SF News New Stats Say Gun Violence Down In SF, While Car Break-Ins Continue To Skyrocket The SFPD unleashed their official year-end crime statistics for 2015 today, and not at all surprisingly, property crime has gone up again driven especially by car break-ins which we already learned hit a
SF News Haight Homeless Guy Who Spotted Escaped Prisoners Gets $100K Reward Here's some actual good news. You'll recall the story of 55-year-old Matthew Hay-Chapman, a down-on-his-luck but nonetheless observant semi-homeless guy in the Upper Haight who, back in late January, spotted one of three
SF News Police: Serial Rapist Probably Lives Near UC Berkeley Campus In a frightening update to the unsolved case of the serial rapist assaulting college-age women near the UC Berkeley Campus, police now say that the suspect likely lives close to the site of
SF News Hot Convict Jeremy Meeks Walked Out Of Prison Today, Will Presumably Begin Modeling Remember the heady days of mid-2014 when a Northern California man named Jeremy Meeks, arrested in Stockton on firearms charges and reputed to be a member of the Northside Gangster Crips in that
SF News BART Police Release Video of West Oakland Shooting Suspect BART Police today released for the first time video of the suspect in last January's shooting aboard a crowded BART car. The video shows the suspect walking through what appears to be Pittsburg/
SF News Santa Cruz Fraternity And Sorority Members Busted In MDMA Drug Ring Six UC Santa Cruz fraternity and sorority members were arrested last Friday for running what federal agents allege to be a large MDMA — a drug also known as "Molly" or "Ecstasy" — "organized drug
SF News Fourth Woman Sexually Assaulted In String Of Berkeley Attacks A woman was sexually assaulted near the Berkeley campus over the weekend. The latest attack, which police believe to be at least the fourth committed by the same suspect, occurred early Saturday morning
SF News Redding Police Pursue Suspect In Scooby Doo Mystery Van Lookalike This "Mystery Machine" #ScoobyDoo lookalike van apparently led #Redding police on a pursuit today @KRCR7 #KRCR pic.twitter.com/vjhvMsof5B— Madison Wade (@madisonwadeKRCR) March 6, 2016 A story making the rounds from the
SF News Video: SFPD Officer Caught On Camera Hitting Suspect Says He Needs To Seize Camera A plainclothes SFPD officer seen in the video above apparently punching a suspect as he's being arrested can then be heard saying he has to "seize" the camera that was recording the incident
SF News Masked Men Smash And Grab Petaluma Gun Store Like something out of a Guy Ritchie film, four masked individuals early Saturday morning drove a car through the front of a Petaluma gun store before snatching numerous weapons and making their escape.
SF News Serial Stowaway Marilyn Hartman Sentenced To Six Months In Mental Health Facility Poor Marilyn Hartman. The 64-year-old serial airplane stowaway, who has succeeded in criss-crossing the country a couple times in recent years and been arrested or detained by police for it multiple times in
SF News Man Convicted Of Pimping Young Girls On Capp, Polk Streets A jury on Wednesday delivered a guilty verdict in a tragic case involving the rape, sex trafficking, and pimping of two teenage girls on the streets of San Francisco. Jamar Geeter, 28, was
SF News Two Men Busted By SFPD For Soliciting Teen Sex Via Social Media Two Bay Area men are free on bail today, after they were arrested for trying to convince a 14-year-old girl to have sex with them. In a press release sent by the San
SF News Husband And Wife Randomly Assaulted In Duboce Triangle A couple walking home last Tuesday night on typically quiet Sanchez Street in Duboce Triangle fell victim to a seemingly random assault by four young men, and robbery was not the motive. According
SF News [Update] Sheriff's Deputies Who Allegedly Forced Inmates To Fight Each Other Will Face Criminal Charges Nearly a year ago, Pubic Defender Jeff Adachi alleged that San Francisco sheriff's deputies were systematically forcing county jail inmates to fight one another while they gambled on the outcomes of the brawls.
SF News There Was Another Fatal Shooting On I-80 Evidence markers in btwn Appian Way & Hilltop Mall exits on I-80. Scene of fatal freeway shooting @kron4news pic.twitter.com/J5tqpMxhMz— Averi Harper (@AveriHarper) February 27, 2016 In what appears an ongoing
SF News SF Vintage Shop Raided For Selling Illegal 'Animal Parts' A Haight Street vintage clothing shop(pe) remains closed today after the California Department of Fish and Wildlife acted on an anonymous tip and discovered illegal animal products on sale. Decades of Fashion,
SF News Convicted Silk Road Kingpin Ross Ulbricht Launches Art-Based Fundraiser For His Federal Appeal It appears that while in prison, convicted dark web purveyor and Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht, a.k.a. Dread Pirate Roberts, has been making some art. We got an email, possibly from
SF News San Francisco Jail Lacking Many 'Basic Security Functions' San Francisco County jails have a problem, and it's one that goes beyond the much talked about seismically unsafe Jail No. 4 that's in need of replacement. It appears that since 2014, the
SF News So Long, Leland Yee! Former State Senator Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison The defense wanted four-and-a-half years, federal prosecutors pushed for eight, but according to headlines from the Weekly to KQED, the scales of justice were balanced at five. So here we go, everyone, one
SF News Police Searching For Uber Driver Who Allegedly Assaulted Man After Dispute In San Jose San Jose Police are on the lookout for a man they believe to be an Uber driver after a dispute last Thursday regarding speeding got heated. According to police, a worker at Mineta
SF News City Spits On, Rejects $80 Million In State Funds Intended For New Jail Though expected, we now know that the Board of Supervisors' December vote to kill the proposed new jail means that San Francisco will definitely turn down $80 million in state grant money that
SF News ICE Agent Leaves Gun On Top Of Car, Drives Off, Loses Gun An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent reported his handgun missing after leaving it on the roof of his car and driving away, much like your mom did with a cup of coffee that
SF News Tourist Fights For Life After Knife Attack A British tourist walking with his niece near Post Street and Franklin was robbed at knifepoint and then stabbed in the head. His condition is described as "grave." The 44-year old tourist and
SF News Video: Berkeley Sexual Assault Suspect Flees Scene Of Third Attack Berkeley police are investigating the third case of sexual assault in under a week to take place near People's Park. Investigators believe the three cases are related, and have released video depicting a
