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Kamala Harris

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    People Aren't Killing Each Other as Much in California

    Fewer opporuntities to say "redrum" in California ​Despite all the horrible crises we read about every day (budget, education, etc), Californians have much to be proud of -- the scenic beauty, the diverse culture, and get this: We aren't killing each other as much as we used to. According to Gener ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Hate Crimes Against Latinos Rise 47 Percent in California

    ​The year 2010 saw a marked uptick in hate crimes against Latinos statewide, according to newly released statistics from the California Attorney General's office.Attorney General Kamala Harris' annual report on hate crimes -- incidents in which victims are targeted because of their ethnicity, sexu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Gascon Says He Will Seek The Death Penalty In Cases That 'Warrant' It

    Death Penalty Supporter​It's no secret that San Francisco's District Attorney's Office and The Police Department have a long history of tension and soured relations, even long before the fajitagate incident when the famously left-wing Terence Hallinan indicted the top brass of the SFPD.Things didn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Will Federal Crime Lab Reform Affect California?

    ​Perhaps not, according to an interesting report published yesterday by California Watch.Kendall Taggart writes that some of the foremost advocates for reforming the field of forensic science within California are skeptical as to whether new legislation proposed by U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy will imp ... More >>

  • News

    December 15, 2010

    SFPD crime lab's DNA evidence could be tainted by concealed mistakes

    ​Perhaps not, according to an interesting report published yesterday by California Watch.Kendall Taggart writes that some of the foremost advocates for reforming the field of forensic science within California are skeptical as to whether new legislation proposed by U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy will imp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    DADT Repeal: With All Deliberate Speed -- Or None At All?

    ​The Week in GayThe repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell is fucking mess, but I think there might be a way to fix things. If we act quickly. This is a real longshot -- and it's not guaranteed to work -- but we need get our hands on some mercury. Lots of it. A flock of Ibises in Florida has been rendered ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Mayor's Office: Kamala Harris Will *Not* Name Her Successor

    I didn't say that thing I said...​Earlier today, SF Weekly noted that reports of Mayor Gavin Newsom allowing District Attorney Kamala Harris to name her own replacement came as a surprise to even the DA's office. Turns out the mayor was a bit surprised, too. Mayoral spokesman Tony Winnicker said t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Kamala Harris Wins Attorney General Race as Steve Cooley Concedes

    Tyra Banks' AG of choice, Kamala Harris, is the big winner​Say what you will about Steve Cooley, but the man can do math. The Republican candidate for attorney general would have had to beat Kamala Harris by insane margins among uncounted ballots in Harris-leaning counties. Not going to happen -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Gavin Newsom Cruises to Victory. Kamala Harris Tossup. Political Bedlam to Ensue in S.F.

    Richard Haick The Giants are coming home, and Gavin is leaving it​Mayor Gavin Newsom yesterday succeeded in his long quest to get out of San Francisco politics, handily winning his race for lieutenant governor -- and leaving an unknown and yet-to-be-determined successor to humiliate the mayor of A ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2010

    Attention, Guardianistas: Here are your endorsements.

    Richard Haick The Giants are coming home, and Gavin is leaving it​Mayor Gavin Newsom yesterday succeeded in his long quest to get out of San Francisco politics, handily winning his race for lieutenant governor -- and leaving an unknown and yet-to-be-determined successor to humiliate the mayor of A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Isaac Espinoza's Sad Legacy

    Isaac Espinoza, 1974-2004​Most of us never met Isaac Espinoza, but we owe him more than we can say. In 2004, the 29-year-old decorated cop was pointlessly gunned down by David Hill, a young man with a lengthy criminal history.  Espinoza repeatedly turned down cushier beats than Bayview. His d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Two Haters, a Home-Burner and a Skyscraper Climber in Court Today

    Not above the law in SF​Say what you want about District Attorney Kamala Harris -- the Attorney General candidate is a "different kind of prosecutor," according to a lengthy profile published in today's Los Angeles Times, and true to form, her office prosecutes different kinds of cases. And how. F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Damir Shalako, Alleged Rapist, In Court Today

    Damir Shalako, whose facial tattoo reads 'SF,' is currently incarcerated here​Damir Shalako, the 25-year-old rape suspect whose tattooed visage may have helped end his status as a fugitive, will be showing his face in a San Francisco courtroom this morning. The parolee on Monday pleaded not guilty ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Lionel Sevilla, Cop Accused in Cover-Up, Suspended

