Ross Mirkarimi got his badge back last night after the Board of Supervisors reinstated him as San Francisco's sheriff. After several hours of public testimony, the board voted 4-7 to give Mirkarimi his job back, claiming the bruise he gave his wife did not amount to official misconduct. Supervisors ... More >>
Ross Mirkarimi has consistently said that everyone against him is undermining the will of the people, specifically the people who voted him into office in November. But now it's those very people who seem to think he's undermining them. According to a new poll, roughly 61 percent of registered voter ... More >>
Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco's suspended sheriff, has been on an emotional and political roller coaster this year after being elected sheriff, then losing his post -- at least temporarily -- after bruising his wife's arm in a domestic dispute. Now, Mirkarimi and his wife, Eliana Lopez, are trying t ... More >>
Sheriff-in-limbo Ross Mirkarimi says that if the Board of Supervisors decides to permanently boot him from office, he just might appeal the case, according to media outlets.After an all-day meeting last Thursday, the Ethics Commission decided in a 4-1 vote that the sheriff committed official miscond ... More >>
Sheriff-in-limbo Ross Mirkarimi took the stand Thursday evening in his official misconduct hearing, where he again expressed remorse for his "act of violence" against his wife on New Year's Eve. As expected, Mayor Ed Lee's legal team took the opportunity to dig into Mirkarimi's conviction for ... More >>
Much to nobody's surprise, except perhaps Ross Mirkarimi himself, the embattled sheriff today suffered another setback in his quest to get his job back, leaving his political future officially in the hands of the city's Ethics Commission. A judge ruled today that it was perfectly legal for May ... More >>
Ross Mirkarimi got more bad news today when a judge denied his request to bar City Attorney Dennis Herrera from representing Mayor Ed Lee in his effort to permanently remove Mirkarimi from his post as sheriff.Here's how Judge Harold Kahn justified his decision:Because the city attorney is representi ... More >>
Among the many things Sheriff-in-limbo Ross Mirkarimi said on the radio this morning was that his former girlfriend, Christina Flores, had fabricated her story that he abused her while the two dated in 2008."I was looking forward to the trial to really dispel it, though. It was a piling on ... ... More >>
It doesn't matter how many times Ross Mirkarimi apologizes for his "arrogance and anger issues," women in San Francisco aren't ready to forgive -- or forget. And it will be hard for the now-suspended sheriff to forget his troubles as long as there are these billboards up to remind him of what he' ... More >>
Prosecutors might have let Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi off the hook with charges of abusing his wife, but women's groups across San Francisco aren't quite so ready to forgive. Today, a coalition of anti-domestic violence groups will march to City Hall, demanding that Mayor Ed Lee boot Mirkarimi from h ... More >>
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón raised the possibility that his office might back out of a plea deal in the domestic-violence case against Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi today, citing indications from Mirkarimi and his friends that he does not believe he is actually guilty of the misdemean ... More >>
It hardly takes a deft mind to liken the ongoing Ross Mirkarimi domestic violence saga to the telenovelas his wife used to star in. Yet yesterday's testimony from ex-Mirkarimi flame Christina Flores was broad and prurient to an extent that would scare off even a soap opera sponsor. Per Flores, fr ... More >>
You might notice a new billboard on the corner of Harrison and 10th streets during your commute today -- you may even recognize a face on it. A local domestic violence group unveiled its new Ross Mirkarimi-inspired billboard Thursday afternoon, which references Sheriff Mirkarimi's disturbing quote ... More >>
La Casa De Las MadresWhen Ross Mirkarimi was elected sheriff, he had ambitious plans to influence the criminal justice system, although this billboard to the right probably isn't what he had in mind. However, after being charged with battery, endangering a child, and dissuading a witness, La Casa ... More >>
Gavin NewsomCalifornia Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, San Francisco's former mayor, said on a local radio program today that he feels news outlets are being unfair to Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, who is facing charges of domestic violence. On KQED radio's "Forum" talk show, Newsom expressed a surprising degre ... More >>
Yesterday we told you about how Ross Mirkarimi's lawyer, Bob Waggener, wasn't doing the sheriff any favors by calling him a "tyrant" to the press. Apparently, Mirkarimi didn't think so either. Media outlets are reporting this morning that Mirkarimi and Waggener "parted ways" yesterday afternoon. ... More >>
After a brief and "cordial" meeting with Mayor Ed Lee today, Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi told reporters that he absolutely refuses to step aside amid allegations that he physically abused his wife during a New Year's Eve dispute. The mayor -- who has the authority to suspend the sheriff -- met with Mi ... More >>
As Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi fights for his political survival amid allegations that he physically abused his wife and his former girlfriend, some of his critics have taken up the tools of social media in an effort to remove him from office.Two websites have sprung up in recent weeks to urge city vo ... More >>
UPDATE, 10:21 A.M., JAN. 24, 2012: Flores told us this morning that she would like to clarify a detail in the police report on her alleged abuse by Mirkarimi, which she had not seen before SF Weekly published it online yesterday. Mirkarimi did not grab her by both arms or shake her, as the report ... More >>
Luke ThomasSheriff Ross Mirkarimi was supposed to appear in court today, but his attorney is now telling reporters he will be arraigned Thursday on domestic violence charges. Mirkarimi was booked into his own county jail on Friday on three misdemeanor counts of battery, child endangerment, and at ... More >>
Ross Mirkarimi -- and his signature vest -- were warmly received in South AmericaEl Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi spread the San Francisco no-plastic-bag gospel to Uruguay this week, and the local press apparently went gaga for San Francisco's good-looking ambassador of green.Okay, check y ... More >>
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