SF News Melissa Huckaby Pleads 'Guilty' Melissa Huckaby, the 28-year-old Tracy woman accused to kidnapping, raping and killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu in April 2009, made a surprise decision by pleading guilty to murder. In a crowded Stockton courtroom today,
SF News Thieves Steal Bikes, Car From Noe Valley Garage Oh brother, how brazen. Last night a thieves broke into the garage of a Stephen Fox's Noe Valley home, stealing two bikes and (far worse) a 2003 Acura RSX. According to his personal
SF News Judge Denies Defense Motion In Oscar Grant Trial Judge Robert Perry denied "a defense motion to allow police officers to be part of the jury pool for the upcoming trial" of Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop accused of murdering Oscar Grant
SF News Target Stabbing Suspect Lost Custody of Son A recent divorce and losing custody of a child are a couple of reasons that might have exacerbating Antioch resident Layla Trawick's bipolarism and schizophrenia, prompting her to go on a stabbing spree
SF News Target Stabbing Suspect Sanity-Estranged, Says Mom Yesterday, Antioch resident Layla Trawick, 34, went on a stabbing spree at a Target store in Southern California. She sliced four customers, including a woman holding a baby, before being subdued and arrested.
SF News SF Cops' Shady Pasts Could Overturn Hundreds of Convictions In a story that could make the cocaine-stealing story look like schoolyard drama, The Chronicle has a brilliant gem of an investigative piece today. Brace yourselves: "more than 80 San Francisco police officers
SF News Felony Charges for White Separatists' Alleged Attackers Donnell Allen, 42, a black San Francisco resident, and Kelsey Musgrove, 19, a white female from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania were hit with felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon, robbery and conspiracy, and
SF News White Supremacists Attacked During Immigration Rally Members of the Bay Area National Anarchists -- a group, according to SF Weekly that "believes in white separatism and which supports the controversial Arizona anti-immigrant law" -- were physically attacked during Saturday's
SF News Bayview Plays Host to Saturday Stabbing At around 9:15 p.m. at Keith Street and Quesada Avenue on Saturday night, a man was stabbed, resulting in his hospitalization. He is in stable condition. What's more, the man accused
SF News SFPD Arrest Knife-Wielding Bank Robbery Suspect Jason Dunlap, 35, was arrested in connection with a Wednesday afternoon bank robbery in downtown San Francisco. According to police, the incident, which happened at Borel Private Bank and Trust at 433 California
SF News 4 Stabbed at Prom After-Party We never had the chance to attend the prom during our halcyon high school days, but wish we had. It turns out, if the post-prom festivities at at the Marriot Hotel on South
SF News Potential Child Predator at Mountain Lake Park, Says SFPD UPDATE: SFPD has questioned and cleared the suspect of any wrong-doing. Sightings of the potential child predator at Mountain Lake Park have been officially confirmed by SFPD. A reader let us know that
SF News Police Arrest Serial Bank Robbery Suspect The fuzz nabbed the man suspected of robbing several banks in downtown San Francisco in late Marc and early April. Earl Lee Williams, 38, was arrested on April 15 in connection with the
SF News BART Fires Another Cop From Oscar Grant Shooting BART purged itself of another cop (tangentially?) involved in the 2009 New Year's Day shooting of Oscar Grant. BART cop Tony Pirone, accused of being an "instigator" in the shooting, was fired this
SF News UC Davis Students Arrested for Torturing Hamsters Disturbing news, folks. UC Davis police arrested 18-year-old Henry Nguyen of Oakland and 19-year-old Josue Melendez of Los Angeles on Wednesday on suspicion of abusing hamsters, filming said cruelty, and then posting the
SF News Danielle Steel’s Bookkeeper Sentenced to Prison for Fraud, Tax Evasion You've got to love local author Danielle Steel. Her daughters look nothing short of delightful, she successfully extracted herself out of the inner SF society sect, and her house looks like this. Which
SF News Hayward Men Who Came to SF to Shoot Gay People Receive Jail Time Three Hayward men -- Shafiq Hashemi, 21, Mohammad Habibzada, 24, and Sayed Bassam, 21 -- pleaded guilty on Monday to shooting a 27-year-old man in the face with a BB gun. The incident
SF News Berkeley Man Shot, Killed in SF Over in San Francisco's Bayview District, a 20-year-old Berkeley man was shot and killed (a rather common occurrence in said neighborhood) on Saturday night. Stephen Powell was shot, according to BCN (via Oakland
SF News Driver Hospitalized After Muni Attack On Saturday night, according to CBS 5, "a number 9 San Bruno bus driver was pulled off his bus and attacked," sending the driver to the hospital. He was treated for a minor
SF News Students Keep Quiet to Help Stop LGBT Bullying Thousands of schools from across the country, including more than 100 in the Bay Area, are taking part in today's "Day of Silence," a protest "to raise awareness of the silencing of lesbian,
SF News Are You Safe? (Hint: No) If this doesn't make your inner Orange County tingle in ecstasy, nothing will. Are You Safe, an iPhone app that "lets you know how safe you are at all times based on your
SF News Rise In Home Garage Bike Thefts In Richmond, Sunset SF Examiner alerts: bike thefts have spiked to six times a week from about once a month in the Richmond and Sunset neighborhoods, according to recent police reports. "I honestly don’t think
SF News 4 Dead In 2 Days In Oakland Last night at around 10:40 p.m., a 57-year-old was shot and killed during an argument over a woman. An unidentified 57-year-old man has been arrested in connection with his murder. The
SF News Officer-Involved Shooting In SOMA Shuts Down Folsom According to KGO Radio's Twitter feed, Folsom Street between 7th and 8th Streets are closed due to "SFPD dealing with an officer-involved shooting at 7th and Folsom. Police say they fired on a
SF News Nightclub Scapegoating Runs Rampant After Weekend Shooting Ever since 26-year-old Blair Henderson was shot and killed near the intersection of Second and Minna Streets on Sunday, the media's assault on nightlife spiked to hysterical proportions. Again. Most outlets (including SFist)
