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May 9, 2012
Dubai Star Owners Must Pay $2 Million for S.F. Bay Oil Spill
The owners of the Dubai Star oil tanker has to shell out $1.96 million for a 2009 oil spill in the San Francisco Bay that impacted more than 200 acres and killed some 100 seabirds, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón said today.About 75 percent of that cash -- which will be divvied up amo ... More >>
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April 18, 2012
Labor Unions Protest City Fat Cats' Raises, Democracy
At a time when thieves are tearing apart the infrastructure of our city for a few dollars worth of copper, it warrants mentioning that the glistening dome of San Francisco's City Hall is, literally, slathered in gold. Perhaps those who'd like to even the score should aim a little higher. That's the ... More >>
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March 15, 2012
Ross Mirkarimi May Have Scuttled Own Plea Deal with Comments to Press
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 >>
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February 17, 2012
Officer Richard Soares Charged with Assaulting Woman he Dated
Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi isn't the only local law enforcer being charged with domestic violence. District Attorney George Gascón announced today that he is bringing charges against Richard Soares, a San Francisco police officer, for allegedly assaulting a woman at a party while he was off-duty.On ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Hate Expectations: Police and Prosecutors Are Quick to Claim the Presence of Racism — but Juries Are Not So Sure
Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi isn't the only local law enforcer being charged with domestic violence. District Attorney George Gascón announced today that he is bringing charges against Richard Soares, a San Francisco police officer, for allegedly assaulting a woman at a party while he was off-duty.On ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
George Gascón and Dennis Herrera Share Consultants. Is That a Problem?
Trouble in motion...We all know the query about who will watch the watchmen. But what about the watchmen's consultants? After Dennis Herrera's tubthumping that a full-blown investigation was required of alleged money-laundering after shuttle bus drivers claimed they were made to donate to Mayor E ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
Guilty Verdict, but No Hate-Crime Conviction, in Assault on Mexican Citizens in Tenderloin
Two white men were convicted of assaulting two Mexican citizens outside a Tenderloin bar, although a jury did not buy prosecutors' allegations that the assault was racially motivated and constituted a hate crime, the office of District Attorney George Gascón announced today.The case stemmed from ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
Read the DA's Appeal of Judge's Order Unsealing DNA Lab Memo
As expected, the office of San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón on Monday filed an appeal of a judge's order that prosecutors share with defense lawyers an internal memo criticizing the San Francisco Police Department crime lab.The memo, authored by veteran prosecutor Rockne Harmon, a f ... More >>
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September 20, 2011
Judge Orders District Attorney George Gascón to Release Secret Crime Lab Memo
Rockne HarmonA judge ordered prosecutors to release an internal memo criticizing DNA testing procedures at the San Francisco police crime lab today, an unexpected turn of events that could have serious political and legal ramifications for the SFPD and the office of District Attorney George Gasc� ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
DA Candidates Call for Release of Secret Crime Lab Memo, Citing SF Weekly Cover Story
Contenders in this year's election for San Francisco District Attorney have called on current DA George Gascón to release an internal memo that criticizes procedures for analyzing DNA evidence at the San Francisco Police Department Crime Laboratory.The memo, the existence of which was first reve ... More >>
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August 24, 2011
Crime Lab Confidential: DA and SFPD Withheld Damaging Memo About DNA Lab Failings
Contenders in this year's election for San Francisco District Attorney have called on current DA George Gascón to release an internal memo that criticizes procedures for analyzing DNA evidence at the San Francisco Police Department Crime Laboratory.The memo, the existence of which was first reve ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
DA Candidates Ask Gascón to Recuse Himself from 'Run, Ed, Run' Investigation
DA George GascónThree challengers of interim District Attorney George Gascón in this year's DA's race are calling upon him to recuse himself from a potential investigation of criminal wrongdoing by the committee behind the campaign to draft Mayor Ed Lee to run for a full term.Last week, retired ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
George Gascón's Losing Streak
Well, he never actually practiced law before being DA Update: DA's Office responds. Read after the jump.Original story: Since George Gascón took over as District Attorney earlier this year, more defendants have walked free.As we've noted before, Gascón wasn't appointed DA for his lawyerin' skil ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
George Gascon Tries to Back Up Pro-Pot Claims by Dropping Charges on Grower
sfgov.orgWe know what we're doingYesterday, we told you the story of Wayne Kiloh, a 63-year-old Richmond District man who for seven years has grown medical cannabis in his Avenues home for the Green Cross, the city's lone licensed medical marijuana delivery service. After a July 2010 police raid ... More >>
