SF News Fake Chinatown Roach Sprayer Assaults, Robs The Elderly Folks in Chinatown are on high alert after a series of brutal robberies have hit the area. Specifically, a well-dressed man described as being "anywhere from 40- to 50-year-old" and "last seen wearing
SF News Celebrity's Kid Has Gear Stolen From Van Beatles royalties recipient Sean Lennon is singing the blues today after his bandmate's computer was stolen from a van parked on Franklin and Hayes. John and Yoko's son's band, called The Ghost of
SF News Video Released Of East Bay State Senate Candidate Shoplifting At Neiman-Marcus San Francisco has seen its fair share of political scandals — Ed Lee, for example, was never really elected to office, ran a fabricated grassroots campaign, and now, among other ostensibly benign wonk atrocities,
SF News Pink Saturday Offender Christopher Porter-Bailey Gets Six Years The human being convicted in the assault and robbery of a woman on Pink Saturday 2013 was sentenced to six years in the clink on Friday. After he and his friends had robbed
SF News Cop Accused Of Domestic Violence Gets Laughably Brief Sentence It's good to know people in powerful places. Take, for example, San Francisco police officer Richard Soares, who received a feather-light sentence after being convicting of charges stemming from an assault on his
SF News List Of Items Banned At This Year's Bay To Breakers This Sunday, the city's iconic Bay to Breakers race will steamroll its way into our hearts. Since the annual race tends to turn into a piss and shit show, here's a list of
Arts & Entertainment Forewarning: Bay To Breakers Runs Rampant This Sunday SFist wants to give you plenty of advance warning before Bay to Breakers, the city's annual alcoholic marathon spiraling out of control, takes place this Sunday. A few very important notes: - The
SF News Cell Phone Thefts On Muni Reportedly Going Down A dramatic drop in cell phone thefts on Muni may be attributable to increased police presence on busses and trains, or it may be just that fewer people are reporting incidents. According to
SF News Marina Car Theft Hit-Run Injures Pedestrian, Damages Building Authorities are looking for three suspects who allegedly injured two people with their car (possibly stolen) before hitting an apartment building in the Marina Tuesday night. "Officers were reportedly observing the men, who
SF News Sup. London Breed Launches New Push For Cell Phone Kill Switch Though it would be far more meaningful at the state level, Supervisor London Breed has a backup plan for some cell phone kill switch legislation in San Francisco. State Senator Mark Leno has
SF News Mitchell Brothers' Heir Wanted In Connection With Huge Identity Theft Ring One of the daughters of the late porntrepreneur Artie Mitchell who owned and operated the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre with his brother Jim until his infamous 1991 murder at the hands of his
SF News Body Found South Of Stinson Beach A severely decomposed body, to the point where authorities cannot confirm the sex of it, was found by a couple of tourists on Sunday, near Highway 1 a mile south of Stinson Beach.
Arts & Entertainment How To: Register Your Bike, In Case It's Stolen! Each year, an estimated 4,000 bikes are stolen in San Francisco. In an effort to help put a dent in that number, Safe Bikes asks you to register with them. It takes
SF News Oakland Man Charged In Rape, Murder Of Young Mother Prince F. Tsetse, 40, was charged with murder this week after allegedly beating to death Kimberly Robertson, 23, during a sexual assault inside his SUV. Robertson's body was discovered earlier this month at
SF News 28th Oakland Homicide Means Rate On Track With Last Year A Monday night homicide in Oakland, near the San Leandro border, marks the 28th in the city so far this year, putting it almost exactly on par with last year which saw the
SF News Airport Super Shuttle Carjacked With Passengers On Board If you ever thought twice about the money-saving you were doing by hiring a Super Shuttle for that 4 a.m. airport trip instead of just getting a cab, get this: An SFO-bound
SF News 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick Involved In 'Suspicious Incident' [Update] TMZ reports that lauded San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is under investigation for sexual assault. The alleged incident occurred at the Viceroy Hotel in Miami earlier this month.* [Update: TMZ's report was
SF News Personal Trainer Who Tried To Throw Wife From Bridge Takes Plea Deal A Mill Valley personal trainer who tried to throw his former client/wife from the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge in front of a crowd of motorists has agreed to plead no contest to a
SF News Oh No, Leland Yee: 'Not Guilty,' He Pleads Senator Leland Yee pleaded not guilty today to federal charges of corruption and firearm trafficking. What's more, Keith Jackson, a former Yee consultant and alleged murderer-for-hire, pleaded not guilty as well. As for
SF News Richmond Police Chief Shames Sex Workers With Tweet [Update] Today in inappropriate tweets, sassy Richmond police chief, Chris Magnus, tweeted—then later deleted—a comedic bit that landed with a thud. Luckily, SFist grabbed it before it went away. Ahem: "4 Johns
SF News FBI Seeking Child Predator Caught On Video The FBI is asking the public for help in identifying a man seen in an online video engaging in sexually explicit activities with a young boy. The video was reported to the National
Arts & Entertainment Oh No, Leland Yee: The Saga Illustrated Almost as soon as the news broke that California State Senator Leland Yee had been arrested, graphic journalist Susie Cagle snapped into action. Enthralled by the many cinematic details of the lengthy criminal
SF News $7,500 Reward For Capture Of Tattooed Man Who Sexually Assaulted Six-Year-Old A $7,500 reward is being offered for information leading to the capture of a man who sexually assaulted a six-year-old girl after luring her from an Oakland school. The Oakland Police Department
SF News SoMa Hit-Run Critically Injures Man A man remains in critical condition today after a hit-run incident at 10th and Division in SoMa early Sunday morning. SF Examiner has more: The victim, aged 25 to 30, was crossing the
SF News Oh No, Leland Yee: Rose Pak Was Right Hold your hats and hallelujah, Rose is gonna show it to you. And if that dated musical reference doesn't do it for you, this will: noted Chinatown power player Rose Pak, who has
