Eighth grader Heriberto Reyes passed away Monday afternoon after a brutal attack by a group of violent youths in San Jose's Roosevelt Park left him in critical condition Friday night. The park, which is both a popular hangout and known gang territory was reportedly packed with witnesses when the massive altercation broke out Friday evening, but police have yet to name any suspects in the homicide. more ›

Teenagers. They are horrible, hormone-rattled creature who want to cause harm. Take, for example, an alleged mugging that recently occurred in the city's Mission District. The Fog Bender reports (via Mission Mission) that, while passing through Clarion Alley the other night en route home, three teenagers assaulted and attempted to rob the noted blogger. Not cool. He writes: more ›

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 ›

Over in Massachusetts, authorities are warning girls that someone is stealing their "fully-clothed" photos from Facebook and placing them on an x-rated site. The incident happened to 17 girls at Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School in Charlton, Mass, reports CBS. The porn site in question, possibly based in another country, was already shut down once. more ›

"I'm sure there's a Shit Someone Says video out there you haven't seen yet, but why not skip it and watch this surprisingly moving It Gets Better video from the SFPD," notes SF Appeal's Eve Batey, who first reported on the video. And she's right. The video, just released today by the San Francisco Police Department, showcases several queer officers telling their stories of growing up as gay youths. It's quite touching. more ›

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 ›

A teen from Suisun City admitted to authorities that she lied about being abducted to get attention from her family. Christina Almanza, who was reported missing Thursday afternoon, claimed "she was being held hostage, possibly with other females, in a basement and that one female might have been killed." But is it really that bad? Weren't we all raised with sitcoms that employed the use of fake kidnappings in order to get mom and dad back together? Or something like that? She's just a teenager. A stupid teenager. Like all teenagers. (We're on your side, Christina. We are. However, the part about telling your parents that you're being held by sex traffickers was downright horrific? You don't do that to you parents, no matter what your batshit hormones and mushy teenage brain tell you.) more ›

We stuck this in Blotter, but it deserves your undivided attention. A 14-year-old boy sits in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being stabbed this morning in the Mission District. The incident occurred at 24th and Mission early this morning. "The victim was walking when a suspect approached and stabbed him twice in the shoulder and bicep," reports BCN (via SF Appeal). "The suspect then told the victim to run away before fleeing on foot." more ›

At around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Brookdale Avenue and Santos Street, near the Cow Palace, two young folks, ages 15 and 19, were robbed on a Muni bus. According to BCN (via SF Appeal), "The two teens...were on the bus when the suspect approached and took an iPod from the 15-year-old," which is when the suspect, described as being a man in his 20s, exited the bus. The two women followed the suspect, with the eldest trying to call the police, until "the suspect grabbed her phone and then ran away." more ›

On Saturday night, three white males described as being in their "mid-teens" attacked a 52-year-old Santa Barbara man with a baseball bat near Market and Sanchez in the Duboce Triangle. The teens, who yelled homophobic slurs at the victim during the attack, fled with the man's keys and had not been found as of Monday evening. more ›

On Saturday night near Heron and Eighth streets in SOMA, a 16-year-old boy was shot. The teen was rushed to a nearby hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries. An unidentified 20-year-old man was arrested in connection with the shooting. 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 ›

After discovering the body of 16-year-old Andy Zeng early Sunday morning in response to a suicide call, San Francisco police arrested a teen for murder. "Authorities found Zeng, of San Francisco, deceased in a home in the 2100 block of Queseda Avenue, just south of Interstate Highway 280, at around 4:30 a.m. Cops were called to the home after someone reported a suicide," reports The Examiner. Although police "suspect foul play," as well as the involvement of other suspects, they have yet to name a motive. [Ex] more ›

The 19-year-old man shot by teens getting off the 44 O'Shaughnessy on Thursday is expected to survive. If you recall, young men, described as being between 13 and 15 years old, got off of the bus and began firing at the victim. He was hit several times in the torso. more ›