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July 20, 2011
George Gascon Flipflops on Medical Marijuana
sfgov.orgWe know what we're doingYesterday, we told you the story of Wayne Kiloh, a 63-year-old Richmond District man who for seven years has grown medical cannabis in his Avenues home for the Green Cross, the city's lone licensed medical marijuana delivery service. After a July 2010 police raid ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Hate Crime Allegations Dismissed in Attack on S.F. Transgender Woman
This isn't exactly how the LGBT community imagined kicking off gay pride SF Weekly readers might recall the incident two months ago when two men were arrested after beating a transgender woman on the 16th Street BART plaza. Well, despite the public outcry over the incident -- which sparked a rall ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
SFPD Tries to Fire Cop for Balking at Conducting Illegal Searches
This isn't exactly how the LGBT community imagined kicking off gay pride SF Weekly readers might recall the incident two months ago when two men were arrested after beating a transgender woman on the 16th Street BART plaza. Well, despite the public outcry over the incident -- which sparked a rall ... More >>
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June 13, 2011
George Gascón Won't Seek Death Penalty for German Tourist Killing
San Francisco is rubbing off on himDistrict Attorney George Gascón might have reached a defining moment in his campaign for DA today after announcing he would not seek the death penalty for the high-profile killing of a German tourist last summer. It's a watershed moment, politically speaking, b ... More >>
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April 1, 2011
Mayor Ed Lee, Candidates Use Cesar Chavez Day as a Chance to Schmooze
We wish we were flies buzzing around them.Politicos rolled out of bed early Thursday morning to make an appearance at the 8 a.m. Cesar Chavez Day breakfast in the Mission. They munched on $60 plates of eggs, frijoles, and tortillas to benefit the upcoming Cesar Chavez Parade & Festival ... More >>
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April 1, 2011
DA's Office Can Prosecute Wheelchair-Bound Man Shot by Police, Judge Rules
A San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled today that District Attorney George Gascón does not have to recuse himself from prosecuting Randal Dunklin, the man shot by police in January while he was sitting in a wheelchair.Dunklin, whose case attracted heavy media attention after the shooting was ... More >>
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March 14, 2011
George Gascón Opponent David Onek Vows 'Open' DA's Office
And if you file a public records request, I'll give you my hair care secretsDavid Onek, who is running against District Attorney George Gascón this fall, says that if elected, he will do something the sitting DA won't: Share department records with the public. He said this all while lambasting h ... More >>
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March 9, 2011
District Attorney Throws Out 57 Cases After Henry Hotel Scandal, Cops Pissed
Gascón's former underlings are not so happy with his 57 case dismissals. So it looks like, in the annals of San Francisco law enforcement history, the Henry Hotel scandal will not rank anywhere near the Debbie Madden catastrophe in terms of the number of cases the district attorney had to throw ... More >>
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February 23, 2011
Ammiano Bill: Growing Pot Would No Longer Be Automatic Felony
Turns out, you might not be considered a felonCalifornians caught growing cannabis without a medical recommendation -- and indeed, some marijuana cultivators with medical recommendations -- are on their way to becoming felons. Law enforcement has no choice -- cultivation is a felony.Although that ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Funeral Director Charged with Robbing Clients Is on the Lam
Did this man steal your funeral?Police are searching for Donald Rollins, one of two funeral home directors accused of stealing thousands of dollars from breathing victims while operating the now shuttered Funerals by Washington in the Bayview neighborhood. District Attorney George Gascón on Tues ... More >>
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January 12, 2011
Bait Car Pays SFPD to Entice Drivers to Steal Cars
Did this man steal your funeral?Police are searching for Donald Rollins, one of two funeral home directors accused of stealing thousands of dollars from breathing victims while operating the now shuttered Funerals by Washington in the Bayview neighborhood. District Attorney George Gascón on Tues ... More >>
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January 11, 2011
Moderates are Winners, Progressives are Losers in Fight to Rule San Francisco
Progressive LoserThe last two weeks at City Hall has been much like a low-budget mini-series, as the city watched progressives and moderates hit all-time lows in order to wrestle power away from one another. But now that the political waters have calmed, it's time to look at who emerged on top: W ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2010
Suspect Shot Dead By San Francisco Police ID'd
The San Francisco medical examiner's office has identified the man shot to death by San Francisco police yesterday, but has not yet been able to connect with the man's family. As a result, the deceased stabbing suspect remains unnamed for the moment. Police responded to a call that a 15-year-old ... More >>
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December 15, 2010
DA Kamala Harris Says She Never Saw Report Criticizing Crime Lab
