SFist Blotter

Yet another pedestrian hit by yet another MUNI bus in the Richmond -- this time, the 1 California at 22nd Ave. Plus, Caltrain hit a car this morning too.

More murder counts for the SF Crime Blog -- a man was shot to death in the Bayview, at Innes and Mendell. This is murder number 69 for the year, and you'll be unsurprised to hear that the cops have no leads. Hey, SF Crime Blog, we don't suppose it'd be possible to maybe do a list of the murders for last year so we could compare how we're doing, or maybe indicate which murders have been solved by the SFPD, would it? (Yeah, we feel a little bad being all like, "do more!" when we haven't done nothing ourselves, but your blog is just such a great resource is all we're saying!)

And they're bumming in San Jose -- they're at risk of losing the title of "Safest Big City in America," because of a rash of car thefts in 2006 (a 25% increase from 2005). Their murder rate stayed about the same (26 murders lin 2005, 29 in 2006), while the rape rate decreased. Their mayor totally had the right response, which was "While the title is significant, I'm more concerned about the jump in auto thefts and property crime." Safest Big City prognosticators say the title's probably going to go to Honolulu this year as a result. The FBI is expected to announce 2006's winner some time in October.