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Teen Shot Outside Powell Street BART Station

A 16-year-old kid is in critical condition today after he was shot outside the Powell Street BART station on a busy Friday night. According to Officer Gordon Shyy, police were called to the corner of Cyril Magnin and Eddy streets just before 7 p.m. on reports of a shooting. When they arrived, they ... More >>

Becky Lee Identified as Pedestrian Killed in Crosswalk (Update)

Update 3:52 p.m.: The Medical Examiner's Office says it was 60-year-old Becky Lee of San Francisco who was killed yesterday evening while walking through the Sunnyside neighborhood. Original Story 11:16 .m.: A woman in her 50's was hit by a pickup truck last night as she walked through the Sunnysi ... More >>

Man Shot in the Head While Sitting in Car

A San Francisco man was killed Monday afternoon as he say inside his car parked in the city's Bayview neighborhood. Officer Gordon Shyy says police were called at about 3:32 p.m. on reports of a shooting on the 1300 block of Thomas Ave. When police arrived, they found the 31-year-old had been shot ... More >>

Cops Respond to Shooting in SOMA; Muni Rerouted

Update 4:40 p.m.: This just in from Officer Gordon Shyy: Police say a man in his 30's was shot in the chest while riding in the passenger side of a car on Bryant Street. The driver was not shot, and drove around asking for directions to the nearest hospital; they flagged down a parking control agent ... More >>

Woman Found in the Street Bleeding From the Head

San Francisco police are asking for your help in trying to figure out what happened to a 35-year-old woman who was found on a Tenderloin sidewalk last night after what appeared to be a brutal assault. According to Officer Gordon Shyy, witnesses were walking by the 100 block of Leavenworth about 10: ... More >>

Cyclist Hit and Dragged by City Street Sweeper

A San Francisco cyclist is in critical condition today after he was pinned underneath a street sweeper vehicle when he collided with the truck early this morning in the city's SOMA neighborhood According to police, the accident happened at about 12:30 a.m. when the street sweeper vehicle made a tu ... More >>

Man Shot to Death in Mission District This Morning; Homicide No. 58

Police are looking for a 14-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man in connection to the city's latest homicide in the Mission District. Police were called out to the intersection of 20th Street and Van Ness Avenue just after midnight where they found an unidentified man lying in the street with gunshot ... More >>

Man Shot in the Head, Kid Shot in the Chest Over Another Violent Weekend in S.F.

Separate from the World Series chaos and fires that plagued the city last night, San Francisco had yet another bloody weekend, where multiple people, including a kid, were shot. The first incident happened on Friday about 8 p.m. at the intersection of Keith and Shaftner, where a juvenile female and ... More >>

Football Stabbing, Dramatic Shooting Kept Cops Busy Yesterday

It was an active weekend for San Francisco for cops and criminals. Police made a few significant arrests, starting with a stabbing near Candlestick Park where the 49ers were playing the New York Giants on Sunday. According to police. the incident started at about 1:35 p.m. when two men approached a ... More >>

Teenage Girl Stabbed Repeatedly Last Night

A 17-year-old girl is clinging to life today after she was brutally stabbed after a fight broke out in the Mission District last night.Sgt. Michael Andraychak says that at about 7 p.m. police were called to the the intersection of 21st and Valencia where they found the victim bleeding on the sidewal ... More >>

Brothers That Stab Each Other Together Go to Jail Together

Sibling rivalry took on a whole new meaning in San Francisco's North Bach neighborhood yesterday when two brothers were injured after allegedly stabbing each other in the head. Officer Gordon Shyy detailed the crime like this: At about 7 a.m., police were called to the 700 block of Broadway St. on r ... More >>

Woman Stabbed Repeatedly While Sitting in Her Car in the Mission

A 27-year-old woman is in the hospital with life threatening injuries today after she was brutally attacked while she sat inside her car in the Mission District early this morning. Officer Albie Esparza says the woman was sitting in the front seat of her car parked near 21st and Shotwell streets whe ... More >>

Pedestrian Clinging to Life After Hit-and-Run Accident

Another San Francisco pedestrian was rushed to the hospital after being hit by a driver who then sped off, leaving the victim bleeding on the street. According to police, the 39-year-old man was walking across the 2100 block of Market Street just after midnight today when he was hit head-on by an un ... More >>

Man's Bad Night Starts With Flat Tire, Ends With Robbery

Hump Day was quite a steep hill for this San Francisco man to climb. On Wednesday, just before midnight, a 35-year-old man  pulled over at Evans and Cesar Chavez after he got a flat tire. As the unfortunate man was changing his tire, another man approached him, pulled out a gun, and demanded hi ... More >>

