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Chesa Boudin Lets Go Of At Least Six Prosecutors, Two Days After Being Sworn In

Fresh off the heels of his packed swearing-in ceremony, San Francisco's newest district attorney is already shaking things up — or, rather, sweeping them away — firing at least six prosecutors yesterday afternoon.

Chesa Boudin Swearing-In Draws Progressive Icons, Video Address From Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Danny Glover, Angela Davis, and the ‘Last Black Man in San Francisco’ Jimmy Fails were on hand, with Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor beamed in, as Chesa Boudin took the oath as San Francisco’s 30th district attorney.

Get Ready for the Chesa Boudin Administration — He’s Sworn in as DA Wednesday

The Democratic Socialist and son of incarcerated radical activists hopes to change the face of San Francisco law enforcement, starting at his 5:30 p.m. swearing-in Wednesday.

Boudin Will Not Prosecute Prostitution, Public Camping, And Other 'Quality-Of-Life Crimes' Once Sworn In

Freshly elected San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin, after taking office in January, plans to stop the criminal prosecution of consenting sex workers, public campers ... and people peeing on the street.

Chesa Boudin’s Win Sets Off Twitter Wars, Uncertainty Over When He’ll Be Sworn In

Depending on who you ask, new district attorney Chesa Boudin will either bring progressive reform to mass incarceration, or will require techies to don Batman suits to defend themselves from crime.

Election Results: Affordable Housing Bond Passes, Prop C Dies, DA's Race and D5 Too Close To Call

Just over 23 percent of registered San Francisco voters mailed in ballots or went to polling places on Tuesday. And while Mayor London Breed and her $600 million housing bond measure both won easily, a couple of the races remain in ranked-choice limbo as of Wednesday morning.

DA Loftus Announces Car Break-In Task Force, Less Than A Week Before the Election

A mere five days before the election, Suzy Loftus tries to bolster her standing by unveiling an automobile break-in prevention strategy that sounds much like an idea one of her rivals already introduced.

Suzy Loftus Sworn In As Interim San Francisco DA, Despite Backlash

After an ungodly amount of political hoopla and controversy, Suzy Loftus was officially sworn in as interim District Attorney of San Francisco by Mayor Breed yesterday, inside the book-boarded office she’ll occupy for the next few weeks – or, potentially, much longer.

SF Awards $190K To The Man SFPD Illegally Turned Over To ICE

Back in December 2015, a San Francisco man who tried to report a stolen car was turned over to immigration authorities by members of the San Francisco Police Department. The San Francisco Examiner

Suspect In Death Of Tourist At SF Hotel Was Reportedly There To Install Drapes

The SoCal man arrested in the beating death of an Australian tourist outside a San Francisco hotel was reportedly employed by the establishment to hang some curtains, and claims the admitted attack was

Halloween 2012 Shooting Victim Horrified His Shooter Is Free

You might remember a Halloween 2012 shooting at a Fort Mason party in which (then 21-year-old) Benjamin Passah was shot in the head, and ultimately given only a 25 percent chance

Alleged Fake Nurse Prescribed Drugs At Tenderloin Clinic For Four Months

Chad Litz charged w/ felony counts for working as #nurse at SF City Impact clinic. He's not a nurse. DA: If he treated you, call authorities pic.twitter.com/WWlZ14cbLi — Katie

Man Convicted Of Fatal Choking And Accused Of Castro Arsons Returns To Streets Of SF

It's an odd story, one of those items where Jay and I occasionally ask each other "what happened with that whole thing?" A man, convicted of fatally choking a

DA: Teen Who Allegedly Killed Golden Gate Park Cyclist Charged With Murder

Woman bicycling @GoldenGatePark killed by hit and run driver, @SFPD interviewing witnesses now #KTVU pic.twitter.com/8rg1soD4CW — Debora Villalon (@DeboraKTVU) June 23, 2016 The man who allegedly fled after he fatally ran

Financial Analyst Accused Of DUI That Killed Cable Car Operator Gets Probation

BREAKING:#SF cable car operator injured in June crash dieshttps://t.co/rcBvLqGT7k#Muni #Transit pic.twitter.com/iuwbRSHIEV — SF Examiner (@sfexaminer) January 12, 2016 A motorcyclist who was arrested after he allegedly

SF's Dwindling Arrests And Criminal Prosecutions, By The Numbers

Despite San Francisco's dubious honor as the city with the highest per capita property crime rate in the US, the number of arrests made by the San Francisco Police Department has

As Uber Settles With SF & LA For $25 Million, Lyft's Class Action Settlement Is Denied

On-point SF ad vandalism (what was Lyft thinking?) pic.twitter.com/SabcKYmTwf — Chad Woodford (@cjam) March 31, 2016 In terms approved by the Superior Court of California, within 60 days, Uber Technologies

DA: SFPD Officers Sent Recent Racist Texts Mocking The Racist Text Scandal

According to the District Attorney's office, San Francisco police officers texted each other racist and homophobic remarks making light of the unfolding, so-called racist SFPD texting scandal that roiled the

Former Police Officers' Association President Trolls DA's Racism Panel

The three-judge Blue Ribbon Panel on Transparency, Accountability and Fairness set up by District Attorney George Gascón to rout racism and homophobia from the ranks of the SFPD appears to have backfired

Report: Alcohol And Disrespect Sparked Twin Peaks Double Homicide

According to prosecutors with the San Francisco District Attorney's office, a simple verbal dispute might have sparked the shooting death of two men and the critical injury of a third at

DA Teams Up With FBI On Secretive Political Corruption Task Force

Remember how an FBI agent posed undercover as an Atlanta businessman and met with former San Francisco Human Rights Commission staffer Zula Jones and ex-Human Rights Commissioner Nazly Mohajer, who promised him

SF District Attorney Declines To Charge Man Arrested In Local DJ's Stabbing Death

The man police suspect in the stabbing death of a popular local DJ has walked out of jail, after the San Francisco District Attorney's Office said that they didn't

Suspect In Attempted Muni Child Abduction Has Past 'False Imprisonment' Convictions

A week after an Oakland man was accused of trying to abduct a toddler from a Muni bus, prosecutors have revealed that the suspect has multiple kidnapping and domestic violence charges in his

Not Guilty Plea For 43-Year-Old SF Woman Accused Of Killing Teenaged Lover

The 43-year-old woman accused of shooting and killing an 18-year-old student at Balboa High School cohabited with the youth prior to the slaying, her attorney says. As previously reported,

Courtroom Saga For Admitted Tagger 'Cryst' Continues, Statement To KTVU Held Against Him

When Andrew "Cryst" Yarbrough explained to KTVU that the "Cryst" and "Sheep" tags he'd admittedly left all over San Francisco meant "crystal meth"