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California Highway Patrol

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    How to Not Shoot a Dog

    Unfortunately for Knucklehead, the officer in question did not take John Denny's course​Yesterday, SF Weekly wrote about the sad fate of Knucklehead, Steven Coffman's beloved 2-year-old service dog, which was shot dead by a California Highway Patrol officer. Officer John Denny, the San Francisco P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    San Francisco's "Miraculous Mary," Ashley Wyrick, Featured on Anderson Debut Week

    Google Ashley Wyrick​Behold the power of the first name. Oprah, Ellen, make room for Anderson. Anderson Cooper, host of Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN, kicked off his daytime talk show career this week. His clout landed him a high-profile, full-hour interview on Monday on his New York set with Amy Wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Don Casper, Who Saved State Billions, Killed in Hit-and-Run

    Don Casper​Don Casper, a deeply involved San Franciscan who managed to save taxpayers billions of dollars by blowing up a cockamamie state scheme, was killed last night. He was struck by a pickup truck as he went on a jog Sunday evening in western Sonoma County. Casper was 63 years old. He had bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Vincent Perez, Anthony Valerio, S.F. Firefighters Killed in Blaze, Honored (Slideshow)

    Crowds filled St. Mary's Cathedral Thursday night to honor Lieutenant Vincent Perez and Anthony Valerio who died while fighting a home fire in Diamond Heights last week. Thousands are expected at the funeral services today at 12:30 p.m. The California Highway Patrol will close down parts of Intersta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Arnold Schwarzenegger Affair Might be Investigated by Attorney General

    ​California Attorney General Kamala Harris might be launching an investigation into whether former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger improperly used state resources to carry out his now-legendary extramarital dalliances, according to news organizations.Let's qualify that: This information is coming from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Allison "Alliy" Bayliss Likely Jumped from Golden Gate Bridge

    Allison Bayliss ​The anxious search for Allison Bayliss, the 15-year-old missing teen, came to a tragic ending today after police reportedly said she jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge in an apparent suicide. Bayliss, a San Ramon Valley High School sophomore, was last seen on Monday at about 8 a.m ... More >>

  • News

    April 27, 2011

    A Rat's Life: MS-13 Snitches Run Wild While Turning State's Evidence

    Allison Bayliss ​The anxious search for Allison Bayliss, the 15-year-old missing teen, came to a tragic ending today after police reportedly said she jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge in an apparent suicide. Bayliss, a San Ramon Valley High School sophomore, was last seen on Monday at about 8 a.m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Leland Yee Gets Another Threatening Fax

    Attracts all kinds of attention​SF Weekly readers might recall the death threat that was faxed to State Sen. Leland Yee earlier this year after he called on conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh to apologize for mocking Asians on his how. It wasn't the first time Yee, who is running for San Fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Identity Thief Used Facebook to Steal Women's Nude Photos; Victims Claim 'Virtual Rape'

    ​A 23-year-old computer hacker in the Sacramento Valley burg of Citrus Heights has pleaded guilty to seven felony charges stemming from an ingenious scheme to hack into women's email accounts -- with the help of information available on Facebook -- and gain access to their nude photos.In a ploy th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Jermaine Grosse, Mental Patient Charged With Taxi Theft: Did He Pick Up Fares?

    Jermaine Grosse, impromptu cabbie​A few more details have come to light regarding Jermaine Grosse, the San Pablo man who followed up an involuntary psychiatric hold in a Martinez hospital by allegedly stealing the cab he was transported home in. Since Grosse allegedly made off with the cab on Satu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Craig Carlos-Valentino, Accused Bay Bridge Gunman, In Court Today

    Accused Bay Bridge traffic-stopper Craig Carlos-Valentino​Yesterday, a rain-related six-car crash slowed Bay Bridge traffic to a crawl. Today it was fog. But on Nov. 11, it was something wholly other. Craig Carlos-Valentino is charged with pulling over his black SUV on the westbound upper deck dur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Big Rig Sought in Lethal Hit-and-Run

