At 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 5, a 22-year-old man was standing near the corner of 17th Street and South Van Ness Avenue when a van drove up to the curb and stopped. Two women, one in her 40s and one in her 50s, got out of the van and approached the man.

One of the women, armed with a knife, told the man to give her his money. He did, and the two got back in the van and drove off eastbound on 17th Street. The police have not made an arrest.

Crime is trauma and the county offers different services. Here is a link to a page of services.

Victims of violent crime can also contact the Trauma Recovery Center at UCSF.

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Joe was born in Sweden, where half of his family received asylum after fleeing Pinochet, and spent his early childhood in Chile; he moved to Oakland when he was eight. He attended Stanford University for political science and worked at Mission Local as a reporter after graduating. He then spent time in advocacy as a partner for the strategic communications firm The Worker Agency. He rejoined Mission Local as an editor in 2023.

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