Man shot dead in the Bayview on Tuesday night
by Rob Nagle A man was killed in the Bayview district Tuesday, the latest of several homicides in the area since the July Fourth holiday. About 11:25 p.m., police responded to a call of shots fired...
View ArticleDodgers found partly responsible in Bryan Stow's beating
by The Associated PressA San Francisco Giants fan who suffered brain damage in a beating at Dodger Stadium won his negligence suit against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, but former owner Frank...
View ArticleFour San Francisco residents charged with defrauding food stamps program
by Rob Nagle The District Attorney’s Office has charged four San Francisco residents with defrauding the local food stamps program out of over $480,000. The charges allege that the four defendants...
View ArticleDriver crashes car into Nob Hill's City Chopsticks Chinese restaurant
by Bay City News A driver crashed her car into a restaurant in San Francisco's Nob Hill at the start of lunchtime, police and a restaurant employee said. Around noon, a blue Lexus sedan driven by a...
View ArticleGiants may ban 'culturally inappropriate' attire at AT&T Park after headdress...
by Chris RobertsThe wrong headdress or hat could now mean the end of your day at AT&T Park. The San Francisco Giants could be the first Major League Baseball franchise to bar its fans from wearing...
View ArticleUC president selects next chancellor of UCSF
by Bay City News University of California president Janet Napolitano announced today her choice for the 10th chancellor of UC San Francisco, ending a search for a successor to former chancellor Susan...
View ArticleHearing begins for couple accused of running Sunset neighborhood brothel
by Bay City News A preliminary hearing began today for a couple accused of running a brothel in the Sunset. Following a monthslong police investigation and a search of their home in the 1800 block of...
View ArticleDozens of seniors told to leave nursing home as private school, elder-living...
by Chris RobertsAt 19, Alice Parker was a sheet-metal worker, a real-life Rosie the Riveter who prepared B-24 bombers for the Allied air forces during World War II. Seventy years later, a few weeks...
View ArticleSF grand jury looks into feasibility of mayor’s 30,000-unit housing goal
by Jonah Owen LambMayor Ed Lee in January said 30,000 housing units would be built or rehabilitated in San Francisco by 2020.That goal, which included making 10,000 of those units permanently below...
View ArticleNew name picked for SF plaza
by Jessica KwongA group of citizens representing various San Francisco communities chose Unity Plaza as the name for a new public space designed to connect Muni, residents, businesses and schools in...
View ArticleAttorney for Sofia Liu family attacks new rules for app-based ride services
by Jessica Kwong The attorney for the family of 6-year-old Sofia Liu, who was fatally struck by an Uber driver on New Year’s Eve in San Francisco, expressed strong opposition Wednesday to newly...
View ArticleCollection of military tanks, equipment to be auctioned in Portola Valley
by The Associated Press More than 80 tanks amassed by a Stanford University-trained engineer are set to go up for sale in Portola Valley in what is being billed as one of the largest auctions of...
View ArticlePower outage affecting more than a thousand PG&E customers in SoMa
by Bay City News More than one thousand PG&E customers are without power in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood this morning, a PG&E spokesman said. A power outage affecting about...
View ArticleLatest Bayview homicide victim identified
by Rob Nagle The man killed in a shooting in the Bayview on Tuesday night was identified by the Medical Examiner’s Office as 44-year-old San Francisco resident Lasalle Thompson. Thompson was found...
View ArticleMan robbed outside Lower Nob Hill nightclub
by Rob Nagle A man was robbed outside a Lower Nob Hill nightclub Wednesday night, police said. The 31-year-old victim was standing outside the club in the 1000 block of Post Street about 11:38 p.m....
View ArticleMan stabbed in Chinatown restaurant
by Rob Nagle A man was stabbed in a Chinatown restaurant early this morning, police said. The 35-year-old victim heard a woman being assaulted inside the restaurant in the 600 block of Broadway about...
View ArticleJeffrey Ruano pleads guilty in case involving SF officer who was struck by...
by Jonah Owen Lamb A 50-year-old San Francisco man who was arrested in March following an officer-involved shooting that injured a cop pleaded guilty to one felony charge this week. Jeffrey Ruano...
View ArticlePolice: Prostitute linked to boyfriend's death
by The Associated PressGeorgia authorities are re-examining the 2013 heroin death of a bar owner dating the woman charged in the overdose death of a Google executive on a yacht in California, police...
View Article$14M to beaten Giants fan returns security focus
by The Associated PressThree years after his savage beating at the hands of Los Angeles fans at Dodger Stadium drew attention to sporting event violence, Bryan Stow was awarded about $14 million when...
View ArticleMonkeyParking app shuts down under pressure from City Attorney
by Kate CongerMonkeyParking, a Rome-based app that enables users to auction off public parking spots to other drivers, announced today that it would suspend service in San Francisco. The announcement...
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