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Gang Violence

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Survivors of S.F. Murder Victim Deoaunta Lyons Say He was No Gang Member

    Deoaunta Lyons ​Vigil planned for Deoaunta Lyons at his murder site, 37 Commer Court, today at 4:30 p.m. After five years of working in the Bayview shipyards, budget cuts led to Deoaunta Lyons being laid off. "But everything happens for a reason," said his sister, Sakari Lyons-Glenn. Deoaunta Lyon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    DA Announces Sweeping Broke Niggas Thievin' Gang Indictment

    ​District Attorney Kamala Harris announced today that 10 members and associates of the notorious Bayview street gang known as Broke Niggas Thievin' have been indicted by a San Francisco criminal grand jury for dozens of felonies, including three murder charges.The indictment came after three month ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Another Reason Not To Get That Tattoo

    ​A press release issued today by the San Francisco Police Department kind of reads like a guide of Things Not To Do If You're Planning on Entering a Life of Crime. Gang Task Force Inspectors took one Monzell Harding, age 18, into custody this afternoon under suspicion of robbing a passenger on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Attorney Says Alleged Bay Riders Bikers Charged in Stabbing Not Gang Members

    What charges are you facing? Whaddya got?​The attorney for one of the three alleged Bay Riders motorcycle gang members charged in a December stabbing says his client is not a Riders member, that the Riders are not a gang, and denies any gang element to the alleged stabbing. The three defendants ar ... More >>

  • News

    November 18, 2009

    Sanctuary Sellout

    Before: S.F. coddled undocumented teen criminals. After: S.F. punishes undocumented teens who commit crimes (and some who don't, too).

  • Articles

    November 4, 2009

    New biker club in town is Hells Angels affiliate

    Before: S.F. coddled undocumented teen criminals. After: S.F. punishes undocumented teens who commit crimes (and some who don't, too).

  • News

    October 21, 2009

    Feds complain that S.F.'s sanctuary city policies impeded investigation of Latino gang

    Before: S.F. coddled undocumented teen criminals. After: S.F. punishes undocumented teens who commit crimes (and some who don't, too).

  • Film

    April 8, 2009

    Arthouse movie listings for April 8-14, 2009

    Before: S.F. coddled undocumented teen criminals. After: S.F. punishes undocumented teens who commit crimes (and some who don't, too).

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Police Crash Allleged Norteño Gang Initiation in the Mission

    Police busted up a Norteño gang initiation "ceremony" just one block outside the Mission gang injunction "safety zone" last week, and ended up charging one man for carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle, according to the SFPD.  Shortly after midnight Friday/Saturday, police in plainclothes not ... More >>

  • News

    February 18, 2009

    Leader of Down Below Gang blames PTSD for killings

    Police busted up a Norteño gang initiation "ceremony" just one block outside the Mission gang injunction "safety zone" last week, and ended up charging one man for carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle, according to the SFPD.  Shortly after midnight Friday/Saturday, police in plainclothes not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2009

    Public Defender: First Norteño Convicted for Violating Gang Injunction a Dubious Victory in City's Battle with Street Gangs

    Earlier this week, the San Francisco District Attorney successfully tried the first case against a Norteño gang member for violating the city's gang injunction, which bans members from hanging out in a "safety zone" in the Mission. A brainchild of City Attorney De ... More >>

  • Music

    November 19, 2008

    The Drive Steady

    Earlier this week, the San Francisco District Attorney successfully tried the first case against a Norteño gang member for violating the city's gang injunction, which bans members from hanging out in a "safety zone" in the Mission. A brainchild of City Attorney De ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2008

    Holy Cow bouncer killed in front of the Eagle

    Earlier this week, the San Francisco District Attorney successfully tried the first case against a Norteño gang member for violating the city's gang injunction, which bans members from hanging out in a "safety zone" in the Mission. A brainchild of City Attorney De ... More >>

  • News

    January 23, 2008

    Epidemic of Violence Against SF Day Laborers

    Earlier this week, the San Francisco District Attorney successfully tried the first case against a Norteño gang member for violating the city's gang injunction, which bans members from hanging out in a "safety zone" in the Mission. A brainchild of City Attorney De ... More >>

  • Music

    January 9, 2008

    Easy Bay's inventive hip-hop heads Zion I and Trackademicks

    Earlier this week, the San Francisco District Attorney successfully tried the first case against a Norteño gang member for violating the city's gang injunction, which bans members from hanging out in a "safety zone" in the Mission. A brainchild of City Attorney De ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2007

    Golden Gate Skateparks and Venezuelan Wage-Fixing — It's SFGovernmentInAction!!!

    Earlier this week, the San Francisco District Attorney successfully tried the first case against a Norteño gang member for violating the city's gang injunction, which bans members from hanging out in a "safety zone" in the Mission. A brainchild of City Attorney De ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2007

    Fruits of War film this Sunday at Parkway Theater

    Earlier this week, the San Francisco District Attorney successfully tried the first case against a Norteño gang member for violating the city's gang injunction, which bans members from hanging out in a "safety zone" in the Mission. A brainchild of City Attorney De ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2007

    Gang Task Force Says They Nabbed Oakdale Mobster on $1 Million Warrant - SF Weekly has the profile

    Earlier this week, the San Francisco District Attorney successfully tried the first case against a Norteño gang member for violating the city's gang injunction, which bans members from hanging out in a "safety zone" in the Mission. A brainchild of City Attorney De ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2007

    SF Gun Seizures Double

    Earlier this week, the San Francisco District Attorney successfully tried the first case against a Norteño gang member for violating the city's gang injunction, which bans members from hanging out in a "safety zone" in the Mission. A brainchild of City Attorney De ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2007

    CHP Aids Oakland Crime Surge

    Earlier this week, the San Francisco District Attorney successfully tried the first case against a Norteño gang member for violating the city's gang injunction, which bans members from hanging out in a "safety zone" in the Mission. A brainchild of City Attorney De ... More >>

  • News

    August 22, 2007

    The War On Gangs

    With murders on the rise, City Attorney Dennis Herrera is cracking down on gangs using a legal tool critics say smacks of McCarthyism

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2007

    I'm A Gang Member: Where Can't I Go?

