Bayview / Stabbing: A 21-year-old woman was stabbed multiple times in broad daylight near the intersection of Third Street and Oakdale Avenue on Saturday afternoon. Her injuries are considered to be non-life-threatening. No arrests have been made. [KTVU] more ›

Excelsior / Attempted Robbery: Always the bearer of the best crime stories, the Examiner's Mike Aldax today tells us about the victim of an attempted robbery on Friday who despite a beating, a ripped off shirt, and multiple attempts by two thugs to take his wallet, would not let the shit go. They even put a gun to his head, but nope. They fled the scene, he kept his wallet. We might have given it to them, but then we're not HARD CORE. [Examiner] more ›

Union Square / Stabbing: A man was stabbed and seriously wounded by a 20-year-old Hispanic assailant on Stockton Street yesterday, following the jubilations of the city after the Giants' victory parade. The incident happened at 9:30 p.m. and the victim's identity and current condition is unknown. The suspect is still at large. [Examiner] more ›

Mission / Shooting: Just after midnight last night, a man was shot three times at the corner of South Van Ness and 26th. Two suspects were seen fleeing the scene in a two-door Pontiac, and police later detained them. They are still being held for questioning. The victim's injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening. [SF Appeal] more ›

Mission / Stabbing: A fight broke out at the door of a residence at 18th & Capp on Saturday evening that resulted in a stabbing. Someone was arrested but details are sketchy. As Mission Local reports, "At 6:30 p.m., the puddle of blood outside of 323 Capp Street at 18th Street was still wet, as was the trail of bloody sneaker prints leading away from the doorway." more ›

Bayview / Shooting: Two men have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 57-year-old man that may have occurred during a home invasion robbery. The victim, Dennis Wayne Dixon, argued with the men and was fatally shot, while his 25-year-old son was pistol whipped and is being treated for his injuries. Dixon's niece, 32-year-old Latrice Dixon, describes her uncle as a well loved family man and car salesman, and suspects that the shooters targeted him because he was "flashy" and wore a lot of jewelry. "People are desperate out here for money, and basically you can't have anything of your own," she says. [Chron] more ›

Berkeley / Shooting: A 35-year-old man was shot and killed late Saturday night/early Sunday while walking home from a party with his fiancée. The couple was approached near Adeline and Emerson Streets by two men demanding money at around 3:45 a.m. The man was shot with a handgun and his fiancée was punched in the face. The two assailants fled in a two-tone SUV. [Tribune] more ›

North Oakland / Murder: A woman jealous that her crack-addicted, homeless boyfriend was seeing another woman stabbed him in the neck on August 19, while the two sat in a parked car at San Pablo and Ocean Avenues. Tamara Warren, 39, has two previous strikes for arson and burglary, and could face life in prison. [Chron] more ›

Third Street / Stabbing: Someone was stabbed three times around 10 a.m. this morning during a fight involving about 10 people at the Muni light rail stop at Third and Kirkland. The incident temporarily halted train service. [Examiner] more ›

Robbery: A group of male coworkers who were picnicking together in McLaren Park on Saturday were robbed at gunpoint around 12:20 p.m. Though the place may seem like a nice place for picnicking, it is also near some public housing and apart from this new robbery threat you might just stumble on a severed leg, or worse. [SF Appeal] more ›

SOMA / Car Crash: Two suspects, who were trying to evade arrest last night around 11 p.m. after a police officer tried to pull them over for a mechanical problem with their vehicle, sped through three red lights along Bryant Street before crashing broadside into another car at 5th and Bryant, injuring themselves and the other driver. All are hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, and the drivers of the first vehicle are in custody. more ›

While walking around our neighborhood the other day, we noticed a couple of cop cars outside a residence, with the fuzz scurrying about. Being the nosy, concerned citizens that we are, we immediately went back to our apartment, glanced out the window a couple of times, and scoured the internets for any new news. (Last time we didn't bother to figure out why there were cops around, live grenades were found in a closet of a house three blocks away. Yikes.) more ›

murders taking place this weekend. Two parents were shot in front of their children on Friday night in Mission Terrace (the five-year-old knocked on doors in the neighborhood until someone came out to help), a man killed his wife and then himself in the Excelsior, and then two men were killed in the Lower Haight Saturday night. We think that count doesn't include the two burned bodies they found this week too -- one woman's body was found Friday afternoon on a pier near Monster Park, and another body was found in a burning building in the Bayview on Wednesday night. (Readers, let us know in the comments if the count includes those two now as well.) more ›

