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San Francisco police crack down on shoplifting, leading to 61 arrests

SFPD arrested 61 people for shoplifting as part of a broader effort to combat organized retail theft.

Woman accused of shoplifting in SF arrested on plane in Hawaii

Woman accused of organized retail crime in San Francisco arrested in Hawaii
Collaboration between SFPD and US Marshals led to the arrest

SF police arrest 7 more people on suspicion of shoplifting

San Francisco police arrested seven people on suspicion of shoplifting during a one-day operation at a store on Polk Street.
These arrests are part of a larger SFPD operation aimed at cracking down on retail theft in San Francisco.

17 people arrested as San Francisco police crack down on shoplifting

The San Francisco Police Department arrested 17 adults on suspicion of shoplifting as part of an effort to curb retail theft.
The arrests are part of a special operation called 'Blitz '23' aimed at cracking down on organized retail crime.

San Francisco police crack down on shoplifting, leading to 61 arrests

SFPD arrested 61 people for shoplifting as part of a broader effort to combat organized retail theft.

Woman accused of shoplifting in SF arrested on plane in Hawaii

Woman accused of organized retail crime in San Francisco arrested in Hawaii
Collaboration between SFPD and US Marshals led to the arrest

SF police arrest 7 more people on suspicion of shoplifting

San Francisco police arrested seven people on suspicion of shoplifting during a one-day operation at a store on Polk Street.
These arrests are part of a larger SFPD operation aimed at cracking down on retail theft in San Francisco.

17 people arrested as San Francisco police crack down on shoplifting

The San Francisco Police Department arrested 17 adults on suspicion of shoplifting as part of an effort to curb retail theft.
The arrests are part of a special operation called 'Blitz '23' aimed at cracking down on organized retail crime.
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SFPD Busts Suspects With Two Pounds of Drugs In an RV In the Tenderloin

The San Francisco Police Department arrested two suspects for narcotics trafficking and seized nearly 1,000 grams of illegal drugs from an RV in a two-month long investigation.

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Opposing perspectives on the Delayed Retirement Option Program (DROP) for police officers in San Francisco.

SFPD Conducts Another Prostitution Sting In the Mission, Busting Johns and Sex Workers

The San Francisco police conducted a sting operation to discourage sex work in the Mission District, resulting in 30 arrests.

Missing musician found in county jail following alleged incident in Mission District

Eric Travers, who went missing while traveling to audition with a band, was found in jail due to assault charges.

Four rescued from overturned boat 5 miles from Golden Gate Bridge

Four people rescued from capsized boat off San Francisco coast.
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Suspect arrested for fatal shooting on Mission and 20th

A 30-year-old man was arrested for a fatal shooting in the East Bay.
The victim, a man in his 20s, was shot outside a barbershop and ran inside for help before collapsing.

Man Fatally Shot Outside El Capitan Hotel on Mission Street In SF

One man was fatally shot Friday afternoon outside El Capitan Hotel on Mission Street.
The shooting occurred around 1:30 pm with at least one bullet shattering a window of the hotel.

SFPD increases reward for Mission District's double fatal shooting in 2016

The San Francisco Police Department has increased the reward to $200,000 for information on the 2016 fatal shooting of two unhoused people.
The police are seeking help in identifying a person of interest connected to the shooting incident.

SF police arrest 15-year-old suspected of killing security guard

screenshot via Google Maps Two teenage boys - ages 14 and 15 - were arrested Wednesday night in connection with a fatal shooting of a security guard in San Francisco's Japantown neighborhood, officials said.The shooting occurred just after 5 p.m. on Webster Street at Post Street near the Japan Center Malls, the San Francisco Police Department said.

Suspect arrested for fatal shooting on Mission and 20th

A 30-year-old man was arrested for a fatal shooting in the East Bay.
The victim, a man in his 20s, was shot outside a barbershop and ran inside for help before collapsing.

Man Fatally Shot Outside El Capitan Hotel on Mission Street In SF

One man was fatally shot Friday afternoon outside El Capitan Hotel on Mission Street.
The shooting occurred around 1:30 pm with at least one bullet shattering a window of the hotel.

