Arts & Entertainment Cops Relent; Pink Saturday Is ON, Kids Good news for the gays: Negotiations between the police and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence moved forward last week and after agreeing to a reduction in the number of beer concessions (from 8
SF News Pop Star Patrick Wolf Twitters His SF Arrest Patrick Wolf, who is some sort of British pop star singer, was arrested in San Francisco last night. Thankfully, he Twittered the entire thing for your enjoyment. pw_official: "Was arrested by san
SF News Family, Friends of Hugues de la Plaza Consider Suing City for Negligence The family and friends of Hugues de la Plaza, the 36-year-old French San Francisco resident whose homicide two years ago was wrongly deemed a suicide by SFPD -- until the French authorities came
misc Board of Supes to Consider Resolution Urging the Release of (Alleged) Cop Killers According to Peter Jamison at , the SF Board of Supervisors plan to serve up a controversial (and, ultimately, benign) resolution that would ask for charges to be dropped against the San Francisco Eight,
SF News Scenes from a Mission District Dope Bust SFist contributor Travis Jensen came across an exciting scene in the Mission district the other day. While "bullshitting about skateboarding, photography and other stuff," Jensen and his journo pals, Isaac Mckay Randozzi and
SF News Quote du Jour: Heather Fong Is Rich Coming to you from dynamic duo Matier Ross, our favorite platonic couple have word on what retiring San Francisco Police Chief Heather Fong will pull in annually after she vacates her position. Ahem:
SF News SFPD Finds Man's Lost Cat In Abandoned House Crazy-acting, "curvy" lesbians with face tattoos getting arrested at prop 8 protests be damned. We love the SFPD today. Why? Because of this story. See, according to SF Weekly, a "frantic" man flagged
SF News Brutal Beating, Mugging on 24th Street / Capp Egads, this sounds awful. In yet another why reason teenagers should be handled with cattle prods and crammed with psychoactives at all times, a man was alleged beaten and robbed by a most
SF News SFist Blotter BERKELEY-OAKLAND/SATURDAY: Three people died after a murder and car chase through the East Bay Saturday night. "It all started at 6:35 p.m. when Berkeley Police responded to reports of gunfire
Arts & Entertainment Dore Alley Street Fair Permit Threatened Because of Public Sex, Nudity The always filthy Up Your Alley Street Fair (a.k.a. Dore Alley) -- which is sort of a smaller, gayer, more distilled and urine-soaked version of Folsom Street Fair -- is being
SF News Police to Review Wild Zodiac Killer Claim In light of yesterday's astounding Zodiac Killer announcement, the SFPD said they will look into Deborah Perez's claims that her late father, Guy Ward Hendrickson, was the infamous Zodiac Killer. Sgt. Lyn Tomioka,
SF News Bevan, Buses, and SFPD B.S. Back in March, SF Supervisor Bevan Dufty (who, if casual rumors come to fruition, might be your next candidate fr mayor) was up in arms, and rightfully so. Why? Because he demanded to
SF News Make $287,000/Year as SF Police Chief -- Apply Now! Bob Murray & Associates needs your help, folks. They need to fill a nifty position -- one that could land you a cool $287,000/year, the scorn of overeducated white liberals, all
SF News Road Rage Prompts Stabbing of Off-Duty SFPD Officer Yesterday, a little after 1pm at Haight and Steiner, an off-duty police officer was stabbed. According to reports, the officer was cycling along when he had a "verbal exchange or altercation" with a
SF News SFPD Accused of Racial Profiling Latino immigrants are fuming that they're the target of racial profiling from SFPD goons. A hearing was held at City Hall on Monday, where "dozens" of non-English speakers told harrowing stories of being
SF News De La Plaza Death Ruled '100 Percent Homicide' by French Authorities A new twist on the stabbing death of Hugues De La Plaza: actualy crime fighting. It seems French police have humiliated SFPD after having ruling De La Plaza's death a homicide. If you
SF News SF Police Commission to Hold Public Hearing for New Chief Pretending it will make a difference, the SF Police Commission will give San Franciscans the chance to voice their feelings on what they want from their newest, yet-to-be-announced Chief of Police. San Francisco
SF News SFPD Chief Heather Fong Calls it Quits Just as Mayor Gavin Newsom jump starts efforts to get the hell out of San Francisco, Police Chief Heather Fong announced her retirement. The big news came on Saturday on the Newsom's All-Star
misc Today in San Francisco History - "Miss Goldie Griffin Wants to Become Cop" Timecapsule: December 9, 1912 Another item culled directly from the pages of our historical newspapers, this one from the period in which California women had just won the right to vote -- something
SF News San Francisco Police Calls Now Available on EveryBlock EveryBlock a site that gathers info going on in your block, just launched an hour or so ago one of the niftiest features we've seen in awhile. The now publish every call made
misc Today in San Francisco History - The Black Cat Café Timecapsule: October 31, 1963 On Halloween night, the "Black Cat Cafe" -- that notorious, flamboyant and most historically significant of San Francisco's gay nightspots, held a final celebration before closing down for good.
SF News Glide Memorial Church Food Line's New Menu Items Results in Two Arrests Two unidentified East Bay men (one on probation, the other on parole) were arrested on Wednesday afternoon after an undercover sting caught them dealing crack-cocaine in the food line for the homeless/hungry
SF News Woman Of-A-Certain-Age Shot By SFPD Wielded Knife Remember the lady who was shot several times in her Mission district apartment? Well, the victim, Teresa Sheehan, 56, "lunged at officers with a knife" before officers turned her into the female 50
SF News NYC's Famed Naked Cowboy Arrested in SF Just a few days before people were performing fellatio in the streets of San Francisco, New York City's famed Naked Cowboy was arrested in Union Square. Sporting a cowboy hat, a guitar, and
