The search for 15-year-old Sierra Lamar, a sophomore at Sobrato High School, continues today. Lamar was last seen on Friday "when she left her home near the intersection of Dougherty and Palm avenues, west of Monterey Highway, according to sheriff's officials. Sierra did not show up for school and was reported missing when she did not come home." more ›

Police issued an Amber Alert this morning for a missing 11-year-old San Jose girl. Her name is Taylor Vo (Asian, 5'3") and she was taken at around 1:15 a.m. Friday. Police describe the suspect as Tri Le, 42 y/o, Asian male, 5'6". He has black hair and brown eyes and "was last seen wearing a black cap, black jacket and blue jeans. more ›

The San Francisco is asking for the public's help to retrieve a reportedly stolen squirrel monkey. "This morning zoo staff discovered a 17-year-old male squirrel monkey, 'Banana-Sam,' was missing from an exhibit that had been breached by vandals," reports BCN. "Banana-Sam weighs approximately 2 pounds and is more than a foot tall." more ›

Sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, someone stole the Harvey Milk plaque just outside the Castro Street Muni station. SFist talked to District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener who told us, "All of the sudden it wasn't there anymore." Making it more remarkable, the plaque (which dates back to the '90s) was "bolted in cement." The brazen act of thievery might also provide his district with an "opportunity to redo the overall area...possibly with some public artwork." more ›

San Francisco police investigators are searching for Mark Marvin, 39, who was last seen leaving his home near Divisadero and Waller at around 4 p.m. on October 6th. He has not been in contact with anyone since. His vehicle was found at Baker Beach on Sunday. more ›

An statewide amber alert was issued Friday morning. A four-year-old white boy was snatched in Atascadero. Officials said was kidnapped from a church. He is described as a white male, 3' 6", 33 lbs. with brown hair and brown eyes. The suspect, Annette Hale, is described as a 52-year-old Hispanic female, somewhere around 5' 4", 200 lbs. with brown hair and eyes. more ›

California Highway Patrol confirmed on Wednesday that there was evidence that 15-year-old missing Danville teen, Allison Bayliss, committed suicide. Allison had been reported missing on Monday when her family found her bike parked near the Golden Gate Bridge. more ›

15-year-old Allison Bayliss of Danville was last seen Monday morning riding to San Ramon Valley High School. Her bike was found near the Golden Gate Bridge. SF Appeal reports: "At about 4:45 a.m. today, Bayliss' family informed authorities that they had found Allison's bike in the Battery East parking lot, just to the east of the bridge on the San Francisco side." A search is now underway for the missing teen. more ›

The San Francisco Police Department is asking for help in finding Keu Thang, 89, an at-risk elderly woman, who went missing on Saturday evening at about 7 p.m. Thang suffers from medical and mental disabilities that require medical attention and may be in the early stages of dementia, police officials said. She also takes medication for high blood pressure. more ›

SFPD are asking for help in the search of 73-year-old Kenneth Chin, who suffers from dementia. According to KTVU, Chin was escorted by caregivers at his Richmond District assisted living home, Nacario Care Home, onto a bus on Thursday, which took him to a senior center for the day, but he never came back. more ›

Last week, a unidentified woman stole one of Larry “Vincent” Garrison's naked lady paintings from the Homestead. As a lesser Full House daughter once famously quipped, how rude. more ›

Oh dear. A 12-year-old Oakland girl who showed up at Oakland Children's Hospital on Sunday "after disappearing for several days admitted to authorities that she lied about being sexually assaulted." According to KTVU, she was last seen leaving Frick Middle School in Oakland on Thursday. "She told police Sunday that she took a bus to a San Leandro home and that she was sexually assaulted by two adult men." After further questioning and heaps of inconsistencies, police say the girl admitted to making up the yarn. Apparently, she was "at someone's house" the entire time. [KTVU] more ›

Am statewide Amber Alert has been issued for a 13-year-old girl abducted from her San Bernadino County early Sunday morning. According to BCN, (via SF Appeal), Miranda Hemphill was taken from her Victorville home around 2 a.m. by a 22-year-old man (pictured here) "who her father says befriended her over the internet." more ›

Police ned your help finding a man who went missing from his home on Saturday. "Salvador Ceja, 77, apparently walked away from a residence on the 100 block of Schwerin Street at about 8:45 a.m. Saturday," reports BCN (via SF Appeal). more ›

The San Francisco Police Department have released an alert seeking help finding 82-year-old Nollie Cooley, who was last seen leaving the 1400 block of Thomas Ave on August 20th at about 7 p.m. and has not returned. Cooley has insulin-dependent diabetes but no other known medical or psychological issues. more ›

SFPD have put out an alert regarding a missing fourteen-year-old girl named Tiffany Alvarez, who has been in contact through MySpace for the past three or four months with a man who goes by "Gino". "Gino" is thought to be in his 30's and has described himself as 6'0" with dark hair, dark eyes, a big nose, and light complexion. more ›

Mercury News, SF Weekly, and SF Examiner have already covered it. But just in case: San Francisco police are on the hunt for a missing teen girl who is suicidal. Her details: Caitlin McMahon, 5'03", 130 lbs, green eyes, brown hair, white, 15 y/o. more ›

Oakland climber Thomas Bennett, 26, was found dead Thursday on Mt. Shasta. Area rangers discovered his body inside a snow cave "where his friend had left him before going for help." CBS 5 reports, "Rescuers had been trying to reach Bennett since his climbing partner Mark Thomas, 26, of Berkeley, called 911 on Sunday to report that Bennett had collapsed near the summit." His body was air-lifted off the 14,126-foot mountain near the California-Oregon border. more ›

