SF News SF Couple Leaves For Burning Man And Their Hired Housesitter Airbnb's Their Apartment A San Francisco couple may be pursuing a civil lawsuit after their hired, professional housesitter put their home on Airbnb without their knowledge, while they were away at Burning Man. As the UK
SF News Real Jerks Steal Running Shoes Donated To Oakland K-12 Students KPIX reports that running gear and shoes donated to Oakland youth group Running for a Better Oakland were stolen out of the ambulance in which they were being stored. Writes one organizer: "I
SF News Man In Jean Shorts Flees Police After Traffic Stop, Swims Around Mission Bay For Three Hours A suspect who really did not want to be caught by police gave chase Thursday evening, via the waters of Mission Bay and China Basin, only to be caught three hours later after
SF News Body Found Burned In Merced County Almond Orchard, Victim's Roommates Recorded Killing On Cell Phone Three men have been arrested in Merced County in connection with a killing that Merced sheriffs say was recorded on cell phone video. The suspects were arrested after the primary suspect's girlfriend went
SF News Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow's Co-Defendants Suddenly Plead Guilty Either six according to the Chronicle or five according to ABC7 of eight co-defendants in the Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow case scheduled for trial next month have today pleaded guilty, catching prosecutors by
SF News 62-Year-Old Man Arrested For Spray-Painting 'NO MORE CHINESE' All Over Bayview The SFPD is thanking the public for their help after an arrest was made Tuesday in a vandalism case that is being considered a hate crime. 62-year-old John Schenone of San Francisco has
SF News Suspected Road Rage Cyclist's Mustache Wax Holds Up Perfectly For Mugshot Pictured: Ian Hespelt, the 39-year old who now finds himself in San Francisco County Jail on suspicion of four felony charges including assault with a deadly weapon as a result of his alleged
SF News Video: Watch An Entire Burglary In Progress At Monterey Deli A burglary took place at Monterey Deli (499 Monterey Boulevard), in the Sunnyside neighborhood, on the morning of August 29, and the entire thing was caught on surveillance video, both outside and inside
SF News 39-Year-Old Cyclist Arrested In Critical Mass Rage Incident The man police believe was responsible for $2,000 in damages to a Zipcar in this road rage incident during a Critical Mass event in the Marina last month has been found. As
SF News Three Santa Clara Corrections Deputies Charged With Murder After Inmate Is Found Dead In what the New York Times is calling "a rare step," Santa Clara County sheriff Laurie Smith arrested and filed murder charges against three of her corrections deputies following the discovery last week
SF News SFPD Says Driver Of Hit-And-Run Acura Cost Man His Leg In news that should please anyone concerned about the recent wave of hit-and-runs sweeping SF, the San Francisco Police Department says they've made an arrest in a collision so severe that the victim
SF News Accused Vallejo Kidnapper Matthew Muller Confessed In Jailhouse Interview, Said He Acted Alone The latest in the case against Matthew Muller, the sole suspect in the March kidnapping and alleged sexual assault of Vallejo resident Denise Huskins, makes this bizarre tale all the richer. As Wired
SF News After Tourist Shooting, Supervisor Announces Lombard Street Ambassador Program by BJ Kraska San Francisco District 2 supervisor Mark Farrell has announced the launch of the Lombard Street Ambassador Program, a new initiative set to serve as a liaison between the city and
SF News Third Body In Several Months Found In The Same Tenderloin SRO, Investigation Ongoing The Crosby Hotel, a 125-unit SRO building at 516 O'Farrell Street in the Tenderloin, has seen an arguably unusual number of deaths among its residents so far this year, and it made headlines
SF News Family of Kathryn Steinle To File Legal Claims Against SF And Federal Officials Kathryn Steinle's parents to file legal claims against S.F., feds in Pier 14 slaying: http://t.co/2qXGMUSpBF pic.twitter.com/HcqFuC0osT— SFGate (@SFGate) September 1, 2015 by BJ Kraska The parents
SF News SF Man Accused Of Creepy Behavior Outside Area Schools Disturbing behavior at some area schools sent police to the home of a San Francisco man Saturday, after students say that he tried to lure them into restrooms and his car. 26-year-old SF
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Rainforest Café Manager Tied Up, Robbed At Gunpoint A manager at the Rainforest Café at Fisherman's Wharf was held up at gunpoint around 1 a.m. this morning. Bay City News reports that a suspect entered the restaurant and made his
SF News Pier 14 Shooting Accidental? Bullet That Killed Kathryn Steinle May Have Ricocheted On the third day of Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez’s preliminary hearing, KGO reports, a ballistics expert testified that the fatal bullet that struck Kathryn Steinle ricocheted off the pavement of the pier. In
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Feds Spent Over $1 Million Wining And Dining Shrimp Boy More news on the case of Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow this week: Defense attorney Dennis Riordan revealed in a court filing on Wednesday that the Feds lavished Chow and others, spending over $1
SF News As SF's Crime Wave Continues, Police Chief Touts City's Relative Safety We've talked before about how crime is spiking in San Francisco: some blame the income divide, others blame the passage of Prop 47, and still others blame SF's rapid population increase. Today the
SF News New Sheriff Overseeing Burning Man Playa Might Be More Hardassed About Drugs There's a new sheriff in town at Black Rock City well, Pershing County, Nevada to be precise. Former sheriff's deputy Jerry Allen was elected to replace former sheriff Richard Machado, and he took
SF News Oakland Childhood Friends Say Virginia Shooter Vester Flanagan Was 'Respectable,' But Also Once Was A Male Escort The man known as Bryce Williams, born Vester Flanagan II, who was responsible for yesterday's shooting of two Virginia journalists, grew up in Oakland, as we noted yesterday. And now CBS 5 tracked
SF News Former 49er Ray McDonald Indicted For Rape; Ahmad Brooks Charged As Well Last we heard, former 49er Ray McDonald and his attorneys were attempting to level a defamation lawsuit against the 22-year-old woman who accused McDonald of sexually assaulting on December 14, 2014 at his
SF News Stolen Clipper Cards Can't Be Cancelled Right Away (And You Have to Keep Paying) If you happen to lose your Clipper card, you might still be responsible — until at least midnight — for whatever taps are wracked up on it even while it’s in the thief’s
SF News Video: Watch Fillmore Shopper Stumble On, Steal $33,000 A Fillmore produce market that was storing tens of thousands of dollars in an unsecured box got a nasty surprise earlier this month, when a pillaging patron stumbled upon the stash and pocketed
