SF News SFist Blotter: Richmond Robbery At around 9 p.m. on Thursday on the 3000 block of Fulton, a 40-year-old man approached a woman sitting in her car, brandished a gun and demanded her property. The suspect, according
SF News Wanted: Midday Bank Robbery Suspect The fuzz is on the hunt for an elderly rapscallion who allegedly robbed a downtown bank on Monday afternoon. Bay City News (via SF Examiner) reports: "Police spokesman Sgt. Troy Dangerfield said a
SF News Two Sought In Kidnapping, Robbery In Oakland Over in Oakland yesterday, two men are wanted in connection with an alleged kidnapping and robbery. According to reports: "Two men, one who had a handgun, approached another man in the 4200 block
SF News Stay Safe, Smartphone Users Local media have already reported on the rash of smartphone thefts on public transportation and on city streets. But how, exactly, do these creeps go about swiping your iPhone or Nexus? Simple: group
SF News Woman Robbed at Gunpoint On Underground Muni Train On Tuesday night, according to CBS 5/BCN, two horrible human beings boarded an M Muni, which was going between Church/Duboce and Van Ness, and "robbed a young woman at gunpoint before
SF News Man Shot, Killed In Sunset Home Invasion An entire familyA possibly unrelated group of people was tied up and one man was murdered in a home invasion robbery on Moraga Street last evening. As the Appeal reports, two suspects, both
SF News Thrilling Police Chase Climaxes with Potrero Hill Crash Early this morning, at around 3 a.m. on Kearny and Market, a street robbery occurred, resulting in an exciting police chase throughout the streets of San Francisco. According to CBS 5/BCN,
SF News Have You Seen This West Portal Car Jacking Suspect? If so, you might want to call the fuzz immediately. According to SFAppeal / BCN, police are asking the public for help in finding this "27-year-old man wanted in connection with a Tuesday carjacking
SF News Blame It On <i>SF Weekly</i> Ack! Who would do this? Let's back up for a second: the SF Bay Guardian van, famously featured on the cover of their 1999 Best of the Bay issue, was stolen last night.
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 Protip: Do Not Twitter Your Vacation Plans In a virtual allowing-newspapers-to-accumulate-at-your-front-door-like move, Arizona resident Israel Hyman (tee hee, sounds like "hymen") left twitter messages mentioning that he was out of town. Then, as fate would have it, Hyman's residence was
SF News SFPD Needs Your Help With Fatal Attack On SF Woman Described as a "generous woman who often gave money to the homeless," Helen Canafax, 63, was on the 600 block of Folsom Street on April 10 when an unidentified man swiped her purse
SF News Arrest in Downtown SF Armed Robbery This kind of behavior flies in the Mission, is par the course in the TL, and is sometimes OK in the Castro during a particularly drunk Pride weekend. But armed robbery is most
SF News Purse Snatcher On the Loose Police are on the hunt for a man "wearing a do-rag" who snatched the purse of a woman early Sunday morning while she was strolling in the South SF. According to reports, the
SF News Downtown SF BofA Robbed Maybe this morning's helicopters weren't just for the next exciting episode of Trauma? According to San Francisco Business Times, the Bank of America at Market and New Montgomery was robbed. "As helicopters circled
SF News South SF Man Robbed for his PlayStation3 Around 2 p.m. Friday on the 800 block of Southwood Drive in South San Francisco, an 18-year-old man was robbed of his PlayStation 3. (Mean!) According to KNTV, "he was sitting on
SF News Two Arrested After Potrero HIll Home Invasion, Kidnapping Yesterday at around 3 p.m., four suspects entered a home in the 700 block of Missouri Street, kidnapped an unidentified victim inside the residence, drove said victim to the bank, and demanded
SF News Telegraph Hill Freefall Chalk this up to one of those "folks from all over the Bay Area who happen to be in San Francisco doing things that they shouldn't be doing." Early this morning, a man
SF News Today's East Bay Restaurant Robbery: Yuet Foo Seafood Restaurant El Cerrito played host to the most recent restaurant takeover at around 9:45 p.m. last night. Two masked men entered Yuet Foo Seafood Restaurant and stole cash from employees and patrons
SF News Hayward Restaurant Hit Much to Mayor Dellums relief -- since this means he won't have to make yet another benign, angry-man speech -- a Hayward Chinese restaurant was targeted last night in the East Bay takeover
SF News Restaurant Thieves Strike Again Two armed men struck yet another East Bay restaurant, this time in the posh Rockridge district. At least two thieves robbed a Pasta Pomodoro (someone save the butternut squash ravioli!) at 5500 College
SF News Another Oakland Restaurant Robbed at Gunpoint In a span of 24 hours, two Oakland restaurants were robbed by three armed men wearing masks and dark hoodies. Skyline Pizza, located at 4400 Keller Avenue, was hit around 9 p.m.
SF News Oakland Raiders Wide Receiver Receives Beating During Las Vegas Robbery Wide receiver Javon Walker of the Oakland Raiders was severely beaten, robbed, and left in a daze after a night of heavy partying in Las Vegas. Stripped of "large amounts of cash" and
SF News Reporter Becomes Story After Western Addition Smash-and-Grab Attack While doing a story on smash-and-grab robberies in the Western Addition, NBC 11 reporter Cheryl Hurd herself became a victim of a smash-and-grab theft. (Cue Morissette.) While waiting in her NBC 11 van,
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.