Features

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  Legal Weapon

  Don Cameron trains cops in how to use force, and then defends them in court when they're accused of going too far.

  By Matt Smith

  Wednesday, February 10

  A half-century ago, when Don Cameron was growing up in the San Francisco neighborhood of St. Francis Wood, his family would summer at Yosemite... More >>
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  The ABCs of Ditching School

  Schools are trying to contain their truancy epidemic. How're they doing? Just ask the students smoking pot less than a block from campus.

  By Lauren Smiley

  Wednesday, February 03

  In the late morning of the first day of the new semester at John O'Connell High School of Technology, two boys stage their finely choreographed... More >>
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  No Way Out

  Inmate Lonnie Morris is a role model, antiviolence program leader, and darling of the media. But will the parole board see past his crime?

  By Ashley Harrell

  Wednesday, January 27

  His walker screeched across the floor as Lonnie Morris entered the San Quentin conference room, where his 15th parole hearing was supposed to... More >>
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  Unleashed

  A brutal dog attack in Nob Hill has revived the city's battle over canine control. Here's why it's going to get worse.

  By Peter Jamison

  Wednesday, January 20

  On the evening of Nov. 11, 2009, two San Francisco police officers found 74-year-old Marion Cope sitting on the ground in Huntington Park,... More >>
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  Snuffed Out

  Massive layoffs, internal conflict, and decreasing morale have all contributed to a less effective arson unit.

  By Anna McCarthy

  Wednesday, January 13

  The Felton Street fire looked suspicious from the start. The two-story house in the Portola District that went up in flames in the early hours of... More >>