Police say they have identified the man who chucked a woman’s small dog into the street — killing the pet — after it barked at him during a Tenderloin robbery late last month. On Tuesday, the Police Department released a photograph of the suspect, 35-year-old Laurice Barrett. Two years ago, Barrett was identified in a gang injunction as a member of the Oakdale Mob, a notorious Bayview-Hunters Point street gang. Read More

The woman doused with gasoline and set on fire by her angry boyfriend in the Bayview district Sunday afternoon remains in critical condition but is expected to survive, police said Monday. Police are still on the hunt for her boyfriend, Dexter Oliver, 22, who reportedly attacked 25-year-old mother of three Starr Lamare over a dispute about laundry. Read More

While reasonable discussions about gun control have begun to occur following the tragic and senseless massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, one voice that can be discarded as irrational is that of the National Rifle Association, the country’s dominant pro-gun lobby. Read More

When two San Francisco police officers came upon an abandoned and lifeless newborn on a Bayview district street last week, their only choice was to react. If their emotions had gotten in the way or they had waited for someone else to save the day, a boy who had already been cast away by his mother would have spent mere minutes on this earth. And while the young lawmen have been heralded as heroes for saving the child’s life, both said they are still trying to cope with the traumatic rain-soaked rescue. Read More