SF News Update In the Case Of Woman Who Went Missing At S.F. General And Was Found Dead There have been some new revelations in the tragic case of Lynne Spalding, the 57-year-old woman who was found dead in a stairwell at S.F. General after going missing for over two
SF News This Mother's Day, Send Your Mom To Jail The San Francisco County Sheriff's Department would like you, upstanding San Francisco Citizen, to grab your mother and come on down to the County Jail this Mother's Day. Why? For a pop-up art
SF News Sheriff's Deputy's Body Found Near Marina Docks The body of Michael Roberts, 56, was found floating near the Vallejo Municipal Marina on Monday afternoon, near his boat and in an area where he loved to fish. He was also a
SF News Sheriff Mirkarimi Will Hold Inmate Flash Mob For Domestic Violence [Update] Since San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi apparently didn't get an invite to tomorrow's anti-domestic violence flash mob on the steps of City Hall, the noted arm-bruiser will be holding his very own flash
SF News 'SF Bay Guardian' Presents the 2012 Offies, Excludes Ross Mirkarimi If there was one local political story that most occupied the hearts and minds of San Franciscans in 2012, it was the domestic violence case and subsequent public shaming of former supervisor turned
SF News Anti-Mirkarimi Group Hopes Sheriff Will Resign On Signatures Alone Although efforts to recall Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi seem to have stalled for the time being, a new online petition and social media campaign popped up yesterday that hopes to oust the sheriff on
SF News Mirkarimi Recall Most Likely a Year Off, If It Happens Over at the Examiner, noted Mirkarimi critic Melissa Griffin lays out what she sees as the likely scenario surrounding the potential recall vote on Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi. She argues that recall supporters are
SF News Mirkarimi to Attend 'Healing Arts' Festival to Combat Violence Against Women; Rejects Mayor's Proposal About Domestic Violence Oversight Just to update you on the still ongoing saga of reinstated Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi. We learn today he'll be attending a "healing arts" festival on November 24 at Dance Mission Theater, along with
SF News Sheriff Mirkarimi Might Actually Be Worried About That Recall Effort During the lengthy proceedings that led up to Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's official misconduct hearing, the now-reinstated Sheriff and his supporters repeatedly claimed that the proper way to remove an elected official from office
SF News In Post-Mirkarimi San Francisco, Domestic Violence Reports On The Rise According to the Chroncile, who pored over an early version of a 2011 report compiled by the city's Department on the Status of Women, the number of domestic violence reports rose sharply from
SF News Ivory Madison: 'I'm Voting For Anyone On The Ballot Except For Christina' Hey, let's rip this scab off! Ivory Madison — the Good Samaritan torn apart by local tinfoil-cap-wearing wonks after coming to the aid of Ross Mirkarimi's wife, Eliana Lopez, shortly after she was attacked
SF News Brace Yourselves For The Inevitable Mirkarimi Recall Proceedings Oh dear, here we go. In the wake of Sheriff Mirkarimi's reinstatement, there are still some hard feelings around City Hall and not just Tony Winnicker's. Today, Supervisor Jane Kim, who voted not
SF News Mayor Lee Adviser Calls Ross Mirkarimi A "Wife Beater" Former press secretary turned Ed Lee adviser Tony Winnicker, slammed not only the four supervisors who voted to reinstate Ross Mirkarimi — saying that they sank "to a new low" — but also the progressives'
SF News He's The Sheriff: Ross Mirkarimi To Keep Job Despite a domestic-abuse conviction, Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi gets to keep his job after the board of Supervisors refused allow Mayor Ed Lee to use official misconduct charges to get the embattled elected sheriff
SF News Live-Blogging Ross Mirkarimi's Judgment Day As promised, we're live in City Hall where Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's official misconduct hearing will get underway in a little under an hour at 2 p.m sharp. We'll be updating throughout. You
SF News Ross Mirkarimi Might Lose His Job Today, Or Not The fate of suspended sheriff Ross Mirkarimi will likely be finalized today after the Board of Supervisors meets to discuss the Ethics Commission recommendation that he be permanently removed from office. As discussed
SF News Mirkarimi Supporters Circulate Talking Points as Legal Team Appeals to Delay Supervisors' Vote It's time for your requisite Ross Mirkarimi update for the week: The embattled sheriff, who has been suspended without pay since this past winter and who faces the permanent loss of the job
SF News Will Incumbent Supervisors Be Punished In the Election For How They Vote on Mirkarimi? Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, as you should know by now, remains suspended pending a decision by the Board of Supervisors as to whether his admitted "false imprisonment" and presumed abuse of his wife rises
SF News Mirkarimi Update: Final Ethics Commission Hearing Is On The final hearing in Ross Mirkarimi's ersatz trial before the Ethics Commission is going on this morning. If you have the stamina, and absolutely nothing useful to do with your morning, you can
SF News The Mirkarimi Saga May Not End Until October We're sorry to inform you, ladies and gentlemen, that suspended sheriff Ross Mirkarimi will still be making headlines well into the fall. Also, in the latest news surrounding his Ethics Commission hearing, the
SF News Mirkarimi Stay-Away Order Lifted, Couple Smooches For The Cameras A judge lifted the protective order placed on embattled San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi and Eliana Lopez. In response, the two gave each other a little sugar in front of media. (Best viewed
SF News Eliana Lopez A 'Bundle of Character' On Witness Stand In the end, the Venezuelan telenovela actress who remains married to suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi did fly back to San Francisco to be a witness in his Ethics Commission hearing on Wednesday. Did
SF News City Attorney Shoots Down Mirkarimi's Request For Perjury Investigation According to the City Attorney's office, those perjury accusations levied against the mayor by Ross Mirkarimi's attorneys have absolutely no bearing on the benched sheriff's official misconduct hearings. As a Deputy City Attorney
SF News Hey, Mayor Lee Is Not The One On Trial Here, Says Mayor Lee After attorneys for Ross Mirkarimi hurled perjury accusations at the mayor during the sidelined Sheriff's ongoing official misconduct hearings, it seems Ed Lee is trying to get out of the spotlight as quickly
SF News Mirkarimi Update: Mayor Ed Lee Accused of Perjury So here's an interesting twist: Attorneys for suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi say that a proxy for Mayor Ed Lee, city insider Walter Wong, approached Mirkarimi around the time of his guilty plea in
