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Disgusting Twitter Video Shows Apparent Bayview Robbery, Black-on-Asian Racism

A video that went viral on Twitter appears to show an elderly Asian man after he was just robbed of a shopping cart loaded with aluminum cans he had collected in SF's Bayview neighborhood. The man can then be seen being attacked by the alleged thief, and mocked by shouting onlookers.

Dozens of Cars Converge on SF for Five Separate Sunday Morning Sideshows

Weekend sideshow activity — where dozens of cars come together and do donuts in intersections, much to the delight of onlookers who could also get killed if anything went wrong — is typically relegated to the East Bay and suburbs. But on Sunday it came to SF.

Armed Trio Try and Fail to Carjack Three Vehicles In SoMa Thursday Morning

A trio of suspects, one armed with a handgun, allegedly attempted three separate carjackings in and around SoMa, all within an hour on Thursday morning.

Suspect In East Bay Armed Robberies Cuts Hair, Gets Arrested In Central Valley

One of two suspects wanted in what are believed to be a pair of connected, violent daylight robberies in Oakland and Richmond on February 10, was arrested after an all-points bulletin went out — and he was likely trying to flee the state.

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SFPD Seeks Man In Super Bowl Sunday Burrito Attack at Gordo Taqueria

An irate customer at an Outer Richmond taqueria is being sought by police in an aggravated assault that took place on Sunday, February 2 — during the Super Bowl.

Business & Tech

Walgreens to Pay $7.5 Million to Two Bay Area Counties Over Phony Pharmacist

The Walgreens pharmacy chain has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a case in which an employee succeeded in impersonating a pharmacist for 11 years and illegally wrote prescriptions for patients in Alameda and Santa Clara counties.

Elderly Chinatown Residents Targeted For Red Envelopes During Lunar New Year

During Lunar New Year celebrations this week, law enforcement is going on high alert in both San Francisco's and Oakland's Chinatown to deter thieves from targeting a longstanding gift tradition.

Amid Spike In Fentanyl Deaths, SF Man Sentenced In Fentanyl-Selling Case

After going on the lam with his wife in Mexico, getting caught, and pleading guilty in federal court last July to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, a San Francisco man was sentenced Friday to 200 months (16 and a half years) in jail.

Business & Tech

Instagram Chief Adam Mosseri's SF Home Got Swatted

In just one of multiple incidents in the last year in which a high-profile tech executive saw their home descended upon by police and SWAT teams, Facebook's head of Instagram Adam Mosseri had both his homes in New York and San Francisco swatted in November.

Video of an Armed Robbery On a Woman's Doorstep Has an Oakland Neighborhood on Edge

A Ring doorbell video of a woman being accosted and robbed by an armed thief on her doorstep in the Eastmont Hills neighborhood of Oakland has been cause for fresh alarm for neighbors — and it's part of an apparent uptick in armed robberies around the Oakland hills.

'Purple People' Sex Commune In Lafayette Hit With Racist Graffiti

A 52-year-old communal living curiosity in the East Bay is making news again for an unfortunate reason this week after vehicles and buildings on the property were hit with racist graffiti.

Laptop Theft Victim Shot In Hip At Bus Stop In North Oakland

Another person was violently robbed of their laptop in Oakland on Friday, and this time the victim was shot in the course of the robbery.

Two Alleged Western Addition Gang Members Face Federal Charges In March 2019 Fillmore Shooting

A pair of suspects in a shooting that left one man dead and five others wounded last March in the Fillmore District were indicted in federal court Wednesday on charges of being felons in possession of a firearm, and using a firearm in a violent crime that ended in death.

L.A. Man Arrested In Kidnapping of Fort Bragg Teen Released From Jail as DA's Office Delays Charges

A 22-year-old Los Angeles man arrested earlier this week in connection with the weekend disappearance of a 13-year-old Mendocino County girl visiting San Francisco with her family has been released from jail pending charges.

Bay Area Criminals Are Reportedly Driving to SoCal to Break Into More Cars

In what is perhaps a sign that local law enforcement is doing an OK job at deterring and catching auto burglars for a change, police in Southern California have noted a trend in Bay Area gangs traveling down there to target tourist vehicles.

First SF Homicide Victim of 2020 Is Woman in the Tenderloin

The first homicide of the new year happened in the Tenderloin, just blocks from two other homicides in December.

Murder Charges Possible After Death of 89-Year-Old Woman Beaten in Visitacion Valley

An 89-year-old great-grandmother succumbed to her injuries Friday after a year in the hospital following a January 2019 beating in a park near her home in Visitacion Valley.

Two Convicted Felons To Face Murder and Manslaughter Charges In Death of Laptop Theft Victim

Two previously convicted robbers have been arrested and are facing charges in the New Year's Eve death of a 34-year-old Oakland man whose laptop computer they were allegedly trying to steal.

SFPD Arrests Man In SoMa For Chasing Someone With a Needle

A man was arrested Monday evening after reports that he was chasing another person around the area of 7th and Mission Street with a hypodermic needle.

Three People Shot, Three People Stabbed On New Year's Eve in SF

Three people were shot and injured on Tuesday evening around the city, and after the clock struck midnight, three more people were stabbed in separate incidents in SoMa and the Excelsior district.

Car Break-Ins Still Frequent In SF, But Down 3 Percent Over Last Year

As we await final crime stats from the SFPD for 2019, the department is touting the fact that burglaries from vehicles in the city — while still high — were down slightly year over year through November.

San Francisco Marks 56-Year Low In Homicides

There was plenty of bad news in 2019, but in the good news column the homicide count in San Francisco hit its lowest number since 1963: 41.

Woman Catches Guy Breaking Into Her Car In Hayes Valley, SFPD Makes Arrest

It's a rare story when somebody actually catches a car burglar in the act, but that's what happened Saturday night near Civic Center.

Another DoorDash Driver Is Caught Stealing a Package

A second DoorDash driver, this time in Santa Clara, was caught on surveillance video being a porch pirate just moments after handing off a bag of food to a customer.

East Bay Convenience Store Robbery, Pistol-Whipping Caught On Video

An armed robbery Sunday night at a convenience store in Bay Point ended with one of the alleged thieves fatally shot, and the initial unfolding of the robbery — which left a cashier injured — was caught on surveillance video.