SF News [Updated] Castro Doorman Beaten In Apparent Gay Hate Crime Headed home after finishing a Wednesday night shift, Tommy Castellani, an employee of the Castro bar Badlands (4121 18th Street), was brutally beaten in an act of bigoted violence according to his sister,
SF News Local Vintage Camera Store Robbed, Confused Owner Says 'We Can't Even Get People To Buy This Stuff' Matt Osbourne, who along with Gordon Szeto owns Glass Key Photo at 442 Haight Street, admits to being confused by a robbery at his store. The methods aren't so surprising: They "smashed in
SF News SFPD Reexamines Ten-Year-Old Cold Case Murder Of Aubrey Abrakasa, Reveals New Info On the afternoon of August 14, 2006 a Monday 17-year-old Aubrey Abrakasa was leaving his mother's home in the Western Addition and headed to his job as a youth counselor at a park
SF News Bag Of Possible Human Remains Washes Up At Pier 14 Possible bag of bones washes ashore at #SanFrancisco's Pier 14 https://t.co/xjdFiYTN0V pic.twitter.com/QIRN0A2dE6— KRON 4 News (@kron4news) August 16, 2016 A blue bag that washed up on Pier
SF News SFPD Says It's 200 Officers Short-Staffed, And Is Having Hiring Troubles The San Francisco Police Department is understaffed and having trouble filling the gaps. So reports CBS 5, which notes that the department blames a myriad of factors for the 200 open positions. "It’
SF News 'Dreaded Bandit' Arrested Outside Of Richmond District Bank With Loaded Gun The Dreaded Bandit's reign of bank-robbing terror may have finally come to an end. The Chronicle reports that Friday afternoon police arrested the man they believe to be the serial bank robber. He
SF News Prosecutorial Overreach Claimed In Case Involving Scott Wiener's Stolen Phone While we all know that stealing is bad (duh), and can have serious consequences both for victims and thieves, stealing from a law-and-order elected official is likely to turn out notably worse for
SF News Menlo Park Trader Joe's Robbed By Masked, Armed Men Typically somnolent Menlo Park was disturbed over the weekend by armed robbers according to police. At 9:15 p.m., officers arrived at the Trader Joe's at 720 Menlo Avenue but were too
SF News Westfield Centre Muggers Shake Man Down For School Supplies A group of muggers menaced a shopper at the Westfield Centre Friday afternoon, beating and robbing him as he used the restroom of the tony Market Street mall. The attack, says the San
SF News Muni Driver Allegedly Beaten By Angry Motorist Driving for Muni can be a stressful gig. With all the rider beatings, collisions, and allegations of discrimination, the brown-uniform-sporting employees have a lot to deal with even before it comes to matters
SF News Victims Fight For Lives After Gunman Fires Into Crowd Outside Nightclub, Man On Capp Is Shot Two men were rushed to the hospital in critical condition this weekend, victims of separate shootings in which the suspects remain at large. At 10:37 p.m. on Saturday, police say that
SF News SFPD Conducts Sweep Of Mission Bike Chop Shops San Francisco Police Department Sergeant Matt Friedman is the Sisyphus of San Francisco. Since 2013, Friedman has been fighting bike theft not just on the streets but on Twitter as @SFPDBikeTheft, where he
SF News Early Evening Clarion Alley Stabbing Leaves Man In Critical Condition A stabbing last night at a popular tourist destination has left one man in critical condition. The Chronicle reports that this all went down at the intersection of Mission Street and Clarion Alley
SF News Negotiation With Sex Worker Turns Into Knifepoint Robbery A man seeking to purchase sexual services from a woman got more than he bargained for Thursday afternoon, when a third party interrupted their transaction and robbed the aspiring customer at knifepoint. It
SF News Oakland Man Arrested For Double Shooting And Arson Police arrested the man they say is responsible for a double-killing and arson in East Oakland this past Monday morning. Fox 2 reports that the suspect works as a truck loader, and he
SF News Man Leads Police On Three-Hour Low-Speed Pursuit Around The Bay Tires worn down to rims, acrid smell of burning rubber in air. Suspect in custody. pic.twitter.com/N6CdnETsCF— Tiffany Wilson (@TWilsonTV) August 10, 2016 A man is in custody today after leading
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Vallejo Is Whack: Four Women Allegedly 'Terrorize' Jack In The Box Over Cold Food Ah, Vallejo. Our neighbor to the north is in the news again this week, with four women standing accused of going totally nuts in a Jack in the Box after their drive-through order
SF News SF's Plummeting Crime Rate (Except For Homicides), By The Numbers As fans of The Wire* inevitably assure you, crime data, especially those from systems like Compstat, are infinitely, um, malleable. And yet, they are often the only method we have, especially given the
SF News Overnight Burglary Of Apple Headquarters Leads To Door-To-Door Manhunt In South Bay A manhunt is ongoing Wednesday morning after three men suspected of burglarizing Apple's Cupertino headquarters took police on a chase all the way to San Jose. ABC 7 reports that someone with the
SF News SoMa Pedestrian Punched Over Bose Headphones A man walking on an infamously troubled San Francisco street was robbed Monday afternoon, attacked by a mugger who crept up on his headphone-wearing prey. The 37-year-old victim was walking near Folsom Street
SF News Teen Busted For North Beach Cab Attack A 19-year-old man who was refused a ride by a North Beach taxi driver ended up behind bars late Sunday, when the confrontation escalated into a violent attack. According to the San Francisco
SF News Man Dragged Down Fillmore Street In Brazen Backpack Beat-Down A Fillmore Street pedestrian was hospitalized Monday, after a team of muggers dragged and assaulted him over a backpack. The 36-year-old male victim was walking down Fillmore Street between Eddy and O'Farrell Streets
SF News Naked Man In 'Altered Mental Status' Runs Around Hayes Valley Sadly the video's been yanked off Instagram, but a possibly unstable and/or extraordinarily high young white man went streaking through Hayes Valley, in the vicinity of Octavia, on Friday afternoon. As Hoodline
SF News Man Shot To Death At San Francisco Tourist Hot Spot A man is dead, police say, following a fatal shooting at a popular San Francisco tourist attraction Saturday night. According to the San Francisco Police Department, officers were called to the area of
SF News Brooklyn Man Fatally Shot After Retrieving Son's Oakland Raiders Cap From Bully In Brooklyn, some high school bullies carry guns, and one just killed a man over an Oakland Raiders cap. Our friends at Gothamist just relayed the story of 38-year-old Gerald Cummings, who was
