SF News Suspect Arrested in South SF Home Invasion What's up with all the home invasions lately? A suspect by the name of Juan Carlos Vasquez was arrested in the Mission yesterday in connection with a five-hour (!) home invasion robbery in South
SF News Critical Mass Ruling in NY May Have Implications Here While Critical Mass isn't quite the city-crippling force in New York as it is in SF, Bicycle Coalition types on the opposite side of the country have been in a court battle that
SF News Man Leaps to His Death Off Forever 21 Building A man wearing only underwear got out on a ledge yesterday afternoon at 10 Cyril Magnin (the building at the base of Powell that was formerly a big Bank of America and now
SF News Crazy Car Chase Ends on Octavia Bay City News (via the Appeal) tells us this morning about a mad crazy car chase that started in San Jose, with a driver who wouldn't pull over for Santa Clara County sherriffs'
SF News Machete-Wielding Old Man Shot, Killed By SFPD A 65-year-old man was shot and killed Saturday night on Maynard Street in the Ingleside district, after he approached officers with a machete and failed to respond to their verbal commands. The man's
SF News SF Sees Lowest Homicide Rate Since 1961 With a comparatively scant 45 homicides, and "a decline in lethal shootings, stabbings and bludgeonings of more than 50 percent from both 2007 and 2008," San Francisco will see a shockingly low homicide
SF News Haight Cleansed of Bullies for the Night Yesterday, controversial SF Chron columnist C.W. Nevius talked about street kids bullying locals in the Haight. Last night, according to SFist commenter jline, the police responded. Update: the police responded to this
SF News Oakland Marks 100th and 101st Homicides The bad news is, the post-Thanksgiving weekend brought Oakland's 2009 homicide count over the 100 mark -- with 52-year-old Enoch Reed shot on Friday in East Oakland, and Jermel Holloway on Sunday night,
SF News Fatal Stabbing in Mission; Fatal Shooting in Oakland And a jolly good morning to all! Kicking things off headline-wise this weekend, there was a fatal stabbing late Saturday night/early Sunday at Cesar Chavez and Folsom. Police are looking for witnesses,
SF News Jim Hammer Named Police Commissioner Assuming the seat vacated by Theresa Sparks, who stepped down to become human rights commissioner, former Assistant District Attorney Jim Hammer was sworn in yesterday as the City's first second openly gay male
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Scenes from Castro Halloween '07 On Halloween night of the first year that the Halloween kibosh began in the Castro, 2007, KRON 4 provided this coverage from the scene. There is an amusing bit with a very drunk
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via B.K.: "Just witnessed on 21: young teen girl snatches something outa the hands of a lady and runs off the bus. The lady, screaming, runs after the girl. This never happens,
SF News Security on BART Stepped Up After Al Qaeda Plot in NYC We've always wondered whether BART was as likely a terror target as the New York City subway system, and always suspected that no, it isn't. But you may have noticed some stepped up
SF News Arrests Have Been Made in Yesterday's Fatal Shooting in the Mission Police arrested two suspects a few hours after three men were shot at Papa Potrero's Pizza at 24th Street and Potrero Ave around 4 p.m. yesterday afternoon. Two of the men died
SF News Cyclists Being Pulled Over By Cops Today We're receiving a report of cops cracking down on cyclists running red lights and issuing tickets. The report comes from near Zuni at Van Ness and Market, and multiple cyclists have received citations
SF News Former Pot Club Owner Sentenced to Six Months Of Sitting Home and Getting Stoned Former SF pot club owner Kenneth Hayes (pictured here in 1999), whose Sixth Street dispensary, the Harm Reduction Center, was raided by federal agents in 2002, was sentenced to six months of home
SF News Thrilling Police Chase Climaxes with Potrero Hill Crash Early this morning, at around 3 a.m. on Kearny and Market, a street robbery occurred, resulting in an exciting police chase throughout the streets of San Francisco. According to CBS 5/BCN,
SF News UPDATED: TL Standoff According to ActionNewsSF, "Tendernob standoff now has Hyde closed Sutter-Geary & Post closed Polk-Leavenworth." Please adjust your route home as you see fit. KGO Radio reports that a man barricaded himself inside a
SF News Drinking in Dolores Park Curbed? People are crying foul after SFPD had the unmitigated gall to hand out citations to people boozing it up in Dolores Park. Drinking alcohol in San Francisco parks, as most of you know,
SF News Help Stop Crime Via Text-a-Tip Today, San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon will announce a newfangled way to help stop crime. It's called Text-A-Tip, and it will allow you to do just that, text a tip anonymously to
SF News Police Chief Gascón's Goals During a VIP tour of San Francisco's Historic Tenderloin District, new San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón was rendered flummoxed -- especially after a drug deal went down right before his very eyes.
SF News Heaven Mini Theatre Strip Club Alleges City Shakedown After City Attorney Dennis Herrera asked the city to shutdown Heaven Mini Theatre for performing lapdances without the proper permits (not to mention allowing prostitution inside its doors, just like every other SF
SF News Welcome Aboard, George Gascón! San Francisco's newest beacon of hope, George Gascón, starts his first day as the city's police chief, forcing journalists throughout the Bay Area to learn how to use the accent mark feature. What
SF News Commuter Train Heroin Trafficking Ring Intercepted A heroin smuggling ring that involved transporting hundreds of kilos at a time hidden in train engines and compartments has been busted up by federal authorities, as announced yesterday by Acting U.S.
SF News Update on Tandem Bike Hit and Run Streetsblog SF reported today that SFPD has issued a rare press release for the hit and run involving cyclist Andrew Bennett and his 4-year-old son while riding a bike with a tandem extension,
