SF News SF Surveillance Cameras Fail According to research done by the UC Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society, surveillance cameras installed around the city in 2005 have failed to reduce serious crimes like murder
SF News Toilet Torcher: #15 The Toilet Torcher strikes again! This time he or she has claimed their 15th porta-potty since November. The portable outhouse went up in flames last night at Union and Franklin Streets. This time,
SF News Increase BART Police Oversight, Demand Elected Officials Photo by Jim Herd. Not too stupid to miss a prime opportunity to get in some face time, Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, Senator Leland Yee, and freshly crowned San Francisco Supervisor David Campos stood
SF News Community Expresses Rage at BART Board Meeting Angry community members showed up at today's BART board meeting. Although the BART board had an affected and somewhat curious moment of silence for Oscar Grant, Grant's death was overwhelmingly being labeled "an
SF News BART Officer Quits In what's beginning to look like an unfortunate accident, BART officer Johannes Mehserle resigned today after fatally shooting Oscar Grant at the Frutivale BART station on New Year's Day. Johannes Mehserle was supposed
SF News Mission Stabbing An unidentified, fortysomething-year-old man was stabbed in the Mission this morning. The attack was reported at around 4 a.m. in the 2000 block of Mission Street, according to reports. The victim was
SF News Suspects in Richmond Gang Rape/Hate Crime Charged The alleged human beings who assaulted, kidnapped, and raped a random Richmond lesbian were arraigned in Contra Costa Superior Court this week. Josue Gonzalez, 21, and Humberto Hernandez Salvador, 31, appeared in court
SF News Death Threats Sent to BART Police Officer Sadly, Matier & Ross have word that the BART police officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant on New Year's Day is now receiving death threats. It seems the BART officer in question,
SF News Bart Police Protest At Fruitvale BART Tomorrow Eh. We still think many folks are acting premature on this one, getting exciting about an exciting protest for the sake of protest, which might fatally dilute the original meaning. (What else is
SF News KTVU Airs Fruitvale Station Shooting, BART Police Asks for Patience Last Thursday, on New Year's Day, 22-year-old Oscar Grant was fatally shot by an unidentified BART officer. It happened after grant and some buddies got into a scuffle while riding a train. We
SF News At Least 36 Arrested for New Year Revelry A paltry 30 -- 30! -- people were arrested in San Francisco for public intoxication on New Year's Eve around Broadway, Market Street and the Embarcadero. (Needless to say, we're sad to see
SF News What Happened at the Fruitvale BART Shooting? Early New Year's day, Oscar Grant, 22, was plugged once by a bullet from a BART officer's gun, and died. His death, it seems, stemmed from a fight hew as involved in inside
SF News 4 Arrests made In Richmond Lesbian Gang Rape Case Four arrests were made this week after the brutal gang rape of a 28-year-old Richmond lesbian. Josue Gonzalez, 21, the pig at right, was arrested yesterday on a warrant for gang rape, kidnapping
SF News Students Stabbed After getting into a heated argument on a MUNI bus, two 19-year-old college students were stabbed after exiting the bus. The two boys, according to reports, were injured at Sixth Avenue and Geary
misc Tied Up, Burned Body Discovered in Berkeley Responding to a fire in Berkeley at 7 a.m. this morning, emergency crews found a dead, burned body at East Bay Parks land, west of I-80 between Gillman Street and University Avenue.
SF News Two Drivers Sought in Deadly Richmond Hit and Run Good grief, what is going on in the city of Richmond? First, some pigs gang rape a woman because she had a rainbow flag stick affixed to the back of her car. Then,
SF News SFist Blotter MISSION/SATURDAY: Showing no signs of slowing down, crime in the Mission will leave 2008 with a bang. Or, rather, a bloody stab. Take, of example, the incident that went down at 2
SF News Afternoon Shooting in Lower Haight Brazen drive-by shooting in the Lower Haight this afternoon. We're told the shooting happened at around 12:30 p.m. at Webster and Haight. Around five shots were heard. No word yet on
SF News Was Your Car Damaged on Capp Street? If so, an SFist source, who saw what happened and asked to remain anonymous, writes in to tell us: Walking last night around 10:30 near Capp & 22nd I saw some guys
SF News SFPD Chief Heather Fong Calls it Quits Just as Mayor Gavin Newsom jump starts efforts to get the hell out of San Francisco, Police Chief Heather Fong announced her retirement. The big news came on Saturday on the Newsom's All-Star
SF News San Rafael Man Accused of Throwing Toddler from Car Alfonso Israel De Leon, 34, was arrested on charges of tossing a two-year-old boy from a car in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday. While police wouldn't "disclose the children's relationship to De Leon,
SF News ShotSpotter Gunshot Test Tonight in the Mission Much to Terry Child's dismay, there will be a ShotSpotter test tonight in the Mission. From the authorities at SFPD’s Mission Station (via Mission Mission): Please Note: On Thursday, December 18, 2008
SF News Berkeley Suicide Leads to Grim Discovery Berkeley resident 60-year-old Hassan Bin Ali shot and killed himself on Monday night, leading to the discovery of an entombed body inside his Ashby Avenue residence. After police officers responded to a report
