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Hundreds of Angry North Oakland Residents Bring Out the Pitchforks at Town Hall On Crime

Oakland District 1 city councilmember Dan Kalb and other city officials had plenty of shouting directed their way at a Tuesday night meeting about the recent crime spike in the North Oakland area, and Kalb seems to be drawing some political battle lines in response.

Chinatown Stabbing Suspect Was On Parole for 2016 Chinatown Stabbing

It's time for another round of "why was this person out of jail?" following a very violent incident in San Francisco's Chinatown — and in this case it allegedly took the suspect less than two weeks to re-offend after getting paroled.

'Notorious Fence' From Larkin Street Boba Tea Shop Arrested Again For Continuing to Fence Stolen Goods

A man who's been charged with fencing stolen electronics out of a Larkin Street boba tea shop who drew the ire of former district attorneys Chesa Boudin and George Gascon has been arrested for the third time in four years for, you guessed it, fencing stolen electronics.

Pursuit of Carjacking Suspect Ends In Crash at 16th and Potrero, Injuring Five

A police pursuit of a carjacking suspect Tuesday morning ended in a violent crash into a bus stop outside the Potrero Center shopping area at 16th Street and Potrero Avenue, leaving five people seriously injured and businesses damaged.

Two People Shot and Injured Near Civic Center, Outside Burton Federal Building

There was a shooting early Monday outside the Philip Burton Federal Building on Golden Gate Avenue that left two people injured, according to the SFPD.

Street Ambassador Nonprofit Urban Alchemy Seen as Force of Good, Mostly

The non-profit is one of the biggest city contractors, moving people along who are committing quality-of-life offenses, reversing overdoses, managing a tiny-home village, discouraging crime, and giving advice to wayward tourists.

North Bay Man Charged as an Accessory In Death of Two-Year-Old Found Buried In Napa County Gets Released on Bail

There have been some new developments in the case of the murder of two-year-old Ja'mari Madkins, whose lifeless body was found buried in a shallow grave in Napa County back in December.

Gas Thief Accidentally Torches Six Cars In Antioch eBART Parking Lot

A suspect apparently trying to steal gas by way of an electric drill caused a fire Thursday afternoon that spread to six cars in the eBART parking lot in Antioch.

Scary Situation On BART As Lunatic Slashes Passenger With Meat Cleaver

Just a day after we heard survey results showing that Bay Area residents largely don't feel safe on BART anymore, a crazed suspect pacing a train in the Transbay Tube apparently slashed a man with a meat cleaver.

One Person Killed In Western Addition Shooting Thursday Night

A male victim was fatally shot near the intersection of Eddy and Scott streets Thursday, and the SFPD chased a possible suspect vehicle across the Bay Bridge before losing it in Oakland.

Oakland Sideshow In Which Frustrated Man Was Beaten and Hydrant Was Sheared Off Sparks 'Outrage' From Mayor

Video emerged over the weekend of an Oakland man attempting to scold and yell at participants in a chaotic sideshow, only to get beaten bloody by the crowd — and at that same sideshow a car careened into the crowd and sheered off a fire hydrant, sending a fountain of water into the air.

SF Supervisor Proposes Novel Method to Crack Down on Sideshows: Drones

SF Supervisor Rafael Mandelman proposed a new idea Tuesday to potentially crack down on and deter sideshows in the city, without putting police or participants in unnecessary danger while they're occurring.

Charges May Be Dropped Against Homeless Man Who Struck Former Fire Commissioner With Metal Pipe

The family of former SF fire commissioner Don Carmignani claims that charges are going to be dropped against the man who hit him with a metal pipe earlier this month, and they say that Carmignani himself may face charges.

North Beach Shooting Happened During Attempted Mugging, One Suspect Now In Custody

San Francisco police now seem to know the outlines of what occurred Sunday night near the Condor Club in North Beach, when five people ended up with gunshot wounds, one of them fatal. And one suspect has been arrested.

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Former Civic Center Whole Foods Employees Say Store Didn't Close Just Because of Crime

Much like Walgreens before them, Amazon-owned Whole Foods may be scapegoating San Francisco's petty crime problem and feeding into a narrative in order to avoid talking about the economics of the store they just shut down.

More Retired SFPD Officers Being Deployed as 'Ambassadors' In a Half Dozen SF Neighborhoods

The SFPD's Community Ambassador Program, in which retired, civilian officers are deployed to do foot patrols and deter crime, is expanding by 50 percent, as Mayor London Breed and SFPD Chief Bill Scott announced Friday.

Oakland Police Are Warning Drivers About a Wave of Carjackings and Robberies That Start With Intentional Collisions

The Oakland Police Department (OPD) says that they are getting an increased number of reports about armed robberies and carjackings that follow a similar pattern, and they were urging drivers to be "vigilant" and take steps to reduce their risk of being a crime victim.

SF District Attorney Slams 'Reckless and Irresponsible' Tweets By Musk and Others Following Murder Arrest

SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said some pointed things Thursday aimed squarely at Elon Musk and others who took to bashing San Francisco immediately in the wake of a tech executive's stabbing death last week.

Reactions Pour In to the Arrest In Tech Exec Bob Lee's Murder

We can expect many of the San Francisco doomsayers and friends of Elon Musk to either stay silent or turn defensive following the revelation that a fellow tech entrepreneur is the prime suspect in Bob Lee's stabbing.

Supervisor Aaron Peskin Says He Wants to Confront Mayor Breed In U.N. Plaza About the City's 'Humanitarian Crisis'

Tensions are heating up again at City Hall, as Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin says that he wants to drag Mayor London Breed out to U.N. Plaza for some political theater.

Man Accused of Marina Attack of Former Fire Commissioner Claims He Was Pepper-Sprayed First

The suspect in last week’s alleged Marina District crowbar attack of a former fire commissioner claims through his attorney that he was pepper-sprayed first, though DA Jenkins is not buying it, and has filed felony charges.

Three Suspects Arrested After Alleged Armed Robbery at Santa Rosa Safeway, High-Speed Chase Down 101

Three men in their 20s surrendered to police after leading them on a high-speed chase for miles down Highway 101 Thursday night, following an alleged armed robbery at a Safeway store in Santa

78-Year-Old Berkeley Woman Fends Off Deplorable Teen With Stick In Mugging Attempt

A 78-year-old woman who was out walking her dog last Friday in Berkeley managed to knock a gun — what turned out to be a BB gun — out of the hand of a 16-year-old who was allegedly trying to rob her.

Two Recent Cases of Drug Dealers Arrested In SF End In Mistrials; Defense Argued Dealers Were Trafficked

Supporters of crackdowns on open-air drug dealing in SF might be glad to know that two low- or mid-level drug dealers were recently put on trial. But the DA's office dropped the charges against them after both trials ended in hung juries.

In Blow to New Alameda Co. DA, Judge Tosses Plea Deal In Murder Case

Newly elected Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price appeared in a courtroom Thursday for a hearing in a plea deal that marked one of the first significant moves of her tenure. And the news was not good.