SF News SFPD Chief Plays Along, Issues Urgent Message To Batkid Ugh. We're getting choked up upon choked up over here. ABC 7 and "Gotham" police chief Greg Suhr earlier today aired this urgent message to Batman, a.k.a. the Caped Crusader, a.
SF News Where In S.F. You're Most Likely To Be Shot By a Cop This should be controversial: As part of a mapping contest at UC Berkeley, some urban planning students at UCLA created a sophisticated interactive map showing incidences of various kinds of quality-of-life crimes in
SF News City Parks Are Now Closed After Midnight Supervisor Scott Wiener's controversial legislation to close San Francisco's public parks between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. was approved by the Board of Supervisors yesterday. The legislation, which was meant
SF News SFPD Chief Greg Suhr's Car Broken Into, Jacket Stolen Cops. They're just like us. Take, for example, SFPD Chief Greg Suhr. His car was broken into outside his home in Golden Gate Heights a few weeks ago. According to KTVU, "He revealed
SF News Market Street Chess Players Relocated; Effort Launched to Create Permanent Tables in Civic Center Here's an update in the story about the elderly guys who got evicted from their sidewalk chess-playing area on Market between 5th and 6th: District 6 Supervisor Jane Kim's office had been unaware
SF News Children Find Loaded Handgun Near Golden Gate Park Birthday Party A group of kids playing in the bushes during a birthday party in Golden Gate Park stumbled upon a a loaded handgun yesterday afternoon near the Conservatory of Flowers. According to a witness,
SF News SFPD Seeking Video of Wednesday Fight That Led To Fatal Stabbing of Dodgers Fan The SFPD is on the hunt for two suspects who were part of a four-man group of Giants fans who attacked two Dodgers fans after the game at AT&T Park on
SF News Dogfighting Video Leads To SFPD Investigation SFPD's crowdsourcing unit is asking for the public's help in tracking down three suspects caught on video encouraging a dog fight in Hunters Point. In the video, the suspects can be seen slapping
SF News SFPD Shuts Down Sidewalk Chess Games Well, this is a pathetic development in the War on Fun: The SFPD has confiscated all the game tables, chairs, and chess boards that have been used for at least three decades for
SF News Semi-Naked Man's Second Embarcadero Standoff Goes For Nine Hours Following up on Monday afternoon's standoff at Embarcadero Four: the Examiner confirms this morning that the suspect was indeed the very same man who climbed a light pole and took off his pants
SF News Another Semi-Naked Man Returns To Embarcadero Center, Dangles Off Ledge [Update] Monday afternoon around 3:30 p.m., a shirtless man was spotted climbing a structure at Embarcadero Four, dangling off a ledge and refusing to get down. Part of a public plaza in
SF News Semi-Naked Man Climbs Embarcadero Center Light Pole, Removes Pants [Updates] As if things weren't weird enough down by the Embarcadero Center today, a semi-naked man climbed a light pole on Drumm Street this morning, camped out for a little while and removed his
SF News Police Need Help Identifying Man with Head Injuries [Updated] Do you know this man? Police are seeking help in identifying a man who was discovered with severe head injuries in Union Square around 5 a.m. Saturday morning. According to San Francisco
SF News SFPD Recovers First Stolen Bike Share, Shames Thieves Appropriately Wednesday afternoon, barely a week after Bay Area Bike Share went live in San Francisco and the Peninsula, SFPD's anti-bike theft squad recovered their first stolen bike share bike. Naturally, the boys in
SF News SFPD Officer Claims Relationship With Teen Boy Was Consensual An attorney for 37-year-old Richard Hastings III, the San Francisco officer arrested last week on suspicion of molesting a 15-year-old boy, claims the relationship was consensual and that his client "was told and
Arts & Entertainment Better-Know-A-Cop Website Showcases SFPD Heroics We hear a lot about police officers doing their jobs (or not), but we rarely get to put a face to a name or a name to a heroic achievement. We're guessing that's
SF News Man Fatally Shot While Parked On Troubled Sunnydale Block On Friday evening around 7 p.m., 33-year-old Shawnte Otis was shot while sitting in a parked car on the 100 block of Blythedale Avenue in Sunnydale. Over the past six months, the
SF News SFPD Officer Accused Of Molesting Teen Boy An officer with the San Francisco Police Department has been arrested in Concord for allegedly molesting a 15-year-old boy. According to SFPD spokesman Albie Esparza, the officer has been accused of criminal conduct,
SF News Former SFPD Deputy Chief Commits Suicide Outside Police Station Morris Tabak, a retired San Francisco Police Deputy Chief, killed himself outside a Sonoma County sheriff's substation Tuesday night. Following the news, ABC 7's Dan Noyes posted the following on his Facebook wall:
SF News Cyclist's Twitter Tip Leads To SFPD Chop Shop Raid [Update] STOLEN bicycle chop shop in FULL effect right now- 13th & Bryant. Can't anything be done @SFPDBikeTheft? (@plattyjo) pic.twitter.com/9QgRL2PKLP— meredithob (@meredithob) August 20, 2013 UPDATE: SFPD tells us that "no
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, At The Powell Street BART Station... Photo snapped this afternoon by Troy Holden.
SF News SFPD Scores With Huge $1.5 Million MDMA Bust If your guy with the molly hookup flaked on Sunday, thus ruining your ability to enjoy lite rock while totally rolling balls, this update from the San Francisco Police might have something to
SF News SFPD Now Shaming Bike Thieves On Twitter Well, this is just great news for anyone who's ever had a bike stolen in San Francisco (which is everyone with a bike in San Francisco, basically): The San Francisco Police Department has
SF News Exploding Firecracker Closes SoMa Streets, Sparks Brief Afternoon Media Frenzy Just after 2:00 p.m. this afternoon, near the intersection of Sixth and Tehama Streets in SoMa, reports started coming in about an explosion on a FedEx delivery truck. Police immediately shut
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Cop Rescues Coach Bag From McCovey Cove Before Tuesday's game against the Reds, Officer Michael Bushnell, the newest member of SFPD's Marine Unit, cruised by McCovey Cove to save a drowning Coach (at least we think it's Coach, maybe Michael
