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
SF News Suspect Calls 911 to Report Tenderloin Stabbing Death Tuan Nguyen, a 36-year-old San Franciscan, was found dead inside an apartment in the 600 block of Ellis Street. He was stabbed in the chest. The incident occurred a little before 1:30
SF News Antioch Super Bowl Party Leads to <s>Murder</s> Killing During yesterday's annual Super Bowl jubilation, an Antioch man was shot and killed over a reneged bet/drunken behavior. An initial investigation, according to the Contra Costa Times, claimed that a Super Bowl
SF News Juvenile Suspect's Identity Revealed In Vallejo Attempted Murder Teenagers, as we have pointed out to you again and again and again, are evil. They are creatures in need of taming. Take, for example, this 15-year-old boy suspected of shooting of a
SF News SFist Blotter: Mission & Fort Mason Shootings WEDNESDAY/FORT MASON: Just before 10:30 pm last night, two people were shot near a youth hostel in Fort Mason. CBS 5/CBN reports: "A 22-year-old woman was injured by a bullet
SF News Teen Mob Attacks Vallejo City Worker Wanted dead or alive, Vallejo teens attacked and robbed a city worker yesterday afternoon. Police said, according to CBS 5, "the incident happened around 3:30 p.m. in the 600 block of
SF News Double Homicide In Hayward Two bodies were discovered at the Bay Cities Auto Auction at 29901 Industrial Parkway Southwest in Hayward this morning. CBS 5/BCN reports: "One body was found on the pavement outside the front
SF News Suspects in Home Invasion Caught on Tape You'll recall the home invasion robbery we mentioned last week, which happened in a Sunset district home, and in which one 40-year-old man ended up dead. As SFist commenter Joel was quick to
SF News Mugging At Knifepoint At Market And Gough Oh dear. At around 2:30 a.m. this morning, "two men reportedly robbed a third at knifepoint at Market and Gough." No one was injured, and -- get this -- at least
SF News One Woman Dead, Two Missing In Sonoma/Point Reyes Three women, ages 37, 77 and 34, have disappeared since January 10. The locations are "approximately 60 miles apart if you take Highway 1 straight up from Pt. Reyes to Calzadero." Sleuth Beth
SF News Sixth Street Lives Up To Its Reputation With Early Morning Stabbing Before Newsom's $11.5 million redevelopment of the mid-Market Street area goes into effect, one of San Francisco's grittiest areas will be as nasty as it wants to be. Take, for example, this
SF News 7th Richmond Gang Rape Suspect Turns Himself In A seventh man turned himself in to Richmond police this week in the Richmond High School gang rape. During the October incident, if you recall, a 16-year-old girl was beaten and raped during
SF News Shooting Victim Drives Self To Fire Station An unidentified man with an unfortunate gunshot wound drove himself to a fire station in SOMA early this morning. SFAppeal reports, "Officers responded to San Francisco Fire Department Station No. 1 at 676
SF News Teen Suspect In Stockton Home Invasions Being Tried As Adult 17-year-old Joseph Jones of Stockton was arraigned as an adult this week in San Joaquin County court on 28 counts, including five home invasion robberies beginning in October. Jones is accused of committing
