A goon said “what up” before shooting a 36-year-old man in the leg in San Francisco on Thursday, seemingly just to steal his cellphone, police said.The victim was walking in the area of 12th and Kissling streets, just north of the Central Freeway, around 2:30 a.m.One thug shot him and another took his phone, police said. Read More
Grieving loved ones of slain San Francisco medical student Joe Hernandez are holding a candlelight vigil tonight on what would have been his birthday.
They are still hopeful someone can help them find the killer.
"Please come forward and help give peace to Joe’s family and friends," read a statement released Thursday. Read More
A man was pummeled with a skateboard and stabbed in the back while trying to run from two thugs in the Mid-Market area early Thursday, police said.The 31-year-old victim had an argument with the men in the 1200 block of Market Street around 12:50 a.m. and attempted to flee. One of the thugs struck him with a skateboard. After the victim fell to the ground, the other thug stabbed him. Read More
Amid public outcry, the Arts Commission terminated a $750,000 Central Subway art contract with controversial dog-killing artist Tom Otterness on Tuesday.
Otterness was selected by the Arts Commission earlier this year to install 59 bronze sculptures in the Moscone station of the proposed Central Subway project, but that was before The San Francisco Examiner reported Otterness’ past work in which he shot a dog for a film he claimed was a piece of art. Read More
A Union City woman was charged with drunken driving and evading police after trying to flee a traffic stop Tuesday among other San Francisco crimes. Geary Boulevard and Scott Street9:20 p.m. TuesdayA Union City woman was arrested after attempting to flee a traffic stop, police said. In her attempt to flee she collided with another vehicle on Geary Boulevard. She was charged with drunken driving and evading an officer. Unit block of Powell Street Read More
San Francisco police are investigating why a wife whacked her sleeping husband in the head with a hammer at a downtown hotel on Saturday.Police were called to the Baldwin Hotel at 321 Grant Ave., a block from the entrance to Chinatown, and found a bleeding 67-year-old man in the lobby clutching a hammer around 12:45 a.m., San Francisco police spokesman Sgt. Carlos Manfredi said Monday. Read More
A bicyclist was critically injured when he was struck by a taxicab that ran a red light in San Francisco's Mission District early Sunday, a police spokesman said.
The accident was reported at 1:59 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Cesar Chavez and Guerrero streets.
The 22-year-old man traveling south on Guerrero Street was in the crosswalk when he was hit by the cab, which was traveling east and ran a red light, police spokesman Officer Carlos Manfredi said. Read More
A 50-year-old San Bruno woman was seriously injured Sunday afternoon in South San Francisco when she lost control of her car and crashed into a tree, police said.
The woman was driving east on South Spruce Avenue at about 4:30 p.m. when, for unknown reasons, she drove onto the sidewalk and struck the tree, according to police.
The vehicle overturned and came to rest on its roof, police said. Read More
While replacing a backup power system at San Francisco General Hospital was deemed an emergency job, it has taken more than six years and is costing millions of dollars more than originally anticipated. Read More
A woman suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash near San Francisco’s Broadway Tunnel on Thursday evening, police said.The crash was reported at about 7:20 p.m. near the intersection of Broadway and Powell Street.The 56-year-old woman was driving a vehicle east in the tunnel when the car’s front left tire came loose, according to police.The woman lost control of the vehicle, which struck two parked cars just outside of the tunnel, police said. Read More
