A young teen, who got lost from her tourist group, was assaulted behind some bushes in Fishermen's Wharf Tuesday night. According to reports, the victim got separated from her tourist group at around 2 a.m. During a search, police found the girl with the suspect on North Point between Taylor and Mason. more ›

Although he's still got a long struggle in front of him, congratulations are in order for Bryan Stow and family. According to his physicians, the assaulted Giants Fan has been making "dramatic progress" in the past month and he was released from San Francisco General Hospital this afternoon. Despite all that progress, Stow isn't heading home just yet — he'll be heading to a rehabilitation facility where he can continue working towards being able to walk on his own. more ›

A 51-year-old man was attacked in the cool Mission district last night. He "clings to life" at SF General after getting stabbed in the chest and slashed on the shoulder. more ›

Bryan Stow, the victim of a brutal assault at Dodger Stadium on opening day, saw the great outdoors for the first time in six months yesterday. Stow, who has been slowly recovering from brain damage, a medically induced coma and infections stemming from brain surgery complications has been making steady progress after doctors inserted a shunt to relieve the pressure on his brain a few weeks ago. The most recent milestone comes to us by way of the Stow family's blog, where they delivered the heartwarming moment: more ›

Over on the 200 block of Lobos Street, a man was walking home from work Wednesday night when he was forced into a van. According to SF Appeal, the suspects then drove him around and "demanded money from him and punched him in the face several times." After giving the cretins his wallet, they dropped him off at Capitol Avenue and Minerva Street. more ›

A 27-year-old man was mugged and assaulted while walking along Mission between 16th and 17th Streets on Wednesday night. The victim "was walking along the street when a suspect approached and demanded his property. The suspect then took out a knife and slashed the victim in the side before taking his cellphone and cash and running away," reports SF Appeal. more ›

Jonathan and Luis Baez, two brothers from Holyoke, Massachusetts, were arrested late Wednesday after assaulting a pilot on a flight bound for San Francisco. En route American Airlines Flight 1755, a flight attendant noticed Jonathan sleeping during takeoff sans his seat belt fastened. "Unresponsive and appear[ing] to be intoxicated or on drugs," the pilot then returned to the gate and confronted the passenger, which is when things got ugly. more ›

The ever-vigilante gossip mongers at TMZ have dug up another piece of evidence connected to the assault of Giants fan Bryan Stow on opening day at Dodger Stadium. In a grainy video posted late last night (and embedded below), Stow can be seen having some words with a Dodger fan in the stands at Chavez Ravine. TMZ is calling the confrontation a "verbal altercation", but in the video Stow seems to be indicating that the conversation was one-sided. The intimidating Dodger fan in this instance is not Giovanni Ramirez, the suspect currently being held on suspicion of assaulting Stow in the parking lot after the game and leaving him with a life-threatening skull fracture. more ›

A San Francisco Superior Court Judge has dismissed the felony hate crime charges brought against two men accused of assaulting a 20-year-old transgender woman at the 16th and Mission BART Plaza back in April. The witness who told reporters she heard one of the fleeing assailants say, "Oh, I hate men dressed up as women", delivered the same testimony before the court during a preliminary hearing yesterday, but Judge Bruce Chan ruled that two suspects will only stand trial for assault, second-degree robbery and violating the victim's civil rights reports KTVU. District Attorney Gascón, who disagreed with the judge's ruling, also gathered reporters for a brief conference this morning. more ›

As the Examiner reports today, assault cases against Muni drivers have shot up this year. In April alone, ten cases of assault against operators were reported. Or if you prefer to look at it another way: on average, there's not a week that goes by without two Muni drivers getting attacked on the job. Speaking for the operator's union, Secretary-Treasurer Walter Scott lays the blame squarely on the shoulders of the media: more ›

Giovanni Ramirez, the 31-year-old parolee arrested Sunday for allegedly taking part in the attack that left Giants fan Bryan Stow in a coma, is now claiming he has three witnesses ready to tell the court that he was in his apartment on opening day and nowhere near Chavez Ravine. TMZ, with it's many slimy fingers around Los Angeles, scooped the info from Ramirez' lawyer. Ramirez' arrest came after his parole officer noticed a resemblance to the suspect sketches posted all over town. According to the Examiner, Ramirez' record includes attempted robbery and possession of "composite or hard wooden knuckles". He's also had a few other assault and drug-related charges dismissed, so he's not exactly a model citizen. more ›

(Via Lindsay William-Ross / LAist) Following Sunday morning's arrest of Giovanni Ramirez, the prime suspect in the Bryan Stow Dodger Stadium beating investigation, the Los Angeles Police Department have provided details about the attack and at least one suspect who remains at large. more ›

News broke in Los Angeles this morning that an LAPD SWAT Team surrounded an East Hollywood apartment building and arrested one of the men suspected of attacking Giants fan Bryan Stow on opening day at Dodger Stadium back in March. According to the LA Times, neighbors watched as a bald, tattooed man matching descriptions and sketches previously released by authorities was removed from the apartment. The suspect did not appear to be resisting arrest. more ›

