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Rental Car Leads Cops On Wild Chase, Smashes Everything

It's the very end of 2013, and if you've got a bucket list from last New Year's you're still working on, go ahead and don't take a cue from whoever drove an out-of-state

Arts & Entertainment

Batkid Returns (For A Fundraiser)

Local cancer patient and pretend super hero Batkid will return to San Francisco tomorrow after his recent victory lap through New York and probably a few naptimes. This time around, the celebrity five-year-old

SFPD To Get Officer-Mounted Video Cameras

Starting in December, around 50 SFPD officers will strap small, wearable video cameras to themselves. It's all part of a pilot program funded by quarter-million dollar federal grant. According to Chief Greg Suhr,

Second Video Surfaces Of Friday's Valencia Gardens Chaos

Another video has come to light that shows the original subject of the alleged police brutality we were learning about that took place Friday at the Valencia Gardens complex. The video begins earlier

Police Brutality Alleged In Bizarre Valencia Gardens Incident

Fights broke out Friday between police and residents of the Valencia Gardens housing complex near 15th Street after undercover officers initially, allegedly roughed up an unarmed 21-year-old man who was bicycling home after

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.

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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: