Cops responded to three unrelated dog bite cases during a two-hour period in San Francisco last week.Predator pooches preyed on people in the South of Market and Upper Haight neighborhoods Tuesday morning, police said.At Fifth and Stevenson, cops came upon two suspects and a dog sleeping on the sidewalk at around 11:15 a.m. A victim told the cops the dog had bitten him. Cops said the dog was far from a peacenik. Read More
A visit to San Francisco’s only trauma center might cost patients an additional $2,280 next fiscal year, making the cheapest treatment $10,000 even for people who are not admitted.Meanwhile, The City’s Public Health Department hopes to raise the price of all other services by 10 percent at the county-owned San Francisco General Hospital. Read More
A woman who ate a marijuana brownie leapt from the third floor balcony of her Inner Sunset district home early Wednesday morning, witnesses told police.A cop found the 31-year-old woman injured on a sidewalk in the 1400 block of Seventh Avenue around 12:20 a.m., police said. She was transported to San Francisco General Hospital. Her condition was not immediately known.maldax@sfexaminer.com Read More
A bicyclist was fighting for her life after being struck by a car on Haight Street on Saturday, police said.The 42-year-old cyclist was riding in the wrong direction westbound on Haight Street when she was struck by a car headed southbound on Masonic Avenue just past 6 p.m., police said.The woman suffered a head injury that was considered life threatening, and a leg fracture. She was rushed to San Francisco General Hospital, police said. Read More
A 16-year-old boy was stabbed in the finger after six thugs in ski masks tried to rob him in the Bayview on Wednesday, police said.The thugs demanded the boy’s belongings in the 1100 block of Fitzgerald Street at around 7:30 p.m., police said.One of the attackers stabbed the boy with a knife as he attempted to flee. The boy was transported to San Francisco General Hospital with an injury that was not life threatening.There have been no arrests, police said. Read More
A gang-related shooting in San Francisco's Mission District at noon on Wednesday ended with one person hospitalized for a non-lethal wound to the torso, San Francisco police said. Read More
A single punch left a 61-year-old man in critical condition in the South of Market district Friday night, police said.The man went outside to investigate yelling and ended up in an argument with a 31-year-old man in the 300 block of Harriet Street, police said.During the argument, the 31-year-old punched the victim. The punch sent the 61-year-old man to the ground, where he struck his head, police said. Read More
One person was killed when a speeding car crashed into a parked truck in San Francisco’s Bayview District on Wednesday evening, a police spokesman said Thursday. The crash happened shortly after 7:30 p.m. near Revere Avenue and Griffith Street.A gold Saturn station wagon was traveling at a “high rate of speed” when it went out of control and slammed into a parked truck, police Officer Albie Esparza said. Read More
A 20-year-old man was fighting for his life in the hospital Saturday night after being shot through the window of a Potrero Hill home, police said.The gunfire erupted at about 8:25 p.m. Saturday in the unit block of Watchman Way, a cul-de-sac in an aging public housing complex slated for redevelopment under The City’s SF HOPE program.“He was inside his house, and the shots came through the window,” police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said. Read More
A Daly City dad hopped off the balcony of his home Sunday after cops arrived on a report that he was trying to kill his adult son and daughter.The unidentified father was transported to San Francisco General Hospital with a self-inflicted stab wound and a broken femur just after 9 a.m., according to the Daly City Police Department. Read More
