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
SF News Punched Jaywalker Clings to Life The fuzz says that a man crossing Hayes and Stanyan streets in Golden Gate Park (against a red light) was punched after getting into an altercation with motorist yesterday afternoon. It went something
SF News Update: FBI Raids Hayes Valley Den of Iniquity After this morning's FBI raids in San Francisco and Oakland, a total of five people were arrested. For what, you ask? Well, not human trafficking. Not treason. Not even hardcore gang activity. The
SF News FBI Raids Hayes Valley Den of Iniquity A total of five people were arrested after the FBI carried out a bust in San Francisco and Oakland this morning. According to the FBI, eight locations were targeted, including one in San
SF News Tiger-Attack Victim Lands 10 Days in the Clink Big-cat attack survivor Kulbir Dhaliwal, who saw his fame quotient skyrocket last year after Tatiana the tiger escape from her grotto and went on a fatal rampage, was handed ten days in jail
SF News Two Arrested After Potrero HIll Home Invasion, Kidnapping Yesterday at around 3 p.m., four suspects entered a home in the 700 block of Missouri Street, kidnapped an unidentified victim inside the residence, drove said victim to the bank, and demanded
SF News New York City Safer than San Jose, Says FBI While it's still a notably safe (albeit coma-inducing) city, San Jose, unfairly maligned as the armpit of California, was ranked below New York City recently when it comes to safety. According to last
SF News Details of Tracy Abuse Case Unfold The whole story of the Tracy child abuse case is starting to emerge. The boy's aunt, Caren Ramirez, who was arrested on Tuesday night, was charged in 2006 with inflicting "cruel and inhuman
SF News Tracy Teen's Aunt Arrested in Berkeley The final suspect in this week's terrible Tracy child abuse case has been nabbed. Caren Ramirez, 43, was picked up by police at her Berkeley home at around 9:30 p.m. last
SF News SFist Blotter GOLDEN GATE PARK: 20-year-old Brandon Evans was shot and killed while attending a party in Golden Gate Park on Saturday. According to reports, Evans was part of "about 100 young people drinking and
SF News Ass Shooting Ruins Thanksgiving On Thanksgiving morning at around 10:45 a.m., a woman shot her boyfriend in the butt. (Hee.) The incident occurred at Camille Court in San Francisco. According to reports, "The man was
SF News UCSF Researcher/Poisoner Liu Freed from Jail Cover your cups of coffee and tea. Ben Chun Liu, the UCSF urology researcher who allegedly poisoned his colleague because he was "stressed," is free today. A San Francisco judge ordered him free
SF News MSM Stays Silent as SF Murder Toll Tops 100 While it made headlines last year, this year's passing of San Francisco's 100th murder, happened in early November, made little buzz in the mainstream media. As of last night's brazen North Beach murder
SF News San Francisco Police Calls Now Available on EveryBlock EveryBlock a site that gathers info going on in your block, just launched an hour or so ago one of the niftiest features we've seen in awhile. The now publish every call made
