SF News So Long, Leland Yee! Former State Senator Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison The defense wanted four-and-a-half years, federal prosecutors pushed for eight, but according to headlines from the Weekly to KQED, the scales of justice were balanced at five. So here we go, everyone, one
SF News DA Teams Up With FBI On Secretive Political Corruption Task Force Remember how an FBI agent posed undercover as an Atlanta businessman and met with former San Francisco Human Rights Commission staffer Zula Jones and ex-Human Rights Commissioner Nazly Mohajer, who promised him meetings
SF News Prosecutor In City Hall Corruption Case Wants To Keep Evidence Secret As you most likely remember, ten days ago the District Attorney's Office indicted three local politicos on varying corruption and bribery related charges allegedly tied to efforts to retire Mayor Ed Lee's campaign
SF News [Update] Three Local Politicos, Including Keith Jackson, Indicted On Corruption Charges The District Attorney's Office made it known this morning that DA George Gascón would hold a 1:30 p.m. press conference today to announce corruption charges against an as-of-yet unnamed person or
SF News New Filing In Shrimp Boy Case Says Mayor Ed Lee Took 'Substantial Bribes,' Learned The Game From Willie Brown A potentially damning new filing on behalf of Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow in federal court today says that, in discovery, the defense found that the prosecution had significant evidence of corruption by multiple
SF News Local Official Indicted For Embezzling $1.3 Million From Bay Bridge Fund A finance director for the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) who appears to have used $1.3 million of public funds to buy himself a home in Oregon, has now been indicted
SF News SFPD Corruption Trial Pits Cops Against Cops The trial of two "bad cops" involved in a string of incidents involving stolen drugs, stolen goods, warrantless searches, and other poor behavior began this week in federal court. Sgt. Ian Furminger, 48,
SF News Oh No, Leland Yee: 'Not Guilty,' He Pleads Senator Leland Yee pleaded not guilty today to federal charges of corruption and firearm trafficking. What's more, Keith Jackson, a former Yee consultant and alleged murderer-for-hire, pleaded not guilty as well. As for
Arts & Entertainment Oh No, Leland Yee: The Saga Illustrated Almost as soon as the news broke that California State Senator Leland Yee had been arrested, graphic journalist Susie Cagle snapped into action. Enthralled by the many cinematic details of the lengthy criminal
SF News Oh No, Leland Yee: Rose Pak Was Right Hold your hats and hallelujah, Rose is gonna show it to you. And if that dated musical reference doesn't do it for you, this will: noted Chinatown power player Rose Pak, who has
SF News Oh No, Leland Yee: Shrimp Boy Heads To Court, Yee Stole Suntan Lotion In Hawaii Nary—nary!—a week has passed since Senator Leland Yee was arrested and already a slew of politicians have spoken out, journalists taken more than their fair share of the Leland pie, and
SF News Facebook From Jail: Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow Makes Online Plea For Positivity Though Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow is presently in federal custody following his arrest as an alleged major player in the Leland Yee scandal, that hasn't kept him from Facebook. Where, apparently, some commenters
SF News California Senate Votes To Suspend Leland Yee The California Senate voted 28-1 Friday to suspend troubled San Francisco and San Mateo County Senator Leland Yee from his duties. (Sen. Joel Anderson was the only no vote.) Charges against Yee include
SF News Oh No, Leland Yee: Suspension, Shrimp Boy, And A M.I.L.F. Today in Oh No, Leland Yee!, we've got a few new tidbits to offer since the nascent scandal broke on Wednesday — namely, Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow is now an animated crustacean, Yee gave
SF News Oh No, Leland Yee: He Pulled Out Of Secretary Of State Race In a move that should surprise no one, politically bedraggled Senator Leland Yee pulled out of the race for California Secretary of State today. Sacto Bee reports: "He sent a letter to Secretary
Arts & Entertainment Check Out Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow's Episode Of 'Gangland' As Michael Corleone can attest, it's hard to maneuver oneself out of the gangster lifestyle. Take, for example, Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, who, along with Senator Leland Yee and former president of the
SF News Oh No, Leland Yee: He Wore A Windbreaker On a day like this, even the pastel hues of a sporty windbreaker can't paint a smile on Yee's face. Pictured here: Senator Leland Yee leaving the San Francisco Federal Building after Wednesday's
SF News Criminal Complaint Alleges Leland Yee Used Campaign Money In Arms Deal In a lengthy criminal complaint (pdf), Senator Leland Yee, a high-profile California proponent of gun control, allegedly used campaign money "in exchange for facilitating deal with arms dealer and Chinatown gangsters." Complaint alleges
SF News SFPD Union Raffling Off Sweet Prizes To Cover Alleged Dirty Cops' Legal Defense The San Francisco Police Officers Association has come to the defense of five active and one former SFPD officer indicted on federal charges for extortion, drug dealing, theft and other alleged dirty deeds
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew: Back From Jail, But For How Long? Though disgraced former San Francisco supervisor Ed Jew is home from federal prison (where he reportedly taught yoga; the fun with this guy never ends), he's supposed to head back to county jail.
SF News 5 SF Police Officers Indicted For Extortion, Drug Dealing Boom. Today five active police officers and one former cop were indicted on charges of extortion, drug dealing, and theft, and falsifying police reports (just to name a few) while working for the
SF News Illinois Governor Taken Into Federal Custody Intensely disliked Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) was taken into custody by the feds this morning at his Chicago home; his spokesman initially told a reporter, "Haven't heard anything -- you are first
SF News SFist Blotter A four-year-old boy drowned to death in the 2-foot deep section of the wave pool at Great America in Santa Clara yesterday. There were six lifeguards on duty at the time, but there
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: The Mysterious CHP 11-99 Foundation So that's the mystery. Do these license plate holders (in conjunction with the ID cards) get people out of speeding tickets they would otherwise get? Mmmmm. People who drive fast in $100k vehicles
Arts & Entertainment Oh No Ed Jew!: Photos Guess where we went for dinner last night? That's right -- we went with friends to support our local public corruption whistleblowers, the fast food bubble tea and salty fried foods empire of
