Five years ago, federal sex abuse charges lodged against against financier Thomas
Frank White put an elderly San Francisco multimillionaire's face on what was
then seen as the growing international scourge of sex tourism.
This week White's main accuser and his attorney, who together helped set into
motion a federal sex crimes investigation against White, pleaded not guilty to unrelated Palm Springs fraud, embezzlement and forgery charges. If true, these new allegations against San Francisc
Aaron FarmerTapioca Ed Jew now blames a brain-freeze (of sorts) for his corruptionA tired writer could describe Ex-Supervisor Ed Jew's rise and fall as "meteoric" -- but, then, meteors don't really rise that often. So let's liken Jew to a bottle rocket -- he ascended gloriously before flaming out for all to see and falling back to the earth in singed chunks.Jew's final descent concludes -- so far as we can tell -- on Friday, when he is sentenced for extorting $80,000 from San Francisco tapioca-d
With an October trial in the offing, prosecutors had every intention of proving that Symbionese Liberation Army member Sara Jane Olson was a domestic terrorist who helped plant bombs under police cars 26 years ago.
Twelve convicted drug dealers and other major felons have recently been employed by the San Francisco Housing Authority. But are there even more criminals on the public payroll?
Three years ago Linda Woo, then 40, woke her two children, wrapped them in blankets, and placed them inside a Subaru Outback owned by a man who had recently broken off a six-year-affair with her. Also in the car had been placed a lit barbecue grill -- which Woo had bought along with a carbon monoxide meter -- after she'd researched how to commit suicide by breathing charcoal fumes. When the trio were found a short time later, Olive Woo Murphy, age 3, petite with dark wavy hair, was dead. Linda
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