SF News SF Saw Fewest Homicides Since 1960 This Year — But Traffic Deaths Hit a 17-Year High The good news is that San Francisco saw the lowest number of homicides in 2024 than the city has had in 64 years. The bad news is that traffic deaths were at a level we haven’t seen in 17 years.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Pedestrian Killed In the Mission District A pedestrian was killed Sunday morning near 16th and Valencia streets in SF; the family of a Vallejo man killed in 2022 is upset about a lenient plea deal for his killer; and the CHP is starting a 'maximum enforcement period' on Wednesday.
SF News Pedestrian Killed Near Geary and Divisadero Identified as Zeitgeist Bartender Stalwart Mission District bar Zeitgeist was closed this weekend as staff were mourning the loss of one of their own. The pedestrian killed on Geary Boulevard Friday morning has been identified as a barender there.
SF News Pedestrian Struck and Killed By Car Near Divisadero and Geary A pedestrian was struck and died from their injuries Friday morning after a collision on Geary Boulevard near Divisadero in San Francisco.
SF News Calistoga Woman Hit By Police Vehicle Identified, Suffering From Traumatic Brain Injuries We now know that the woman hit by a police vehicle in Calistoga is 22-year-old Brenda Sarabio, and she’s in critical condition, with traumatic brain injuries and numerous broken bones.
SF News Calistoga Police Vehicle Hits 22-Year-Old Pedestrian, Leaves Her With Serious Head Injuries An unidentified 22-year woman was struck and seriously injured by a Calistoga Police Department vehicle Monday night, and the California Highway Patrol has taken over the investigation into what happened.
SF News 71-Year-Old Driver Skates With Lenient Probation Sentence In Crash That Killed Four-Year-Old Girl There’s a mini-storm of social media outrage after DA Brooke Jenkins brokered a settlement where the driver who killed a four-year-old girl near the Caltrain station last August will get just two years probation, community service, and a safety class.
Business & Tech Driver Strikes Pedestrian Near Fifth and Market; Cruise Car Subsequently Runs Her Over and Stops On Top Of Her A pedestrian collision Monday night is likely to provide more fodder for the debate over autonomous vehicles and how they react to certain uncommon situations — and it has Cruise once again in aggressive defense mode.
SF News Four-Year-Old Girl In Stroller Struck and Killed Near Caltrain Station In SF A family visiting from out of town was crossing the intersection at Fourth and King streets in San Francisco Tuesday when an SUV making a turn struck a child being pushed in a stroller.
SF News [Update] Man Killed By Runaway U-Haul Truck on Geary Street In the Tenderloin A U-Haul truck appears to have been the culprit in a crash Tuesday that killed a pedestrian in the Tenderloin, and led to some streets being temporarily blocked.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Pedestrian Killed at 16th and Valencia A 64-year-old woman was struck and killed while crossing the intersection of 16th and Valencia, Oakland appears to be losing out on a federal grant linked to the A's stadium site, and there will be a recount in the Oakland mayor's race.
SF News Driver Who Allegedly Killed Pedestrian In Sunset Was High, Police Say A 47-year-old man from the East Bay has been identified as the suspect driver in a horrific pedestrian collision in the Outer Sunset on Monday, and police now say he was high on prescription drugs and cannabis.
SF News Sunday Afternoon Car Crash in SF's Sunset District Injures 6 People A car crash occurred Sunday on the 700 block of Irving Street that left multiple people — five pedestrians and an elderly male driver — in need of medical attention.
Business & Tech Waymo Car Hits Pedestrian in Lower Haight, Company Claims a Person Was Driving at the Time One of those omnipresent, sensor-topped Waymo vehicles collided with a pedestrian late Wednesday night, but the company insists the vehicle was not in self-driving robot mode at the time of the accident.
SF News 70-Year-Old Woman Arrested For Vehicular Manslaughter In Killing of Cow Hollow Teacher A 70-year-old woman has been taken into police custody in connection with Wednesday's pedestrian crash in Cow Hollow, which took the life of a 30-year-old paraeducator.
SF News Arrest Made In Alamo Square Hit-and-Run, Victim Expected to Survive A hit-and-run last Wednesday next to Alamo Square Park shocked the neighborhood and gravely injured an 88-year-old woman. Now, an arrest has been made.
SF Politics Supervisor Haney Pushes for a 'Car-Free' Tenderloin To Make Pedestrians Safer Any San Franciscan worth their salt knows the dangers of traversing the sidewalks in the Tenderloin. Now, however, certain streets in the historically troubled neighborhood could soon be free of any automobiles if a supervisor gets his way.
SF News Pedestrian Rushed To Hospital After Driver Strikes Her Near Stonestown Galleria A day after San Francisco's mayor called for greater safety for pedestrians and cyclists from drivers, another person traveling on foot has been injured in a collision with the driver of a vehicle.
SF News Mission Street Pedestrian Fights For Life After Collision With Two Cars A pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries this morning, after he was struck by two cars while walking on Mission Street. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the pedestrian, a 33-year-old man, was walking
SF News Underwear-Clad Pedestrian Killed While Crawling On 280 Was 23-Year-Old Woman Delays I280 SB at Alemany. @CHP_GoldenGate says person in underwear crawling in roadway struck by at least 1 vehicle pic.twitter.com/q2tGC94CWi— Christien Kafton (@CKaftonKTVU) March 28, 2016 An underwear-clad pedestrian
SF News Parking Over Pedestrians: Commitment To Vision Zero Questioned As Traffic Deaths Spike San Francisco's commitment to eliminating traffic fatalities by 2024, known as Vision Zero, is this year off to a tragic start. Adopted in 2014, the two-year-old initiative seeks to educate the public on
SF News Lombard Street Will Get A Pedestrian-Focused Makeover Lombard Street and not just the famous twisty part is in store for some changes designed to improve pedestrian safety. The SFMTA intended to vote today, reports the Chronicle, on whether or not
