We're starting to run out of ways to introduce these stories about the murder count in SF, so we're going with a clip of "Miss Murder" by AFI, above.
So here's the latest: Two more bodies were found today. One person was found shot to death in the head around 9:30 last night near Monster Park, and this morning, a woman walking in Golden Gate Park saw a dead body in a grove of eucalyptus trees. The Golden Gate Park victim appeared to be a homeless person and the scene was described as "kind of a mess," in an earlier SFGate news story whose link we cannot find now. (Here's our commenters discussing it too.)
Meanwhile, remember the Canadian Navy lieutenant killed by a hit-and-run driver by the Ferry Building a few weeks ago? The cops have a description of the car: a late 80s-model silver or gray, four-door Benz. which should have extensive damage on the left front and passenger door side. The accident took place around 1:50 a.m. on August 18. and the mayor's office is offering a $10,000 reward for info -- so if you have any, call SFPD Inspector Jim Custer at (415) 553-9516 or Inspector Dean Taylor at (415) 575-4444.



Why don't you just start every post with a great fat picture of Gavin? He is, after all, the executive of this city and he is, after all, still the guy who promised in his last campaign to lower the homicide rate.
Don't ever link to AFI ever again.
What, nothing on the California College of the Arts bomb threats?
Yesterday was the first day of school, and a bunch of classes were cancelled in Oakland due to a bomb threat. Then the same thing happened today in San Francisco.
No bomb was found either day, but schools pretty much have to treat these things seriously these days.
I pay a lot of money to go to CCA, and I would love to get my hands on the creep who did this.
I guess Newsom is SERIOUS about getting rid of the homeless in GG Park.
great article in the chronicle today about how a perpetual car thief and smash and grab specialist finally got what was coming to him:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/06/MNC5RR0E0.DTL
it's the feel good story of the day!