SFPD increases reward for Mission District's double fatal shooting in 2016

The San Francisco Police Department has increased the reward to $200,000 for information on the 2016 fatal shooting of two unhoused people.
The police are seeking help in identifying a person of interest connected to the shooting incident.

SF police arrest 15-year-old suspected of killing security guard

screenshot via Google Maps Two teenage boys - ages 14 and 15 - were arrested Wednesday night in connection with a fatal shooting of a security guard in San Francisco's Japantown neighborhood, officials said.The shooting occurred just after 5 p.m. on Webster Street at Post Street near the Japan Center Malls, the San Francisco Police Department said.
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Man shot dead in broad daylight at 20th and Mission

A man was shot and killed at 20th and Mission streets in San Francisco.
No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.

People were on top of an SF skyscraper Tuesday, police said

Trespassers reported on top of San Francisco skyscraper in Financial District.
One individual released to mother, another taken to police station for trespassing.

Two 16-year-olds arrested in deadly SF shooting outside Powell BART Station

Two teenagers were arrested in connection with a deadly shooting outside Powell Street BART Station.
The shooting is under an active investigation by the San Francisco Police Department.

Passenger cited in alleged attack on airline worker at SFO

SAN FRANCISCO A 47-year-old Montgomery, Texas, man has been cited in connection with an attack on a United Airlines employee at San Francisco International Airport, officials said.The incident unfolded just before midnight Sunday at Terminal 3, according to separate statements issued by the airline and the San Francisco Police Department.

San Francisco police are looking for a man who fired possible blanks' inside a synagogue

Police are looking for a man they say entered a San Francisco synagogue and fired several apparently blank rounds before running away.The man allegedly stepped inside a synagogue in the Richmond District Wednesday evening during a gathering, then made a verbal statement, pulled out a firearm and shot several times inside the building, police said in a statement.

Lawyers for cop who shot Keita O'Neil claim 'misconduct' from ex-DA Boudin, move to have case dropped

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.Two days before his scheduled preliminary hearing for killing an unarmed man in 2017, former police officer Christopher Samayoa's defense team on Wednesday accused the District Attorney's office of withholding evidence, and has taken steps to have the case dismissed.

Man shot dead in broad daylight at 20th and Mission

A man was shot and killed at 20th and Mission streets in San Francisco.
No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.

People were on top of an SF skyscraper Tuesday, police said

Trespassers reported on top of San Francisco skyscraper in Financial District.
One individual released to mother, another taken to police station for trespassing.

Two 16-year-olds arrested in deadly SF shooting outside Powell BART Station

Two teenagers were arrested in connection with a deadly shooting outside Powell Street BART Station.
The shooting is under an active investigation by the San Francisco Police Department.

Passenger cited in alleged attack on airline worker at SFO

SAN FRANCISCO A 47-year-old Montgomery, Texas, man has been cited in connection with an attack on a United Airlines employee at San Francisco International Airport, officials said.The incident unfolded just before midnight Sunday at Terminal 3, according to separate statements issued by the airline and the San Francisco Police Department.

San Francisco police are looking for a man who fired possible blanks' inside a synagogue

Police are looking for a man they say entered a San Francisco synagogue and fired several apparently blank rounds before running away.The man allegedly stepped inside a synagogue in the Richmond District Wednesday evening during a gathering, then made a verbal statement, pulled out a firearm and shot several times inside the building, police said in a statement.

Lawyers for cop who shot Keita O'Neil claim 'misconduct' from ex-DA Boudin, move to have case dropped

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.Two days before his scheduled preliminary hearing for killing an unarmed man in 2017, former police officer Christopher Samayoa's defense team on Wednesday accused the District Attorney's office of withholding evidence, and has taken steps to have the case dismissed.
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Reward for 2016 killers of two Mission dwellers rises to $200K

The reward to find the suspected killers of Lindsay Elaine McCollum and Eddie Tate has doubled to $200,000.
McCollum's mother offered an initial $5,000 reward, later increased by SFPD to $100,000 in the ongoing investigation.

SFPD Touts 23 Arrests Last Week in U.N. Plaza Drug Crackdown Night Operations'

The SF Police Department arrested 23 people in two nights during night operations at UN Plaza.
Efforts to clean up UN Plaza have generally improved the area during daytime hours, but unsavory elements return at night.

