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Shots fired into Muni bus, passenger injured
by Mike Aldax Shots were fired into a Muni bus in Potrero Hill on Thursday afternoon, injuring a male passenger, police said. The shooting, reported about 2:15 p.m., occurred on an inbound 19-Polk bus...
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Black city residents more likely to be busted for pot, ACLU says
by Chris Roberts In San Francisco, black people are more than four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana crimes than whites, according to a new report from the American Civil Liberties Union....
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Thrown pine cones leads to assault, robbery
by Mike Aldax He's graduated from bully to thug, according to prosecutors. Austin Krieger, 18, of Moss Beach, is accused of brutally beating and robbing two eighth graders who had thrown pine cones at...
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S.F., N.Y. join smartphone theft summit
by Mike Aldax After months of back and forth about the role cellphone makers could play in preventing thefts around the nation, top companies will sit down with District Attorney George Gascón and New...
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Bill to protect transit from terrorists passes House of Representatives
by Paul Gackle An amendment that guarantees funding to protect mass transit systems like BART from terrorist attacks passed the House of Representatives Wednesday. The amendment to the Department of...
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Big Market plan takes tiny step
by Will Reisman When the Better Market Street project was first formulated, backers of the plan touted the potential of a once-in-a-generation chance to remake The City's central boulevard. Market...
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Diversity matters, until it doesn’t anymore
by Melissa Griffin The appointment of a new San Francisco ethics commissioner at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors hearing was a case study in subterfuge. The Ethics Commission itself is best known for...
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Parkside bank robbery might be linked to series of heists
by Bay City News Investigators are looking into whether a Thursday bank robbery in the Parkside neighborhood is connected to a recent string of heists in The City and along the Peninsula, a police...
View ArticleCops warn of thefts
by Bay City News San Carlos has been a hot zone for "door-knock" burglaries in recent months, and four homes were looted Tuesday in what may be a continuation of the crime trend. The four homes...
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SF Pride Board to announce decision on Bradley Manning today
by Paul Gackle The SF Pride Board of Directors is planning to announce a decision Friday about whether Bradley Manning will be appointed Grand Marshal of this year’s Pride Parade. The board agreed...
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Plea urges anti-theft phone tech
by Mike Aldax An online petition urging smartphone makers to install kill-switches in their devices was launched on Change.org on Thursday as top law enforcement officials continue their crusade to...
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Bicyclist in Upper Haight a real speed freak
by Mike Aldax This bicyclist had need for all kinds of speed. A man "with a sense of entitlement" sped through a stop sign on his bicycle without slowing down at Haight and Pierce streets about 12:40...
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Free Wi-Fi coming to Market
by Chris Roberts Data-hungry San Franciscans may soon receive a break: a new Market Street Wi-Fi network from the Ferry Building to the Castro District, which will allow smartphone users to stream...
View ArticleFather who abducted children, sailed away on yacht sentenced
by Bay City News A man who kidnapped his two young children from a South San Francisco home last year and sailed away with them on a stolen yacht was sentenced Friday and ordered to have no contact...
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Meals served to neediest lack nutrients, study says
by Andrea Koskey A study of free meals served to needy people in San Francisco shows patrons are not receiving the proper nutrients from much of the food served. The study was conducted by UC San...
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Bayview merchants resist homeless shelter plan
by Andrea Koskey When Don Reinstadler arrives to work in the mornings at his garage door business on Jennings Street in the Bayview, he has to cross diesel spills, urine and sometimes human feces....
View ArticleMuni accident injures three people on Market Street
by Andrea Koskey Three people were injured on Market Street on Friday morning after a rope connected to Muni's overhead wires detached and hit passengers waiting at a bus stop. All three were...
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Food trucks, eateries strike deal
by Joshua Sabatini After years of tense negotiations, San Francisco is poised to approve new food truck regulations to address the frustrations of brick-and-mortar restaurants. Supervisor Scott...
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Industry eyes tech copyright fight
by Rachel Swan Although legal experts say a reversal of last year's Google vs. Oracle verdict is unlikely, they haven't written off the possibility. As the two tech giants head into appeals, Oracle...
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Night Stalker Richard Ramirez dies in prison
by The Associated Press Richard Ramirez, the demonic serial killer who left satanic signs at murder scenes and mutilated victims' bodies during a reign of terror in the 1980s, died early Friday in a...
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