The man accused of bashing the windshield of a Muni bus is asking for your forgiveness, San
Franciscans.
San Francisco resident Gregory Tyler Graniss, 22, who might be the most hated Giants fan around after he allegedly vandalized a Muni bus during the revelry that followed the team’s World Series victory last week, is “very ashamed” of his actions, defense attorney Douglas Rappaport said Monday.
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The lengthy legal saga of a San Mateo psychiatrist is set to continue after a judge Wednesday found him competent to stand trial.
William Ayres, 80, was arrested in 2007 and was charged with molesting seven youths, ages 8 to 13, during counseling sessions between 1991 and 1996. The past president of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry was also accused of molesting more than 30 others on occasions that are now beyond the statute of limitations.
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What began as an upbeat and raucous celebration in The City after the Giants’ World Series-clinching win Sunday in Detroit devolved into a chaotic scene of fights, vandalism and dozens of fires throughout San Francisco.
Citywide, 36 arrests were made, and two of the 23 felony arrests were on firearms charges.
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A $6.7 million allocation to Muni has set up a fight over whether the funds should be used to provide free passes for low-income youths.
On Wednesday, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission unanimously approved allocating $6.7 million in federal funds to Muni. The money can be used to finance any improvements needed for the transit system, but advocates for the free passes say the money should go there.
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A former official for two San Mateo County school districts who used public funds to pay for his own home renovations was sentenced Monday to two years in state prison.
Timothy Hanretty had worked for both the Woodside and Portola Valley school districts. He pleaded no contest to felony charges of misappropriating public funds and forgery.
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The figure skater and Emmy-winning choreographer’s most recent project was choreographing “100 Years of Magic,” her fifth Disney on Ice production. The show will be in the Bay Area through Oct. 28 — first at the Oracle Arena in Oakland from today through Sunday, then at the HP Pavilion in San Jose from Wednesday to Oct. 28.
How was “100 Years of Magic” different from your past productions?
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Police are looking for the dognapper responsible for the mysterious disappearance Tuesday of a 10-week-old puppy from the San Francisco SPCA.
Violet, a 7-pound terrier mix, was taken about 2 p.m. after an SPCA attendant had shown the puppy to a woman who was interested in adopting her. The employee and woman reportedly left the room where the dog was for several minutes and returned to find Violet missing.
Although the SPCA has surveillance cameras, there is no footage of anyone snatching her. Still, staff members insist there is no possible way she could have escaped.
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The BMX rider from Toronto will be competing in the Dew Tour’s Toyota City Championships in Civic Center Plaza from Thursday to Sunday. Bezanson will be competing in the BMX streetstyle portion of the event, in which riders use everyday obstacles on the street to execute tricks.
What got you interested in BMX riding?
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Police are hunting for seven young women who reportedly barged into a Union Square store with empty shopping bags Friday and swiped several pricey items.
Employees were instantly suspicious of the women when they stormed into the shop on Maiden Lane — which has a bevy of posh boutique stores — about 2:15 p.m. None of the thieves made any effort to be discreet, police said, as they immediately darted for the shelves and shoved high-value loot into their bags.
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A woman was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday morning and left standing barefoot on a sidewalk, police said.
The 44-year-old woman was walking in the first block of Pearl Street near Hayes Valley when two men approached with a gun and forced her to hand over her cellphone, wallet and shoes, police said. The two then fled, and no arrests had been made as of Wednesday.
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A retrial is expected in a San Francisco cold case murder in which DNA evidence failed to lead to a conviction Tuesday.
Just three of the 12 jurors believed there was enough evidence — even after matching DNA samples — to convict 48-year-old William Payne of strangling to death 41-year-old Nikolaus Crumbley while raping him in a car in John McLaren Park on Nov. 16, 1983.
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A fight between two roommates turned bloody early Monday when one slashed the other in the arm, police said.
The incident occurred in an apartment on Ellis Street in the Tenderloin when the 56-year-old suspect confronted his roommate about the rent money. When the roommate refused to pay up, the suspect cut him multiple times on the arm with an unknown object before fleeing the apartment, police said.
The victim was treated at a hospital for minor injuries. No arrests have been reported.
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The stabbing of a 47-year-old man in the Bayview district Sunday morning somehow led to false reports that he had actually been shot while driving on the freeway, police said.
A passer-by discovered the victim slumped over the steering wheel of his car near the intersection of San Bruno and Paul avenues. After the passer-by drove him to the hospital, staff there contacted police and told them the victim had been shot while driving on Interstate 280 near the Sixth Street exit, police said.
But a shooting on the freeway never occurred.
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A fight between two roommates turned bloody early Monday when one slashed the other in the arm, police said.
The incident occurred in an apartment on Ellis Street in the Tenderloin when the 56-year-old suspect confronted his roommate about the rent money. When the roommate refused to pay up, the suspect cut him multiple times on the arm with an unknown object before fleeing the apartment, police said.
The victim was treated at a hospital for minor injuries. No arrests have been reported.
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A fight between two roommates turned bloody early Monday when one slashed the other in the arm, police said.
The incident occurred in an apartment on Ellis Street in the Tenderloin when the 56-year-old suspect confronted his roommate about the rent money. When the roommate refused to pay up, the suspect cut him multiple times on the arm with an unknown object before fleeing the apartment, police said.
The victim was treated at a hospital for minor injuries. No arrests have been reported.
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