So many crime stories of note today that we're running an off-cycle SFist Blotter! more ›

Folks, you've just gotta learn to let it go: today's fourth-runner-up in the Great SFist Blotter Crime News Gathering (i.e., a frantic search of all the area news sites to find something interesting and not too morbid for your Tuesday or Friday am light reading) was the man found mysteriously dead at home. As it started out, Donald Frailey, a 66-year-old man in Woodside, had called 911 yesterday to report a beating and carjacking. When the cops raced to his house, he was already dead. However, he had no blood or bruising on his body. Weird! We were like, "OMG, this is just like the beginning of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! He was Avada Kedavraed! Lord You-Know-Who walks the earth again!" Then we found the story about the San Mateo woman with Alzheimers and put her in today's blotter instead. So later this morning, the Woodside cops announce that they've figured it out. Turns out Frailey had been involved in a road rage incident earlier that morning. A guy driving behind him (who he knew) was trying to pass him on Skyline Blvd., and Frailey kept speeding up. After the other driver cut in front, he claims Frailey then tailgated him. They pulled over, words were exchanged, and then the other driver grabbed Frailey's keys and threw them in the bushes. The electrician hasn't been charged with any crime (yet). The police think Frailey must have then walked the three miles home, and suffered a heart attack from the stress. Poignantly, the cops found a spare car key underneath the chair on which they found Frailey's body slumped. Well, on the bright side, at least it's not Lord You-Know-Who. Picture from Autobytel.com more ›

See Sudden Fear tonight at the Balboa's Reel SF film festival! Someone's killing pets in San Jose: neighborhood residents in Willow Glen had been getting -- and ignoring -- increasingly-threatening notes complaining about various pets over the past seven years -- until a King Charles spaniel named Jackson was killed last week. Jackson's owner had received two notes complaining about barking a few years ago, and then came home to find that Jackson had been poisoned with antifreeze. Another neighborhood resident's cat had been found killed seven years ago, with a note on its collar saying, "I warned you about your cat." Police are saying it's probably just a weird coincidence that a woman was murdered early Sunday morning in the Western Addition at Eddy and Divisadero was killed a few blocks away from where her father was killed two months ago. Man, you don't want two members of your family featured in the SFist Blotter! And a Pittsburg police officer shot in the line of duty over the weekend has died. His family is donating his organs. more ›

Afternoon shows at the Bottom of the Hill, like Saturday's Earlimart Noise Pop show, are so excellent -- the buses are running, the sun is out, you don't have to worry the whole time that you'll become a poignant entry on the SFist Blotter ("Ladyfest becomes Slay-dee-fest as music lover is killed: Victim loved jangly guitar-driven pop") -- and, if you're fortunate enough to run into SFist Emily on the way in, you can grab a coffee at Farley's and hear about her interview with them! Well, we did almost get mowed down by some aggressive sparrows (it was like The Birds, only embarrassing), but it was a great afternoon. Earlimart is a Fresno band with five members, many of whom rotate through various instruments (it is darn cool to have two drum sets on stage, can we just say?), who crank it up and play dreamy wall-of-sound indie rock, in that My Bloody Valentine/ Creeper Lagoon/ Dealership kind of way. This is Earlimart's fourth or fifth Noise Pop outing, but, as lead singer Isaac Espinoza noted, with a tone of genuine amazement, "This is our first time headlining." The show was jam-packed full, with not only the usual coterie of Bay Area indie scenesters (ironic t-shirts, layering with hoodies), but Earlimart's other mass following of LA Silverlake scenesters too (exposed midriffs, jean jackets with shearling linings). People solemnly shaking their moneymakers, digital cameras artfully tilting above the crowd, and a whole mess of instruments, after the jump. Map of Earlimart, California off mapquest.com more ›