SF News Man Sentenced To 21 Months In Prison For Threatening Pelosi San Francisco resident Gregory Giusti, 49, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for making threats to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He was handed a year and nine months in prison, as well
SF News Sketches Released of West Oakland Rape Suspects Sketches have been released of the two men suspected of raping three West Oakland women on Nov. 20. One suspect (left) is described as "a black man between 20 and 30 years old,
SF News Fatal Richmond District Shooting According to the Chronicle, "a 42-year-old man, whose name wasn't immediately released, was shot near the corner of 23rd Avenue and Anza Street at about 9 p.m. Wednesday." He died at the
SF News Three Teens Arrested For Concord School Chicken Choking Deaths Yesterday, we brought you the story of choking chicken murders at El Monte Elementary School in Concord, where a custodian discovered the bodies of two strangled chickens. Today, police arrested three teenagers in
SF News Santa Cruz Inmate Escapes Custody, Then Gets Nabbed Santa Cruz was on the edge of its seat yesterday during the intense hunt for escaped fugitive Maurice Lamont Ainsworth Jr., who had escaped police custody yesterday while at Dominican Hospital for an
SF News German Cyclist's Death Determined Vehicular Homicide The Examiner writes that the autopsy report investigating the death of 22-year-old visiting German student Nils Yannick Linke, who was killed in a hit and run in August, was recently released. His death
SF News SFist Blotter Thanksgiving / Japantown: 23-year-old Medina Abdulkader was fatally shot at 8:55 p.m. on Thanksgiving night at Buchanan Street and Geary Boulevard, near the Japan Center shopping mall. Neighbors at a nearby apartment
SF News Berkeley Police Search for Home Invasion, Rape Suspect Berkeley Police are searching for Omar Sosa, a man suspected of invading a home in North Berkeley and raping a teenaged girl. The hunt is now focused on Southern California, as Sosa is
SF News Police Looking for Suspects in Early Evening Capp Street Shooting According to the Appeal, yesterday around 5:30 p.m. an 18-year old man was shot in the torso at 25th and Capp streets. Neighbors heard the shots, which left the victim with
SF News At Least One Collared Gull Freed, Beer Distributors Add to Torturer's Bounty Well, this is just cute: After news of a Budweiser-drinking seagull hater took off a few weeks ago, local rescue organization Wild Rescue received an outpouring of support and donations. Enough donations, in
SF News Arrests Made In Pepper Spray Robbery Spree Five arrests were made in connection with a series of recent pepper spray robberies in San Francisco. Jalil Leon Jones, 27, of Hayward, and Troyetta Carpenter, 18, of San Francisco, as well as
misc Video: Halloween Fight at East Oakland Denny's On Halloween night in always-peaceful East Oakland, a fight broke out at a local Denny's. We're not sure what's going on here, exactly, but it sure looks exciting! The psycho dressed as Candy
SF News San Mateo Motorcyclists Shot By Teens On Skyline Boulevard in San Mateo County on Sunday, three motorcyclists were shot with pellet guns. Facing blame are a pair of teens -- scary teens! -- "accused of using the motorists for
SF News Tenderloin Stabbing An unidentified 33-year-old man sits in the clink this morning after allegedly stabbing another gent at an apartment near Post and Larkin in the city's Historic Tenderloin District "Police were called to an
SF News Severed Arm Found In Golden Gate Park On Sunday afternoon, according to the Examiner, "a person in the park flagged down an officer midday Sunday because of an arm found near the Polo Field." The body of an unidentified male
SF News Gary Scott Holland Pleads 'Not Guilty' to Russian Hill Slaying The man accused of killing Russian Hill "socialite" Kathleen Horan pleaded not guilty to charges today. The former convict, arrested on Nov. 5 at Sutro Park in the Outer Richmond, "denied charges of
SF News Beware of Pepper Spray Muggings In S.F. Police are investigating a series of robberies involving pepper spray throughout San Francisco. The first attack happened on the 200 block of Florida Street in the Mission District around 9 p.m. on
SF News Berkeley Student Faces Suspension for Fee-Hike Protests Laura Zelko, A UC Berkeley student who took part in protesting fee-hikes and campus layoffs last November is now facing a possible one-year suspension in a public disciplinary hearing which took place on
SF News Russian Hill Murder Suspect 'True Predator,' Says Kamala Harris Gary Scott Holland, 43, was arrested in connection with the October 29 bludgeoning murder of Kathleen "Kate" Horan. District Attorney Kamala Harris labeled Holland, currently being held at the psychiatric ward of the
SF News Unruly Protesters Arrested In Oakland After Mehserle Sentencing After Johannes Mehserle received the minimum sentence of 2 years jail time, as many as 500 people gathered outside Oakland City Hall to sing songs and present speeches in protest. However, according to
SF News [Updated] SFPD Seek Help Locating Murder Suspect Who Posed As Utility Worker UPDATE: The suspect has been arrested. SFPD are looking for a person of interest in the murder of Kathleen Horan in her Russian Hill apartment last Friday night. The police believe that the
SF News Grant Family Attorney Gives a Statement on Mehserle Sentence John Burris, the Grant family's civil attorney, gave a lengthy statement for the press following the sentencing of Johannes Mehserle. Burris, who has been present at the trial along with the Grant family,
SF News Scenes After Johannes Mehserle Sentencing As many of you know by now, Johannes Mehserle received the minimum sentence of 2 years jail time, with time-served credit attached. In all, the former BART cop, convicted of killing Oscar Grant
misc Seagull Torturer Collaring Bay Area Birds With Beer Cans According to BCN/The Appeal this morning: several birds have been spotted around the Bay Area with torturous collars fashioned from cut Budweiser cans around their necks. All jokes about jewelry made from
SF News Mehserle Sentencing On Friday BART cop Johannes Mehserle, convicted of killing Oscar Grant on a Fruitvale platform on New Year's Day2009, will finally hear his sentence on Friday. "The sentence could range from 14 years in prison
