SF News Fight Over Phone Charger Leads To Moscone Center Area Robbery A man staying at a Moscone Center-area hotel was robbed at gunpoint Thursday, following an altercation over a cell phone charger. Police were called to a hotel on the 800 block of Howard
SF News Deplorable Teens Attack Penniless Man In Mission Police are seeking two unkind teens following a morning attack on a man in the Mission. According to the San Francisco Police Department, a 41-year-old man was walking near 24th and Bryant Streets
SF News SF Airbnb Host Robbed Of Life Savings Kept In Home Safe A San Francisco yoga instructor and Airbnb host is receiving an outpouring of community support after a home burglary resulted in the loss of her life savings. Janet Stone, a 48-year-old single mother,
SF News Man Hiding In Bushes Attacks Lake Merced Stroller With Pipe A man taking an evening stroll near San Francisco's Lake Merced got a horrifying surprise Wednesday, when an assailant leapt from the bushes and started bashing him with a pipe. Police say that
SF News In First Interview, New SFPD Chief Acknowledges Officers' Apprehension Alluding to calls she'd made to vet incoming SFPD chief Bill Scott, who comes from 27 years with the LAPD, Board of Supervisors President London Breed said yesterday that ''they're sad to lose
SF News Video: Robber Disguised As Pest-Control Worker Chased From SF Jazz Center A man disguised as a pest-control worker tried and failed to rob the SF Jazz Center earlier this month, successfully bluffing his way into the building and past a security guard before his
SF News Police Nab SoMa Cell Phone Thief An alleged thief who preyed on a SoMa benchsitter ended up in handcuffs Tuesday, nabbed just blocks from the scene of the crime. Police say that the miscreant, whose name has yet to
SF News Motorist Assaults Pedestrian Who Tapped His Car A driver who beat a pedestrian for making contact with his car remains at large today, following a SoMa confrontation that sent the victim to the hospital. Police say that the 50-year-old male
SF News Market Street Muggers Stalk, Beat Teen Over Backpack A teen who tried to evade a group of Market Street muggers was sadly unsuccessful Tuesday, as he was beaten and robbed even after seeking shelter in an area eatery. It was 9:
SF News As Outsider, New SFPD Chief Bill Scott Will Have 'Fresh Eyes' The selection of a new SFPD Chief was not, Mayor Lee assured a packed City Hall press conference this morning, a choice between "insider and outsider," but instead a measured decision based on
SF News Woman Trapped Under Muni Bus In Critical Condition 🚨⚠️️: @fresconews is #onthescene of an incident involving a @sfmta_muni bus. Crime tape is up. Buses are impacted near Market & 3rd. pic.twitter.com/qixYN5F0TB— Kyle Chak (@KyleSChak) December 20, 2016 Market
SF News Mayor Lee Picks Outsider For New SFPD Chief, Veteran LAPD Cop William Scott Mayor Ed Lee has chosen the next San Francisco Police Chief, and, to the surprise of many, the job will not go to current interim Chief Toney Chaplin. Instead, the Chronicle reports that
SF News SFPD Confiscating Buskers' Instruments Ahead Of Holiday Shopping Rush Counting on some nice chunks of change from holiday shopping foot traffic, buskers set up in force around Union Square this time of year playing everything from drum kits, to trumpets, to keyboards
SF News Man And Woman Killed In South Van Ness Shooting #Developing: Two people killed in a shooting in SF near 16th and S. Van Ness. Male and female in their 20s or 30s. pic.twitter.com/Fbnu2k8HkV— Christie Smith (@christies_nbc) December 19,
SF News Update: Ten Hospitalized After Driver Crashes Car Into Chinatown Bus Stop Major accident in Chinatown where a car crashed into a bus stop, multiple injuries pic.twitter.com/msj4mnNvba— Jessica Christian (@jachristian) December 16, 2016 Ten people are injured, with five suffering "major injuries,
SF News Hit-And-Run Driver Leaves SoMa Pedestrian With Life-Threatening Injuries A SoMa pedestrian was left fighting for his life Thursday, the victim of a driver who struck him then sped away. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the 56-year-old male victim was
SF News Uber Ignores Mayor Lee's Demand That It Cease Unpermitted Self-Driving Ride Service Mayor Ed Lee stepped into the self-driving fray yesterday, issuing a statement demanding that Uber cease picking up passengers in the company's autonomous Volvo SUVs immediately. As the Chronicle reports, the Mayor's words
SF News Civic Center BART Attack Sends Man To Hospital An early-morning altercation at the Civic Center BART station in San Francisco left a man injured Thursday, after he was shoved down the stairs and stabbed. Police say that the attack went down
SF News Elderly Ride-Hail Pool Passenger Kidnapped By Driver In Richmond District Just a few days after the driver for a ride hail company was accused of taking a San Francisco passenger to a remote location and making unwanted sexual advances, another driver is being
SF News In Signal To Interim SFPD Chief, Resolution Urging Permanent Chief To Live In The City Passes Unanimously Supervisor Norman Yee's non-binding resolution to "require" the San Francisco Police Chief to live in the city he or she serves has passed unanimously. A legislative aide to Yee reiterated to KRON 4
SF News State Regulators Tell Uber It Must Immediately Stop Self-Driving Car Program Uber's self-driving car program, launched this morning in San Francisco, is experiencing a bit of whiplash. According to the Associated Press, California state regulators just announced that Uber must cease picking up passengers
SF News Supervisors Vote To Install Permanent Alex Nieto Memorial On Bernal Hill A photo posted by @tootsieroll415 on Jun 16, 2016 at 5:30pm PDT The arrangement of rocks, flowers, and photographs that has sat beside Bernal Hill for the past two years in memory
SF News Mission Pedestrian Pepper Sprayed As He Attempts To Flee Girl Gang A man walking on a busy Mission District street was mugged at knifepoint this morning by a group of three women and one man. It all went down at 4 a.m., police
SF News Fears Of Serial Suspects Stirred By Multiple Financial District Muggings A pair of similar muggings moments and a block apart have raised fears that a duo of serial robbers is on the loose in San Francisco. According to the San Francisco Police Department,
SF News Bottle Bashers Rob Man Of Goods On Guerrero A duo of San Francisco muggers knocked their victim out Sunday, all to steal his phone and cash. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the 35-year-old male victim was walking near 28th