Police found the vehicle in connection with missing 4-year-old Juliani Cardenas today. "It is not known whether the missing boy, Juliani Cardenas, or the man suspected of abducting him, Jose Esteban Rodriguez, 27, are inside, but the outlook is grim." The search for Cardenas started 10 days ago after his alcoholic, quasi-stepfather snatched him from his grandmother's home. [Chronicle] more ›

A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a Sacramento woman whose body was found burning in a car on Webster and Rose Streets (between Page and Haight) in the Haight on Sunday. "Almon Johnson was arrested in connection with the death of Vanessa Herrera, reports SF Chronicle. "Investigators suspect that Johnson killed Herrera in Sacramento and drove her body to Webster and Rose streets, then set fire to the 2000 Pontiac at 3:15 a.m. Monday." Police refused to comment on how she was killed. [Chron] more ›

A little after 9:30 this morning, a vehicle crashed into a bus shelter in Visitacion Valley at San Bruno and Arleta Avenue. CBS 5 reports, "Four Five people were hurt, and three were transported to local hospitals with life threatening injures." more ›

Early this morning at around 4:30 a.m., a man died after ramming his car into a light pole. The accident occurred at at the intersection of 19th Avenue and Lincoln Way, just south of Golden Gate Park. more ›

The other day, while walking up Monterey Boulevard, we noticed makeshift "Slow Down" signs posted along the street. They're there for a good reason. Today, according to Picasa user Karen, a vehicle going way too fast crashed and flipped over along the heavily-trafficked strip. more ›

At about 4:50 p.m. yesterday in Redwood City, a southbound train collided with a Honda near Whipple Avenue and El Camino Real. KTVU reports, "the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the San Mateo County coroner's office." The train was traveling "approximately 60 mph," so it couldn't stop. The name of the driver has yet to be revealed. No word as to whether or not it was a suicide hit. more ›

You want another car fire? Well, we've got another car fire for you. An auto was set ablaze early this morning outside the Oakland Hills home of UC President Mark Yudof. The fire was started sometime before 2 a.m., and the bomb squad was also called in since it was right across the street from where the UC President lives. No arrests have been made. Yudof's home, as many of you know, has played host to a myriad of protests in the past, most recently due to UC budget cuts. more ›

We came across this curious clip over at Mission Mission. Clearly, this man has to sleep it off. How rude, making the poor soul leave. Perhaps we really are one of the meanest cities around. more ›

The father who left his infant in the car at the El Cerrito Bart station last week will not be charged with a crime. Contra Costa Deputy District Attorney Harold Jewett said Monday, "It was readily apparent from the beginning: It was a tragic accident, and the only real issue was that the father made a terrible mistake -- one he will undoubtedly carry with him for the rest of his life. There was no benefit we can see to issuing a prosecution." more ›

While a gaggle of Girl Scouts were selling cookies in Burlingame on Sunday afternoon -- is it that time of year again already? -- a vehicle accidentally struck them and a few other people, according to police. The collision happened on Chapin Avenue after a 58-year-old man was trying parking his car, accidentally stepping on the gas rather than the brake. He wasn't charged with a crime. According to reports, "[f]ive people were taken to a hospital" and "[a]n 8-year-old girl and her mother are in serious condition at Stanford Medical Center with leg injuries." No other injures were reported. more ›

Car break-in victim's note: "Please do not break me one more time, Thank you"
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Scene at Third and Channel Streets. more ›

Late this morning at around 10:45 a.m., there was a bike-car accident at Fell and Masonic. According SFIst reader Alex, it "seems like a Range Rover hit a bicyclist at the intersection. The fact that this happened after the new signals is just horrid." more ›

Ouch. Is this your car? Our condolences. Yesterday's breezy breezes by DPark seem to have dislodged a branch directly into your rear window. If you need more photos for insurance, let us know -- we've got a bunch. In the mean time, everyone else can busy themselves with feeling smug for not owning this car. more ›

Sam and Janis Adato, whose SoMa drum shop saw a Ford Explorer smash through its front door yesterday morning, are unharmed. Yay! However, some "antique drums were crushed by the sports utility vehicle," according to the Gate. Aw. The accident, we should point out, was not a hit-and-run as first reported, and officers have "no details on the cause of the crash." Drats! Also, do be careful on the streets of SF in your monstrous SUVs, gas addicts. Sheesh. more ›

"If you want to sell your car, call Jeff," said a sign tacked to a Russian Hill phone pole this weekend. There's a phone number attached, but here's what's weird: a little Googling reveals a rogue's gallery attached to that number. According to one page, it's transitional housing on 9th Street. According to another, it's a publisher on Clement. And Google's cache reveals a slew of Craigslist postings for psychics from Albany, Flagstaff, and Anchorage. more ›

Member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) street gang -- considered "one of the most dangerous street gangs in San Francisco" -- Edwin Ramos, 21, of El Sobrante was arrested for last Sunday's road-rage shooting deaths of Tony Bologna and his two sons, Michael and Matthew. more ›

Matthew Bologna, the 16-year-old road rage shooting victim who was alive but in critical condition at San Francisco General Hospital, was taken off life support last night and pronounced dead. This makes the third death in last Sunday's vehicular-anger deaths that took the lives of a father, Anthony Bologna,48, and his two sons. more ›

Early this morning at around 1:10 a.m., an unidentified woman, 36, was shot while waiting in her car at a stop sign on the 1500 block of Shafter Avenue in Bayview. No word yet as to why. more ›

Greg Dewar of NJudahChronicles seems to be everywhere lately. Check out the latest gem he snapped up today over on Duboce and Church. more ›

Citizen SF snapped up this bit of automotive gold. And holy smokes! You'll never guess who was driving this, "The first Lexus LS 460h L hybrid luxury sedan to arrive in San Francisco." more ›

Well, this is jarring. more ›

Update (3:54 p.m.): The entire bridge has been shut down, says Frank Sommerville. Also, someone is trapped inside one of the heavily damaged cars. Head-on collision is Sommerville guess. Yikes. more ›

In the Tenderloin on Saturday night, three men were heatedly arguing in an apartment building over on the 400 block of Jones Street (at Ellis). During the fight, one man died after he suspiciously fell down an elevator shaft, landing on an elevator car several floor sbelow. So far the details are sketchy. Although the deceased is still unidentified (as well as the two men arrested in connection), he's described as being "in his 40s." more ›

Yeah, we could hardly believe the headline ourselves. Do people have no shame? more ›

Karl Rove's (admittedly awesome) Jaguar gets "victimized" with plastic wrap, fake eagles, and "I love Obama" stickers while parked on a private driveway next to the White House's West Wing. more ›