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Reports of Disorderly Conduct Near Occupy SF Not Helping Camp's Image

While things have generally been quiet around Justin Herman Plaza lately, no camp raids or riots to speak of, the Occupy SF camp attracted rowdy out-of-towners over the past few days. And that

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'Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story' Skewered by Amazon Critics

Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky stands accused of pedophilia and sexually assaulting several young boys, some as young as 10. Among other graphic accusations, the assistant coach reportedly molested some of the victims

Video: Police Beat UC Berkeley Students at Occupy Cal Rally [UPDATED]

During a budding Occupy Berkeley demonstration Wednesday at the UC Berkeley campus, police charged at a group of protesting students before retreating. As the cops attacked the kids, the group chanted, "Stop beating

Man Shot In Wharf

According to SF Appeal, a man was shot near Fisherman's Wharf on Sunday night. The man, a guy in his late 40s/early 50s was found near Taylor and North Point Streets a

Three Shot Near 16th and Mission

A little before 11 p.m. on Friday night, three men were shot near 16th and Mission following a verbal spat. According to Mission Local, the victims (ages 24, 24 and 42) were

Three Female UC Berkeley Students Grabbed, Robbed

Berkeley police are looking for three suspects in the mugging and inappropriate touching of three female UC Berkeley students. The incident occurred on Monday night on Oxford Lane when a black SUV approached

Video: Pedestrian Intentionally Hit By Car During Occupy Oakland Strike?

The following footage (via KTVU) shows a pedestrian being hit by car in downtown Oakland during the general strike. While, of course, the pedestrian could have moved and not slammed the hood of

Video: Teen Bashes Gay Student In Ohio Classroom; School District Does Little About It [UPDATED]

A brutal gay bashing inside an Ohio high school classroom was captured on video last week. The grainy clip, later posted on Facebook, shows a skinny 15-year-old and openly gay male student being

Fatal Shooting in the Bayview Tuesday Night

A 25-year-old victim was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on the sidewalk near Fitzgerald Avenue and Ingalls street in the Bayview yesterday evening. SFPD officers arrived on the scene around 5:20

Tenderloin Stabbing Victim Eschews Hospital, Seeks Help From Occupy SF

A tenderloin mugging victim, left beaten and bloodied after her attacker realized she had no money, decided to seek out medical attention from some other downtrodden and financially strapped San Franciscans early this

Driver High on PCP Hits Pedestrians

Egads, people. A driver flying high on PCP last Friday ran into two pedestrians near City College. "Officers arriving at the scene of the crash in the 400 block of Geneva Avenue at

Man Shot, Killed in the Mission Identified

A man shot and killed in the Mission (at Harrison and 23rd) on Friday morning has been identified as 26-year-old Reynaldo Cordova. SF Examiner reports: "The San Francisco man got into a verbal

LA Dodgers: Bryan Stow Partially Responsible for Attack

Citing his blood alcohol level at the time of the attack, an attorney for the Los Angeles Dodgers plans to partially blame Bryan Stow for the brutal attacked that left him in a

Suspect Sought in Sexual Assault at Skyline College

Police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman inside a vacant classroom at Skyline College on Tuesday night. "The female victim told police she was alone in a classroom

Scott Olsen Attacked for Using First Amendment Rights, Says His Uncle

As most of you know by now, Scott Olsen, 24, who has survived two tours in Iraq, was seriously injured on Wednesday after the city of Oakland turned on Occupy Oakland protesters. Specifically,

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5 Truly Spooktacular Halloween Videos

Boo! Did we scare you? No? Well, just you wait. What with Halloween around the corner and a crisp feeling in the air, it's that time of year where chills and thrills are

Juvenile Cyclist Shoots 15-Year-Old in the Mission

Two male juveniles riding bicycles shot a 15-year-old boy in the city's Mission District just before 10:30 p.m. last night. The teen was whisked away to a nearby hospital where he

Skewered Golden Gate Park Hawk Rescued, Recovering Nicely

The red-tailed hawk speared with a framing nail shot from a nail gun has been successfully rescued, reports Bay City News and the Wild Rescue team. The injured bird, which turned out to

Witnesses Sought in Possible Hate Crime in the Mission

Mission Mission reports that on Friday, October 14, an alleged gay bashing incident occurred near Mission and 19th Streets. Eight men apparently jumped out of a truck and attacked four men outside of

Man Pepper-Sprayed, Robbed During Muni Rush Hour

Speaking of vigilante justice (we kid!), two hooligans brutally robbed a man on Wednesday during the rush hour commute on the M-Ocean View. While sitting at his seat and using his iPad, a

Brothers Face Trial Over Torture-Revenge on Child Molester

Miguel and Erik Cerda, two brother who took the law into their own hands on a brutal child molester, decided on a trial rather than a plea deal yesterday. The budding heroes (?) face

$5,000 Reward for Golden Gate Park Hawk Shooter

WildRescue put up a $5,000 reward for information leading up to an arrest and conviction for the person(s) responsible for shooting a red-tail hawk with a nail gun. "Animal rescuers are

Harvey Milk Plaque, Bolted In Cement, Stolen Over Weekend

Sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, someone stole the Harvey Milk plaque just outside the Castro Street Muni station. SFist talked to District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener who told us, "All of

Potrero Hill Stabbing Lands Man In Hospital

Egads. Over in Potrero Hill near the intersection of Missouri Street and Watchman Way, a 26-year-old man was stabbed during the wee hours of Saturday morning. BCN (via SF Appeal) reports, "The 26-year-old

SF Bank Execs Charged With Bailout Fraud

United Commercial Bank CEO Thomas Wu and vice presidents Ebrahim Shabudin and Thomas Yu were hit with federal charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission after accepting a whopping $298 million taxpayer bailout