    'You feel it' says an expert regarding items bumping a big rig's trailer​While authorities seek a big rig involved in a hit-and-run traffic accident that left a man dead in Albany, a trucking expert contacted by SF Weekly said it's doubtful the trucker doesn't realize he struck another vehicle. Wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Craig Carlos-Valentino, Accused Bay Bridge Gunman, Facing Charges

    Accused Bay Bridge traffic-stopper Craig Carlos-Valentino​Craig Carlos-Valentino, the 51-year-old Antioch driver accused of shutting down the Bay Bridge while he waved about a pistol and told authorities there were explosives in his SUV, will be arraigned in San Francisco Monday morning. Carlos-Va ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Jeff Adachi: Convictions From Past 15 Years Could Be Affected by Brady Disclosures

    Richard BuiHow much do cops' backgrounds matter during court cases? This much, says Public Defender Jeff Adachi.​San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi anticipates that criminal convictions spanning more than a decade will be affected by the district attorney's identification of dozens of offic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    East Bay Murder Spree Just Got More Complicated: Body Discovered

    Has Efren Valdemoro's victims list grown by one?​Last week's bizarre spate of East Bay killings just grew even more ghastly and complicated with today's discovery of a yet-unidentified body at the Hercules home that started the whole grisly tale. The body was found in the residence of 73-year-old ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Golden Gate Bridge Shut Down Due to Crash

    A morning crash shut down the Golden Gate Bridge.​KTVU.com is reporting that the Golden Gate Bridge has been temporarily shut down this morning due to a multiple car crash. As many as six cars may have been involved in the crash, and some injuries have been reported.The accident occurred in the no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2010

    'Mildly Retarded' Man, Whose Repeated Calls Led to Fire Department Crash, Exonerated

    Don't touch that dial!​A San Francisco man was acquitted last week of 21 misdemeanor counts of falsely reporting an emergency -- an investigation kicked off after a firefighter crashed a department pickup truck while responding to one of the bogus calls.

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Byron Williams, I-580 Shooting Suspect, a Composite of Nightmares

    Byron Williams -- a man with issues​Also: Is Byron Williams the poster boy for flaws with three-strikes law? Update, 1:15 p.m.: Here's a satellite photo of the remote, rural home of Byron Williams and his mother -- in the remote, rural town of Groveland:

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Workplace Letter: 'Girl, Your Boobs Are Looking Spectacular These Days'

    RenoirThere are just some things you're not supposed to talk to your female co-workers about. For nearly four years. Against their will. ​An office worker who liked big boobs and he could not lie -- and the government department that allegedly allowed him to explicitly inform a female colleague of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    State Ban On Texting While Biking Proposed; Will Fire Juggling Be Next?

    Soon-to-be outlaw?​San Francisco Police Lieutenant Lyn Tomioka's response when we called her to talk about a proposed statewide ban on the use of mobile phones while bicycling was revealing: an amused chuckle.Ever circumspect in her public comments, department spokesperson Tomioka wouldn't comment ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Wonder of Wonders: *Everybody* Seems Happy With Relocation of 'Extinct' Presidio Plant

    © California Academy of SciencesThe 'extinct' Franciscan Manzanita is now planted at an undisclosed location that's not in the middle of a billion-dollar highway route​Back in November, we wrote about the discovery of a plant no one had seen in the wild since 1947 and considered "extinct in the w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Missing 86-Year-Old Dementia Patient Found in S.F.; Unsure Where He's Been For Two Weeks

    Menlo Park's Paul McAdoo turned up safe and sound -- but no one really knows how​Yesterday we urged readers to call the cops if they saw 86-year-old Paul McAdoo of Menlo Park, a dementia patient with a yen for hopping on buses or trains and taking them to parts unknown. Since McAdoo went missing f ... More >>

  • News

    May 6, 2009

    Craig Newmark speaks at victim's memorial in wake of Craigslist killings

    Menlo Park's Paul McAdoo turned up safe and sound -- but no one really knows how​Yesterday we urged readers to call the cops if they saw 86-year-old Paul McAdoo of Menlo Park, a dementia patient with a yen for hopping on buses or trains and taking them to parts unknown. Since McAdoo went missing f ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2009

    Craig Newmark speaks at victim's memorial in wake of Craigslist killings

    Menlo Park's Paul McAdoo turned up safe and sound -- but no one really knows how​Yesterday we urged readers to call the cops if they saw 86-year-old Paul McAdoo of Menlo Park, a dementia patient with a yen for hopping on buses or trains and taking them to parts unknown. Since McAdoo went missing f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    Scalp a Ticket, Go to Jail? Basis of San Francisco's Law Odder Than You'd Think.

