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Founder of Cult-y SF ‘Orgasmic Meditation’ Group Gets Nine-Year Sentence In Forced Labor Trial

Nicole Daedone, the founder and former CEO of the cult-y “Orgasmic Meditation” group OneTaste, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison Monday, and former head of sales Rachel Cherwitz received six and a half years, following a jury conviction last June of forced labor conspiracy.

Hayward Cop Accused of Extorting Brothel For Sex, $1,000 In Exchange For Protection

A Hayward police officer faces felony charges for allegedly extorting an illegal brothel and taking a $1,000 bribe and free sex services in exchange for protection against police, and he could face up to four years in prison if convicted.

Sex Worker Gets Five Years For Killing John at Crissy Field Parking Lot

In a federal murder case that hinged on trans issues and the dangers of sex work, a 22-year-old sex worker has been sentenced to five years for the killing of a man who picked her up for sex and drove her to the Crissy Field parking lot.

‘Anti-Sex Work’ Barriers on Shotwell Street Not Really Discouraging the Sex Trade There

A group of fed-up Shotwell Street residents has dropped their lawsuit against the city for not doing enough to clean up the street-level sex trade, but they still say the city is not doing enough to clean up the street-level sex trade.

Instagram Caught Showing Paid Ads for Escort and Sex Work Services

Some ads for sex workers both inside and outside the US were showing up in Instagram stories recently, and though they've been removed it certainly reveals a flaw in how such ads are being screened.

Federal Jury Convicts Trans Sex Worker of Voluntary Manslaughter In Crissy Field Shooting

A young trans woman who was charged with the November 2023 murder of a john who demanded his money back after discovering she was trans was acquitted of second-degree murder, but convicted of voluntary manslaughter on Monday.

Those ‘Anti-Sex Work’ Barriers Have Come to Shotwell Street, Some Residents Say They Create Extra Hassles

The barriers hoping to prevent bumper-to-bumper traffic caused by street-level sex workers and their johns just went up on Shotwell Street, but some residents complain they’re causing chaos for Waymo cars and delivery trucks, and have people driving on sidewalks.

54-Year-Old San Francisco Man Charged With Robbing, Assaulting Sex Workers and Robbing Their Johns In Oakland

A San Francisco man was arrested and charged with two September armed robberies that turned into assaults involving sex workers and johns in Oakland's unofficial red-light district.

Those ‘Anti-Sex Work’ Barriers Are Now Coming to Shotwell Street

After street bollards and barriers chased the sex work scene off of Capp Street, but merely moved that activity over to Shotwell Street, the SFMTA has voted to bring the barriers to Shotwell Street too.

Alleged Brothel Raided in South San Francisco Apartment Building, 65-Year-Old Woman Charged With Pimping

A certain apartment complex in South San Francisco allegedly had a brothel operating out of one of the units, and a 65-year-old woman has been arrested and is being accused of serving as its madame.

New Oakland PD Chief Vows Sex Work Crackdown; In SF, Mission Residents Sue City Over the Scene on Shotwell

There’s pushback against the sex worker situation on both sides of the Bay, as the new Oakland Police chief is promising a coming crackdown on International Boulevard, while Shotwell Street residents have sued SF over sex work on that street.

Prankster Adds Sex Workers to Slow Streets Signs on Shotwell

A prankster has added some stickers to signs to better represent the range of activities that go on on Shotwell Street, which is a designated Slow Street with city-installed signage.

SFPD Conducts Another Prostitution Sting In the Mission, Busting Johns and Sex Workers

San Francisco police are touting a new round of pointless arrests that they made last week during an eight-day operation to discourage sex work in a section of the Mission District where it has basically existed, undeterred, for three decades or more.

Suspect In Crissy Field Murder Heard In Jailhouse Phonecall Saying Victim 'Deserved' to Be Killed

The 20-year-old sex worker who was arrested in November for a murder that took place in the Crissy Field parking lot was allegedly heard confessing in a jailhouse call to her mother, and she sounded remorseless about the crime.

Capp Street Barriers to Be Made Permanent, Because Apparently They’re Working to Deter Street-Level Sex Trade

The seemingly flimsy street barriers on Capp Street have done well enough at preventing late-night chaos on the street that they’ll be made permanent, though a different design will be utilized.

Bay Area Sports

New Raiders QB Jimmy Garoppolo Offered Free Sex for Life at Chicken Ranch Outside Vegas

The Bay Area's loss is Las Vegas' gain with sexy former 49er Jimmy Garoppolo headed to become the Raiders' newest quarterback. And two workers at the Chicken Ranch brothel in Pahrump, Nevada have a special lifetime offer for Jimmy G.

The SFPD Brags About Busting Johns Seeking Sex Workers on Capp Street

Undercover SFPD officers have recently been posing as sex workers and they say they've busted 30 "johns" in a pointless exercise on Capp Street, in an ongoing effort to crack down on solicitation on that Mission District alley.

Capp Street Gets Bigger New Concrete Barricades, Firefighters Union Sounds Off Angrily On Twitter

A new set of heavier and more immovable concrete barriers went up to deter the sex work trade on Capp Street this weekend, but the local firefighters union took to Twitter to decry what they see as a public safety risk.

City Hall, SFPD Unveil Plans To Barricade Capp Street In Supposed Sex Work Crackdown

We’re now getting some specifics on the so-called crackdown coming to the Capp Street sex work trade, with an SFMTA map of the barriers that Supervisor Ronen’s office tells us will be “up by Friday,” and SFPD teasing some enforcement details.

Capp Street Will Be Barricaded Off Over Concerns There’s Too Many Sex Workers Strolling

A long-running concern over the world’s oldest profession has Capp Street residents saying their street is “a sanctioned red-light district,” and apparently street barriers will be going up on a four-block stretch of Capp.

SF Activist Carol Leigh, the ‘Scarlot Harlot’ Who Coined the Term ‘Sex Work,’ Has Died

One of the preeminent Bay Area sex work activists for nearly 50 years and the originator of the term “sex work” Carol Leigh, a.k.a. Scarlot Harlot, died of cancer Wednesday.

SF’s Trailblazing Sex Worker Activist Margo St. James Has Died

A sex work advocate before they called it “sex work,” Margo St. James was the namesake of the St. James Infirmary and founded the old Hooker’s Ball. She also spearheaded a movement to legalize prostitution, and very nearly won a seat on the SF Board of Supervisors in 1996.

Sex Workers Bring Petition To Governor Brown To Decriminalize Prostitution

Erotic Service Providers Union delivers petition to gov with 24K signatures in support of decriminalizing prostitution. #prostitutenation pic.twitter.com/5xr1HFWzX6— Jazmine Ulloa (@jazmineulloa) November 15, 2016 Citing the fact that Governor Jerry

Arts & Entertainment

Video: North Bay Attorney Speaks With Vulgar Doll In Awkward Promotional Video

No, that's not former Saturday Night Live castmember Chris Kattan in the photo above and video below. It's real, live North Bay attorney Michael A. Fiumara, a lawyer who has apparently decided that

Safety Of Sex Workers Questioned After Feds Shut Down MyRedbook.com

An FBI raid on a local website that features reviews, ratings, and listings for sex workers ended in an arrest of at least two employees and a complete shutdown of the site. However,