SF News Breaking: Mayor Lee Asks Ross Mirkarimi To Resign By 4 P.M. Today Although the Mayor's office has yet to make an official announcement, the Chronicle is now reporting that Mayor Lee made clear his stance on Ross Mirkarimi's guilty plea. In a private meeting between
SF News Mirkarimi Update: Ivory Madison's Husband Is Pissed; Lopez To Give Press Conference; Mayor Lee Steps In Topping the headlines this morning relating to embattled Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi we have a somewhat damning piece in the Chronicle by Ivory Madison's husband, Abraham Mertens. He tells of multiple phone calls from
SF News Ross Mirkarimi Receives One-Day Jail Stay, Probation San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi received a one-day jail sentence and three years of probation Monday for falsely imprisoning his wife, Eliana Lopez, during a fight that allegedly resulted in his bruising her.
SF News Mirkarimi Update: Sentencing Happening Now; Willie Brown Chimes In; So Do Matier & Ross [Updated] For all those of you who aren't entirely disinterested and bored with this story by now (and you know who you are, avid Mirkarimi fans and detractors with your many emphatic comments!), allow
SF News Gascon Is Not Going to Let Mirkarimi Off Without a Fight Chomping at the bit to get Ross Mirkarimi to stand trial for domestic abuse, apparently, District Attorney George Gascon has some more fighting words for the sheriff, who pleaded guilty Monday to a
SF News Anti-Domestic Violence Advocates Demand Mirkarimi's Removal Chuck Nevius might be over it, but several local anti-domestic violence advocacy groups aren't happy with Ross Mirkarimi's plea deal. In a press conference on the steps of City Hall this afternoon the
SF News Nevius, 'No Fan of Mirkarimi,' Says He Should Stay In Office At least one person at the Chronicle has had enough with the Mirkarimi debacle and doesn't care to see the guy publicly flogged any further, and shockingly, it's Chuck Nevius. The man of
SF News How Does The Rest Of The Internet Feel About Ross Mirkarimi? With today's news that the under-siege Sheriff took plea deal it looks like this telenovella could be all wrapped up in a week. Now, because forming opinions is hard and we already heard
SF News <em>SF Bay Guardian</em> Is Sad About Mirkarimi Plea, Defends Him One More Time Hey, everyone! The San Francisco Bay Guardian really kinda likes and respects Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, and they hope that after this plea deal and everything, you'll all stop harshing on him and stuff.
SF News BREAKING: Ross Mirkarimi Accepts Plea Deal According to Examiner and other sources, Sheriff Ross Mikarimi has accepted a plea deal, pleading guilty to one misdemeanor count of false imprisonment. In exchange for his plea, Mirkarimi will face three years
SF News Mirkarimi Update: Video Remains Admissible, Says Appeal Panel Yep. That video that Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's wife Eliana Lopez made with neighbor Ivory Madison, depicting her arm bruises on January 1, will be admissible in court. The appeals decision is a big
SF News Mirkarimi Update: Jury Selection Is Difficult, Judge And Prosecutors Still Mulling Moving Trial Out Of The County The latest from the Mirkarimi trial is that after an initial selection pool of 300, attorneys are having trouble finding a dozen jurors who are both available to serve and untainted by media
SF News Mirkarimi's Ex's Testimony Will Be Allowed; Video May Still Be Disallowed The pre-trial drama surrounding Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi continues as a judge has ruled that testimony from ex-girlfriend Christina Flores who was seeing Mirkarimi right up until the point that he took a trip
SF News Eliana Lopez's Attorney Calls On Judge To Dismiss Mirkarimi Case Late breaking news in the Mirkarimi case this evening: as NBC reports Paula Canny, attorney for Mrs. Lopez, filed a motion today to have the case dismissed on the grounds that the District
SF News Mirkarimi Video Evidence Deemed Admissible Things got a little worse for Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi today as his trial kicks off and the new judge, Garrett Wong, sided with the prosecution and will allow the use of Eliana Lopez's
SF News Bruise Photos Emerge In Mirkarimi Case, New Judge Selected After Ross Mirkarimi's lawyer made an attempt to exclude Eliana Lopez's videotaped statements from the evidence yesterday, the district attorney's office filed a response this afternoon to ensure the crucial evidence remains in
SF News Mirkarimi Lawyer Moves To Exclude Wife's Statements S.F. Sheriff and accused domestic abuser Ross Mirkarimi is set to return to court next week for trial proceedings, and in advance of a judge even being assigned to the case, Mirkarimi's
SF News Mirkarimi-Inspired, Anti-Domestic Violence Billboard Goes Up On Tenth Street The previously mentioned anti-domestic violence message, inspired in part by Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's remarks that his ongoing domestic abuse case was a "a private matter" went up on Tenth Street at Harrison yesterday.
SF News Mirkarimi's "Private" Remark Inspires Grassroots Billboard Effort When Ross Mirkarimi commented that his domestic abuse case was just "a private matter, a family matter", the sheriff set off enough debate to insure that it would pretty much never be a
SF News Mirkarimi's Wife Eliana Lopez Lawyers Up The saga of Ross Mirkarimi and the ongoing domestic abuse trial involving his Venezuelan-born wife Eliana Lopez continues this week with Lopez hiring her own lawyer for the upcoming trial, and another hearing
SF News Third Victim Expected To Come Forward In Mirkarimi Domestic Violence Case Yikes. The skeletons in Ross Mirkarimi's closet are starting to pile up in the case against the sheriff accused of domestic violence. In a late breaking report from KTVU yesterday evening, the news
SF News Mirkarimi Watch: Mayor Lee Could Bench The Sheriff, If He Felt Like It While the comment sections of local Internet news outlets and one noted anti-progressive former mayor continue to call for Ross Mirkarimi to step down from his post, it turns out Ed Lee could
SF News New Abuse Allegation Comes From Mirkarimi's Ex-Girlfriend [Updated] Whoa. Things just got worse for Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi as SF Weekly's Erin Sherbert breaks the news that an ex-girlfriend has come forward with similar accusations to those that Ross Mirkarimi is already
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: Mirkarimi's Mysterious Mugshot No seriously, what's up with Ross Mirkarimi's mugshot? [Chron] Fancy people things: The S.F. Ballet Gala at city hall included one gown apparently designed to resemble a wedding cake. [SFWire] Citizen journalist
SF News Assistant D.A. Arrested For Domestic Violence A female prosecutor was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of domestic violence, and we can't help but wonder to what degree this was happy revenge for Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi. Assistant District Attorney
