Subject: Richard Ramirez

• It's Leap Year!

  February 29, 2008

• Troublesome Pastimes

  One local busybody collects letters from serial killers. Another attacks environmentalists. Guess which one's misguided.

  September 27, 2006

• The Black Metal Arts

  This town has one of the most thriving metal scenes in the world. Local faves Ludicra offer tips on how to cash in on that action.

  March 16, 2005

• San Quentin Blues

  The prison guards' union angrily ripped the rug from under the governor in February

  April 2, 2003

• Is 'Night Stalker' Richard Ramirez Responsible for an Unsolved 1984 S.F. Murder?

  A police mugshot of Richard Ramirez​The San Francisco Police Department just issued an advisory stating that a press conference to be held at 3 p.m. today at the Hall of Justice will explore the possibility that serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka "the Night Stalker," (so named for his propensity to break into victims' homes in the wee hours) was responsible for an unsolved Bay Area murder that occurred in 1984. The majority of Ramirez' killings took place in and around Los Angeles. Ramirez, wh

  October 22, 2009

• New DNA Evidence in Old Homicide Case Points to the 'Night Stalker'

  Anna McCarthyDid you hang around the 'Loin in 1984? Does this face ring a bell?​On April 10, 1984, San Francisco police found 9-year-old Mei Leung's dead body in the basement area of the residential hotel at 765 O'Farrell Street where she lived with her family. Her 8-year-old brother was the last one to see her alive -- they had walked home from a friend's house together just before the slaying. Police never found her killer. Now, two-and-a-half decades later, the SFPD say they have new DNA ev

  October 22, 2009