SF News A Bunch of People Had Their Phones Stolen at Outside Lands and They Ended Up In LA There was a spate of cellphone thefts at this year's Outside Lands, as there probably have been at multiple years' editions of the festival. But maybe the SFPD will investigate this time as it looks like an organized crime ring.
SF News Five Men Arrested In San Francisco In Child-Exploitation Sting Operation Five men were arrested and charged in an undercover sting operation by the San Francisco Sheriff's Office after allegedly communicating on social media with officers posing as children.
SF News Three Arrested In SF Following Shooting at Market and Jones Streets Three suspects were arrested Monday evening following a mid-afternoon shooting on mid-Market that left one person with critical injuries.
SF News Suspect In Killing of Kitten Found and Arrested in Nevada, Where He Was Allegedly Killing More Kittens The fugitive suspect in a case of animal cruelty and kitten murder earlier this month in San Francisco, who was already arrested in dramatic fashion two weeks ago, was arrested again Friday in Reno.
SF News SFPD Arrests Two Richmond Men Suspected of Armed Robbery of Elderly Couple In SF San Francisco police released video of an arrest of two suspects who are believed to have stolen an SUV and then used it, days later, to commit an armed robbery in Visitacion Valley.
SF News Suspect In San Francisco Kitten Killing Fails to Show Up For Court Date, Warrant Issued The Reno man who was arrested in very dramatic fashion last week in a coordinated operation between the SFPD and SF Animal Care & Control, for allegedly torturing and killing a kitten in an ATM vestibule, is now apparently on the run.
SF News Two Forest Service Workers Free After Being Held Hostage at Gunpoint Near Mt. Shasta Two men are facing federal charges for allegedly holding two US Forest Service workers hostage at gunpoint in a remote section of Northern California. Both workers were safely freed following an overnight standoff near Mt. Shasta that lasted 15 hours and included involvement from the FBI.
SF News Alleged Gang Members Arrested In East Bay, Linked to Possible Retaliation Against Rival Gang In SF The San Francisco Police Department issued a somewhat vague press release Monday referring to some unspecified "Bay Area homicides that were possibly related to San Francisco gang members," and a possible act of retaliation by rivals.
SF News Charges Filed In Pride Weekend Shooting and Stabbing Incidents, Trans March Vandalism San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced charges today against six individuals relating to several separate incidents that occurred over Pride Weekend in the city.
SF News Bicyclist Hit By Car, Killed On Fremont’s Auto Mall Parkway According to the Fremont Police Department, a bicyclist was killed late on Saturday afternoon on Auto Mall Parkway after being hit by a car. A man riding an electric bicycle was pronounced dead at the hospital from head trauma while the driver was reportedly unharmed.
SF News 24-Year-Old Man Arrested After Allegedly Driving Through Dolores Park on Saturday A 24-year-old man is reportedly in custody after allegedly being seen driving through a busy Dolores Park on Saturday afternoon, nearly missing people sitting in the park.
SF News 39-Year-Old Oakland Man Charged With Hate Crimes and Assault After Castro Vandalism Incident An Oakland man with a pro-Charlie Kirk message emblazoned on his vehicle was arrested and has now been charged with multiple felonies, including assault with a deadly weapon.
SF News SFPD Launches Pilot Program In SoMa That Will See Drones Arrive at Crime Scenes Before Cops Do A drone pilot program is being planned for this fall in SF's South of Market neighborhood in which the SFPD will be testing out the use of drones as pre-first responders to crime scenes or potential crime scenes, to provide assessments of the situations at hand.
SF News Trader Joe's Theft Suspect Killed In Struggle With Police Was Former Store Employee The details remain unclear surrounding a Friday death on Nob Hill in which SFPD officers were seen wrestling with an alleged thief outside the Trader Joe's, a struggle that ended with the two officers and the suspect all struck by a passing vehicle on California Street.
SF News Suspect in Two Unsolved California Homicides Captured in Laos, Extradited Back to Santa Clara to Stand Trial On Friday, a rare joint release from two California counties confirmed that 31-year-old Myung Jin Kim was arrested in Laos and extradited back to California earlier this week to face prosecution in Santa Clara and Orange County in relation to two unsolved fatal shootings from the past decade.
SF News [Update] Suspect Killed, Two SF Police Officers Injured After Being Struck By Vehicle on Nob Hill A strange incident was being reported on Nob Hill Friday morning in which three pedestrians, including two SFPD officers, were struck by a Lexus, and one person was reportedly pinned under the vehicle.
SF News San Jose Mother and Daughter Both Receive Prison Sentences Tied to 2023 Daycare Drownings A mother-daughter daycare team convicted of three felony child endangerment charges stemming from a 2023 double drowning at the pair's Happy Happy Daycare facility in San Jose were sentenced to sizable prison stints on Friday.
SF News Daly City Man Accused In at Least Two Violent Incidents Arrested for Alleged Battery of Castro Bar Doorperson A 24-year-old Daly City man has been arrested in connection with a mid-April incident in which he allegedly punched a woman who was working the door at the bar Midnight Sun in the Castro neighborhood.
SF News 17-Year-Old Dead, Three Injured in Overnight Collision with Recology Truck A Chevrolet Camaro with four teenagers inside took a terrifying 25-foot-plunge over San Francisco's eastbound 1-80 overpass late last night, killing one 17-year-old boy who wasn't wearing his seatbelt and leaving at least one other passenger with major injuries.
SF News SF Man Charged In 27 Separate Walgreens Thefts In SF; Other Alleged Prolific Retail Thieves Also Nabbed The San Francisco Police Department Organized Retail Crime Task Force on Thursday announced the arrests of and charges against five individuals accused of prolific retail thievery in the city.
SF News Arizona Man Arrested In Check-Washing Scheme That Targeted Napa Residents Dozens of Napa County homeowners now have some answers as to why their property tax payments had not made it to the county tax collector this spring, and/or why the checks were getting deposited in other states.
SF News Monday Night Stabbing Leaves One Man Critically Injured Near Sixth Street A man was stabbed Monday night on an alley off Sixth Street in SF's SoMa, and his injuries were said to be life-threatening.
Business & Tech Young Man Who Allegedly Came From Texas to Kill Sam Altman Makes Court Appearance on Attempted Murder Charge The man who allegedly tossed a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's Russian Hill home last Friday was scheduled to make his first court appearance Tuesday on attempted murder and other charges.
SF News Family of Shooting Victim Samantha Emge Not Satisfied With Accidental Death Narrative The young woman who was shot, police initially said accidentally, in a Sunset District apartment two weeks ago, was in a sometimes rocky relationship with the man who shot her. Her family says police need to investigate the case further.
SF News Video: SFPD Uses Drone to Track Robbery/Auto Burglary Suspects, Four Suspects Arrested San Francisco police, looking to show off the drone technology that has been helping them to make arrests without engaging in unsafe chases, just released drone video of one recent pursuit and arrest.