Cops Find Unconscious Man in Pool of Blood

San Francisco police are trying to figure out what happened to a 50-year-old man who was found in a pool of blood in his garage over the weekend, in what police are calling an aggravated assault. Officer Gordon Shyy says police were called to 1135 Ellis Street at about 12:48 p.m. on Friday to do a w ... More >>

Another Shooting in San Francisco

The gun violence continued this morning when a 32-year-old man was robbed and shot in the city's Tenderloin District. Police say the victim was on the corner of Leavenworth and Turk streets when two men walked up to him and stole his money. They shot him once before running off in an unknown directi ... More >>

Watch This SFGH "It Gets Better" Video

Yesterday, San Francisco General Hospital released its own "It Gets Better" video, assuring LGBT youth that their local hospital is there for them if they need any help at all -- and they won't face bullying or discrimination.  As part of the national It Gets Better Project, 30-plus doctors, nu ... More >>

SFPD Looking for Driver Who Hit Cyclist and Sped Off

San Francisco police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a black pickup truck that allegedly smashed into a biker pedaling near the Panhandle neighborhood this weekend. According to police reports, the cyclist was riding northbound on the 200 block of Masonic Avenue just before 2 a.m. on ... More >>

Man Seriously Hurt in North Beach Fight

A 64-year-old man is clinging to life this morning after being beaten in North Beach last night. Police were called to the 200 block of Columbus Avenue at about 10:40 p.m. on reports of a fight. When they arrived, they found the victim on the ground.Police say the victim got into a fight with the 33 ... More >>

Chocolate Factory Worker Who Was Shot by S.F. Cop Yesterday Dies

The chocolate factory worker who was clinging to life yesterday after police shot him has died. The Medical Examiner tells us they have identified the man, but would not release his name until his family is notified. Yesterday morning, police were called to Pier 17 after the man who was shot alleged ... More >>

Pralith Pralouarng Identified as Man Killed near Chocolate Factory

Medical authorities identified the employee who was shot to death near the TCHO chocolate factory as 32-year-old Pralith Pralouarng of Oakland. A town hall meeting will be held on tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. in the Bay Side Room of Pier 1 where police will update the community on yesterday's shooting whe ... More >>

Jordan Jordan Identified as Man Killed in Sunnydale Housing Projects

Medical authorities have finally released the name of the 21-year-old man shot to death in the  city's Visitacion Valley neighborhood Sunday night. Jordan Jordan, a San Francisco resident, was standing outside the front of a house on the 1700 block of Sunnydale at about 7:18 p.m. when an an un ... More >>

Passenger Chokes Cab Driver in Mission, Steals Taxi

As we've pointed out before, driving a cab in San Francisco is about as dangerous as being an unarmed cop.   Sadly, one local cabbie learned just how ungrateful (drunk?) passengers can be when he picked up a rowdy trio at the corner of Valencia and 18th streets early Tuesday morning. The troubl ... More >>

William Castillo Identified as Man Murdered in Visitaction Valley; Homicide No. 27

(Update 4 p.m.): The Medical Examiner has identified the man killed early this morning as 21-year-old William Castillo of San Francisco. (Original story 9:10 a.m.): A 23-year-old man was shot to death early this morning near the Sunnydale Housing Projects, according to police. Sgt. Daryl Fong said j ... More >>

Man Hit in Head with Baseball Bat, Robbed

A 24-year-old San Francisco man is recovering from a head injury Friday after he was hit with a baseball bat and robbed in the city's Oceanview neighborhood. According to Sgt. Daryl Fong, the victim was walking at Lobos and Plymouth at about 3 a.m. today when a man approached him and demanded cash. ... More >>

Man Shot Sunday in Potrero Hill Dies

A 23-year-old man died Tuesday morning from injuries he received after being shot in the Potrero Hill neighborhood on Sunday morning. According to press reports, the man was in the back seat of a car that was dropping someone off on Watchman Way early Sunday morning when they heard gun shots. The dr ... More >>

Man Critically Stabbed in Tenderloin

A 57-year-old man is in critical condition this morning after he was brutally stabbed yesterday evening in the city's Tenderloin District. Police were called to the intersection of Hyde and Turk streets at about 4:20 p.m. on reports of a collapsed man "bleeding heavily." When police arrived, they fo ... More >>

Man Shot in the Head Last Night in Oceanview Neighborhood

A 48-year-old man is in critical condition this morning after he was reportedly shot in the head last night in the city's Oceanview neighborhood. According to Sgt. Michael Andrayachak, police were called to the intersection of Plymouth and Farallones streets at about 8:45 p.m. on reports of a shooti ... More >>

