SF News Teen Classmate Carrying Out Some Version of Vigilante Justice May Be Tried as Adult In 2023 SF Warehouse Killing More details have emerged in the mysterious killing of a San Francisco teenager three years ago, as a judge is about to decide if the accused killer should be tried as an adult.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Suspect Re-Arrested For SoMa Homicide From March The SFPD re-arrested a Richmond man for a SoMa homicide in March, along with a second suspect; a body was found at El Cerrito Plaza BART station; and Suisun City has been hit with a cyberattack which has shut down its City Hall.
SF News Three Oakland Men to Stand Trial For Robbery and Murder of Los Angeles Gym Owner After a well known gym owner was gunned down in his own Bel-Air driveway in what seemed to be a randomly targeted robbery gone wrong, three suspects allegedly fled to Oakland. They would later be arrested, and not long after, the gym owner died and they now face trial for his murder.
SF News One Dead, Three Others Wounded In Separate Oakland Shootings In separate shooting incidents early Tuesday morning, a man was fatally shot in the East Oakland hills, and three people were shot and wounded near Lake Merritt.
SF News Landlord Arrested In Connection With Outer Sunset Homicide of Well Known Neighborhood Figure A 68-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the May 17 slaying of Eric Bigone, a city employee, boxing enthusiast, and well known fixture in the Outer Sunset neighborhood.
SF News Victim In Sunset Shooting Identified as Longtime Neighborhood Resident and City Employee With Checkered Past The victim in the fatal shooting Sunday morning in San Francisco's Outer Sunset has been identified as a well known local character who had reportedly turned his life around after being released from prison.
SF News Person Killed In Apparent Homicide In SF's Sunset District A fatal shooting occurred early Sunday in San Francisco's Sunset District, but few details are available so far.
SF News Murder Charge Added In Case of San Jose Toddler Who Died In Foster Care With Family Member On Monday, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office announced murder and assault charges against a teenager, who may be tried as an adult, who has been implicated in the April 9 death of his two-year-old cousin.
SF News Mercedes Driver Charged With Murder After Hit-and-Run In SoMa The 30-year-old man who allegedly ran into and then ran over an elderly woman in SoMa on Monday has now been charged with murder.
SF News Disturbing Details Emerge In Death of 37-Year-Old Woman on Big Sur Camping Trip Friends say they're heartbroken and details remain sketchy following the death last week of a 37-year-old woman in the Ventana Wilderness area of Los Padres National Forest, near Big Sur.
SF News Calling It a 'Crisis Point,' DA Brooke Jenkins and Other City Leaders Call For Ceasefire Amid Spike In SF Homicides There was a press conference Thursday morning on the steps of San Francisco City Hall to address the noted uptick in homicides since the start of the year, which puts the city on track for potentially double the number of homicides we saw in 2025.
SF News SFPD Chief Tries to Downplay Rise In Homicides Since the New Year The first three months of 2026 were significantly more murderous in San Francisco than the same three months a year earlier. There was, in fact, a 250% uptick in homicides, year over year, and SF Police Chief Derrick Lew is trying to emphasize that other types of crime remain down.
SF News Suspect Says He Was 'Dry-Firing' Gun When 22-Year-Old Samantha Emge Was Killed The 25-year-old man who was arrested last week for the killing of his 22-year-old girlfriend in the Sunset District reportedly told police that he was dry-firing his gun when he accidentally fired the fatal shot, apparently not knowing the gun was loaded.
SF News One Man Murdered, Two Assaulted in SoMa Friday, Two Suspects Arrested There was a homicide Friday in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood and the SFPD has arrested two men in connection with the killing and the assault of two others.
SF News Suspect and Victim Identified In Sunset District Shooting, Which May Not Have Been Intentional Authorities released the names of the suspect and victim — who both attended SFSU at the same time — in Tuesday’s fatal shooting in SF’s Sunset District, and authorities are investigating whether or not the gun was intentionally discharged.
SF News San Francisco Sees Two Homicides In One Night, In Ingleside and Sunset Districts Tuesday was a particularly violent night in San Francisco, in what has become a relatively violent start to 2026, particularly compared to the year prior.
SF News Victim Identified In Lafayette's First Homicide In Four Years Investigators with the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office are investigating a fatal stabbing in a quiet neighborhood in Lafayette over the weekend, and a 35-year-old suspect was taken into custody.
SF News One Person Was Fatally Stabbed Inside a Residence on Howard Street in SoMa An individual was found dead from stab wounds Friday afternoon in SF's SoMa district, and details are so far slim.
SF News San Francisco Now Averaging One Homicide Per Week In 2026, With Latest on Sixth Street Gun violence has continued to be an unfortunate fact of life in San Francisco, and after a notable dip in the city's homicide count last year, the first nine weeks of the new year have now seen nine homicides, almost double last year's pace.
SF News One Dead In Potrero Drive-By Shooting, Two Others Injured One person was killed Friday morning and two others were injured in an apparent drive-by shooting in SF's Potrero Hill neighborhood, near the affordable housing projects on Dakota Street.
SF News Suspect Arraigned In Tenderloin Homicide Is Claiming Self-Defense The 37-year-old suspect in a February 11 homicide on Turk Street was arraigned Wednesday, and his defense is claiming that he acted in self-defense. The victim, however, was shot in the back and was only armed with pepper spray.
SF News Nob Hill Robbery and Assault Victim Dies, Suspect Now Facing Homicide Charge San Francisco just notched another homicide in what has been an unusually violent start to the year, after a man who was attacked and robbed earlier this month just succumbed to his injuries.
SF News Arrest Made In Rincon Hill Killing of East Bay Rapper After Super Bowl San Francisco police have made an arrest in the February 9 shooting of Bay Area rapper Curnal, aka Keonte Antonio Deshawn Woods, on Harrison Street in Rincon Hill.
SF News Mother and Son Found Dead With Multiple Gunshot Wounds In Pleasanton A mother and son were both found dead inside a Pleasanton home on Wednesday, and the circumstances of their deaths remains unclear.
SF News San Francisco Sees Another Homicide, the Second In a Week San Francisco is seeing a rapid uptick in its homicide count so far in 2026, following a year with a historically low count. The latest killing occurred in the Tenderloin.
