Nearly every team in every sport has a special rival, but there are few feuds quite like The City’s grudge match between St. Ignatius College Preparatory and Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory. Students from the two schools grew up together, playing with and against their rivals in youth leagues, and when the teams square off in their annual meetings, they’re cheered on by thousands of rabid alumni. Read More
A 5,300-pound bell that survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and is worth an estimated $75,000 was stolen last weekend by recycling thieves probably hoping to scrap it for about $10,000.
The theft of this historic bell from St. Mary’s Cathedral is just the latest in a rash of alarming metal thefts across The City. The Police Department recently launched a special investigations unit specifically to combat such thefts. Read More
A gun-toting parolee was wounded after a wild shootout with cops near Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory on Wednesday morning that ended with the injured suspect crashing his getaway car.The suspect, described as a 38-year-old Asian man, suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the shooting at Ellis and Gough streets just before 8 a.m., police spokesman Lt. Troy Dangerfield said. No cops were injured. Read More
