One man died and another was injured in a stabbing early Saturday morning on 22nd Street, according to the San Francisco Police Department. Officers arrived at the 3200 block of […]
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Marchers protest the nation’s 200,000 Covid-19 deaths
Demonstrators marched down Mission Street on Monday, from 24th Street to the Federal Building to mark the 200,000th death by Covid-19, which organizers say is due to the president’s disregard […]
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SF Mime, Latinx testing, a Grand Jury Indictment and more
Hello Readers: It’s 3 p.m. and I am only now looking up from my computer. There’s an astounding number of things that happen in the Mission or citywide that we […]
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Yasmin restaurant damaged in morning fire (updated Jan. 17)
No one was injured in early morning basement blaze fire department says was intentional.
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‘The Future is Black,’ Alex Nieto murals erased from Bernal Heights path
On a walk in the park last week, one resident noticed an unusual sight: Park workers painting a section of the Bernal Heights Park walking path. Upon closer inspection, the […]
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Supes to approve $2.5M settlement to Keita O’Neil’s mother
The Board of Supervisors will decide today whether to approve a $2.5 million settlement to Judy O’Neil, the mother of Keita O’Neil, an unarmed carjacking suspect who was shot and […]
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Grand jury indicts SFPD officer Christopher Flores in 2019 police shooting at Mission and 23rd
A grand jury on Friday indicted rookie San Francisco Police Department Officer Christopher Flores on unspecified charges in connection with his shooting of Jamaica Hampton, a man who wielded a […]
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Paramedic, officer testify in fifth day of Stangel trial
All of this is caught on the body worn camera footage shown today in the trial of San Francisco Police Officer Terrance Stangel, who is charged with four felony charges for the arrest and beating of Spiers.
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Female SFPD officers given less dangerous assignments than men, report says
Female San Francisco Police Department officers continue to suffer from gender inequalities within the department, and many of them are relegated to desk jobs, despite research indicating that women are […]
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SFPD lags in Crisis Intervention Training, and Black people remain over-represented in use of force incidents
Only half of San Francisco Police Department officers have taken a required 40-hour Crisis Intervention Team training, according to the 2019 year-end CIT report being presented to the Police Commission […]
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The Mission reacts to Kamala Harris’ VP nom
Strong, strong and strong again – that is how Mission residents and workers described Senator and former San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s pick for vice president. Roberto […]
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Dacari Spiers: Man beaten by SFPD testifies in officer’s trial
Assistant District Attorney Hans Moore volleyed a rapid-fire line of questions at Dacari Spiers, the victim of a police beating: Did the officers announce who they were? Why were they […]
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Mission Marchers mourn Breonna Taylor, killed by the ‘institution of policing’
Protesters gathered at the Mission Police Station Wednesday night after Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced that no Louisville police officers would be charged for the killing of Breonna Taylor. […]
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Supes short-circuit SFPD’s latest attempt to arm officers with Tasers
San Francisco Police Department officers will not be using Tasers, at least not for another year. The Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee on Thursday agreed to remove the […]
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SF no longer has final say over police officer discipline — at least for now
Welcome news came last Wednesday evening for San Francisco Police Department officers who are facing termination for misconduct: These officers may now appeal their cases to an outside California agency. […]