Three women, ages 37, 77 and 34, have disappeared since January 10. The locations are "approximately 60 miles apart if you take Highway 1 straight up from Pt. Reyes to Calzadero." Sleuth Beth Spotswood has a theory that this might be the work of a serial killer. Which, of course, we hope isn't the case. more ›

A $75,000 reward is being offered in the Hasanni Campbell case, which, according to CBS 5, will "hopefully bring some fresh leads to the case." more ›

The dainty gents at Mission Mission have word that this dog, at left, is missing. This dog, named Chirpa, is tiny and cute -- two of SFist's favorite things. And worse, he might have been stolen. more ›

According to the red, scary box on CBS 5, "The foster father of missing Fremont boy Hasanni Campbell will not be charged in his disappearance because of insufficient evidence, according to the district attorney." If you recall, Louis Ross, 38, was arrested on Friday, suspected by police of killing five-year-old Hasanni Campbell, who went missing in mid-August. This recent decision comes a day after Campbell's foster mother, Jennifer Campbell, was temporarily cleared of charges. more ›

And now for some even more depressing news. SFAppeal has word that Louis Ross and Jennifer Campbell, the foster parents of 5-year-old Hasanni Campbell who went missing earlier this month, have been arrested for murder. "Jennifer Campbell, Hasanni's aunt, is in custody in Oakland, while Ross has been arrested and is en route to the city," according to Officer Jeff Thomason. more ›

Yesterday, a woman walked into the Concord Police Department claiming to be Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was kidnapped in 1991 in Lake Tahoe. Dugard, now 29, "was last seen on June 10, 1991 as she was walking to a bus stop in South Lake Tahoe." As her mother Carl Probyn "looked on from the family’s driveway two blocks away, a gray sedan pulled up and someone yanked Jaycee into the car and sped off." Two people have since been arrested in connection with her dissappearence. According to the Chronicle Probyn, 60, said, "I gave up hope for 18 years, just went into recovery mode. I thought it would be nice just to recover her and capture the people and find out why they did this," said Probyn. "Now, I just won the lotto. It's just unbelievable. This is going to be a great day today." Probyn is en route from Orange County Riverside to reunite with her daughter. more ›

The father of five-year-old Hassani Campbell, the boy who went missing from a parking lot in Oakland’s Rockridge district last week, failed a FBI lie detector test. KTVU has word that "[l]aw enforcement sources have confirmed...that [Louis] Ross failed a polygraph test given by the FBI last week," even though he told KTVU, during an interview, that he answered all questions honestly. KTVU goes on to say that police have searched Campbell's Fremont home, looking for "biological evidence belonging to Hasanni, and a sword or cutting instrument." Evidence also suggests that it's "unlikely Hasanni wandered off." Anyway, people with information on the case are urged to call the Oakland Police Department or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572 or 510-777-3211. more ›

FBI agents armed with search dogs have joined the effort to help find Hasanni Campbell, the five-year-old boy who went missing in Rockridge on Monday afternoon. According to the Oakland Tribune, "Louis Ross, the child's foster father, said he left the boy...outside his newer-model BMW in the back parking lot of Shuz, a shoe store in the 6000 block of College Avenue, about 4:15 p.m." on Monday. When the foster father returned from the store, the boy, who has cerebral palsy and uses leg braces, was gone. He either took off on foot (which is unlikely) or was taken from the parking lot. more ›

We know it's a bit out of SFist's jurisdiction, but, well, anything to help out a child in need. Her son too. See, a 15-year-old Vacaville girl and her young son, 2, are missing. Alicia and Alexander Cunningham, according to , "were last seen Thursday" and "probably in the Vacaville or Fairfield area and could be staying with friends." But no one, like her family or friends, has heard from her. If you've seen or know the whereabouts of Alicia and her son -- she is "African American and white - and has black hair and brown eyes...5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs about 200 pounds" -- call the Vacaville police at 707-449-5200. more ›

We came across this post on Facebook (published 13 hours ago), about a missing Marin girl: "INDIA CLOUD WAS SEEN 45min AGO ON HAIGHT ST NEAR AMOEBA IN SAN FRANCISCO!!!!! She has moved but can't have gone far. She was reported alone..." more ›

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a 26-foot sailing vessel captained 39-year-old Sean Haggerty, who is reportedly lost at sea. His boat, christened the "Sea Hag," was supposed took off from the San Francisco area, traveling along the coast, "stopping at various ports and coastal islands before arriving in San Diego." On Wednesday, he called his friends to tell them that neither his engine nor GPS were working. He has not been heard from since. Anyone with info about the Sea Hag's whereabouts should call the nearest Coast Guard station or the Eleventh District Command Center at 510-437-3701. UPDATE: Haggerty was found Sunday evening 46 miles southwest of San Diego. He is in good condition. more ›

The U.S. Coast Guard is looking for a 17-year-old boy who has been reported missing in the water near Davenport Beach early Monday morning. According to officer Nicholas Lajoie, the boy "[t]he boy was with a friend in the water when he tripped and fell." (Brrrrr.) The teen was reported missing at around 4:15 a.m. This comes on the heels of a 30-year-old Santa Clara man who drowned while kite-surfing at Poplar Beach in Half Moon Bay on Sunday afternoon. more ›