    Good news, boys! Sevilla's keepin' his job! ​The Chronicle is reporting that Lionel Sevilla, a veteran cop accused of instructing a young police officer to lie about a prisoner's escape, will be suspended -- seven years after the alleged incident. SF Weekly's search of the city's most recent payro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Kamala Harris Kept Felon's Donation While Insisting Opponent Return Tainted Funds

    Don't worry Kamala. Tyra still loves you. ​While attorney general candidate Kamala Harris spent the past three weeks denouncing her opponent Steve Cooley for accepting tainted campaign donations, it turns out her campaign kitty contained $1,250 from ex-Democratic moneyman Norman Hsu -- now serving ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Doctor Gets 11 Years for 'Inappropriate and Unprofessional' Vaginal Exams on Latinas

    ​A San Francisco doctor who catered to Spanish-speaking patients has been sentenced to almost 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting women in his care with unnecessary "pelvic examinations."Jose Rosas, a general practitioner from Peru, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years and eight months in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Jimmy Jen, Former City Building Official, Charged with 232 Felonies

    The Alexandria Theater is among Jimmy Jen's allegedly fraudulent projects​Jimmy Jen, a former city plan-checker and private engineer, has been charged with 232 felonies stemming from alleged fraud on construction projects throughout the city.San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris asserted i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Psychotherapist Steven Allan Korn Arrested and Charged with Boinking Patient

    ​A weird press release just came in and confused the shit out of us. Apparently, a San Francisco psychotherapist, Steven Allan Korn, has been arrested and charged with two misdemeanors for having sex with a twenty-something female patient during therapy sessions. Since when is sex not allowed in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Union Boss: 'No Way' Kamala Harris Gets Cops' Endorsement for Attorney General

    Tyra Banks is supporting Kamala Harris. The city's cops are not. ​California Watch has a good story up today on the role the state's influential police unions will play in deciding the attorney general's race between Kamala Harris and Steve Cooley. As reporter Timothy Sandoval notes, San Francisco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Face-Stabbing Cop Peeves Public Defender

    sfpublicdefender.orgJeff Adachi, public defender​The current hoopla at the Hall of Justice over non-disclosure of police officers' violent histories continued Monday, when Public Defender Jeff Adachi issued a terse press release asking why on earth his department wasn't told a cop involved in a ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Grandpa Allegedly Molested 8-Year-Old at School, Saying He Was Bringing Her A Snack

    D.A. Kamala Harris​A 68-year-old man has been charged with felony sexual assault for allegedly attacking his eight-year-old step-granddaughter, the district attorney's office announced today.Erica Derryck, spokeswoman for D.A. Kamala Harris, said in a press release that Pedro Hernandez was caught ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Kamala Harris' Alleged Stalker Pens Epic 44-Page 'Press Release'

    ​It came in a manilla envelope with three American flag stamps, entitled "Important Pre-Election Press Release." Return address: David Bavineau (ecstatic), County Jail 4, 850 Bryant St. Over at SF Weekly, we tore the thick envelope open with no small amount of anticipation. Bavineau, as some may r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Election 2010 Results: Demon Sheep, Gavin Newsom, Open Primaries Triumph

    Meg Whitman never liked voting, but plenty of Californians voted for her​Results are starting to roll in from today's voting on ballot initiatives and primaries for statewide office. Wanna know the latest, greatest bad decisions California's electorate has chosen to impose upon itself? SF Weekly h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Kamala Harris Calls AG Opponent Chris Kelly Liar, 'Rookie' in Latest Attack Ad

    San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris has launched a new television ad attacking former Facebook executive Chris Kelly, her foremost adversary in the Democratic primary for the California Attorney General's race.In this latest bout of mud-slinging between Harris and Kelly, the D.A.'s campaig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Latest in Crime Lab Backlash: District Attorney Creates 'Trial Integrity Unit'

    Meanwhile, down at the crime lab...​In the latest step -- there are, presumably, 12 -- back from the Deborah "Skimming the Coke" Madden scandal at the crime lab, District Attorney Kamala Harris has created a special in-house unit. The newly formed group will review cases in which prosecu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz -- Win the Car of the Future!

    Get yours today!​That's right: Get a perfect score, e-mail it to me here, and you can win the (toy) CAR OF THE FUTURE. It looks nothing like the photo above, by the way. We think it's way cooler. 1. A Republican candidate for governor this week suggested California do what with pedophiles? A. Exec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    D.A. Kamala Harris Appoints Iran-Contra Prosecutor to Handle S.F. Criminal Cop Scandal

    John Keker, who went after Iran-Contra defendant Oliver North (pictured), will soon be looking into the SFPD.​District Attorney Kamala Harris announced today that she will appoint a high-powered private attorney to review the growing scandal over her office's failure to disclose the criminal backg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Wife-Beating Cops Can Keep it a Secret? Public Defender Not Pleased.

