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
SF News Police Warn of Lunar New Year Crime Wave What with Chinese New Year approaching, which officially begins Monday, SFPD are warning Richmond District residents to be on the lookout for "extortionists, robbers and burglars, who may prey on those stocking the
SF News Unidentified Man Shot in Face at Hayward BART Station A 23-year-old man took a bullet to the visage on Saturday at the Hayward BART station. The incident happened just outside the East Bay station on Saturday. And although the police are investigating
SF News Breaking News: San Jose Police Surrounded Gas Station San Jose police have surrounded the USA Gas station on McLaughlin Ave. at the Capitol Expressway. According to CBS 5's alarming 'breaking news' box atop their homepage, one armed suspect is at the
SF News Oakland to Fire Fibbing Cops Two sergeants and nine officers in the Oakland Police Department will be looking for fresh new careers soon. Why? It seems said law enforcement officials lied on sworn affidavits in order to get
SF News Mehserle Pleads 'Not Guilty' Johannes Mehserle, the ex-BART officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant on New Year's Day, pleaded not guilty yesterday to murder. During a "tense" hearing, Mehserle "entered court for about three minutes ... spoke
SF News SFist Blotter TENDERLOIN / WEDNESDAY: A man was stabbed to death in the TL last night. At around 5:30 p.m. an unidentified man, according to the police, "the victim walked into a hotel in
SF News BART Cop Update: Suicide Watch! Murder Charges! Nevada! In an amazing twist, murder charges were officially filed against Johannes Mehserle, 27, who (allegedly) shot and killed Oscar Grant on New Year's Day on the Fruitvale BART station platform. The amazing part
SF News BART Cop Protest Planned for Tonight Although BART cop Johannes Mehserle was arrested yesterday, another protest is planned today from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in front of Oakland City Hall (Frank Ogawa Plaza). But wait, there's
SF News Greenfield Man Accused of Selling Daughter for Cash, Beer, Meat Located in the heart of the Salinas Valley, a Greenfield father is accused of trying to sell his 14-year-old daughter into marriage. And how much was his nubile daughter worth to him? $16,
SF News BART Done with Grant Shooting Investigation BART announced this afternoon that they finished up their internal investigation into the shooting death of Oscar Grant on New Year's Day. The results haven't been made public, but they were handed over
SF News Hans Reiser Attacked Clearly not willing to take on the "bitch" role in his new home, wife killer and former Linux computer programmer Hans Reiser was attacked in prison the other day. According to reports, Reiser
