An unlicensed cosmetologist was sentenced to four years in prison Monday after a woman died undergoing an illegal silicone butt injection procedure in a Burlingame hotel in 2023.

On April 19, 2023, Christina Gourkani and her fiancee met with Vivian Gomez, a Florida resident who operated an unlicensed cosmetology business. Gourkani was a lookalike of Kim Kardashian and had an online following.

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.