SF News Redwood City Police Find Fatal Hit-and-Run Suspect Within 24 Hours Using License Plate Readers A suspect was arrested in Redwood City Monday following a fatal hit-and-run Sunday after police located his vehicle using data from automated license plate readers.
SF News Wife of SoMa Hit-and-Run Suspect Says 'My Husband Is Not a Villain' The wife of the man who now faces murder charges in connection with the vehicular death of 74-year-old Dannielle Spillman insists that the criminal charges are unfair, and says "My husband is not a villain."
SF News Video: Sideshow Participant In Hayward Crashes Stolen Vehicle Into Semi Truck A sideshow in Hayward consisting of about 60 cars early Saturday morning culminated in a participant crashing into a semi truck then abandoning it in the middle of an intersection.
SF News Mercedes Driver Charged With Murder After Hit-and-Run In SoMa The 30-year-old man who allegedly ran into and then ran over an elderly woman in SoMa on Monday has now been charged with murder.
SF News Video Suggests SoMa Hit-and-Run Death Was Intentional Video that was posted to Reddit appears to show the moments before, during, and after a woman was killed near the intersection of Mission and South Van Ness on Monday.
SF News [Updated] Police Arrest Mercedes Driver Suspected In Fatal SoMa Hit-and-Run, With Baby In Car While it was initially believed that the driver of a pickup truck was the suspect who fatally struck a woman at Mission and South Van Ness in SF Monday, police later arrested the driver of a Mercedes who allegedly fled the scene with others in the car, including a child in a car seat.
SF News Woman Says San Leandro Police Chief Clipped Her Car on I-580 and Fled, Was Asked Not to Report It CHP’s investigation into an incident involving San Leandro Police Chief Angela Averiett, who’s accused of clipping a car on I-580 — knocking its side mirror with hers, found that the damage was consistent on both cars’ mirrors, but no charges were ever filed.
SF News Sunday Links: OpenAI and Common Sense Media Create New Bill Protecting Kids Online San Ramon was hit with two more small earthquakes; Recology has picked up more than 500 tons of Christmas trees so far this January; and Common Sense Media and OpenAI are working together to create technology safeguards for children, which was part of OpenAI's original purpose when it first formed.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Crocker-Amazon Hit-and-Run Leaves One Dead A hit-and-run on Mission St. near the Crocker-Amazon neighborhood left a pedestrian dead; Wednesday was the first day of measurable rain in 26 days; and Trump and Epstein's long friendship centered on discussing and trading women like trophies is very well documented.
SF News Rohnert Park Police Arrest 17-Year-Old for Friday Night Hit-and-Run That Killed Pedestrian After a Friday night Sonoma County collision where a Chevy Silverado hit and killed a pedestrian and then just drove away, Rohnert Park police have found the suspect driver, who it turns out is just 17 years old.
SF News Notorious New Year’s Eve DUI Hit-and-Run Suspect Troy McAlister Will Face Trial, Won’t Get Diversion After a month-long firestorm that a hit-and-run suspect accused of killing two women while driving on meth could get a diversion program instead of facing trial, an SF Superior Court judge just ruled the case will indeed go to trial.
SF News Older Woman Killed In Sunday Night-Hit-and-Run In Ingleside Neighborhood, Suspect in Custody A still-unidentified woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash at Ocean and Ashton avenues early Sunday night, though police quickly found their suspect, who remains in SFPD custody.
SF News Bernal Heights Residents Demand Changes After Late-Night Hit-and-Run That Killed 30-Year-Old Man We’re now learning that the victim of this past weekend’s late-night Bernal Heights hit-and-run was 30-year-old father Binod Budhathoki, and neighbors want something done after Cortland Avenue’s ninth dangerous crash in three years.
SF News One Killed, Two Critically Injured In Separate Hit-and-Run Collisions In San Francisco On Friday, two people were struck and seriously injured in a hit-and-run in the Upper Haight; and less than 5 hours later, a separate hit-and-run took one pedestrian's life in Bernal Heights.
SF News Infamous New Year’s Eve DUI Hit-and-Run Suspect Troy McAlister Seeking Diversion Instead of Jail The case that largely drove the recall of DA Chesa Boudin is still in the courts nearly five years later, and the attorney for the man accused of killing two women while driving intoxicated on New Year’s Eve 2020 is asking for diversion instead of a jail sentence.
SF News Tesla Driver In Deadly January SoMa Crash Charged on Six Counts, But Judge Releases Him From Jail A 67-year-old man has been charged with felony vehicular manslaughter for a January crash that killed a man and a dog plus injured seven people, but a judge just released him from jail, and his Tesla may have been at fault.
SF News Berkeley Suspect Allegedly Pulls Triple Hit-and-Run, Hitting Pedestrians, Bicyclist, and Another Car A suspect who is now in custody went on an apparent hit-and-run rampage in Berkeley Tuesday morning in an allegedly stolen car, hitting two pedestrians, a bicyclist, and then another car, before unsuccessfully attempting to carjack two other vehicles.
SF News Oakland Man Charged With Murder for Alleged DUI Hit-and-Run That Killed 76-Year-Old Woman Retired 76-year-old schoolteacher Darlene Scalf was visiting Oakland from Louisiana when she was killed by a hit-and-run driver the morning of July 13, and the driver was allegedly intoxicated and is now facing murder charges.
SF News More Details Emerge on SF Sheriff’s Chief of Staff’s Hit-and-Run Arrest; He Was Reportedly Driving City Vehicle We’re now learning that suspended SF Sheriff’’s Office Chief of Staff Richard Jue was driving a city-owned vehicle when he was allegedly involved with a hit-and-run and provided false information, and the vehicle he hit may have been a Tesla.
SF News Sunday Links: Trump’s DC Parade Falls Flat as Crowd Leaves Before Speeches Begin, 'Log-Jamming' Exits The gunman in the politically motivated Minnesota assassination is still believed to be in the Midwest; SFPD apprehended a hit-and-run driver during Saturday's No Kings protest; and Trump's military parade was a bit lackluster with attendees leaving early.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF’s Booksmith Drops JK Rowling Titles Over Anti-Trans Fund Meta was found to be hosting ads promoting AI-powered “nudify” deep-fake tools; mid-2000s fave Digg is trying to make a comeback; and SF’s Booksmith is no longer carrying JK Rowling’s books due to the author’s ongoing attack on transgender rights.
SF News SFPD Makes an Arrest in Last Month’s Outer Richmond Hit-and-Run That Injured a Five-Year-Old Both a mother and her five-year-old child were hospitalized after a hit-and-run driver collided with them on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, but now a 35-year-old suspect is in custody.
SF News Victim In CHP Chase Crash Identified as Oakland Math Teacher, as More Details Emerge The victim in Wednesday's fatal hit-and-run crash in Oakland stemming from a chase initiated by California Highway Patrol officers has been identified as a high school math teacher.
SF News Police Seeking Hit-and-Run Driver Who Struck Mother and Child In SF's Richmond District San Francisco police are seeking the driver of a white SUV that allegedly struck and injured a mother and child who were on bicycles in SF's Richmond District on Saturday.
SF News One Person Killed In Bayview Hit-and-Run, Marking Sixth Pedestrian Death of 2025 In less than five months' time, six people have been killed walking on San Francisco streets, the latest a 47-year-old man in the Bayview district.