    With murders on the rise, City Attorney Dennis Herrera is cracking down on gangs using a legal tool critics say smacks of McCarthyism

  • News

    March 21, 2007

    Walking the Line

    The SFPD says Daniel Dennard is a gangster, thief, and killer. There’s just one problem: They can’t prove anything.

  • Home Entertainment

    March 14, 2007

    Concrete Jungle Gym

    In Crackdown, the city is your playground

  • Home Entertainment

    October 4, 2006

    Copycat Killer

    Saints Row shamelessly apes Grand Theft Auto

  • News

    October 4, 2006

    Untouchable

    Half of U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan's lawyers have quit. But as he remains bunkered against criticism, who's minding the shop?

  • Film

    September 13, 2006

    The Longest Yawn

    Heavily padded football movie hits all the familiar notes

  • News

    July 26, 2006

    Get Out of Jail Free

    In the process of taking down the city's baddest gangsters, prosecutors and cops set some very scary people free.

  • Film

    June 21, 2006

    Deep Doo-Doo

    A modern-day Bonnie and Clyde are after your money again

  • News

    January 18, 2006

    Let It Bleed

    Prosecutors' reluctance to charge murder suspects in S.F. leaves alleged killers on the street, flush with bravado

  • Home Entertainment

    November 9, 2005

    Street Fighters

    The Warriors nicely complements the bloody cult classic that inspired it

  • Film

    June 22, 2005

    Dance, Dance, Revolution

    Hip hop, clowns, and war dances meet on the street in Rize

  • News

    April 27, 2005

    Gang Today, Hair Tomorrow

    The Suey Sing Boys of Oakland were a bunch of low-level Chinese-American thugs. Then 10 of them became high-fashion hairstylists.

  • News

    February 2, 2005

    The Lifesaver

    Shawn Richard got the city to give jobs to alleged gang leaders. If anyone can make such a program work, it's ...THE LIFESAVER

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Shawn Richard got the city to give jobs to alleged gang leaders. If anyone can make such a program work, it's ...THE LIFESAVER

  • Music

    August 13, 2003

    Drive-By Truckers

    Decoration Day

  • Film

    January 22, 2003

    God Forsaken

    The brutal, brilliant City of God takes us inside Rio de Janeiro's urban decay

  • Film

    July 25, 2001

    Blood Brother

    As fatalistic and deadpan as ever, Takeshi Kitano brings his trademark style to America

  • News

    June 14, 2000

    Twice Burned

    A Hong Kong mob's attempted takeover of Chinatown went up in flames when a gang arsonist snitched. Now Peter Chong, the mob's alleged U.S. leader, is in custody and feeling the heat.

  • Film

    March 22, 2000

    Jet Set

    A Hong Kong mob's attempted takeover of Chinatown went up in flames when a gang arsonist snitched. Now Peter Chong, the mob's alleged U.S. leader, is in custody and feeling the heat.

  • News

    January 12, 2000

    For Pete's Sake

    Why giant corporations like PG&E bankrolled a juvenile crime initiative

  • News

    March 3, 1999

    East Side Story

    The mindless, endless Mission gang war doesn't have Bernstein music or Sondheim lyrics. Just Surenos, Nortenos, and dead kids.

  • Calendar

    December 2, 1998

    Cothran

    The mindless, endless Mission gang war doesn't have Bernstein music or Sondheim lyrics. Just Surenos, Nortenos, and dead kids.

  • News

    August 19, 1998

    Crime and Patronage

    For more than a decade, three different mayors have let one man dole out government jobs to alleged murderers, crack dealers, and other serious felons. The question, obviously, is why.

  • News

    January 14, 1998

    Trial by Liar

    The snitches mumbled, stumbled, equivocated, and perjured themselves The jury found Bernard Temple -- the man prosecutors believed to be a bloodthirsty assassin for drug dealers -- not guilty of murder.

  • 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.

  • Culture

    January 3, 1996

    Catch the Moon

    West Side Story shines brilliantly as a model of musical theater

  • Film

    April 19, 1995

    A Family That Stays Together

    From director Gregory Nava comes a modern classic about generations, history and survival

  • News

    April 5, 1995

    What's Killing Hip Hop?

    From the Western Addition to the East Bay, police and wary club owners have all but banished hip hop. Have the cops overreacted? Are the clubs at fault? Or have a few well-armed fans hijacked the positive vibe of the hip-hop nation?

  • News

    March 1, 1995

    Rear Window

    From the Western Addition to the East Bay, police and wary club owners have all but banished hip hop. Have the cops overreacted? Are the clubs at fault? Or have a few well-armed fans hijacked the positive vibe of the hip-hop nation?

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