Defense attorneys in the federal racketeering trial of seven alleged MS-13 gang members began their case in San Francisco Thursday by reexamining the role of federal informants in the gang, including members who may have committed violent crimes while being paid for information.Prosecutors, who rested their months-long case in the morning, condemned the defense’s recalling of an FBI special agent, calling the action “a fishing expedition.” Read More

San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr is holding a community meeting Tuesday in The City’s Lower Haight neighborhood to discuss last week’s fatal officer-involved shooting near Buena Vista Park. Read More

A nonprofit director who receives city funding to provide art instruction to San Francisco youth was charged with possession of child pornography, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Thursday.46-year-old Anthony Josef Norris is the founder and director of Kid Serve, a nonprofit that provides art lessons to children throughout the Bay Area. Norris appeared in U.S. District Court Thursday morning on the charges and posted a $200,000 bond. Read More

A former California State University, East Bay professor pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco on Thursday to aggravated sexual abuse of a child after federal investigators discovered he was molesting an infant in Missouri, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Read More