SF News Murder Near Top Dog A man was fatally shot near Top Dog hot dog dining establishment in Berkeley last night. According to the Oakland Tribune, "[t]he name of the man in his late 20s was not
SF News SFist Blotter Hey, did you know that most gunfire in SF (and everywhere else, we assume) goes unreported? It does. At least according to the Examiner, it doesn't. They report that ShotSpotter--that magic recording device
SF News SFist Blotter: Mission Mayhem Edition Taking a cue from the East Bay's recent restaurant robberies, an armed gunman entered Valencia Street Italian eatery Beretta (formerly Last Supper Club/Radio Free Valencia) on Tuesday morning and robbed the joint.
SF News Business Partner Pays To Have San Ramon Man Killed San Ramon saw its first murder of the year after 42-year old Kashmir Billon, a mortgage lender who ran Billon Enterprises, was found dead this week. His bullet-riddled body was discovered next to
SF News SFist Blotter Oakland, Monday: Two shootings that happened within minutes of one another--with one proving fatal--are being investigated by the fuzz. Last night at around 6 p.m., "a young man was shot and injured
SF News Hans Reiser Verdict In: GUILTY Or so says the cock-teasing scrolling bar across the bottom of our TV screen on KTVU. Anyway, what is the verdict in the Hans Reiser murder case? They don't say. (What we can
SF News SFist Blotter SF Crime reports (via CBS 5) that a 39 year-old man was shot and killed on Friday night in Hunters Point at Hudson Avenue and Cashmere Street. So far: no suspects, no arrests.
SF News Fatal I-80 Shooting Kills Motorist, Snarls Traffic A female motorist was shot several times and killed late last night on I-80. According to the Gate: Richmond police and CHP officers said a female was shot multiple times and killed and
SF News Arrest In Irving Pizza Murders San Francisco police arrested Matthew Owyang, 19, of Daly City in connection with the shooting deaths of Jason De La Cruz, 31, and Derek Butch, 23, which happened this past weekend. If you
SF News SFist Blotter -- Before we dig into Bay Area mischief, and just to liven things up a bit, here are your ladies of-a-certain-age who have been arrested for having sex with their underage male students.
SF News SOMA Scene To Early Morning Beating Death The San Francisco Police Department are on the hunt for someone who robbed and then beat to death a 72-year-old man in SOMA at Mission and Mary Streets. The murder occurred at around
SF News Bayview Shooting Kills 37-Year-Old Man No arrests have been made in this most recent killing in one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods. This brings the SF murder toll to a whopping 19 so far for 2008.
SF News 17-Year-Old Josue Raul Orozco Still At-Large, $10,000 Reward Offered Remember this guy? The guy who escaped from juvenile hall during recess, or whatever correctional facilities for the young call their break time? (Do you think they have "pizza Fridays" in juvie?) Well,
SF News $10,000 Tip Reward Offered for Richmond Murder Arrests Even if a tip doesn't lead to the conviction of a murder suspect, the Richmond Police Department just started offering $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of homicide suspects. While
SF News Man Falls to His Death In Tenderloin Elevator Shaft, Two Arrested In the Tenderloin on Saturday night, three men were heatedly arguing in an apartment building over on the 400 block of Jones Street (at Ellis). During the fight, one man died after he
SF News Berkeley Sees Its Third Murder Of The Year An unidentified person was shot and killed on the 1600 block of Russell in Berkeley last night, brining the city's murder tally to three. (The much larger city of San Francisco, BTW, is
SF News Mission Murder Misses Media Radar While Oakland received tons of press over the weekend for its recent spate of murder, this Mission murder, which happened near 25th and South Van Ness (be careful, Phone Booth patrons!), went all
SF News TGI Friday's Body Mystery The body of the TGI Friday's manager--whose was found earlier this week by an employee inside the restaurant, making this San Mateo's first homicide since 2006--was identified as Douglas Castello, 36, "a mild-mannered
misc Witness Protection Program Escapee Killed in the Mission It turns out that the man who was brutally gunned down in the Mission on Monday night recently ditched a witness protection program. Justin Lee, 40 - who was shot to death after
misc Grisly Mission Murder Egads. This one is almost out of a horror movie, except that it's, well, real. Last night San Francisco welcomed in another murder, this time at 26th Street and Mission a little before
misc Grote Kunst Voor Kleine Mensen: Chocolade haas Speaking of animal cruelty, the third chocolate bunny murder almost brought us to tears. Of laughter, sorrow, or both we're still not sure. This film, above, is described as "an episode from the
misc SFist Blotter San Francisco started the year with a bang. Literally. 1/1: The title of First Murder of 2008 was snatched up just a few hours after midnight. An unidentified man was shot to
misc Deposit Your Unwanted Newborn Here on Howard Street Most states have similar rules. The slogan: "no shame, no blame, no names • sin pena, sin culpa, sin peligro." Our CA law has had its ups and downs over the years. This might
SF News From 100 To 97 Well, the bad news is still that we've hit a 12 year high for homicides in the City and County of San Francisco, with two weeks left to go in the year. On
SF News 100 Alas. We hit the 100th murder mark over the weekend. And this big 1-0-0, as you know, is not a cause for celebration. Early Saturday morning at around 5 a.m., Jose Alberto