Kamala HarrisSFPD Chief Also Denies Awareness of Critique Written by Prosecutor and DNA ExpertDistrict Attorney Kamala Harris and San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón both said today they have never seen and were not aware of a report in which a renowned prosecutor says he criticized the sup ... More >>
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December 14, 2010
A Timeline of Problems at the SFPD DNA Lab
Through reporting over the past month, SF Weekly has uncovered multiple instances of scientifically and ethically questionable conduct by DNA analysts at the San Francisco Police Department Crime Laboratory. Our findings focus on two lapses in particular: the destruction of records of a potential ... More >>
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December 10, 2010
Marijuana Roundup: The Year In Pot
How was your 2010? For the cannabis community, it was a wild flip of the calendar, with dispensaries opening and closing, police raiding, a medical cannabis luminary thrown in jail for meth charges -- and we vaguely remember something about a legalization ballot measure. There's still time y ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
What Do Police Do With Massive Ford F-250 Pickup Trucks?
Are you gonna go my way?Like many San Franciscans, your humble narrator has often wondered just what need the San Francisco Police Department has for massive pickup trucks of the sort one would expect to see in a North Dakota rock quarry or Toby Keith video. After noticing the truck in this snaps ... More >>
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October 27, 2010
DA Kamala Harris' Office Has ID'd at Least 76 Police Employees With Problem Backgrounds
D.A. Kamala HarrisThe San Francisco District Attorney's office has so far notified Public Defender Jeff Adachi in writing of 76 police department employees with criminal or disciplinary backgrounds requiring disclosure.The letters come in response to a judge's order that D.A. Kamala Harris move q ... More >>
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June 4, 2010
SFPD Announces Arrests in Anti-Bike Rampage, Pearla Louis Suitcase Murder Cases
Lee Bell has been arrested for the 'suitcase murder' of Pearla Ann LouisSan Francisco Police Chief George Gascon announced this afternoon that suspects have been arrested in two serious police investigations: The case of a rampaging motorist who drove an SUV into four bicyclists on Wednesday nigh ... More >>
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May 5, 2010
Cops Bid Adieu to Scandal-Plagued Drug Lab
Sorry, kids. The San Francisco Police Department is getting out of the drug business.San Francisco Police employees will stop doing drugs, Chief George Gascon today announced. No, really. The department's drug lab -- site of a massive scandal involving narcotics-skimming tech Deborah Madden -- wi ... More >>
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May 4, 2010
D.A. Kamala Harris Doesn't Know How Many S.F. Cops Are Also Criminals
You heard that right: San Francisco District Attorney and Police Chief George Gascon said at a press conference this afternoon that they don't know how many police officers in San Francisco have past criminal convictions.The press conference came in the wake of damaging revelations in the San Fra ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2010
San Francisco's Marijuana Arrest Totals Getting Higher
Put out that joint, mister...What's that smell in the air, wafting from bus stops, parks, and most any street corner? It's evidence of a cavalier attitude regarding open-air cannabis consumption: This is San Francisco, after all -- feel free to puff away freely. Or, maybe not. According to statis ... More >>
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April 14, 2010
Why the police commission doesn't discipline bad cops
Put out that joint, mister...What's that smell in the air, wafting from bus stops, parks, and most any street corner? It's evidence of a cavalier attitude regarding open-air cannabis consumption: This is San Francisco, after all -- feel free to puff away freely. Or, maybe not. According to statis ... More >>
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March 24, 2010
SF Weekly Letters
Put out that joint, mister...What's that smell in the air, wafting from bus stops, parks, and most any street corner? It's evidence of a cavalier attitude regarding open-air cannabis consumption: This is San Francisco, after all -- feel free to puff away freely. Or, maybe not. According to statis ... More >>
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January 13, 2010
Yet Another San Francisco Vehicle Fire
www.lcpstc.orgThe other day we wrote about how San Francisco was attempting to reclaim its mantle as The City That Knows How ... To Burn Cars from the East Bay. Well, the hits keep coming. Shortly before 1 a.m. this morning, police officers spotted a vehicle burning at Alemany and Naglee in the E ... More >>
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November 4, 2009
Once a joke, SFPD is actually solving murders these days
www.lcpstc.orgThe other day we wrote about how San Francisco was attempting to reclaim its mantle as The City That Knows How ... To Burn Cars from the East Bay. Well, the hits keep coming. Shortly before 1 a.m. this morning, police officers spotted a vehicle burning at Alemany and Naglee in the E ... More >>
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October 26, 2009
Popular Tenderloin Police Commander to Step Down
Captain Gary JimenezSan Francisco Police Captain Gary Jimenez, who oversees the crime-plagued Tenderloin district, has announced that he will step down next month as Tenderloin station commander. He will be replaced by Dominic Celaya, a former lieutenant at Mission police station, whose promotion ... More >>
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September 14, 2009
Police Chief Gascon To VideoGate Cop: No Gun For You!
