SF News Man Shot, Killed In Front Oakland Home Juan Guerra, 24, was shot and killed in front of his East Oakland on Wednesday. According to SFGate, "Guerra was standing outside his home on the 9700 block of Walnut Street when someone
SF News East Bay Nursing Home Plays Host to Murder-Suicide 64-year-old Yvette Harden, according to the Oakland Tribune, "fatally shot her handicapped daughter at an East Oakland skilled nursing facility Sunday night then killed herself with the same gun." Harden had been living
SF News DA Kamala Harris Won't Seek Death Against Ramos Proving to be a woman of her word, San Francisco DA Kamala Harris refused to kowtow to public pressure that demanded the death penalty in the murder of a man and his two
SF News Police Arrest Hasanni Campbell's Foster Parents for Murder And now for some even more depressing news. SFAppeal has word that Louis Ross and Jennifer Campbell, the foster parents of 5-year-old Hasanni Campbell who went missing earlier this month, have been arrested
SF News Mistrial In Case of Meth Heads Who Killed Meth Head Landlord Some of you may recall the case of two methamphetamine addicts, Richard Carelli and Michele Pinkerton, both now 39, who were accused of murdering of their landlord, Leonard Hoskins, in December 2007. It
SF News Vigil Tonight for Murdered Gay Israelis On Saturday, a man entered a gay support center in Israel, killing two and injuring "at least 10." Most of the victims, according to BBC News, were young teens. Yaniv Weisman, head of
SF News Mom Kills Son, Then Self at Mt. Diablo The bodies of a Walnut Creek woman and her son were found on Friday at the top of Mount Diablo. Their deaths appears to be the result of a mother-son murder-suicide. Judith Williams,
SF News Suspect in 2004 Jenner Murder Killed in Shoot-Out Remember that young Christian couple who was found shot to death on the beach near Jenner in 2004? Well, the case remains open, however there was a person of interest named Joseph Burgess
SF News Murder In the Bayview Last Night A little before 5:30 p.m. last night, and Appeal reports that Delvon Fields, 28, was shot near the intersection of Third Street and McKinnon Avenue in the Bayview. Fields was rushed
SF News Murderer Scott Peterson Needs Your Help! The man convicted of murdering his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, has managed to set up a website. Why? Because he plans on going forward with his appeal. While death row inmates are forbidden
SF News Murderous Porn Son Arraigned Today The son of dead, famed San Francisco pornographer Jim Mitchell -- he himself a murderer, convicted of fratricide and sentenced to having his story portrayed by the vile Charlie Sheen -- will be
SF News Teen Shot Dead Near Alamo Square Last Night A little after 11 p.m. last night, two men were shot in the McAllister and Webster area of Alamo Square / Western Addition. A teenage boy, 17-year-old Xavier Gillette, later died at a
SF News Pinole Police Solve Cold Case This morning, Pinole Police held a press conference, informing the public that they've finally figured ourt there whereabouts of Amber Swartz-Garcia, missing since 1988. She's dead. Notorious child killer Curtis Dean Anderson, it
SF News SFist Blotter FRIDAY / MARINA: Marking a rare guest appearance on SFist Blotter is the controversial Marina neighborhood. [cue Ritual Roasters coffee spit take] See, during a two-hour standoff inside a Marina hotel at 11 p.
SF News Man Arrested In Connection with Oakland Motel Sister Murders The unidentified man suspected of killing Geraldine Karina Latchison, 23, and her sister, Angel Latchison, 20, was arrested by police at around 2:30 a.m. this morning. Police found him inside a
SF News Kezar Lot: Man Found Stabbed to Death Well, this is mighty grim news. It seems an unidentified man was found stabbed to death in the parking lot of Kezar Stadium at the edge in Golden Gate Park this morning, just
SF News Teen Fugitives Accused of Murdering Mom Caught El Dorado Hills Steven Colver and Tylar Witt, suspected of murdering Tylar's mother, have been caught this morning. San Bruno police, according to KRON 4, captured the two at the Tanforan Mall. (Because
SF News Plea, Huckaby, Plea! Melissa Huckaby, the 28-year-old Tracy woman accused of kidnapping, raping and murdering Sandra Cantu back in April, has yet to enter a plea in court. Lots of crying and grimacing? Sure. But after
SF News Why So Low, Murder Rate? Newsom, That's Why. Yesterday, after SFist asked why the San Francisco murder rate in 2009 has been so low, the Examiner answered: Mayor Gavin Newsom. While the city almost hitting 50 at the same time last
SF News Death Penalty Upheld For Klass Killer Today, San Francisco's California Supreme Court made the decision to uphold the death penalty of Richard Allen Davis, the man convicted of kidnapping and killing 12-year-old Polly Klass at knife point during her
SF News Why So Low, Murder Rate? This year's murder rate -- which, as SF Appeal notes, the mainstream media cannot agree upon; it's 18 or 19, depending on who you read -- is kind of low. In fact, as
SF News Bayview: Son Stabs Father to Death On Sunday morning a little before 10:30 a.m. in the Bayview district, Levit Chavez Jr., 22, allegedly stabbed to death his father, Levit Chavez Sr., 49. According to SF Weekly, Chavez
SF News Happy White Night Riots Anniversary! Akin to Judy Garland's death or Adam Lambert losing last night's American Idol finale -- damn you to hell, Bill O'Reilly! -- 30 years ago today the White Night riots erupted after supervisor
SF News SFist Blotter BERKELEY-OAKLAND/SATURDAY: Three people died after a murder and car chase through the East Bay Saturday night. "It all started at 6:35 p.m. when Berkeley Police responded to reports of gunfire
SF News Johannes Mehserle's Murder Prelim Hearing Starts Today At 9 a.m. today, the preliminary hearing for BART officer Johannes Mehserle began. Mehserle is charged with the murder of Oscar Grant. The former officer's defense, most likely, will center around the