An 18-year-old 19-year-old man was shot by a group of teens getting off a Muni bus in the city's janky Bayview district this morning. "The shooting was reported at 8:02 a.m. near the intersection of Palou Avenue and Newhall Street," reports KTVU. "The suspects, described as boys between 13 and 15 years old, got off of a Muni bus and began firing at the victim." According to the Examiner, the hooligans "hopped off a 44 O'Shaughnessy bus and began shooting." more ›

It's been confirmed that the Windsor teen who recklessly jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge yesterday and into the threads of countless Internet memes "did it for kicks," according to Frederic Lecouturier, 45, of San Rafael, the surfer who saved his life. more ›

Mission Mission brings our attention to a group of Mission locals who plan on brining seminal '90s flick Clueless, a brilliant Beverly Hills version of Jane Austin's Emma, to the stage. This could very well be the greatest thing hit the floorboards, ever. Appropriately enough, it's called As If!. The show's creators describe the project thusly: more ›

SF Weekly has some jarring jogging news that went down on Sunday. Behold: more ›

A young man was shot during a heated debate with other lads over in the city's Fillmore District. "Police found one victim—a teenage black male—with a gunshot wound to his lower extremities, notes BCN. "The victim had apparently been involved in a verbal argument with four or five other black teenage males when one of the teenagers pulled a gun and shot the victim." No arrests have been made. [CBS 5] more ›

A mischievous San Mateo teen tried and failed multiple times to extort local drivers by impersonating a police officer and threatening them with speeding tickets. 19 year old Alex Grabovetsky used a siren and flashing red lights mounted on his mother's teal pickup truck to pull over drivers in Millbrae and on the 101 near SFO in early December. more ›

Egads, this sure sounds scary: a 14-year-old boy was allegedly kidnapped in the Haight last night, robbed, and then dropped off in Oakland. more ›

Holland Reynolds, a 16-year old cross country star and captain of her team at University High School in San Francisco collapsed just short of a second-place finish in last Saturday's state championship meet in Fresno. The heartwarming part is how she pulled together enough strength to crawl across the finish line and ensure that her coach, who was recently diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, would capture a record eight state championship titles. There, who says kids these days are all self-absorbed? more ›

On Skyline Boulevard in San Mateo County on Sunday, three motorcyclists were shot with pellet guns. Facing blame are a pair of teens -- scary teens! -- "accused of using the motorists for target practice." The two boys had "allegedly been shooting at birds in the area and decided to take aim at drivers from behind a row of trees." The motorized cyclists will be fine. No word yet if the kids will face charges. [CBS 5] more ›

While this video featuring Fort Worth, Texas city councilman Joel Burns discussing gay teen suicide has rocked the nation accordingly, we can barely watch the entire thing. (Your editor hasn't attended countless happy hours since turning 17 21 so that he could be reminded of the K-12 years, thank you.) It's pretty brutal. But necessary. It will make you cry. more ›

What with columnist Dan Savage and Stop8.org founder Matt Baume bringing teen suicide to light recently, there will be a rally today at City Hall, followed by a march to the Castro. Here are the details: more ›

Astounding human being Matt Baume (freelance journalist, Stop8.org founder, and former SFIst editor) produced this film in response to Dan Savage's "It Gets Better," a project about reaching out to those young people within small-minded communities and families and reminding them that there's world out there beyond their shitty lives. It was films in the Presidio and Castro on Sunday. (Side note: your current SFist editor can be seen in the Castro footage for a mere split second. We were mercifully from cut from most of the film, presumably, due to our morbidly bloated visage brought on by pre-Folsom Street Fair revelry. We're the one sporting a Giants t-shirt and a dizzy expression.) more ›

A manhunt is underway for a felon who allegedly shot and wounded a Fremont undercover police officer outside a liquor store in Oakland this afternoon. According to Oakland Tribune, "After shooting the officer, the gunman fled to a liquor store in the 8600 block of Bancroft Avenue where he carjacked a car after shooting at the driver. The driver was apparently only hit by broken glass. The vehicle the gunman was in was last seen going westbound on Bancroft." more ›

Tia Trashae Powell, 18, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of pimping out a 14-year-old runaway girl. An officer, according to BCN (via KTVU), saw that "Powell and the girl had been exchanging text messages about prostitution on their cell phone." She, along with the teen, were arrested. [BCN] more ›