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Charges Filed In Pride Weekend Shooting and Stabbing Incidents, Trans March Vandalism

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced charges today against six individuals relating to several separate incidents that occurred over Pride Weekend in the city.

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DA Says Allowing Violent Offenders Into SF Drug Court Has Destroyed the Program

Officials discussed the future of San Francisco’s Drug Court Thursday, as its case loads have ballooned while staffing has remained low, and DA Jenkins says the court’s decision to allow violent offenders was “destructive to the program.”

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SF DA Charges Couple With Murder Over Toddler’s Fentanyl Overdose Death

In addition to earlier charges of felony child endangerment, the district attorney's office has added murder to the charges against an SF couple whose two-year-old daughter died of a fentanyl overdose in February — the city’s first time filing a murder charge in such a case.

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Calling It a 'Crisis Point,' DA Brooke Jenkins and Other City Leaders Call For Ceasefire Amid Spike In SF Homicides

There was a press conference Thursday morning on the steps of San Francisco City Hall to address the noted uptick in homicides since the start of the year, which puts the city on track for potentially double the number of homicides we saw in 2025.

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SF ‘Rideshare Rapist’ Who Posed As Victims’ Driver Found Guilty In SoMa, Mission Assaults

A man dubbed the “Rideshare Rapist” was recently convicted on 11 felony counts by an SF jury in the assaults of four women from 2013 to 2018, in which prosecutors say he posed as their rideshare driver then kidnapped and raped them.

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Four Men Plead Guilty In Bayview Drive-By Shooting Case

Four individuals have taken guilty pleas in connection with a 2023 drive-by shooting in San Francisco's Bayview District that left one person injured.

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DA Jenkins Says If Trump Sends Troops to SF, She’ll Prosecute Them If They Use Excessive Force

SF DA Brooke Jenkins sounds a lot like Chesa Boudin in her latest remarks about Trump sending troops to SF, saying she’d prosecute the troops if they use excessive force, though she’s always dismissed those charges against SF cops.

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Saturday Links: Yosemite Overrun With Hikers Cutting in Line, Squatting Amid Shutdown

San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins tells Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, “We don't need your help here;” the SF Arts Commission was not consulted on Mayor Lurie’s “Big Art Loop” project; and nefarious characters are flocking to Yosemite, which currently only has one volunteer park ranger.

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Day Around the Bay: ‘Yellow Fever’ Mosquito Spotted in Antioch, Residents Urged to Dump Standing Water

NASA lost track of one of its probes, which ended up on a Texas farm; the SF Bar Association says SF DA Brooke Jenkins is creating a hostile environment for judges; and the “yellow fever” mosquito is thriving in Antioch thanks to the rain.

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Man Convicted of Hate Crime for 2023 Shooting Incident at SF Synagogue

A man who was seen on surveillance video shooting off blank rounds from a gun during a religious study class at a San Francisco synagogue two years ago has been convicted of hate-crime charges.

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Lurie’s Budget Prioritizes Public Safety Amid Pushback on Funding Balance

Mayor Lurie's budget plan spares SF public safety agencies from major cuts despite a looming $800M deficit. Police, fire, DA, and public defenders are exempt, though the Public Defender's Office seeks reassurance their funding will hold as caseloads continue to rise.

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SF Parks Alliance Scandal Explodes, District Attorney’s Office Opens Criminal Investigation

There may be nefarious or even criminal reasons why the Sunset Cinema outdoor movies in the park are not happening this summer, as the SF Parks Alliance that runs those movie nights is now facing a criminal probe over millions of disappearing dollars.

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Retired Judge Totally at War With DA Brooke Jenkins, Files Appeal In Her Ethics Judgment

Two people who filed ethics charges against SF DA Brooke Jenkins for improperly accessing sensitive information got Jenkins sentenced into a diversion program, and now they’re both appealing that sentence, saying Jenkins deserves a harsher punishment.

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State Bar Orders DA Jenkins Into a Diversion Program Over Ethics Violation Allegations

The California State Bar is responding to a series of ethics complaints against SF DA Brooke Jenkins by sending her into a diversion program for low-level offender attorneys, the exact type of program she campaigned against Chesa Boudin for using.

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DA Jenkins Taking Heat for Again Blaming Judges for Things She Used to Blame on Chesa Boudin

SF DA Brooke Jenkins took to Twitter to name and shame an SF judge who did not hand down the sentence that she wanted, though this has brought death threats against judges in the past, and maybe her office could have just argued their case better.

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SF DA Brooke Jenkins Gets In Dig at Elon Musk After Momeni Verdict

Before he became Trump's temporary lackey, Elon Musk was just your average bandwagon-jumping, San Francisco-hating tech CEO on Twitter, trying to tell the world that the city that birthed his company and many others had gone to hell overnight.

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SF District Attorney Announces Arrest of Another Alleged 'Prolific' Retail Thief

The San Francisco District Attorney — and Mayor London Breed — are eager for residents to know that something is being done about rampant retail theft in the city. And another arrest of an allegedly prolific retail burglary suspect was just announced.

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70 Misdemeanor Cases In SF Being Thrown Out Over Lengthy Delays; Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys Blame Judges

A raft of criminal cases, at least one of which involves the death of two pedestrians in San Francisco, are being tossed out after an appellate court ruling that chided the city's courts for still using the pandemic as an excuse for unconstitutional trial delays.

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SF Political Moderate Group Gets Hefty Fine for Boudin Recall Campaign Finance Violations

The biggest-spending political group in SF, Neighbors for a Better San Francisco, was hit with a $54,000 fine for failing to disclose payments in the Boudin recall campaign, and now we learn that Brooke Jenkins got $175,000 for her “volunteer” work in the recall campaign.

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Former SFPD-Affiliated Nonprofit Director Arrested for Fraud, Theft, Misuse of $700,000 in Public Money

The former director of the SFPD’s now-dissolved nonprofit SF SAFE was arrested Tuesday on 34 felony counts, after reports of profligate misspending of public money on lavish parties, forged checks, and possibly her own rent. But did city officials get some of these gifts too?

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Staffer Fired By DA Brooke Jenkins Over Reply-All ‘Panties’ Email Sues City Over His Firing

An SF District Attorney’s Office employee who was fired for a reply-all email to his colleagues saying “what color panties you have on” is now suing, claiming the city and the DA’s office defamed him.

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Golden Gate Bridge Protesters Released From Jail, But Still Might Face Felony Charges

SF DA Brooke Jenkins released the couple dozen people who were in jail for blocking the Golden Gate Bridge in Monday's Gaza ceasefire protest, and they haven’t even been charged, though Jenkins is vowing they’ll be investigated for possible felony charges.

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SF Bar Association Says DA Brooke Jenkins Is Inflaming Controversy Over Light Sentence; Judge Now Getting Death Threats

A light sentence for a high-profile stabbing suspect led to a protest outside San Francisco's Hall of Justice last week. But some legal experts and judges say that District Attorney Brooke Jenkins overstepped by criticizing the sentence.

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San Francisco Man Convicted of Brutal Beating and Stabbing Over $100

A verdict has been reached in a case from February 2023 involving a beating and stabbing in San Francisco's SoMa district.

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SF City Leaders Hold Rally, Reiterate Plan to Prosecute Fentanyl Dealers For Homicide

A plan that was announced last fall to begin prosecuting fentanyl dealers for homicide in cases of fatal overdoses is moving forward, and a law enforcement task force dedicated to the project is set to launch soon.