San Francisco Police's Live Surveillance Yields Almost 200 Hours of Spying-Including of Music Festivals

The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) accessed non-city surveillance cameras for a total of 193 hours and 19 minutes in just three months.
The SFPD used live access to these cameras to monitor events like protests and public parades.

San Francisco: Vote No on Proposition E to Stop Police from Testing Dangerous Surveillance Technology on You

Proposition E in San Francisco would allow the police department to use untested technology for a full year without oversight.
The ballot measure would erode San Francisco's 2019 surveillance ordinance that requires approval and public reports for new technologies.

SF Mission double stabbing, car crash leaves one dead

Two men who were possibly rushing to a hospital with stab wounds crashed a vehicle, resulting in one of them dying.
The men were apparently stabbed at another location before the crash.
The police are investigating the incident as a homicide.
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Doctors tried frantically for 4 hours to save Cash App founder Bob Lee, autopsy report reveals

(Gabrielle Lurie / Associated Press)

Cash App founder Bob Lee died on the operating table in San Francisco last month after being stabbed three times, including through the heart, according to an autopsy report from the San Francisco chief medical examiner's office.Nima Momeni, a 38-year-old tech consultant and entrepreneur, is accused of killing Lee, 43.

Body found at Berkeley Marina ID'd as Florida man

Police found a dead man floating a few hundred yards offshore near the Hs Lordships Restaurant on May 1, 2023.Credit: Chris Benton Rescue workers have recovered the body of a second victim near where they found the remains of a first several weeks ago near the Berkeley Marina.Police said the two incidents have no connection.

Shooting on No. 49 Muni bus hospitalizes one

A man allegedly shot another passenger Sunday evening on a No. 49 Muni bus near Mission and 13th streets, police said.The victim was taken to the hospital, and his condition is unknown.The incident occurred at about 5:51 p.m., according to police.The suspect, allegedly wearing a puffy gold jacket and carrying a plastic bag, fled on foot and appeared to have run northbound on 12th Street, according to the Citizen app.

Juvenile stabbed aboard Muni bus near Union Square

Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE A male juvenile was stabbed on a Muni bus during a physical fight with multiple minors in San Francisco on Monday, officials said.The stabbing occurred at about 4:41 p.m. at Stockton and Sutter streets, about half a mile from Union Square, the San Francisco Police Department said.

City Hall, SFPD Unveil Plans To Barricade Capp Street In Supposed Sex Work Crackdown

We're now getting some specifics on the so-called crackdown coming to the Capp Street sex work trade, with an SFMTA map of the barriers that Supervisor Ronen's office tells us will be up by Friday, and SFPD teasing some enforcement details.The local political brouhaha is the purported crackdown on sex work on Capp Street, set to address a problem that has actually existed on the street for more than 25 years.

'Incredibly worrisome': Wild 94.9 issues statement on missing DJ

Image courtesy of SFPD Ever since Wild 94.9 radio host and DJ Jeffrey Vandergrift was reported missing in San Francisco on Friday, the hit station's vast community of listeners - and the Bay Area at large - have been searching for answers regarding the 54-year-old's sudden disappearance.The popular radio host was last seen Thursday, Feb. 23, his employer, Wild 94.9, wrote on Instagram.

Doctors tried frantically for 4 hours to save Cash App founder Bob Lee, autopsy report reveals

(Gabrielle Lurie / Associated Press)

Cash App founder Bob Lee died on the operating table in San Francisco last month after being stabbed three times, including through the heart, according to an autopsy report from the San Francisco chief medical examiner's office.Nima Momeni, a 38-year-old tech consultant and entrepreneur, is accused of killing Lee, 43.

Body found at Berkeley Marina ID'd as Florida man

Police found a dead man floating a few hundred yards offshore near the Hs Lordships Restaurant on May 1, 2023.Credit: Chris Benton Rescue workers have recovered the body of a second victim near where they found the remains of a first several weeks ago near the Berkeley Marina.Police said the two incidents have no connection.