    It's against the law -- or is it?A soft toss away from the high-legged kick of the Juan Marichal monument outside AT&T Park, an attention-grabbing sign blows in the gentle breeze. In large, alarming letters, the sign warns of the dangers of purchasing scalped tickets -- and notes that both the b ... More >>

  • News

    January 30, 2008

    Cop Shortage Makes Newsom's Police Promise Look Unlikely

    It's against the law -- or is it?A soft toss away from the high-legged kick of the Juan Marichal monument outside AT&T Park, an attention-grabbing sign blows in the gentle breeze. In large, alarming letters, the sign warns of the dangers of purchasing scalped tickets -- and notes that both the b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2007

    Castro Halloween: ‘100,000 People are Coming. Where Will They Urinate?’

    It's against the law -- or is it?A soft toss away from the high-legged kick of the Juan Marichal monument outside AT&T Park, an attention-grabbing sign blows in the gentle breeze. In large, alarming letters, the sign warns of the dangers of purchasing scalped tickets -- and notes that both the b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2007

    24 Hour BART Means Vomit, Systemic Hangover

    It's against the law -- or is it?A soft toss away from the high-legged kick of the Juan Marichal monument outside AT&T Park, an attention-grabbing sign blows in the gentle breeze. In large, alarming letters, the sign warns of the dangers of purchasing scalped tickets -- and notes that both the b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2007

    Driving While Insane -- Vehicular Troubles in the News

    It's against the law -- or is it?A soft toss away from the high-legged kick of the Juan Marichal monument outside AT&T Park, an attention-grabbing sign blows in the gentle breeze. In large, alarming letters, the sign warns of the dangers of purchasing scalped tickets -- and notes that both the b ... More >>

  • News

    March 17, 2004

    A Bridge Too Weak?

    A UC Berkeley professor believes the unique new Bay Bridge design is fatally flawed

  • News

    November 12, 2003

    Toothless Wonder

    Why S.F.'s police watchdog agency has never been effective - and why Prop. H won't change that

  • News

    December 18, 2002

    A Kinder, Gentler Commute

    Tired of sitting in traffic till your butt turns to granite? This French guy may be able to help you.

  • Music

    March 13, 2002

    Music Lesson

    At Noise Pop, Alex Chilton proves you can be a fucked-up rock star and survive

  • News

    December 13, 2000

    Breaking the Cycle

    Marin County has a program to protect bicyclists. In S.F., we keep killing them.

  • News

    March 26, 1997

    Portrait of the Soul-Jacker

    Police call Bernard Temple the meanest hit man ever to roam the gang-infested streets of Bayview-Hunters Point. Temple calls himself a soul-jacker -- someone who kills to steal the spiritual power of his victims.

  • News

    May 8, 1996

    Dog Bites

    Police call Bernard Temple the meanest hit man ever to roam the gang-infested streets of Bayview-Hunters Point. Temple calls himself a soul-jacker -- someone who kills to steal the spiritual power of his victims.

  • Calendar

    December 27, 1995

    Slap Shots

    Police call Bernard Temple the meanest hit man ever to roam the gang-infested streets of Bayview-Hunters Point. Temple calls himself a soul-jacker -- someone who kills to steal the spiritual power of his victims.

  • Calendar

    June 21, 1995

    Slap Shots

    Police call Bernard Temple the meanest hit man ever to roam the gang-infested streets of Bayview-Hunters Point. Temple calls himself a soul-jacker -- someone who kills to steal the spiritual power of his victims.

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