Officer Andrew Cohen -- seen here gracing the cover of his musical venture. No, really. Misunderstood filmmaker Officer Andrew Cohen had hoped to get off on the good foot with new Police Chief George Gascon. But his attempt is going down the crapper, and Gascon's statements in the Chron ... More >>
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August 28, 2009
It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!
¿Dónde está el jefe? Normally, a story about Gavin Newsom going to Mexico and "leaking" would be pretty vile. And, depending on your feelings about the mayor, both of these developments could be interpreted as very problematic ... but not in that way.In any event, it's Friday -- you made it. B ... More >>
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August 27, 2009
Hello Holiday Inn: Mesa Cops Aiding SFPD Chief Gascon's Transition Scrimping on San Francisco-Paid Expenses
The SFPD's new model for tight-fistednessThe Arizona Republic Thursday ran an article reporting that new San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon is enlisting officers from his former post of Mesa, Ariz. to fly out west and help him get the San Francisco Police Department up and running to ... More >>
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August 19, 2009
Friends Worry LAPD Overview of Hugues de La Plaza Case Will Reveal SFPD Bungling -- But No Murderer
Hugues de la PlazaNew San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon continues to prove that he certainly knows how to make a first impression (other than being spotted around town in baggy shorts and flip-flops). Yesterday, the Chronicle reported that Gascon's old boss, LAPD Chief William Bratton, has ... More >>
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August 19, 2009
Activists say the SFPD is unfairly impounding and selling cars owned by illegal aliens
Hugues de la PlazaNew San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon continues to prove that he certainly knows how to make a first impression (other than being spotted around town in baggy shorts and flip-flops). Yesterday, the Chronicle reported that Gascon's old boss, LAPD Chief William Bratton, has ... More >>
Blogs
August 13, 2009
The Clogged Bus-Only Lane Theory of Policing: Cite More Motorists and the Rest of the Public Safety Picture Will Fall Into Place
Jim HerdHere's another way of keeping drivers out of bus lanesIn Mexico, a visitor will quickly get the sense that society isn't working quite right when she's asked for a bribe by police. In Saudi Arabia, the same conclusion becomes obvious when a woman is arrested for prostitution simply becaus ... More >>
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August 11, 2009
New S.F. Police Chief's Decision to 'Prioritize' de La Plaza Case Comes as Surprise to Slain Frenchman's Family, Friends -- No One Told Them
Hugues de la PlazaThe San Francisco Examiner last week reported that newly minted Police Chief George Gascon will be making time to personally look into a case that has spurred European mothers to urge their children to avoid vacationing in San Francisco and go someplace safe -- like the Middle E ... More >>
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July 27, 2009
Ever Wanted To Take a Swing at a Cop? Here's Your Chance.
Did we learn our lesson? Earlier this month we wrote about how a planned cops vs. community softball game didn't come off as planned when the community failed to show up. It turns out that 2 p.m. on a Tuesday may be an ideal time to broadcast As the World Turns -- but not the best for calling o ... More >>
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