SF News Toilet Torcher Claims #22 If we may get all TV Guide you for a second: Cheers, SF Weekly, for reporting on the Toilet Torcher's illuminating crime wave. You have proven a formidable journalistic force when it comes
SF News Public Masturbator Sought South SF police are on the hunt for a man who allegedly masturbated in front of a woman as she walked her dogs on the Centennial Way Trail between South Spruce and Tanforan
SF News Brazen Afternoon Murder at Eddy & Laguna Myron Edward was shot and killed at 3pm yesterday at the intersection of Eddy and Laguna in the Western Addition. Edward was transferred to a local hospital where he later died. As of
SF News Toilet Torcher Foiled? San Francisco's Toilet Torcher is making national headlines. (Also, AP is calling him or her the "Toilet Torcher," to which SFist will take full credit, thank you. Ha ha.) And for some it's
SF News Mother & Son Team Rob Peninsula Store Prepare for your heart strings to zing. Darlene Barnes, 34, and her son Darrell Dwayne Reed, 18, were arrested on suspicion of robbing a convenience store in Menlo Park early this morning. Aw,
SF News The Feds Raid the Bay Area The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives began a series of raids in Richmond, San Francisco, Redwood City, Oakland, and Fremont this morning. Federal agents busted people at on the 2200 block
SF News Richmond Police Admit Ignoring Hate Crime Report Richmond police admit ignoring the racially-motivated beating of Brandon Manning, whose crime report sat unnoticed on the desk of a sergeant who was "absent for several days." Fortunately, though, police finally looked at
SF News Torched Porta-Potty Map View Larger Map For three months, porta-potties in the Marina, North Beach, and Russian Hill have gone up in flames. Rob Spectre at Dream Not of Today created this illuminating map that shows
SF News Toilet Torcher Strikes Again: No. 21 We were beginning to think we our favorite arsonist hung up his bic. Not so. According to reports, it seems the Toilet Torcher has struck again, this time at "3:50 on Sunday
SF News Hate Crime Reported in Richmond A little over a week ago, Jan. 24, seven male suspects beat a UPS employee (who is black) in a park in the 3500 block of Morningside Drive in the city of Richmond.
SF News Bart Officer Wanted to Tase Him, Bro Police tasings, which have provided endless entertainment over the last few years, are commonplace for itchy triggerfingered cops. According to SFGate, that's just what Bart cop Johannes Mehserle wanted to do in lieu
SF News Murder-suicide at Mission Street Motel Egads. The dead bodies of a man and woman were discovered inside a Excelsior motel room this morning by the manager, located on the 5000 block of Mission Street. Police are labeling their
SF News Sexual Predator On the Loose In Berkeley Police are warning women in Berkeley that an attacker in on the prowl near the UC Berkeley campus. So far three "college-aged" women have been attack just south of the UCB campus. In
SF News Help Find Violent North Beach Assault Suspect(s) A cherished, brilliant SFist commenter, whose name will private unless told otherwise, was assaulted with a deadly weapon at a busy intersection in North Beach last week. He told SFist the following. This
SF News Mythbusters truck broken into, goods stolen Not cool. The Mythbusters truck, which was full of tools and equipment, was broken into on Monday night! According to Adam Savage's Twitter feed, he lost $3,000 worth of tools. So be
SF News Animal Care & Control Needs Help Finding Kidnapped Chihuahua Puppy Some horrible human beings stole a chihuahua puppy stolen from Animal Care & Control this past Friday, January 23, between the hours of 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. How mean!
SF News Man Shot to Death in Hunters Point An 18-year-old Oakland man was shot and killed in a Hunters Point public housing project. (Speaking of where to dine in SoMa, which is several bus stops away from Hunters Point, we recommend
SF News De La Plaza Death Ruled '100 Percent Homicide' by French Authorities A new twist on the stabbing death of Hugues De La Plaza: actualy crime fighting. It seems French police have humiliated SFPD after having ruling De La Plaza's death a homicide. If you
misc Get Your Bart Gun Shirt Today Local blogger Jameth posted his latest designer find today: the Bart gun shirt. It's quite lovely and makes a statement without saying a word. The shirt comes in all sizes and can be
SF News Man Robs Walnut Creek Gas Station Walnut Creek police are investigating an armed robbery at a Chevron gas station Sunday night, (Oh hey, speaking of Walnut Creek, did any of you catch Prayers for Bobby this weekend? It aired
SF News New Footage Reveals Police Brutality Prior to Oscar Grant Murder New cellphone footage of the night of Oscar Grant's murder has surfaced. What does it show? It seems, according to reports, a second BART officer, not Johannes Mehserle, can be seen assaulting a
SF News Exciting Police Chase Not Caught On Tape Do you miss the days of televised police chases? We sure do. You miss out on a lot of action-packed moments. Take, for example, today's East Bay police chase that ended in a
SF News Man Murdered <s>in</s> Near Alamo Square A man killed this morning in the Alamo Square neighborhood, according to reports. Leo Jia Jian Yu, 23, was shot and killed near the corner of Pierce and Turk streets a little before
SF News SF Murder-For-Hire Plot Foiled by Dame Emerson Portillo, 24, of San Francisco, and Deonte Bennett, 24, of Oakland were arrested yesterday in connection with allegedly planning to kill Portillo's ex-girlfriend for $5,000. The failed hired hit almost happened
SF News Berkeley Counts First Murder of 2009 William Payton, 37, was shot on Jan. 11 over at the Bank of America parking lot at 2546 San Pablo Ave. in Berkeley. Yesterday, Payton died at Highland Hospital in Oakland. This makes
