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Slain Man Found Near Duboce Park, Now ID'd, To Be Removed From Life Support Today; Suspect Sought In Homicide

The unidentified man found early Sunday, who was unconscious and badly beaten near the corner of Church and Duboce Streets, was publicly identified late yesterday as 31-year-old Bryan Higgins, a.k.a. Feather

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Mission Hill Saloon Staff and Patrons Were Robbed On Saturday

The little bar at the intersection of the Mission and Potrero Hill, Mission Hill Saloon, was robbed at gunpoint late Friday night, early Saturday, right as they were doing last call. As Mission

Cell Phone Kill-Switch Bill Heads To Governor's Desk

A draft of Mark Leno's bill that would require all new mobile phones sold in California to come equipped with built-in and activated "kill switches" to discourage theft has passed the Senate and

Unidentified Man Found Critically Injured Near Duboce Park Sunday Morning [Updated]

The Sheriff's Department is hoping the public can help identify this man who was found critically injured and unconscious near the intersection of Church and Duboce Streets around 7:30 a.m. on

35 People Arrested For Scalping Fake Outside Lands Tickets

This year's Outside Lands fest was more popular than ever, with tickets selling out within hours of going on sale, and some 200,000 people reportedly in attendance. A lot of people got

Hot Felon Gets Action Figure

Since he's not getting out of prison anytime soon, someone decided that Jeremy Meeks, a.k.a. #HotFelon, ought to parlay his recent internet fame into a merchandise line. Yes, you, too could

Three Arrested In Wednesday Night Shooting Following Bar Fight In The Castro

A trio of suspects were arrested late Wednesday/early Thursday in the vicinity of 18th and Collingwood in the Castro, following gunfire that erupted in a parking lot. The shooting luckily injured no

Hunter Charged By Federal Grand Jury For Starting The 2013 Rim Fire

Now that we're in somewhat of a lull in major wildfires currently burning in California (okay, there are still several), it's time to return to the topic of last year's Rim Fire, which

Homeless Man Acquitted In Stabbing Of Shelter Bully

Score one for our Public Defender's office this week: A jury just acquitted a homeless man in a stabbing incident earlier this year that resulted in his victim, another homeless man, having to

Pit Bull And Companion Stabbed In North Beach, Say Attack Was Unprovoked [Updated]

Pit bulls have a bad reputation — usually due to some idiot owner — but in the case of an incident this morning in North Beach, a pit bull and his companion did nothing to

Airbnb Squatters Are Seasoned Scam Artists, Squatted In S.F. Before

As it turns out, (possibly) Russian brothers Maksym and Denys Pashanin, now forever known as the Airbnb Squatters, had eviction papers served to them in a San Francisco SRO way back in 2009.

Airbnb Squatter ID'd, Says He 'Would Squat Again'

The two Russian brothers who are accused of squatting in one woman's Airbnb condo in Palm Springs have been identified publicly as Maksym and Denys Pashanin. Maksym Pashanin is the person who rented

80-Year-Old Woman Injured During Crazy Violent Day In Bayview

Bullets flying through windows and a double hit-and-run resulted in the injuries of four people on Tuesday in the Bayview, one of whom is an 80-year-old woman. The woman initially believed she'd been

Man Shot To Death Near President Obama's SoMa Lodgings

In the area's second fatal shooting in as many days, a man was shot and killed on San Francisco's Sixth Street this morning, just a block or so away from where President Barack

Uptick In Office Burglaries Includes Video-Surveilled Incidents In SoMa, Mission

Do you recognize any of these thieves? SFist has gotten a couple of direct reports in recent days, as have other news media, about separate incidents of office burglaries in different neighborhoods, involving

Arts & Entertainment

Pink Saturday Once Again On Chopping Block

The annual pre-Pride celebration in the Castro known as Pink Saturday, much like Halloween in the Castro did several years ago, has outgrown its more innocently festive, neighborhood roots and is threatened with

SFPD Seeking Victims Of Man Who Allegedly Impersonated Cop For Sexual Assaults

The San Francisco Police Department is is seeking any and all victims of a man they say dressed and acted like a police officer, then sexually assaulted an unknown number of women. According

Ryan Chamberlain Reappears In Court, Judge To Rule On Move To Mental Health Facility [Updated]

There is still no date set for the federal trial of accused bomb-builder and potential domestic terrorist Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II, but he appeared in court Monday while his public defender once again

New Angry Mission Graffiti Targets All Yuppies and Hipsters

Mission Local Market and Local's Corner, and their owner Yaron Milgrom, are no longer the only targets for threatening, anti-gentrification graffiti along the 24th Street environs. As NBC Bay Area and others report,

San Francisco's Population Boom and How It Impacts You

By some estimates, at least 30,000 extra people have moved into San Francisco since 2010. Where are we putting them all? That's still being worked out, clearly. But in the meantime, we

Mayor Lee's Glen Park Street Is A Hotbed Of Car Theft; Burglaries On The Rise Too

The cul de sac where Mayor Ed Lee lives in Glen Park saw three middle-of-the-night car thefts in three months earlier this year, and it's an indicator of an overall uptick in stolen

Buy That Yacht Where The Google Exec Was Killed

The yacht on which 51-year-old Google executive Forrest Hayes was allegedly murdered last November is now for sale in an Alameda marina, and those who don't believe in ghosts can purchase it for

Hot Felon Indicted On Gun Charge, Could Face A Year In Prison

Even though we all should have stopped paying attention at least a week ago, I have an update for you about reputed "hot felon" Jeremy Meeks, who remains in a Stockton jail and

Arts & Entertainment

All The White Hookers In 1885 Lived On Sacramento Street

A fascinating map of Chinatown from 1885, commissioned by the S.F. Board of Supervisors amidst a flurry of moral concern over opium, gambling, and sex slavery, has just resurfaced via New Republic.

Pride's Shame: SFPD Investigating Pink Saturday Hate Attacks In SoMa, Castro

In two separate incidents this Saturday, people coming from San Francisco's Pride celebrations were jumped by groups of people who made potentially-homophobic remarks before beating them, in attacks the San Francisco Police Department