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Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Important Message from Amanda Lepore

While this video featuring Fort Worth, Texas city councilman Joel Burns discussing gay teen suicide has rocked the nation accordingly, we can barely watch the entire thing. (Your editor hasn't attended countless happy

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Tonight Extra: Rally In Support Of LGBT Kids Tonight At Civic Center, Castro

What with columnist Dan Savage and Stop8.org founder Matt Baume bringing teen suicide to light recently, there will be a rally today at City Hall, followed by a march to the Castro.

888 O'Farrell Fire Might Have Been Suicide/Murder Attempt

We mentioned yesterday a two-alarm fire in the tenderloin where a woman jumped to her death. According to The Chronicle, the "woman who leaped from the eighth story of her burning apartment in

Assisted Suicide Billboard Graces South Van Ness

A non-profit New Jersey group brought their right-to-die message to the Bay Area this week via a giant sign at Howard and South Van Ness. It reads, "My Life, My Death, My Choice.

PostSecret and Facebook Users Unite to Save Life

PostSecret -- an art community art site that in which people mail their secrets in on homemade postcards, anonymously, then said secrets get posted online -- has joined efforts with Facebook to save

Have You Seen This 'Missing, Suicidal' Teen Girl?

Mercury News, SF Weekly, and SF Examiner have already covered it. But just in case: San Francisco police are on the hunt for a missing teen girl who is suicidal. Her details: Caitlin

Man Delivers Own Obit, Then Hangs Self

Dark news here, folks. A sick Placerville man, according to Associated Press, "delivered his own obituary to a newspaper then hanged himself from a nearby bridge." The body of Allan Leo Peters II,

Jumper Cum Dancer On Lefty O'Doul Bridge

A sanity-estranged gentleman climbed up the Lefty O'Doul Bridge on Third Street this afternoon next to AT&T Park. While initially assumed the climber might try taking the final Nestga plunge into

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

New Report Reveals 2009 GG Bridge Suicide Count

A total of 31 people plunged to their death off the Golden Gate Bridge in 2009, a number slighter lower than the grand total for 2008. "The 31 suicides in 2009 were three

Parents Petition Caltrain to Reduce Train Speed In Palo Alto

After four students at Gunn High School committed suicide "at or near the same Caltrain crossing in Palo Alto," a group of area parents have asked Caltrain to reduce the speed of trains

16th & Valencia Suicide Jumper Decides to Live

Last night at 16th and Valencia around 7 p.m.-ish, a man climbed atop a building and threatened to jump. The incident stopped a Trauma shoot, which was filming in the area.

Palo Alto's Fourth Teen Train Suicide

The area just south of the East Meadow Drive crossing in Palo Alto has turned into something of a destination spot for depressed teenagers looking to end it all. Since May of this

ABC 7's Dan Noyes Receives Murder-Suicide Note

Yesterday, if you recall, SFist told you about 64-year-old Yvette Harden, the East Bay women who "fatally shot her handicapped daughter at an East Oakland skilled nursing facility Sunday night then killed herself

East Bay Nursing Home Plays Host to Murder-Suicide

64-year-old Yvette Harden, according to the Oakland Tribune, "fatally shot her handicapped daughter at an East Oakland skilled nursing facility Sunday night then killed herself with the same gun." Harden had been living

Men Most Likey to Jump Off Golden Gate Bridge

White men, according to a recent report released by the Marin County Coroner, are more likely to take the final plunge off of the Golden Gate Bridge. The report is an update to

Veteran OPD Officer Commits Suicide

The Oakland Police Department revealed yesterday that "Officer Murray Hoyle committed suicide in an unincorporated area of Brentwood on Saturday." Hoyle, it seems, was with the OPD for more than 28 years. According

Caltrain Teen Suicides Prompts Press Conference

After three students from Gunn High School in Palo Alto committed suicide this year by lying down for their final nap at the East Meadow Drive crossing, Caltrain plans to hold a press

Mom Kills Son, Then Self at Mt. Diablo

The bodies of a Walnut Creek woman and her son were found on Friday at the top of Mount Diablo. Their deaths appears to be the result of a mother-son murder-suicide. Judith Williams,

Possible Suicide at Glen Park BART Station

The body of a 61-year-old woman was found at the Glen Park BART Station yesterday. The unidentified female body was discovered in the bushes just outside the station. BART spokesperson Linton Johnson confirms

Pedestrian Hit, Killed By Amtrak Train In Berkeley

Following on the heels of this week's Caltrain suicides, "a pedestrian was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Berkeley Thursday morning, the third person to be struck by a train in

Caltrain Claims Another Life

Proving that this newfangled locomotive technology will do society more harm than good, Catrain confirmed this morning that a woman was struck and killed by a train at a Palo Alto railroad crossing

Mother of Cal's 'Naked Guy' Gets $1M in Wrongful Death Lawsuit

The man who gained national fame in the early 90s for attending classes at U.C. Berkeley wearing nothing but a G-string, Luis Andrew Martinez a.k.a. The Naked Guy, met his

Caltrain Strikes, Kills Another

Caltrain has claimed the life of another pedestrian in two weeks. This morning, a man was struck at the San Mateo station. According to reports, "he collision happened at 6:43 a.m.

Demi Moore Helps Save Suicidal Woman On Twitter

Actress Demi Moore (AKA mrskutcher) helped save the life of a woman this morning with the help of Twitter. According to MSNBC, a woman (sandieguy) sent Moore messages saying, “@mrskutcher I'm just wondering