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Berkeley Man Charged With Attempted Murder Following Nevada Freeway Shooting, Deadly Crash

A 51-year-old Berkeley man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after he was injured in a horrific freeway crash that killed the driver of the car — which followed a freeway shooting in which the injured man is the only suspect.

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Thieves Overwhelm Security Guard at Potrero Cannabis Dispensary, Steal Weed

A lot of sweet bud just moved from the legal market to the black market, and/or some thieves are getting very high somewhere right now.

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Smash-and-Dash Handbag Heist Gang Hits SF's Union Square Once More

A group of young thieves walked into the Neiman Marcus store in San Francisco's Union Square on Monday evening and swiped a bunch of expensive handbags in a coordinated heist that's very similar to a string of others on the Peninsula.

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SFPD Seeks Public's Help In Finding Second Suspect In Killing of Six-Year-Old One Year Ago

San Francisco police named a second suspect in the July 4, 2020 killing of six-year-old Jace Young, saying that the suspect is at large, armed, and dangerous and may still be in the city.

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San Jose Woman Allegedly Confessed to Strangling 7-Year-Old Son Because She Was Frustrated With Him

The 35-year-old San Jose woman arrested in Denver on June 8 following the discovery a week earlier of her 7-year-old son's body near a hiking trail in Las Vegas has reportedly confessed to killing the boy in frustration.

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SoMa Shopkeepers Assaulted By Shoplifting Suspect

The owners of a deli in SoMa were severely beaten on Monday by a suspect who had just stolen a beverage and walked out of the store, according to the SFPD.

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Handbag Heist Crew Strikes Again In Palo Alto

What is likely the same crew of brazen shoplifters who have recently struck twice at Stanford Shopping Center and once in San Francisco's Union Square has struck again, this time in downtown Palo Alto.

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Brazen Walgreens Thief Charged With Hitting Eight Stores In One Month

A suspect who was arrested Saturday in connection with multiple Walgreens and CVS robberies — allegedly conducted in plain sight of staff and security guards — has been charged with 15 counts of robbery, grand theft, and burglary.

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Suspect Accused In Lemur Theft at SF Zoo Now Faces Federal Charges Under Endangered Species Act

The 31-year-old man who is still facing trial in San Francisco for grand theft and second-degree burglary in the theft of a 22-year-old ring-tailed lemur from the San Francisco Zoo last fall is now facing federal charges.

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Warring San Francisco Gangs Blamed For Lake Merritt Juneteenth Shooting

A shooting in Oakland on Saturday is being blamed on gang warfare, specifically an ongoing conflict with two gangs or groups from San Francisco.

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Suspect In Stabbing of 94-Year-Old Woman Had 2016 Murder Charges Dismissed Due In Part to Miranda Issue

Daniel Cauich, the suspect in last week's random stabbing on Post Street, was released from jail in 2019 after serving three years pending trial for murder. The main reason: Cauich and his brother, who were both charged in the killing, were not properly Mirandized after their arrest.

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Another Attack On an Elderly Asian Person, Another Round of the Blame Game Between Police and DA

Wednesday's random stabbing of a 94-year-old Asian woman on her morning walk on Post Street has once again prompted finger-pointing among law enforcement, specifically after the suspect was revealed to be another repeat offender who's been in and out of the county jail in the last few years.

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94-Year-Old Asian Woman Stabbed In the Tenderloin, Suspect Has Long Rap Sheet, Was Out on Bail

A 94-year-old Asian woman was reportedly stabbed Wednesday morning in San Francisco in what's been described as an unprovoked attack.

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60-Year-Old Man Fatally Shot Near Civic Center Alley

A man was shot and killed Monday night near one end of an alley near Civic Center, one of several alleys that have been the sites of violent crime in recent months.

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South Bay Tech Businessman and His Wife Accused of Trafficking 100+ Women, Operating Six Brothels

A Milpitas tech businessman and wife stand accused of pimping, pandering, money laundering, and human trafficking following a two-year investigation into their alleged brothel business.

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Asian Public Defender Gets Heat From Family Over Defending Mentally Ill Man Who Assaulted Elderly Woman

The Taiwan-born SF public defender assigned to the case of Steven Jenkins — the 39-year-old homeless man accused in the March 17 assault on 75-year-old Xiao Zhen Xie — says he's taken some heat from some family members.

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Shooting at Market and McAllister Gravely Injures One Man; SFPD Says to Avoid the Area

An investigation is ongoing into a Thursday morning shooting near the intersection of Market and McAllister streets in San Francisco, and police are advising the public to avoid the area.

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High-End Handbag Heisters Hit Stanford Shopping Center Yet Again

A gang of grab-and-run thieves descended on the Louis Vuitton store at Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto this week and stole an estimated $100,000+ in pricey handbags.

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Well Known Corner Store Owner In Lower Pac Heights Loses Eye In Stabbing

The longtime owner of a corner store on Franklin Street in San Francisco was brutally stabbed multiple times last week in an incident of random violence that followed his storefront being smashed by a car.

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Possible Link Investigated Between Oakland Double Murder and Party Bus Shooting

Investigators in Oakland believe there may be a link between a May 16 double homicide in East Oakland that killed two 17-year-old boys, and the shooting up of a party bus that happened about one day later on I-580, killing two more teenagers.

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Plea Delayed For Suspect In San Jose Hate-Crime Assault As Competency Is Assessed

A man accused in an alleged physical and sexual assault at a San Jose train station in March that came with anti-Asian epithets remains in jail without bail, but he has not yet entered a plea in the case.

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Arrest Made In Fatal Hit-and-Run on Polk Street

The SFPD has made an arrest in Tuesday's hit-and-run collision at Polk and Hyde that took the life of a 29-year-old woman, and the suspect is the registered owner of the vehicle whose driver fled the scene.

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DA Boudin Pushes Back on Police About Evidence Delay In Shooting Case Involving Murder Suspect Robert Newt

DA Chesa Boudin tried to make it clear to the Police Commission this week that blame for the release of Robert Newt last month should be focused on the police and lengthy delays in forensic evidence testing.

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Cabal of Handbag Thieves Maybe Went From Union Square Saks to Palo Alto Neiman Marcus

A heist of high-end handbags estimated to be worth $150,000 at Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto may have been a second act for a group of enterprising thieves, who possibly also committed a similar theft in San Francisco a day earlier.

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Suspect In Two Potrero Homicides Was Released Without Charges After April 4 Shooting; SFPD Seeks Public's Help Finding Him

San Francisco police linked a man to dozens of spent shell casings from a shooting on April 4 in which no one was injured. The District Attorney's Office released him without charges, pending further evidence. He's now wanted for murder and attempted murder.