A serendipitous life
David Kasprzak inside his pop-up shop, “Colpa Books and Video,” on Mission St. David...
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Author: kbenz
SFPD stations offer few places to sit and not much information
What happens at a police station? Or, here’s a better question: what should happen there? If you...
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Sgt. Herb Lee, SFPD’s first Chinese American officer, is remembered fondly after his death
It was a family trip to Chinatown that Ricky Lee would never forget. The family was packed into...
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Linea Caffe’s limited seating is about to become more limited
Linea Caffe on 18th St. and San Carlos St. promises “the world’s finest coffee” for the Mission,...
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Officials discuss officer-involved shooting in the Castro with residents
Some 50 residents attended Wednesday night’s town hall meeting in the Castro to hear from the...
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Help over handcuffs: BART police officers see promise in new drug diversion program
The BART police officers said Noah, a homeless resident, might be hard to look at when we found...
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Guns, ammo stolen from San Mateo Sheriff’s deputy’s car in Tenderloin
While sheriff deputies gathered inside City Hall Friday night for a rowdy and lengthy Police...
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Halloween no holiday for SF cops, but they get in the spirit anyway
Bo Kovitz wrote this post with contributions from the other reporters. Halloween wasn’t exactly a...
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Cost of Tasers concerns some; who will pay remains a mystery
Covering the Police is a collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. As...
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SF Coffee with a Cop yields casual chatter, questions about homicides
Officers Viet Ha and Joseph Dal Porto were prepared to have coffee with the residents of the...
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SF’s Dolores Park Cafe celebrates 20 years in a changing Mission
The sights, smells, sounds and tastes at Dolores Park Cafe are familiar to locals. That is because...
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