During the annual ode of marijuana at 4:20 on 4/20/2011 in Golden Gate Park, hordes of stoners gathered at Sharon Meadow to partake in some kind bud. But the party turned sour after one woman was attacked during a seating area dispute. "A 47-year-old woman was bashed over the head with a portable radio and threatened to be killed in a dispute with two other women over space to sit at a National Marijuana Day celebration in Golden Gate Park Wednesday," reports The Examiner. The assailant's friend then threatened to kill her. Charming. Later in the day, a 24-year-old Citrus Heights woman was arrested for making felony threats against the victim. The basher escaped on foot. [Ex] more ›

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Egads. Two men beat up a woman on Broadway early this morning. SF Appeal has more details: "Two men, driving eastbound on Broadway, near Battery, reportedly hit a woman. The men then exited the vehicle and reportedly punched the woman in the head six times." Fortunately, police arrested the suspects. her injuries were non-life threatening. more ›

Haight/Assault: Egads, how gruesome. Early Sunday morning around 2:30 a.m.-ish, an assault occurred near the intersection of Waller and Webster. William Valentine, 42, was arrested for attacking someone he allegedly knew. According to BCN (via CBS 5), here's how it went down: more ›

On Saturday night, according to CBS 5, "a number 9 San Bruno bus driver was pulled off his bus and attacked," sending the driver to the hospital. He was treated for a minor cut. The incident occurred "around 5 p.m. near the intersection of San Bruno Avenue and Somerset Street." While no arrests have been made, surveillance video (to our surprise) was turned over to SFPD for further investigation. ( more ›

Napa District Attorney Gary Lieberstein announced today that Raiders coach Tom Cable will not be charged in the alleged beating and choking of his assistant. If you recall, after a scuffle at the Oakland team training camp headquarters back on August 5, "Hansen alleged Cable broke his jaw in a fistfight and threatened to 'kill me.'" (via Lieberman) more ›

Ryan Caskey, 21, a politics major and cadet in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at University of San Francisco, stands accused of raping four students over the last few months. more ›

The fuzz are looking for two creeps who assaulted a man and a woman at a Willie Nelson concert on Jan. 20 at the Fillmore. The incident happened at 11pm at the venue. According to reports, "the female suspect allegedly threw a woman to the floor, causing a head injury [and] the male suspect punched the male victim, causing him to fall down stairs and suffer a major head injury. The male victim was taken to a hospital where he remains." more ›

A cherished, brilliant SFist commenter, whose name will private unless told otherwise, was assaulted with a deadly weapon at a busy intersection in North Beach last week. He told SFist the following. more ›

New cellphone footage of the night of Oscar Grant's murder has surfaced. What does it show? It seems, according to reports, a second BART officer, not Johannes Mehserle, can be seen assaulting a suspect moments before Grant's shooting death. In the footage, the officer, named Tony Pirone, goes over to one of the New Year's Day men who was sitting on the ground and clocks him square in the face. KTVU had this to say after viewing the footage: more ›

At around 4 a.m. on Christmas morning, five teenagers beat and kicked a man at 25th and Mission streets. According to KCBS, the victim allegedly said something to aggravate the five teenage suspects, "who then followed the man to the intersection of Mission and 20th streets before throwing him to the ground and attacking him." (Group of teenage boys = scary. Which is why you should carry pepper spray, folks. A convergence of hormones, zits, and skidmarks is a Molotov cocktail waiting to blow.) The victim is being treated for life threatening injuries. No arrests, to no one's surprise, have been made. more ›

Seven youths and one 18-year-old, Duc Truong, were arrested yesterday in connection with several assaults on other juveniles in the San Francisco's Richmond and Taraval hoods over the last few weeks. All of them are thought to be a part of some sort of "Chinese gang" gaily called the "True Brothers" gang. It seems "five attacks took place over the past two months and involved the suspects attacking the victims with baseball bats and knives." Do you know anything about this very real order of fraternity? Then please call SFPD's anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444 now. Also, this brings up a critical question, who would win in a fight: True Brothers or Sureños? Our money is on the latter. (CBS 5) more ›

"Simon Blint, Director of Visitor Relations at the SFMOMA is a first rate asshole." more ›

Wide receiver Javon Walker of the Oakland Raiders was severely beaten, robbed, and left in a daze after a night of heavy partying in Las Vegas. Stripped of "large amounts of cash" and some jewelry, the football player was, it seems, blowing off some steam at such sexily-titled Sin City clubs as Tryst and Body English. According to the esteemed TMZ Walker was last seen "spraying pink champagne into the crowd" over at Body English. ("Sprayed Out Before He Got Laid Out," declares TMZ! Also: God, we thank you for bestowing TMZ and Harvey Levin upon us. Amen.) more ›

Dublin general practitioner Dr. Tony Shiu -- who was accused of photographing and molesting his patients while they were under anesthesia -- was arrested yesterday. Shiu had been living in Taiwan ever since he hightailed it out of the state after two male patients came forward saying that he raped them while they were konked out. SJ Merc reports: more ›

Anonymous' protests just get more and more exciting. So much so that SFist will start every Monday morning with a weekend protest review. Mind-numbingly brilliant title TK. more ›