Shooting on No. 49 Muni bus hospitalizes one

A man allegedly shot another passenger Sunday evening on a No. 49 Muni bus near Mission and 13th streets, police said.The victim was taken to the hospital, and his condition is unknown.The incident occurred at about 5:51 p.m., according to police.The suspect, allegedly wearing a puffy gold jacket and carrying a plastic bag, fled on foot and appeared to have run northbound on 12th Street, according to the Citizen app.

Juvenile stabbed aboard Muni bus near Union Square

Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE A male juvenile was stabbed on a Muni bus during a physical fight with multiple minors in San Francisco on Monday, officials said.The stabbing occurred at about 4:41 p.m. at Stockton and Sutter streets, about half a mile from Union Square, the San Francisco Police Department said.

City Hall, SFPD Unveil Plans To Barricade Capp Street In Supposed Sex Work Crackdown

We're now getting some specifics on the so-called crackdown coming to the Capp Street sex work trade, with an SFMTA map of the barriers that Supervisor Ronen's office tells us will be up by Friday, and SFPD teasing some enforcement details.The local political brouhaha is the purported crackdown on sex work on Capp Street, set to address a problem that has actually existed on the street for more than 25 years.

'Incredibly worrisome': Wild 94.9 issues statement on missing DJ

Image courtesy of SFPD Ever since Wild 94.9 radio host and DJ Jeffrey Vandergrift was reported missing in San Francisco on Friday, the hit station's vast community of listeners - and the Bay Area at large - have been searching for answers regarding the 54-year-old's sudden disappearance.The popular radio host was last seen Thursday, Feb. 23, his employer, Wild 94.9, wrote on Instagram.
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Onboard cameras, social media help identify suspects in crimes on Muni

Video surveillance onboard Muni vehicles and social media have played a key role in recent arrests of suspects committing crimes and harassing Muni passengers, transit officials said Tuesday at the Chinatown-Rose Pak station during a media roundtable.The City's Director of Transportation Jeffrey Tumlin sent this message to anyone thinking of committing crimes onboard Muni vehicles:

"Anyone thinking about committing a crime on Muni will be caught.

Body of DJ Jeffrey Vandergrift found in San Francisco Bay a month after he disappeared

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A month after the disappearance of popular Bay Area disc jockey Jeffrey Vandergrift, his body was found in the San Francisco Bay on Wednesday, according to the San Francisco medical examiner's office.The examiner's office released a statement Thursday, confirming Vandergrift's death, but it offered no further comment, including the cause of death.

Onboard cameras, social media help identify suspects in crimes on Muni

Video surveillance onboard Muni vehicles and social media have played a key role in recent arrests of suspects committing crimes and harassing Muni passengers, transit officials said Tuesday at the Chinatown-Rose Pak station during a media roundtable.The City's Director of Transportation Jeffrey Tumlin sent this message to anyone thinking of committing crimes onboard Muni vehicles:

"Anyone thinking about committing a crime on Muni will be caught.

Body of DJ Jeffrey Vandergrift found in San Francisco Bay a month after he disappeared

(San Francisco Police Department)

A month after the disappearance of popular Bay Area disc jockey Jeffrey Vandergrift, his body was found in the San Francisco Bay on Wednesday, according to the San Francisco medical examiner's office.The examiner's office released a statement Thursday, confirming Vandergrift's death, but it offered no further comment, including the cause of death.
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Carmignani, ex-fire commissioner hit with a metal rod, fails to show up in court again.

Ex-fire commissioner Don Carmignani, who was allegedly struck with a metal rod by a homeless person - and has now been publicly accused of vigilante behavior possibly responsible for eight other assaults against homeless people in the Marina - failed to show up Thursday morning for a preliminary hearing.

SFPD promises more police and patrols after 4/20 Dolores Park shooting

After receiving a torrent of emails and calls from residents following a 4/20 shooting in Dolores Park, the San Francisco Police Department's Mission Station has increased its late afternoon and night patrol watches around the perimeter of Dolores Park.It has also committed to a fixed presence in the park on the next 4/20, the Mission Station captains announced at a virtual community meeting Tuesday.

Sex-work barricades no match for Capp Street motorists

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.Barricade is a big word for the "Road Closed" signs placed on Capp Street between 19th and 22nd streets in an attempt to curb sex work on the block.Breaching them does not require a Mack Truck; since their installation on Friday, the San Francisco Police Department has received three reports of vandalized or damaged barriers, and issued 12 traffic citations in the area.