    Public Defender Jeff Adachi, pictured at a press conference last month​Public Defender Jeff Adachi said this afternoon that he has serious misgivings about District Attorney Kamala Harris' appointment of a private attorney to review which cases of police officers' criminal misconduct should be dis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Spokesman For Embattled DA Kamala Harris: I'm Outta Here

    We won't have Brian Buckelew to kick around anymore ... unless we're judges and juries​After answering media queries on former crime lab tech Deborah Madden and her cohorts snorting the evidence and, ahem, some rather critical media coverage, the spokesman for embattled District Attorney Kamala Ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Public Defender Jeff Adachi Says D.A. Kamala Harris Blowing Off Crime Lab Scandal -- and Him

    Public Defender Jeff Adachi ain't happy with D.A. Kamala Harris​San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi sharply criticized District Attorney Kamala Harris' handling of a growing scandal at the San Francisco Police Department crime lab today, saying the city's top prosecutor had ignored repeated ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Rival AG Candidate Throws Fund-Raiser on Kamala Harris' Turf

    Yeah, but how much money did he raise?​SoCal Assemblyman and Attorney General candidate Ted Lieu -- who earlier publicized a poll showing he was drawing a fat 7 percent of the electorate thus far -- has now made another bold move. Lieu yesterday held a fund-raiser here in the city, essentially in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Hit Pieces: Demon Sheep, Candidate Inc., Gavin Newsom & Bill O'Reilly Smitten

    Quick political bytes from the week that went down easy. Carly Fiorina's bizarre attack ad against her Republican primary opponent for senate, Tom Campbell: An evil furry dressed like a sheep who wants to raise your taxes. This video has gone totally viral. People are e-mailing it around and t ... More >>

  • News

    February 3, 2010

    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.

  • News

    February 3, 2010

    Will a big-name Dem run away with the attorney general's race?

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

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    So, Top City Elected Officials Lost 2.45 Percent of Their Salaries? Here's What They Could Have Bought.

    Apparently, even this guy has been forced to give up $4.90 every time he passes "Go"​The official reason that 18 of the city's highest paid elected officials will take a minuscule pay cut was a recent city charter. But you could trace this one back to the Code of Hammurabi. Way down at the end, it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    California Courts to Prostitute Recruiters: If She's Already Hooking, Go for It!

    Now my only troubles are with the fashion police.In November, San Francisco failed to pass Proposition K , which would have decriminalized prostitution -- indicating a majority of city dwellers still think it should be illegal to pay or be paid for sex. Yet in a ruling handed down in state court las ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2008

    San Francisco Police Department Can't Stop Homicides

    Now my only troubles are with the fashion police.In November, San Francisco failed to pass Proposition K , which would have decriminalized prostitution -- indicating a majority of city dwellers still think it should be illegal to pay or be paid for sex. Yet in a ruling handed down in state court las ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Prop. K Backers Hope to Ride No on 8's Wings

    Now my only troubles are with the fashion police.In November, San Francisco failed to pass Proposition K , which would have decriminalized prostitution -- indicating a majority of city dwellers still think it should be illegal to pay or be paid for sex. Yet in a ruling handed down in state court las ... More >>

  • News

    June 18, 2008

    Not Present

    Former truants relapse, stay away from attendance awards in droves.

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2008

    AsianWeek Strikes B(l)ack!

    Former truants relapse, stay away from attendance awards in droves.

  • News

    June 27, 2007

    Grave Injustice

    Late SF rapper Madd Maxx's debut CD is out--and so is his killer

  • News

    June 14, 2006

    Sistah Kamala

    Late SF rapper Madd Maxx's debut CD is out--and so is his killer

  • News

    April 12, 2006

    Olive Woo Murphy 1/08/03 – 3/29/06

    Late SF rapper Madd Maxx's debut CD is out--and so is his killer

  • 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

  • News

    January 19, 2005

    Zipped Up

    S.F. Archbishop William Levada doesn't want the public to know about decades of alleged sexual misconduct by his clerics. But why are district attorneys in San Mateo, Marin, and San Francisco helping him keep secrets?

  • News

    September 8, 2004

    Lap Victory

    How a DA's decision to drop prostitution charges against lap dancers will change the sexual culture of S.F. -- and, perhaps, the country

  • News

    October 22, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of October 22, 2003

  • News

    October 8, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of October 8, 2003

  • News

    September 24, 2003

    Kamala's Karma

    She's smart, she's experienced, and she's running for DA. But she's Willie Brown's ex-girlfriend, and her opponents are trying to crucify her for that.

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