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San Francisco police detain two men in Mission district shooting

Two suspects have been detained in connection with a shooting that injured one person in San Francisco's Mission district on Monday morning, San Francisco Police Department spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said. Read More

Police respond to shooting at 17th and Mission streets

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San Francisco police are responding to a report of a shooting in The City’s Mission district Monday morning, a police spokesman said.The shooting was reported in the 2100 block of Mission Street, near 17th Street, at 7:22 a.m., police Officer Albie Esparza said. He did not yet have additional details on the incident. Read More

Muni practice of turning around early irritates bus riders

With a route that nearly spans the length of San Francisco, from South of Market to the Excelsior, Muni’s 14-Mission line is one of the transit agency’s longest. That is why it can be such a pain for riders who are dropped off before their preferred stop. In an effort to make up for scheduling shortfalls, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has recently been cutting short its route on the 14 line, a development that has irked passengers. Read More

New university aims to take money out of equation

Renowned author Alan Kaufman said he first conceived of his idea for a free school six years ago when he transformed his Academy of Art University pop-culture class into a protest campaigning for freedom of speech. Now, Kaufman’s dream has blossomed into the Free University of San Francisco, where the courses taught in the classy Mission district antique store Viracocha are indeed on the house. Read More

81-year-old woman still hospitalized after being hit by truck in the Mission

An 81-year-old San Francisco woman remained hospitalized today with life-threatening injuries after being struck by a pickup truck in the Mission District Tuesday afternoon, police said.The woman was hit at 17th and Guerrero streets at about 3:30 p.m., according to police.Police said the woman had been walking in a crosswalk on Guerrero Street when the driver of a Dodge Ram pickup traveling on 17th Street turned left on a green light and struck her. Read More

Woman, 81, critical after being struck by car in Mission district

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An 81-year-old woman is in critical condition after she was struck by a car while in a Mission district crosswalk Tuesday, police said.The car was turning left on a green light when it struck the elderly woman at 17th and Guerrero streets around 3:30 p.m. The woman suffered head trauma in the accident, police said.There driver was not arrested.Further information on the accident was not immediately available.maldax@sfexaminer.com Read More

Crooked couple pepper-spray, beat and rob man in Mission

A 30-year-old man was beaten, pepper-sprayed and robbed in the Mission district early Tuesday, police said.Two violent crooks, a man and a woman in their 30s, are being sought for the attack at 22nd and Capp streets around 1:30 a.m., police said.The woman pepper-sprayed the victim, and both of the crooks punched and kicked him and then robbed him of his wallet, cell phone and jacket. Read More

One injured in Mission district fire

One-alarm blaze in Mission District, San Francisco
One person was injured in a one-alarm fire in San Francisco's Mission District on Sunday morning, according to the fire department. Units responded to reports of a fire in a home at 1141 S. Van Ness Ave. at about 5:05 a.m., officials said. One occupant of the three-story residence was taken to San Francisco General Hospital with minor injuries, according to the fire department. The blaze was declared under control at about 5:35 a.m. Read More

Man grazed by bullet outside housing projects

A 21-year-old man was grazed by a bullet Monday evening near the public housing projects of the Mission district. The victim, a black male and a resident of Sacramento, was standing in a group in front of the housing projects at Valencia Street and Rosa Parks Lane when a suspect approached them and fired on them, according to San Francisco Police Lt. Troy Dangerfield. The incident occurred around 7:15 p.m. Read More

Arrest made in shooting of man who stepped off Muni bus in the Mission

San Francisco police have arrested a suspect in Muni shooting
San Francisco police have arrested a 17-year-old Hayward boy suspected of shooting two men leaving a bus in the Mission District this morning, a police lieutenant said. The shooting was reported at about 9:40 a.m. at the intersection of 16th and Folsom streets, San Francisco police Lt. Troy Dangerfield said. Read More
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