Human remains found in backyard of North Carolina home of demon-named SF native
by Bay City NewsA San Francisco native named for a Mesopotamian demon has been accused of murdering two people and burying them in shallow graves in the backyard of his North Carolina home, according...
View ArticleMan injured in shooting at Fisherman’s Wharf
by Rob Nagle A man was injured in a shooting at Fisherman’s Wharf early this morning, police said. The 50-year-old victim was shot in the leg by an unknown suspect just before 3 a.m. in the 200 block...
View ArticleMan injured in Bernal Heights shooting
by Rob Nagle A man was injured in a shooting in Bernal Heights on Monday, police said. The 31-year-old victim was shot in the back near Randall and Mission streets just before 2 a.m., police said....
View Article15-year-old boy injured in shooting in the Fillmore area
by Rob Nagle A 15-year-old boy was injured in a shooting in the Fillmore area Sunday, police said. Police officers found the boy on the street in the 1000 block of Webster Street about 7:10 p.m. He...
View ArticleMan injured with steering wheel club in the Mission
by Rob Nagle A man was injured with a steering wheel club during a fight in the Mission district Saturday, police said. The 24-year-old victim was involved in an argument with another man over the...
View ArticleMan robbed of laptop, cash at SF Main Library
by Rob Nagle A man was victimized twice by the same crook after being robbed of his laptop Saturday at the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library, police said. The 53-year-old victim was...
View ArticleSidecar lands first deal for SFO operations
by Jessica KwongSidecar, the mobile-app-based ride service often in the shadow of publicity surrounding Uber and Lyft, has become the first Transportation Network Company to be granted a permit to...
View ArticleSF Bay Guardian, longtime progressive news source, ends publication after 48...
by Vince EchavariaThe San Francisco Bay Guardian, an alternative-news weekly that has been recognized as a progressive source for news and arts and culture for nearly half a century, will cease...
View ArticleSan Mateo Community College District pushes for selection in program offering...
by Emilie MutertSan Mateo Community College District officials are hopeful that one of their colleges will be selected for a new statewide pilot program to begin offering a four-year baccalaureate...
View ArticleProject Homeless Connect event to focus on LGBT population
by Joshua SabatiniSan Francisco will hold a Project Homeless Connect event Friday for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population.The LGBTQ Connect event comes amid growing concerns that...
View ArticleSuccessful SF homeless shower bus Lava Mae looks to expand
by Jessica KwongA Muni bus that was retrofitted to provide sanitation stations for homeless people has been so successful that the founder is trying to expand the goodwill venture.Doniece Sandoval,...
View ArticleBrother of woman who went missing at SF General continues protest of response...
by Jonah Owen LambA red, double-decker bus tooled through the streets of London last week.But unlike other such busses, which are a normal site in the British capital, this wasn't for public use....
View ArticleLong backlog of death reports at SF morgue remains, despite some progress
by Jonah Owen LambA year after heavy scrutiny was put on backlogged death rulings by the Medical Examiner's Office and six months after the chief medical examiner was demoted, the backlog remains and...
View ArticleHighway, BART and Muni delays Wednesday morning
by Jessica KwongA collision occurred on southbound U.S. Highway 101 just north of the Silver Avenue offramp at 8:05 a.m. Wednesday. A no-injury collision involving a big rig and Toyota Prius occurred...
View ArticleStudy: Tobacco use toll drops in California, but smoking still more deadly...
by Laura DudnickSmoking is more fatal and its associated health care costs are likely much more expensive in California than AIDS, Alzheimer’s or diabetes, according to a study published today by UC...
View ArticlePolice: Woman killed in murder-suicide identified
by Bay City NewsA woman who was shot in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood last Friday by a man who then took his own life succumbed to her injuries on Monday, according to police and the...
View ArticleHomeless man sleeping in Lower Nob Hill alley assaulted, robbed of clothes
by Rob Nagle A homeless man who was sleeping in a Lower Nob Hill alley was held down, punched and robbed of his clothes Tuesday night, Sgt. Monica Macdonald said. The 26-year-old victim was sleeping...
View ArticleMan pleads no contest to bringing drugs into San Mateo County Jail
by Rob Nagle A man who was arrested on an outstanding warrant for a misdemeanor drunken driving case pleaded no contest Tuesday to a felony count of bringing narcotics into jail. He faces a sentence...
View ArticleTed Gullicksen, champion of renters’ rights in SF, dies
by Jessica KwongTed Gullicksen, whose labor of love was renters' rights as the executive director of the San Francisco Tenants Union, passed away at his Bayview apartment Tuesday, his colleagues and...
View ArticleTop state health officials preparing for possibility of Ebola in California
by Laura DudnickTop state health officials on Wednesday said hospitals are continuing to prepare for possible cases of Ebola and that a diagnosis in California could happen.However, there have been no...
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