Movable Capp St. sex-work barricades to be replaced with concrete

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.The "Road Closed" signs on Capp Street between 19th and 22nd streets were in good standing on Friday morning, a week after they were rolled out.And, by Saturday morning, they are slated to be replaced with concrete barricades.

Wind cleaves tree in half, crushing bus stop and blocking 23rd & 24th

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.As pedestrians walked up Potrero near 23rd Street, an SFMTA officer warned of a fallen tree ahead and directed the southbound traffic to turn left onto 23rd toward Utah.Half of a large ficus tree outside of Walgreens at Potrero Ave. and 24th Street fell shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, crashing into a bus stop.

Shooting on 24th Street near Shotwell

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.The San Francisco Police Department reported tonight that a shooting on 24th Street left a male victim with life-threatening injuries.Police responded to reports of the shooting at 6:28 p.m.

Carmignani, ex-fire commissioner hit with a metal rod, fails to show up in court again.

Ex-fire commissioner Don Carmignani, who was allegedly struck with a metal rod by a homeless person - and has now been publicly accused of vigilante behavior possibly responsible for eight other assaults against homeless people in the Marina - failed to show up Thursday morning for a preliminary hearing.

SFPD promises more police and patrols after 4/20 Dolores Park shooting

After receiving a torrent of emails and calls from residents following a 4/20 shooting in Dolores Park, the San Francisco Police Department's Mission Station has increased its late afternoon and night patrol watches around the perimeter of Dolores Park.It has also committed to a fixed presence in the park on the next 4/20, the Mission Station captains announced at a virtual community meeting Tuesday.

Sex-work barricades no match for Capp Street motorists

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.Barricade is a big word for the "Road Closed" signs placed on Capp Street between 19th and 22nd streets in an attempt to curb sex work on the block.Breaching them does not require a Mack Truck; since their installation on Friday, the San Francisco Police Department has received three reports of vandalized or damaged barriers, and issued 12 traffic citations in the area.

Movable Capp St. sex-work barricades to be replaced with concrete

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.The "Road Closed" signs on Capp Street between 19th and 22nd streets were in good standing on Friday morning, a week after they were rolled out.And, by Saturday morning, they are slated to be replaced with concrete barricades.

Wind cleaves tree in half, crushing bus stop and blocking 23rd & 24th

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.As pedestrians walked up Potrero near 23rd Street, an SFMTA officer warned of a fallen tree ahead and directed the southbound traffic to turn left onto 23rd toward Utah.Half of a large ficus tree outside of Walgreens at Potrero Ave. and 24th Street fell shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, crashing into a bus stop.

Shooting on 24th Street near Shotwell

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.The San Francisco Police Department reported tonight that a shooting on 24th Street left a male victim with life-threatening injuries.Police responded to reports of the shooting at 6:28 p.m.
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Civil Rights Organizations File Amicus Brief in Support of EFF Lawsuit Against Discriminatory SFPD Surveillance

Intern Taylor Fox contributed to this blog post.At the height of the George Floyd protests in 2020, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) thousands of demonstrators in real time by using a business district's network of over 300 cameras.The SFPD targeted protests against police brutality led by Black people and other people of color, chilling future racial justice protests by making people less likely to come out in the future out of fear of reprisals from police.

SFPD Searching for Missing One-Year-Old And Mother Who Allegedly Abducted Him Friday Evening

San Francisco police have reportedly launched a search for Chelsea Tamulevich, a 38-year-old woman suspected of abducting her 1-year-old son, Caspian, from a residential facility on Friday evening.CHILD ABDUCTION (1/2) Caspian Tamulevich was taken from a residential facility by his mother, Chelsea Tamulevich, who has no custody rights over Caspian and was not permitted to leave the facility with the child.

Shooting in San Francisco followed by police chase on Bay Bridge

JasonDoiy/Getty Images/iStockphoto Gunfire in the San Francisco's Fillmore District on Tuesday night led to a police chase on the Bay Bridge that ended with several individuals being detained, officials said.The San Francisco Police Department said it responded to a report at 6:07 p.m. of gunshots on the 1200 block of Buchanan Street.

