveway.

I remember reading that story days ago on KGO’s website. But now, it appears that the reporting on the story was a bit misleading.

The original headline that set off an aggregation firestorm? “SF couple gets $1,500 fine for parking in their driveway despite doing so for nearly 40 years.”

Except … that’s not really what happened.

Also, with KGO reported the news as if it was news, the entire back-and-forth between the couple and the Planning Department took place in early 2021, more than a year ago.

The couple got hit with a warning, not a fine; there was never a fine issued, according to both the Planning Department and the couple, despite the provocative headline in the KGO story.

KGO reported that the couple presented a photo to the Planning Department that would help them get "grandfathered in around the law. But members of the Planning Department don’t recall ever seeing the photo prior to KGO’s report, and the couple has no proof they sent it.

The case was closed in April of 2021 with no fines assessed and the Planning Department removed the code violation.

For some reason in the Summer of 2022, KGO decided to do the story and if you watched, or read it, you likely would have thought this was happening right now, and not over a year ago.

H/T MSN