SF News Sarah Jane Moore, the Unassuming Radical Who Took a Shot at the President In SF, Dies at 95 Sarah Jane Moore, one of two would-be assassins who took aim at President Gerald Ford in the span of three weeks in the summer of 1975, died on Wednesday in a nursing home in Tennessee at the age of 95.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: 22-Year-Old Arrested In Kirk Shooting A 22-year-old Utah man with apparent anti-fascist views has been taken into custody for the murder of Charlie Kirk; a woman found dead in a Napa hotel appears to have taken her own life; and a new park opens on Treasure Island Saturday.
SF Politics Does It Matter That Charlie Kirk Joked About the Attack on Paul Pelosi, Said 'Patriot' Should Bail Out Attacker? The many, many troubling things that right-wing activist Charlie Kirk said in the public spotlight during his brief career are being trotted out online in the immediate aftermath of his horrific assassination, including comments he made about the 2022 hammer attack on Paul Pelosi.
SF News Right-Wing Firebrand Charlie Kirk Fatally Shot During Utah College Speaking Event Charlie Kirk, one of the rising stars in conservative circles who made an appearance just a few months ago at San Francisco State and appeared on Governor Gavin Newsom's podcast, was shot and killed Wednesday while on stage in Utah.
SF News Sunday Links: Trump’s DC Parade Falls Flat as Crowd Leaves Before Speeches Begin, 'Log-Jamming' Exits The gunman in the politically motivated Minnesota assassination is still believed to be in the Midwest; SFPD apprehended a hit-and-run driver during Saturday's No Kings protest; and Trump's military parade was a bit lackluster with attendees leaving early.
SF News Healthcare CEO Shooting Suspect Was Reported Missing In San Francisco This Fall The suspect in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, was thought by his mother to be living in San Francisco earlier this year, though it's not at all clear that he ever did.
SF News Man Arrested In Connection With Healthcare CEO Slaying Spent Time In Bay Area A man whom New York police are describing as a "strong person of interest" in last week's murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been arrested in Pennsylvania and identified as 26-year-old Luigi Mangione.
SF News FBI Files Reveal San Francisco Plot to Assassinate Queen Elizabeth During 1983 Visit Newly released but heavily redacted FBI files reveal that Irish Republican Army members or sympathizers had plans to try to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to California with Prince Philip in 1983.
misc Today in San Francisco History - Tong boss "Little Pete" assassinated in a Chinatown barbershop Timecapsule: January 23, 1897 The "tong" secret societies are as American as Chop Suey -- which is to say, invented in San Francisco and completely unknown in China. The first tong was organized
misc Gerald Ford's Would-Be SF Assassin Freed On Parole Former president Gerald Ford died almost exactly a year ago today, which makes it that much more notable that Sara Jane Moore, one of his two would-be assassins, was released from prison on
Arts & Entertainment nugget o' history: Anniversary of a Flesh Wound The violent melodrama characterizing the recent murder of a journalist investigating "Your Black Muslim Bakery" has conjured the entire Bay Area history of political violence into our memories. Dan White, James P. Casey,