Couple assaulted near Dolores Park in broad daylight, police say

Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty A couple walking near San Francisco's Dolores Park were assaulted in broad daylight on Saturday afternoon by two women, police said.The 38-year-old woman and 45-year-old man told the San Francisco Police Department that they were walking on 18th Street next to the park when they were approached from behind by two women who they didn't know, a report from the department said.

Bay Area radio host and DJ reported missing in San Francisco

Image courtesy of SFPD Bay Area radio host and DJ Jeffrey Vandergrift, known as Wild 94.9's JV, was reported missing Friday, officials announced.According to a statement released by the San Francisco Police Department, Vandergrift was last seen about 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at his San Francisco residence on the 200 block of King Street.

San Francisco police shot at during catalytic converter theft

Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE San Francisco police officers were shot at while confronting three suspected catalytic converter thieves near the Richmond District, the department confirmed.Around 4:30 a.m.Tuesday, officers were dispatched near California Street and 9th Avenue after receiving reports of a catalytic converter theft in progress.

Civil Rights Organizations File Amicus Brief in Support of EFF Lawsuit Against Discriminatory SFPD Surveillance

Intern Taylor Fox contributed to this blog post.At the height of the George Floyd protests in 2020, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) thousands of demonstrators in real time by using a business district's network of over 300 cameras.The SFPD targeted protests against police brutality led by Black people and other people of color, chilling future racial justice protests by making people less likely to come out in the future out of fear of reprisals from police.

SFPD Searching for Missing One-Year-Old And Mother Who Allegedly Abducted Him Friday Evening

San Francisco police have reportedly launched a search for Chelsea Tamulevich, a 38-year-old woman suspected of abducting her 1-year-old son, Caspian, from a residential facility on Friday evening.CHILD ABDUCTION (1/2) Caspian Tamulevich was taken from a residential facility by his mother, Chelsea Tamulevich, who has no custody rights over Caspian and was not permitted to leave the facility with the child.

Shooting in San Francisco followed by police chase on Bay Bridge

JasonDoiy/Getty Images/iStockphoto Gunfire in the San Francisco's Fillmore District on Tuesday night led to a police chase on the Bay Bridge that ended with several individuals being detained, officials said.The San Francisco Police Department said it responded to a report at 6:07 p.m. of gunshots on the 1200 block of Buchanan Street.

Couple assaulted near Dolores Park in broad daylight, police say

Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty A couple walking near San Francisco's Dolores Park were assaulted in broad daylight on Saturday afternoon by two women, police said.The 38-year-old woman and 45-year-old man told the San Francisco Police Department that they were walking on 18th Street next to the park when they were approached from behind by two women who they didn't know, a report from the department said.

Bay Area radio host and DJ reported missing in San Francisco

Image courtesy of SFPD Bay Area radio host and DJ Jeffrey Vandergrift, known as Wild 94.9's JV, was reported missing Friday, officials announced.According to a statement released by the San Francisco Police Department, Vandergrift was last seen about 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at his San Francisco residence on the 200 block of King Street.

San Francisco police shot at during catalytic converter theft

Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE San Francisco police officers were shot at while confronting three suspected catalytic converter thieves near the Richmond District, the department confirmed.Around 4:30 a.m.Tuesday, officers were dispatched near California Street and 9th Avenue after receiving reports of a catalytic converter theft in progress.
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Violent youth fights at popular SF mall prompt police presence

Screenshot via Google Multiple large-scale violent fights among several dozen children occurred last week at Stonestown Galleria, near San Francisco State University, SF police said.The series of chaotic altercations gained attention online through cellphone videos on various social media platforms, including TikTok, Instagram and Twitter.

San Francisco reverses plans to allow police robots to kill suspects

San Francisco officials have voted against allowing the police to kill suspects with remote-controlled robots.The city's board of supervisors reversed the policy it approved last week, following outcry and protests from citizens and civil rights groups.However, as reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, the new ban is not necessarily permanent, and the issue has been sent "back to a committee for further discussion."