Lawrence Richardson Shot to Death in Western Addition; Homicide No. 18

Medical authorities have identified 21-year-old Lawrence Richardson as the man who was fatally shot last night as he walked out of a corner store on Eddy Street. Police said someone fire at Richardson, a San Francisco resident, as he stood on the sidewalk at the 1800 block of Eddy Street near Divisi ... More >>

Woman Critically Hurt in Hit-and-Run Accident

​(Update 12:54 p.m.) Police say they arrested Craig Sheppard in connection with the hit-and-run last night. He was charged with felony hit-and-run and failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.(Original story 9:30 a.m.) A 47-year-old woman is in the hospital this morning with life-threatenin ... More >>

Cyclist Suffers Head Trauma After Being Hit by Postal Truck

​(Update 2 p.m.): Officer Albie Esparza informs us that the victim was treated at San Francisco General Hospital and is doing just fine. The woman was not wearing a helmet when the truck driver rolled through a stop sign and hit her. (Original story 9:10 a.m.) A 39-year-old woman is in critical co ... More >>

Man Stabbed to Death in SOMA, Homicide No. 1

​Police say a man was stabbed to death in SOMA early this morning, making it San Francisco's first homicide of 2012. Officers told reporters that at about 2:40 a.m. they found the man on the corner of Sixth and Stevenson streets, bleeding from a stab wound. He was taken to San Francisco General Ho ... More >>

Woman Hit by Muni Bus Has Critical Head Injury

Pedestrian hit ​A 19-year-old woman suffered a serious head injury after she was struck by a Muni bus yesterday evening. Police say the woman was walking at about 5:30 p.m. near 19th Avenue and Junipero Serra Boulevard when she was hit by a M-line bus. She was taken to San Francisco General Hospit ... More >>

Teen Shot to Death in Visitacion Valley; Homicide No. 31

Homicide in Visitaction Valley ​An 18-year-old man was shot to death while standing on the sidewalk in Visitacion Valley, police said. The man -- who has not yet been identified -- was standing at the 200 block of Rey Street at about 10 p.m. when two men approached him and fired several shots befo ... More >>

Woman Eats Pot Brownie Then Jumps Off Inner Sunset Balcony

Coming down hard -- literally -- after a bad high ​Here's a new anti-drug advertisement.A woman in the living in the Inner Sunset thought it was a good idea to devour some pot brownies and then thought it was an even better idea to jump off her balcony.The fun all started at about 7 p.m. when the ... More >>

S.F. Man Shot After Dispute Over Chihuahua in a Pink Sweater

Adorable ​Update: Police arrest shopkeeper in connection with shooting. Sam Zazzouh, 42, of Fairfield was arrested inside the store after the shooting. He has been charged with three felonies, including assault with a deadly weapon, carrying a loaded firearm not registered to him, and shooting in ... More >>

Man Shot in Potrero Hill; Homicide No. 11

Rapid fire​Minutes before two merchants were found shot to death in Fisherman's Wharf, police officers were across town responding to another homicide in Potrero Hill.At about 8:15 p.m. Sunday, a man was shot and killed on the 900 block of Connecticut Street, outside an apartment building. Police ... More >>

Joe Olivares Hernandez, Temple Nightclub Homicide Victim, Donates Organs to Californians

Courtesy of Hernandez FamilyOrgan Donor ​Joe Olivares Hernandez, the man beaten to death at Temple Nightclub, wanted to be a doctor to help save lives -- and he is managing to do just that a few weeks after he died. Hernandez, a 30-year-old medical student at UCSF, had told his family he wanted to ... More >>

Public's Help Sought in Tenderloin Hit-and-Run

​If you were standing at the corner of Hyde and Golden Gate at 5:04 a.m. on July 28 -- and there must be some of you -- then the San Francisco Police are begging for your help. At around that time, a relatively new, silver four-door vehicle believed to possibly be an Oldsmobile barreled through th ... More >>

Daevonn Hartley, Apparent Embarcadero BART Suicide Attempt, Dies of His Wounds

​The San Francisco Medical Examiner's office identified the person who yesterday wandered onto the BART tracks at Embarcadero in an apparent suicide attempt. Sadly, the attempt was successful -- Daevonn Hartley, a 16-year-old male Fremont resident, died of his wounds at 7 p.m. last night at San Fr ... More >>

Bicyclist Asks Motorist to Share the Road, Witness Claims Motorist Shared His Fist Instead

Please don't assault my rider.​Bicyclists and motorists frequently display a this-road's-not-big-enough-for-the-both-of-us attitude, and it's usually all bluster. But on Monday afternoon, an altercation between a bicyclist and a motorist ended with cracked skull and a fe ... More >>

17-Year-Old Shot in Broad Daylight, Man Dies In Fall Down Elevator Shaft

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'Never Bring a Knife to a Gunfight': Alleged Blade-Wielding Homeless Man Shot Dead By SFPD

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