SF News Two Homeless Haight Twentysomethings Steal a Golf Cart, Go on Crime Spree File under Fun Crime News: Two homeless ne'er-do-wells who've been bumming around the Haight of late stole a U.S. Park Police golf cart from Fort Mason last week and went on an
SF News Brutal Mugging In SOMA On Sunday While we wait to hear back from the fuzz on this violent mugging, here is a recent alert sent out from the South Beach/Rincon Hill/Mission Bay Neighbor's Association: Sent: Mon, March
SF News Two Sought In Kidnapping, Robbery In Oakland Over in Oakland yesterday, two men are wanted in connection with an alleged kidnapping and robbery. According to reports: "Two men, one who had a handgun, approached another man in the 4200 block
SF News Oakland Car Crash Prompts Stabbing After two car had gotten into an accident on Sunday night in Oakland, "a passenger in one car stabbed an individual in the other car." Occurring a little before 9 p.m. last
SF News Brown Joins SFPD Into Drug Lab Evidence Tampering Case After allegations popped up that Deborah Madden, a 60-year-old lab technician for the SFPD, stole and used cocaine evidence she was supposed to analyze, Attorney General (and, most likely, the future Governor of
SF News Mom Suspected of Murdering Two-Year-Old Daughter An Oakland woman sits in jail this morning on suspicion of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. Tiffany Lopez, 19, who is three months pregnant and was arrested on child endangerment charges in December, is
SF News Bret Harte Elementary School Gun Scare CBS 5's red box of terror alerts us to the following: "San Francisco police have just arrested 3 people near Bret Harte Elementary School at 1035 Gilman Ave. after responding to a report
misc Thumbs Up, SFPD: Bike Theft Story San Franciscans are all too quick to jump down the throats of the fine men and women of the San Francisco Police Department. Because, more or less, it looks cool and sounds like
SF News Father Arrested In Shaking Baby Death After Bridgette Arevalo, a fourth-month-old girl, was declared brain dead on Saturday, her father has been arrested in connection with her death. The suspect, Hayward resident Jose Arevalo, 26, allegedly "made statements that
SF News Anti-Gay SoCal Senator at Gay Club Before DUI Arrest Oh, this is rich. Anti-gay GOP Senator Roy Ashburn, Republican father of four and grandfather of two, was arrested last night for driving while blotto. Ashburn, according to reports, had just visited Faces,
SF News SF SPCA Offering Reward for Stolen Puppy's Return Last night a dog was stolen from the San Francisco SPCA. Cassidy, a puppy infected with giardia (an intestinal infection that can spread to humans, notes ABC 7), was receiving critical medicine and
SF News Violent Beating, Stabbing on Capp Street A brutal attack was reported at 24th and Capp Streets yesterday afternoon at around 5:40 pm. SFPD Officer Boaz Mariles told BCN (via SF Appeal) that "the two girls exited the bus
SF News Academy of Art President Speaks Out About North Beach Student's Murder The Academy of Art University's famously prickly president, Elisa Stephens, spoke about the recent murder of Luis Armando Prieto, who was killed in North Beach last week be a car fleeing a shooting.
SF News Stay Safe, Smartphone Users Local media have already reported on the rash of smartphone thefts on public transportation and on city streets. But how, exactly, do these creeps go about swiping your iPhone or Nexus? Simple: group
SF News Oh Good, Loaded Guns Now Allowed at Crissy Field Starting today, loaded guns will be allowed at all national state parks. "The law lets licensed gun owners bring firearms into national parks and wildlife refuges as long as they are allowed by
SF News Glen Park Rash of Violent Robberies Three separate violent robberies occurred in Glen Park on Tuesday night, all possibly committed by the same suspects. First, three men in a dark car ran down a bicyclist and stole his messenger
SF News Pedestrian Hit, Killed By Car Fleeing North Beach Shooting An unidentified man was killed early this morning in North Beach by a fleeing car filled with shooting suspects. The man and his brother were using the crosswalk at Vallejo and Columbus when
SF News Woman Robbed at Gunpoint On Underground Muni Train On Tuesday night, according to CBS 5/BCN, two horrible human beings boarded an M Muni, which was going between Church/Duboce and Van Ness, and "robbed a young woman at gunpoint before
SF News AC Transit Bus Fight Video Director Apologies Iyanna Washington, the woman who directed this enthralling video showing two men fighting on an AC Transit bus, posted an explanatory YouTube video today, apologizing to the many trolls going after her due
SF News SFist Blotter: Richmond vs. Vallejo A homecoming dance gang rape under the watch of high school principals, ice cream truck employee shot by a teenager, noontime baseball bat beating deaths, brutal teen mob attacks -- which city is
SF News Trouble at The Blue Macaw Early Sunday morning at Mission nightclub The Blue Macaw (formerly known as 12 Galaxies), an incident went down involving loads of law enforcement. Again. "There were about 10 cop cars and a few
SF News Man Found Shot Dead In Bayview An unidentified man was found dead inside a car in San Francisco's Bayview district this morning. According to Appeal/BCN, "Officers responded to the 700 block of Jerrold Avenue at about 6:40
SF News Vallejo Teen Shooting Suspect Arrested The disturbed boy suspected of shooting a Vallejo ice cream truck worker was arrested yesterday. Officers from Vallejo police and the FBI went to an Oakland residence in the 1100 block of 73rd
misc SF Views: Bay Area Serial Killers This week, please join SF Appeal editor Eve Batey and your very single SFist editor as we chat with Beth Spotswood about high profile Bay Area killers. David Carpenter, Cary Stayner, Zodiac Killer,
SF News Suede Nightclub and Lounge Closes After Shooting Death After this weekend's shooting death outside Suede Nightclub and Lounge, which took the life of 20-year-old Lawson Hall, authorities have temporarily suspended the Fisherman's Wharf venue's license. "City officials say an emergency suspension