San Francisco City Board Approves Use of Police Robots to Kill Suspects

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted by a margin of 8-3 on Tuesday to grant the city's police department the legal authority to use remotely controlled robots to attack and kill suspects in certain circumstances.The measure was widely condemned  by civil liberty and police oversight organizations.

Violent youth fights at popular SF mall prompt police presence

Screenshot via Google Multiple large-scale violent fights among several dozen children occurred last week at Stonestown Galleria, near San Francisco State University, SF police said.The series of chaotic altercations gained attention online through cellphone videos on various social media platforms, including TikTok, Instagram and Twitter.

San Francisco reverses plans to allow police robots to kill suspects

San Francisco officials have voted against allowing the police to kill suspects with remote-controlled robots.The city's board of supervisors reversed the policy it approved last week, following outcry and protests from citizens and civil rights groups.However, as reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, the new ban is not necessarily permanent, and the issue has been sent "back to a committee for further discussion."

San Francisco City Board Approves Use of Police Robots to Kill Suspects

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted by a margin of 8-3 on Tuesday to grant the city's police department the legal authority to use remotely controlled robots to attack and kill suspects in certain circumstances.The measure was widely condemned  by civil liberty and police oversight organizations.
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San Jose: Police searching for woman accused of kidnapping her 2-year-old daughter

SAN JOSE Police were seeking the public's help Thursday in locating a child who was the victim in an apparent parental kidnapping the day before.Crystal Mendez, was suspected of abducting her 2-year-old daughter, Tayana Lewis, from a San Jose residence in the 5000 block of Charlotte around 3 p.m. Wednesday, according to police.
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Suspect Arrested in Connection with SF Synagogue Shooting, Police Say

A suspect has been arrested in connection to a shooting at a synagogue in San Francisco's Outer Richmond neighborhood, according to ABC7.Several agencies, including the San Francisco Police Department and the FBI, were reportedly investigating after a man allegedly fired several blank rounds at the Schneerson Jewish Center and also entered a nearby theater brandishing a handgun.

San Francisco lawmakers vote to ban killer robots in drastic U-turn

San Francisco lawmakers voted to ban police robots from using deadly force on Tuesday, reversing course one week after officials had approved the practice and sparked national outrage.The city's board of supervisors voted to explicitly prohibit the San Francisco police department (SFPD) from using the 17 robots in its arsenal to kill people.

Suspect Arrested in Connection with SF Synagogue Shooting, Police Say

A suspect has been arrested in connection to a shooting at a synagogue in San Francisco's Outer Richmond neighborhood, according to ABC7.Several agencies, including the San Francisco Police Department and the FBI, were reportedly investigating after a man allegedly fired several blank rounds at the Schneerson Jewish Center and also entered a nearby theater brandishing a handgun.

San Francisco lawmakers vote to ban killer robots in drastic U-turn

San Francisco lawmakers voted to ban police robots from using deadly force on Tuesday, reversing course one week after officials had approved the practice and sparked national outrage.The city's board of supervisors voted to explicitly prohibit the San Francisco police department (SFPD) from using the 17 robots in its arsenal to kill people.
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Explore: How crime changed in 2022

Crime was at the forefront of many San Franciscans' minds in 2022.With the successful District Attorney recall in June and supervisorial elections in November, several politicians found success campaigning with tough-on-crime messages.And a conveyor belt of high-profile crimes, including catalytic converter thefts, hit-and-runs, and shootings, never seemed to be far from the headlines.

Sunday Links: First 2023 Bay Area Baby Born in Walnut Creek Just After Midnight

The first baby born in the Bay Area in 2023 appears to be a boy born at Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center at 12:06 a.m.Reportedly, his name is Ezekiel Laviolette, born to Allison and Eric Laviolette of Pleasant Hill.[KRON4] The National Weather Service released preliminary totals of the rainfall the Bay received for the past 48 hours, with some locations even getting close to 10 inches.

Red Alert: The SFPD want the power to kill with robots

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will vote soon on a that would allow the San Francisco Police Department to use deadly force by arming its many robots .This is a spectacularly dangerous idea and EFF's stance is clear: police should not arm robots
Police technology goes through mission creep-meaning equipment reserved only for specific or extreme circumstances ends up being used in increasingly everyday or casual ways.
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