misc West-Coast Puppet APB Issued The theft happened in Oregon, but there's no Portlandist so we're just going to have to post it here and try to get the word out. Tell your friends to be on the
SF News "Santa Cruz Police Seek Rape Suspect; May Be French" (A fun headline, yes?) Two people interrupted a rape in progress in Santa Cruz near the river levee last Saturday afternoon. The assailant -- who used a French passport to enter Rosie McCann's,
SF News Restaurant Thieves Strike Again Two armed men struck yet another East Bay restaurant, this time in the posh Rockridge district. At least two thieves robbed a Pasta Pomodoro (someone save the butternut squash ravioli!) at 5500 College
SF News SFist Blotter MISSION, SATURDAY: Were you there? We were. Valencia Street barhoppers and Delfina snobs mistakenly assumed firecrackers ignited after at least five shots rang out at 18th and Guerrero streets a little after 10:
misc Security Cameras - A Help or a Boondoggle? Our experience with the cameras in the Lower Haight has been, well, mixed. When they went up, one of the locals told us we couldn't take photos of the cameras. Not inspiring. On
SF News Mad Biter Attacks Woman on O'Shaughnessy A San Francisco resident was assaulted this past Wednesday morning while jogging along O'Shaughnessy Boulevard. According to Captain O'Leary's daily email: A local resident was bitten on her lower back by a man
SF News USF College Adjacent Murder Victims ID'd The San Francisco medical examiner's office has figured out the IDs of the two victims found dead in car at Golden Gate Avenue and Masonic: 34-year-old Isiah Turner and 18-year-old Andre Helton. As
SF News Market Street Murder A man was stabbed to death early this morning on Market Street during a fight. On the 1200 block of Market (at Eighth Street), the unidentified male murder victim was discovered at around
SF News Since Dellums Can't, Guardian Angels Attempt to Protect Oakland The streets of Oakland might become a bit safer now with the addition of the Guardian Angels. Starting this Friday night, the "volunteer organization of unarmed citizen crime patrollers" will man the mischief
SF News Two Shot Dead Near USF At around 5:30 a.m. today at 2245 Golden Gate Avenue, a double homicide was reported just in front of the USF campus. Only in their 20s, both victims had been shot
SF News Breaking News: Muni Accident at Webster & McAllister Jim Herd at SF Citizen sent us this urgent message just now: "Ten mins ago. Lexus GS400 hit truck one block away. Driver went one block and then hit a Fulton 5. Driver
SF News Terry Childs Ripple Effect Delays ShotSpotter San Francisco's latest crime-fighting technique, ShotSpotter, a listening/recording device that can pinpoint the locations of discharged gunfire in San Francisco's most at-risk neighborhoods, has seen its Mission district unveiling temporarily halted. According
SF News Woman Of-A-Certain-Age Shot By SFPD Wielded Knife Remember the lady who was shot several times in her Mission district apartment? Well, the victim, Teresa Sheehan, 56, "lunged at officers with a knife" before officers turned her into the female 50
SF News SF Police Shoot, Wound Old Lady A 60-year-old woman was sent to the hospital after SFPD officers shot her. Going down over at 15th and Dolores streets, officers were called to an apartment a little after 11 a.m.
SF News Another Oakland Restaurant Robbed at Gunpoint In a span of 24 hours, two Oakland restaurants were robbed by three armed men wearing masks and dark hoodies. Skyline Pizza, located at 4400 Keller Avenue, was hit around 9 p.m.
SF News UPDATE: Kidnapping Mom Caught, Amber Alert Called Off Mom-on-the-run Enja Moore and her kids were found unharmed this afternoon. According to CBS 5, "It wasn't surprising to locate Moore at the check cashing store ["Oh my God, you racist bastards, CBS
SF News What's So Hot About Bike Seats? Major - like, major! - alert from the SF Bike Coalition according to one SFist reader. It seems someone or some people are stealing bike steals "all over downtown." Check it: Bike Theft
SF News Muni Driver Attacked While SFist understands your frustrations with Muni, we advise against physically assaulting drivers. Take, for example, David Maldonado, 21, who was arrested on Monday night, charged with aggravated assault after attacking a Muni
SF News #67: Glen Park Murder At around 6:30 p.m last night, an unidentified man was shot at 813 Chenery Street in Glen Park. He was later pronounced dead at SF General. Anyone know anything further about
SF News UPDATE: $30,000 Reward Offered For UCSC Bombings Like "molotov cocktails on steroids," the ALF, or Anti-Abortion Animal Liberation Front, has NOT claimed responsibility for this past weekend's firebomb attacks on UC Santa Cruz research biologists. (Let an authentic Journalist tell
SF News SFist Blotter SUNDAY, BAYVIEW: On the 200 block of Paul Avenue a little before 6:30 a.m. yesterday, a man in his 50s 39-year-old Warren Foster Jr. of San Francisco "was found suffering gunshot
SF News SFist Blotter: Taco Truck Robbery Edition A little before 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, two people ended up in the hospital after being robbed and receiving gunshot wounds near the popular taco truck at Harrison and 20th streets.
SF News #65: Early Morning Stab Death in SF Early this morning a teenage boy was stabbed to death in San Francisco's Excelsior district. The murder victim was strolling with a girl at around 1:30 a.m. "when they were confronted
SF News Racist Vandal(s) Attack Castro Flower Stand Again In the second time in two years, Guy Clark, the gentleman who sells flowers 15th and Noe Streets, had his stand vandalized. Yesterday, shit was smeared along the walls of Clark's makeshift flower
SF News Scene From an Early Morning Oakland Manhunt Holy smokes. After an early morning shooting over at the Davis-Coit Apartments in downtown Oakland, which resulted in one arrest with one suspect at-large, this was the scene from inside the apartment of
