SF News SFPD Investigating Death Threat Against Acting Police Chief A death threat made on Twitter against Acting SFPD Chief Toney Chaplin is being investigated by authorities. "We are still gathering evidence and conducting interviews in preparation of presenting the case to the
SF News Chevy-Driving Necklace Thieves Caught During Chinatown Caper A trio of Chinatown necklace thieves were partially thwarted Monday, when two of them were captured mid-heist. At 11:35 a.m. Monday, two women, aged 50 and 67, were on the 1100
SF News Officers Injured After Suspicious 'Shopping Bag' Spurs SFPD Pursuit Two San Francisco Police Department officers were injured Sunday, after a felon who was out on probation allegedly ran from officers suspicious of the shopping bag he was carrying. Bay City News reports
SF News SFPD Officer Who Had Sex With Celeste Guap Named, Placed On Desk Duty One of three SFPD officer who allegedly had sex with East Bay sex worker Celeste Guap has been placed on modified duty and transferred out of his station, as the Examiner reports. It's
SF News Man Shot Dead By BMW Driver Following Geary Street Bar Brawl #gunshots @ Geary & Larkin/Post in #SanFrancisco. Group running from scene heard saying "hide the hammer". #shooting pic.twitter.com/nYaDKAAthl— Rob Blomberg (@JetSettingNurse) July 17, 2016 A man was killed and another
SF News Small Protest In Oakland Remains Peaceful While Unrelated March In The Mission Turns Messy Peaceful protestor just released, beaten with baton during Mission protest. @Krea_Jones @EQUIPTO @BradleySA pic.twitter.com/uwh0nQ5Ksj— Edwin Lindo (@EdwinLindo) July 16, 2016 A pair of small-scale protests last night in San
SF News Dozens Of SFPD Officers Were Connected To East Bay Sex Worker Celeste Guap On Facebook Though the SFPD has tried to suggest that only a couple of officers had any contact, sexual or otherwise, with the 18-year-old woman at the center of a broad-ranging sex scandal involving both
SF News Criticizing Police On Social Media Leads To Arrests Following Dallas Shooting With police departments in San Francisco and around the country still working out how to best respond to the July 7 mass shooting in Dallas, some officers have taken to proactively arresting people
SF News Dolores Park Patron Jumped By Gang Of Ten In Dispute Over Woman A Dolores Park-goer was attacked by a large group of suspects Wednesday night, over claims that the victim had dared gaze upon the romantic partner of one of his alleged assailants. It was
SF News Allegedly Bleach-Drinking Man Arrested Following 22-Hour Standoff With SFPD An allegedly suicidal San Francisco man is in custody, after a dramatic standoff that went on for 22 hours. According to San Francisco Police Department spokesperson Sergeant Michael Andraychak, 51-year-old Magnom F. Carolino
SF News Officer Named In Fatal Shooting Of Luis Gongora Assigned To Bureau Handling Police Reforms Within 30 seconds of their arrival at Shotwell Street near 19th Street on April 7, SFPD officers had shot 45-year-old Luis Gongora multiple times. He later died at SF General Hospital. As many
SF News Pokemon Go Claims First San Francisco Mugging Victims A photo posted by Jessica Scorpio (@jessicascorpio) on Jul 11, 2016 at 1:40pm PDT Despite the best efforts of the San Francisco Police Department to encourage safety for Pokemon Go players, the
SF News Union Street Bank Vault Raided By Robber A bank robbery on San Francisco's Union Street went beyond the typical "hand note to teller" scenario Monday, when the solo thief stormed the financial institution's vault. According to the San Francisco Police
SF News Man Mugged For Rollerblades In Potrero Hill A San Francisco man is getting around town a little more slowly today, after a gang of muggers callously pulled his mode of transportation from his feet. It was 1:15 Monday morning
SF News DA Issues Blue Ribbon Report On SFPD, Cites Racial Bias And Lack Of Oversight A year-long probe by the district attorney into the conduct of the San Francisco Police Department is now complete and its results paint a portrait of a department that disproportionately targets racial minorities
SF News SF Shoot For <i>Sense8</i> Hit With Sanctions Over Public Park Nudity Other than the occasional nude march and rally, most San Franciscans have settled into Supervisor Scott Wiener's three-year-old ban on exposed flesh without too much grumbling, but now a location scout who's worked
SF News SFPD Forced To Issue Pokémon Go Safety Tips Riding BART and catching Pokemon at every stop. There are at least six other people in my car doing this. #pokemongo pic.twitter.com/4SULdIDIR0— Leah Weitz (@Leah_Weitz) July 10, 2016 With
SF News Hundreds Of Black Lives Matter Protesters March Through Downtown SF, Attempt To Get On Freeway A group of several hundred Black Lives Matter protesters attempted all Saturday afternoon and into the early evening to get onto several freeway on-ramps and disrupt traffic going to and from the Bay
SF News Peaceful March Against Police Killings Culminates In Rally At City Hall At least 1000 people (the Chronicle put it at 500) gathered Friday evening at the foot of Market Street to protest this week's deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile at the hands
SF News Suspect From Market Street Standoff In Critical Condition The suspect at the center of the near four-hour standoff with police at Market and Jones Street on Wednesday remains hospitalized in critical condition and requires surgery for some of the injuries he
SF News In Wake Of Dallas Attack, Bay Area Police Patrolling In Pairs Following a sniper attack in Dallas Thursday night that left five police officers dead, police in the Bay Area are reportedly taking precautions to prevent any copycat shootings. The Dallas shootings, which began
SF News Could An App Stop Racist Policing? It's difficult to overstate technology's importance in the Black Lives Matter movement. Bystander cell phone video has made it harder, if somehow still not impossible, to ignore the seemingly endless killings of African
SF News Errant Gun Cleaner Shoots Neighbor Near SF State A San Francisco man's quiet evening at home was abruptly shattered Wednesday, when a bullet tore through his ceiling and struck him in the leg. According to the San Francisco Police Department, a
Arts & Entertainment [Update] Police Take Allegedly Armed, Mentally Ill Man Into Custody, Ending Four-Hour Mid-Market Standoff Officers on tank pointing rifles at suspect with a gun near Market/Jones #breaking pic.twitter.com/Y1Prc7isR2— Jessica Christian (@jachristian) July 6, 2016 Reports of a possibly armed man outside the Hibernia
SF News Phone Tracker Leads SFPD To Teenage Mugging Team The victims of a Fillmore District mugging got a happy ending Tuesday, when the tracker in their stolen phone led police to their robbers...and reunited them with their stuff. It was 7:
