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Concord Man Arrested For Allegedly Having 100 Pounds of Meth In His Car

The California Highway Patrol conducted a routine traffic stop in I-680 in Concord, and a drug-sniffing dog indicated there may have been narcotics in the vehicle. And were there ever, as the CHP seized nearly 100 pounds of suspected methamphetamine from the car.

SFDPH Is Handing Out Anti-Psychotic Drugs to Meth Users to Keep Them Out of the Emergency Room

For the last two years, SF General Hospital has been proactively trying to limit ER visits and public episodes among meth users by providing them with an anti-psychotic drug called Olanzapine that’s being called “the next Narcan” for stimulant addiction.

Oakland Cigarette Shop Busted for Selling Marijuana, and Maybe a Little Meth

A raid on a cigarette shop in Oakland’s Seminary neighborhood turned up pounds of marijuana, cases of illegal menthols, two loaded guns, and what police call “suspected crystal methamphetamine.”

Berkeley Woman Arrested for Child Endangerment After One-Year-Old Hospitalized for Meth Exposure

A drug test of a toddler experiencing a medical emergency revealed meth in their system, allegedly left out by the baby's caretaker in their home.

California Now Paying Meth, Cocaine Users to Stay Clean, SF Users Eligible for the Program

People struggling with meth or cocaine addiction can earn up to $599 in gift cards to stay away from the stuff under a news state program, and San Francisco is one of the participating counties.

Santa Rosa Man Busted With 73 Pounds of Meth, Plus Firearms

Some meth binges in the North Bay are going to have to be cut short because authorities just arrested a guy and seized a massive stash of crystal that was surely headed for the street.

Right-Wing Nutjob Couple Who Painted Over BLM Mural In Martinez Arrested For Burglary, Meth Possession

Well well well. A couple hailed as heroes by Tucker Carlson for their brave work expressing the fears of ignorant white people back in 2020 has just been arrested for allegedly burglarizing a dead man's home and possessing meth.

A Meth Sobering Center Is Coming to SF in the Next Few Months

The San Francisco Methamphetamine Task Force recommends a slew of actions, and Mayor Breed has immediately OK’d a city-run meth sobering center along the lines of the alcohol sobering center it already has.

Alleged Drifter Murderer Pleads Guilty, Will Testify Against Other Two

One of the three suspects accused of two murders this past October has pleaded guilty and will testify against the other two. According to CBS 5, Sean Angold will testify against his co-defendants,

No Death Penalty Sought In Case Of Alleged Drug-Addled Drifter Murderers

The Marin County DA's office announced in a statement late Wednesday that the death penalty would not be sought in the case of the suspected murderous trio of drifters apprehended in October, Morrison

Meth Head Acquitted After Crazy Home Invasion And Assault Involving Spaceships

The highlight of this week's releases from the Public Defender's Office concerns the case of 41-year-old Santino Aviles, who was accused of robbery, attempted robbery, burglary, and assault with force, as well as

FBI Uses Facebook Messages To Nab Alleged Meth-Smuggling TSA Agents At SFO

Two TSA screeners working at SFO were allegedly involved in a plot involving a third individual to smuggle multiple pounds of methamphetamine through security checkpoints in carry-on luggage. As the Examiner reports, all

Tweaker Principal Had 10 Hidden Cameras In His SF Apartment

Updates today on the Santa Clara Elementary school principal busted for attempting to sell crystal meth to an undercover officer last Thursday. Montague Elementary school's suspended principal Eric Dean Lewis was charged with

Tweaker School Principal Busted For Crystal Meth

Principal Eric Dean Lewis of Montague Elementary School in Santa Clara was busted Friday evening after allegedly setting up a crystal meth deal at a CalTrain station with an undercover cop he met

Stolen iPad Leads Cops To 780 Pounds Of Crystal Meth

Palo Alto Police officers servicing the very important stolen iPad beat accidentally stumbled upon one of the biggest meth busts ever made in the U.S. this weekend. What's even more baffling than

Ingleside Heights Bathroom Drug Cook Busted, Maybe More Boring Than Expected [Updated]

33-year-old Angelic Cisneros, the woman who blew out the windows of her fiancé's Ingleside apartment while cooking up drugs in the bathroom, has been arrested for five felonies, including one count of possession

Ingleside Home Explodes, Two People Burned, Drugs Are Blamed [Updated]

A home near the intersection of Capitol and Ocean Avenues in the Ingleside neighborhood sort of blew up last night around 9 p.m. sending a woman and a 12-year-old to the hospital

Note To Drug Traffickers: Airport Security Will Probably Find Nine Kilos of Cocaine And Crystal Meth

A pair of U.S. citizens arriving at SFO from Mexico on December 29th were busted with $500,000 worth of cocaine and crystal meth in their luggage, thus ensuring at least one

Nine People Indicted on Federal Charges for Selling Crack, Coke, Meth in the 'Loin

Just when you thought the Tenderloin was a drug free-for-all that law enforcement had given up on... Nine defendants ranging in age from 25 to 63 have been brought up on federal charges

Major Meth Bust in the South Bay... in a PT Cruiser

Cops seized almost 40 pounds of crystal methamphetamine on Friday, hidden in concealed compartments of a PT Cruiser they pulled over in Gilroy. The stash was worth $430,000, fresh from Mexico, and

Crystal Meth? What's That? Asks Executive Director of the City's Housing Authority

Last Thursday, the New York Times published a piece about the trials and travails of a bunch of old ladies living in a San Francisco Housing Authority building in the Castro that was