SF News Gary Scott Holland Studied White Magic, Possibly Satanism In a pattern similar to a number of murder stories, the gruesome murder of Kate Horan at the hands of parolee Gary Scott Holland is now taking on some memes concerning the occult.
SF News Two Men Rob, Assault Woman and Her Two Roommates in Oakland News is just coming out of the Oakland PD today about a robbery and triple rape on Saturday night, near the West Oakland BART station. Two men sexually assaulted a young woman just
SF News We Read the Weeklies It's Wednesday, and we at SFist are going to revive a long-ago feature in which we tirelessly read, and summarize, the stories of note in this week's alt-weeklies. We like to be service-y
SF News SFist Blotter: Union Square Stabbing, East Oakland Fatal Crash 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
SF News Alleged Gang Member Shot and Killed at Gravity Room During Post-World Series Celebrations Marina club the Gravity Room was the scene of a murder last night, just before midnight, as the neighborhood partied on in World Series glory. Alleged gang member Jelvon Helton, 22, was shot
SF News 9 Shot In Halloween Party Mess In Oakland Just after midnight Saturday, a gunman opened fire on the crowd at a big costume party at this historic Sweet's Ballroom in downtown Oakland. Nine people were hit in all, and all are
SF News SFist Blotter: A Shooting in the Mission, a Shooting in Berkeley 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,
SF News 15-Year-Old Hayward Twins Had Possible Suicide Pact, One Dead The body of a 15-year-old boy believed to be the twin of another 15-year-old apprehended by police was found in a ravine yesterday in an unincorporated area near Hayward. As the Chron's reporting,
SF News Homeless Woman Burns Tourist's Face With Cigarette at Fisherman's Wharf In a new endorsement for S.F. as America's number-one tourist destination (18th year in a row, boyeee), two "transients" attacked a tourist couple near Fisherman's Wharf last week. As Mike Aldax reports
SF News Fairfield Woman Kills Twin Girls, Botches Suicide A 28-year-old Fairfield woman stabbed her twin three-year-old girls to death last night and then attempted both to kill herself and set fire to her apartment. Firefighters discovered the gruesome scene, with the
SF News SFist Blotter: Stabbing at 18th & Capp, Details About Bayview Cop Shootout 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
SF News Third Suspect Charged In Bayview Murder; Drama Erupts at Courthouse After Arraignment SFist's favorite crime reporter Mike Aldax over at the Examiner brings us an update today on the case of last month's home invasion and slaying of Dennis Wayne Dixon. In the earlier Chron
SF News One Man Stabbed, Woman Kidnapped in San Jose Home Invasion A bad dude named Brian Adrong (a.k.a. Tony Fam) stormed into a home in the Berryessa neighborhood of San Jose early Sunday morning, stabbed a 28-year-old man and kidnapped 18-year-old Judy
SF News Dead Bear Found Outside Strip Mall in San Leandro A dead black bear, apparently shot, was dumped outside a taqueria at a strip mall in San Leandro on Sunday, and this all happened during business hours. ABC 7 has the story, and
SF News Hillsborough Murder Suspect to Get Psychiatric Evaluation You may recall the June murder that occurred in deliriously wealthy peninsula enclave of Hillsborough, the first homocide to occur there in six years. Attorneys for the defense of accused murderer Bradley Kleiman,
SF News SFist Blotter: Bayview Doorway Shooting, a Domestic Shooting in Union City 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
SF News SFist Blotter: Three East Bay Shootings 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
SF News Girlfriend of Murder Suspect Efren Valdemoro Spoke to Boss During Car Chase The girlfriend of now deceased suspected killer Efren Valdemoro spoke to her boss at the nail salon where she worked, on her cell phone, from the car she was in with Valdemoro during
SF News Police Discover Two Dead Women, Bomb Materials in Vallejo Home It's been a bizarre and bloody few days in the North and East Bays, with five people dead and one still missing in a violent string of events culminating in a police showdown
SF News Former Home of Sacramento Serial Killer Sold at Auction The former home of notorious Sacramento serial killer (and onetime brothel owner) Dorothea Puente, behind which Puente buried seven of her victims, sold for $215,000 this past weekend at auction. Bay Area
SF News San Jose Man Shoots Self With Nail Gun, Gets Shot By Cops After Confrontation A San Jose man appeared at the home of his estranged wife yesterday morning around 9 a.m. and attempted to kill himself with a nail gun. Police officers arrived on the scene
SF News SFist Blotter: Sad and Angry Edition 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
SF News SFist Blotter: A Stabbing on Third, a Robbery on Bryant 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
SF News Five-Year-Old Found Safe After Car Thief Mistakenly Abducts Her A Richmond car thief took off with a Cadillac sedan around 5:40 a.m. this morning from a gas station on Carlson Boulevard, only to discover there was a five-year-old girl in
SF News Crazed Right-Wing Shooter Targeted S.F. Tides Foundation, ACLU Oakland resident Tuolumne County man Byron Williams, 45, arrested for a shootout with CHP on Saturday, "was reportedly heading to San Francisco to target individuals at liberal nonprofit the Tides Foundation and the
