“What are you doing?” a small child asks Lagunas Atwood.
“We’re protesting,” she responds.”Do your parents mind if I give you a cookie?”
Most residents say they would rather see the drunks who hang out nearby rehabilitated. If pushed out, residents fear, they’ll only return or go elsewhere. En Español
By Rigoberto Hernandez
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Posted in Front Page, Government & Non Profits
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Tagged 21st street corridor, david campos, drug dealers, Greg Corrales, Haight Street, homeless, homelessness, Jose Coronado Playground, mission district, Mission police captain, new door ventures, prostitution, sit/lie, the mission district sit/lie
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February 28, 2010 – 6:30 pm
One of the best things you can do is set up a “go bag.” En Español
February 6, 2010 – 12:15 am
Crime First
Starting things off with the serious stuff: the man who was arrested last month after the sexual assault of a teenage girl in Garfield Park also faces charges from an earlier rape on a woman in the same area, the Chronicle reports.
Meanwhile KGO reports that police also arrested a 56-year-old homeless man for [...]
January 29, 2010 – 12:07 am
Keeping public restrooms open vs. safety. Based on the reported sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl in a restroom in Garfield Square, park and rec officials are considering redeploying staff to high-crime areas, reports City Insider.
The “Through Their Lens” feature on CALIBER not only brings us this lovely photo of a couple in [...]
January 8, 2010 – 12:10 am
If the mayor and board are happy about avoiding layoffs in the latest cuts, then why are people getting laid off? En Español
November 5, 2009 – 11:07 am
Tough questions about crime seek results.
By Vanessa Carr
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Posted in Front Page, Trouble
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Tagged aggravated assault, assault, auto theft, car theft, COMPSTAT, crime statistics, dan leydon, dominic celaya, drugs, gans, George Gascon, jeff godown, Mission Police Station, mission station, police, police chief, prostitution, rape, scottish rite memorial, stephen tacchini, technology, vehicle theft, violence
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October 22, 2009 – 12:43 am
The ACLU claims California DNA collection law violates civil rights.
By Patrick Kollman
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Posted in Front Page, Trouble
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Tagged 14th Amendment, ACLU, Alec Jeffreys, American Civil Liberties Union, Bicka Barlow, Big Brother, Brian Buckelew, California, civil rights, convicted, crime, crime lab, crime prevention, criminal justice, Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, database, department of justice, District Attorney, DNA, DNA Databank Program, DNA Databank Quarterly Report, DNA databases, DNA fingerprint, DNA fingerprinting, DNA profiles, drugs, error, European Court of Human Rights, evidence, FBI, felony, Fourth Amendment, free speech, Generations Ahead, genetic technologies, geneticist, human rights, Indiana, Iraq War, Jan Bashinski DNA Laboratory, law, lawsuit, lawyers, Lily Haskell, lobbyists, Marina Ortega, Michael Risher, Michael Rushford, Minnesota Court of Appeals, misdemeanor, Mother Teresa, murder, National DNA Index, oakland, Orange County, Patrick Kollman, Penal Code, Proposition 69, protest, public defender, Richmond, Sacramento, samples, San Francisco, undocumented immigrants, United Kingdom
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October 4, 2009 – 12:01 am
Papa Potrero’s business plummets after double homicide.
By Patrick Kollman
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Posted in Front Page, Trouble
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Tagged 24th street, crime, Erik Arguello, Homicide, Jack's Club, Kassa Mehari, Lower 24th Street Merchants Association, mission district, Papa Potrero's Pizza, Patrick Kollman, San Francisco Crime Maps, Tony's Market
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