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    November 19, 2009

    Early Morning SoMa Arsonist Targeted Only One Car, Another Just Unlucky

    ​ ​After two cars went up in flames at 5:15 this morning on the 500 block of Jesse Street in SoMa, it seemed that the arsonist might have aimed for double the fun. Not so, says SFPD spokesman Samson Chan."The vehicle next to the black Nissan pickup didn't appear to be a target," Chan said. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Can You Legally Stand in a Parking Spot and Reserve It? Survey Says...

    This image is relevant to this story, amazingly​Parking in San Francisco is such a rare commodity that people have literally killed each other over a spot. Spend 45 minutes cruising around late at night looking to get out of the car and even the most mild-mannered milquetoast can be transformed in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Man, Shot in Head By Alleged Thieves, Clings to Life

    View Larger MapA man shot in the head by alleged thieves he apparently interrupted while burglarizing his car in Visitacion Valley is fighting for his life this morning, despite the severity of his wounds. The victim, whose name has not yet been released by police, walked outside at around 4:40 Mond ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Does This Giraffe Look Guilty? Net Tightens Around Renowned S.F. Graffiti Artist 'Girafa'

    Late last month, San Jose cops made an announcement that reverberated like a shock wave through the ranks of local graffiti fans. Police in the South Bay metropolis believed they had unmasked the prominent artist-vandal known as "Girafa," a graffiti "writer" -- as such auteurs prefer to be called -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Muni Video of Bus-Truck Crash Offers 'Plague O' Both Your Houses' Moment

    Muni today released video -- from no fewer than seven different angles -- of the Jan. 5, early morning accident between the 19 Polk bus and a pickup truck. The takeaway: Muni screwed up. But the driver of the white pickup truck screwed up worse. Way worse. The camera angles pictured above don' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    The Crime That Just Keeps Giving -- Car Arsons Return to S.F.

    www.lcpstc.org​The apparent "anything you can do I can do better" competition between unknown miscreants on both sides of the bay to see who can immolate more vehicles recorded a couple more San Francisco entries yesterday and early this morning. Sometime between midnight and noon on Sunday -- tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Suspect in Stabbing, Robbery of Cabbie Rode in Taxi -- Was Caught on Video

    View Larger MapThe young man suspected of beating, knifing, and robbing a San Francisco cabbie in the Castro last night was the driver's fare, reports the San Francisco Police Department -- and the suspect's image was caught by the taxi's on board camera. The cab driver -- whose name has not yet bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Investigation Continues in Death of Chris Lamothe, Found Bleeding at Base of Park Merced Tower

    View Larger MapSan Francisco police and the medical examiner's office have little to add regarding the suspicious Monday death of Chris Lamothe, but both noted that "a very open and active" investigation continues. Lamothe, 31, was found bleeding at the bottom of a 12-story residential building in P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Teacher Accused Of Lewd Acts Is A Hit With Students Online

    Accused of doing more than teaching music...​A Visitacion Valley Middle School music teacher is accused of being the teacher from hell for three students whom prosecutors allege he touched and invited over to his residence. But in cyberspace, kids love him. On ratemyteachers.com, Terry Braye is cu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Man Claims Home-Invasion Robbery -- Then Tells Cops He Shot Himself

    View Larger MapIf you peruse the police reports -- which we do -- you'll have noticed a spate of home-invasion robberies of late. Perhaps a man living on the 100 block of Tapia Drive in Park Merced, did too. Yesterday evening, police spokesman Samson Chan said, officers were called to his residence ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Pedro Hernandez, Accused of Grade School Molestation, Remains at Large

    ​Pedro Hernandez, the 68-year-old allegedly caught both on tape and in the act molesting his step-granddaughter at Sanchez Elementary School, remains at large. He has addresses in both San Francisco and the East Bay and is a frequent visitor to Mexico; his photograph and information has been distr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Anthony Gardenal, 'Agitated' Dementia Patient, Still At Large

    Anthony Gardenal, who demonstratively exited his assisted living facility on Saturday​Anthony Gardenal, the 73-year-old dementia patient who went missing from his Mission District assisted care facility on Saturday, is still missing. According to staff at the Araville Residential Care Home at 1506 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Dolores Park Stabbing Victim Fights For Life

    LoveBryan.comThe scene of Saturday's early-morning robbery and stabbing​Body armor-wearing man, shot 16 times, also remains among the livingPolice believe they've arrested the knife man behind a disturbing Saturday mob attack in Dolores Park. Up to a dozen young people swarmed a 40-year-old Asian ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Reports Police Responded an Hour Late to Mission Shooting Inaccurate, Says SFPD

    ​A disturbing triple shooting on Saturday in the Mission came with its own disturbing sub-story: While eyewitnesses and medical personnel pegged the incident as occurring close to 10:30, the San Francisco Police reported responding at close to midnight. Did the SFPD let three bloody men roll arou ... More >>

  • News

    September 1, 2010

    Vandals tag Incanto restaurant with swastika

    ​A disturbing triple shooting on Saturday in the Mission came with its own disturbing sub-story: While eyewitnesses and medical personnel pegged the incident as occurring close to 10:30, the San Francisco Police reported responding at close to midnight. Did the SFPD let three bloody men roll arou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Cops Announce Meth Bust -- Via Twitter

    justice.govTweet this...​In an interesting confluence of tweeting and tweaking, cops at the SFPD Northern Station announced a meth bust -- via Twitter. "plainclothes officers made a great drug bust, got a half-pound of meth and over 5 grand off of two dealers, on the 100 block of fell," reads th ... More >>

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