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Suspect Pleads Not Guilty In Gruesome Brannan Street Murders

Despite clear video evidence, 23-year-old Barry White Jr. of Antioch, the man accused of brutally murdering two employees and firing on police officers at the San Francisco GiftCenter & JewelryMart last month, pled

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

This Week's Internet Star: Crazy Rhubarb Lady

(Note: It looks like there's a battle to pull the video down, and copies of it that have spread everywhere. We'll do our best to keep up.) Sure to make millions of appearances

Oakland Man Arrested For Brutal Pride Assault Caught On Camera

Police have finally apprehended the man believed responsible for kicking a woman in the face during the Pink Saturday festivities in the Castro on June 30. Christopher Porter-Bailey, 23, of Oakland was arrested

Police Seek Male Suspects In Brutal SOMA, Misson Attacks

Police seek several suspects in a series of separate stabbing/beating attacks that took place early Sunday morning in SOMA and the Mission. "Five suspects, all described as Hispanic males around 23 to

Well-Loved Neighbor Killed In Broad Daylight In East Oakland; City Leaders React

A 66-year-old woman known well to her neighbors as someone who would gladly watch over your pets if you were out of town was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon while driving her car

San Ramon Dartmouth Frat Boy Arrested For Peeing On Woman

Fancy that: a San Ramon fraternity brother, studying and partying hard at Dartmouth, turned himself in this week after he urinated on a woman. Hanover police report the vile dousing happened on Friday,

Bayview Drive-By Suspects Busted After Stopping For Gas

Four shooting suspects were arrested at a 76 gas station yesterday afternoon just ten minutes after they allegedly lit up a residential street in the Bayview with gunfire. The incident started around 4:

Arts & Entertainment

Do This Tonight: GunbyGun.org Launch Party

Hey, remember when gun control was in the news? We do too ... just barely. Now politicians are stalled, shootings continue unabated, and regular folks who don't own guns really don't seem to have

Morgan Hill Teen Accused Of Raping Woman He Helped Home

On Saturday, police in Morgan Hill, California arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of raping and burglarizing a 40-year-old woman whom the boy had helped home earlier in the night. The woman had

Arts & Entertainment

Horrid Puck From 'Real World S.F.' Arrested For Domestic Violence, Again

Twenty years on, detestable Puck from MTV's vintage The Real World: San Francisco just can't seem to stay out of the news. In fact, it's almost like he's trying to keep getting arrested.

Richmond High School Gang Rape Defendants Found Guilty

The verdicts have been delivered in the cases of two of the men accused in the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl on the Richmond High School campus in 2009. After a six-week

Be Heard At This Month's Castro Safety Meeting

The city's gay mecca is home to a lot of change as of late. First, those new condos across the street from the Lookout have some worried. About what, we're not sure; growth,

Oakland: 8-Year-Old Girl Shot, Killed During Sleepover

Marking Oakland's 54th homicide of the year, an 8-year-old girl was shot and killed inside an apartment last night during a sleepover. Alaysha Carradine was killed after "someone fired into the apartment's front

Verdict Reached By One Of Two Juries In Dual Richmond High School Rape Trials

Two parallel juries who heard arguments simultaneously in a dual trial of two of the accused rapists in the brutal 2009 rape of a young woman at Richmond High School were in deliberations

Mission Standoff With Police, Sparked By Shooting, Ends Peacefully

After a man shot a neighbor in his apartment building over in the 2400 block of Bryant Street a little before 4:30 am this morning, police had a standoff with the suspect.

Video: Musician Attacked Onstage After Dedicating Song To Trayvon Martin

Blues/rock singer Lester Chambers, 73, cofounder of the Chambers Brothers, was attacked onstage at a concert in Hayward on Sunday shortly after dedicating a song to Trayvon Martin. While performing at the

Brannan Street Shooter Identified As Barry White From Antioch

The suspect in Friday's fatal shooting at the San Francisco GiftCenter and JewelryMart has been identified as 23-year-old Barry B. White Jr. of Antioch, California. White, who had a previous run-in with police

Breaking: Two Dead, Shelter-In-Place Reported After Brannan Street Shooting [Updated]

Around 2:20 p.m. Friday afternoon, San Francisco Police and Fire Department units responded to reports of a shooting on Brannan Street between Seventh and Eighth Streets in SoMa. The units responded

Creepy Meatball Poisoner Still At Large, 3 Dogs Sickened

It's either a far-reaching conspiracy, or one very industrious (and creepy) dog-hater: the person(s) responsible for the trail of poisoned meatballs is still at large and has been hitting neighborhoods across the

Have You Seen These Guys? Wanted For Brutal Pink Saturday Assaults

San Francisco Police are currently searching for a group of five men and a woman suspected of a string of assaults and robberies that went down around the area of Market and Castro

Two Women Stabbed Near 17th and Church

Amidst the revelry and happiness around much of the city there was some violent crime in the Mission Castro over the weekend. Around 9:20 last night two women were stabbed during an

Three Men Pistol-Whipped Sunday Night At BART Station

Three men were pistol-whipped and assaulted by four other men Sunday evening around 8:10 p.m. at the Embarcadero BART station just as thousands of people were commuting from from Pride events.

Car Crashes into Oakland Church After S.F. Gunplay, Epic Chase

It was an eventful day in the Civic Center area last night. Around 8:30 p.m., shots were fired around Leavenworth and McAllister Streets. Police gave chase to a silver Mercedes containing

Renowned Fulton Street Slumlord Norman Sabel Arrested

A scary, allegedly meth-addled landlord who owns a 24-unit building at 1725 Fulton Street was arrested Monday after he broke into a tenant's apartment and subsequently got into a fight with police officers.

Cyclist Shot, Killed In East Oakland

An unidentified man riding his bike early this morning in East Oakland was shot and killed. Responding to Shot Spotter, police received calls from residents at around 5:30 a.m. on the