Tag: gangs

MS-13 ’20th Street clique’ members indicted for rash of suspected Mission District crimes

Mar 13, 2020 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics, Trouble

A federal grand jury has indicted 17 alleged MS-13 members suspected of wide-ranging violent and...

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San Francisco City Attorney pledges to end gang injunctions by year’s end

Apr 29, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera will soon request an expiration date for the gang...

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S.F. police gang unit detains three, arrests one man in broad daylight action

Aug 21, 2018 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission, Trouble

Officers from the gang unit stopped and detained three individuals today at 3 p.m. on the corner...

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Vandalized Cesar Chavez mural to lose United Farm Worker symbol appropriated by gang

Jul 31, 2018 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

A Cesar Chavez mural that was vandalized last Tuesday will be losing its so-called “huelga bird” —...

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Carlos Gutierrez, mentor to troubled youth, dies at 38

Jul 18, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Carlos Gutierrez, the 38-year-old co-founder of Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth...

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Six Mission District Sureño members arrested in far-reaching probe

Apr 6, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Local and federal law enforcement early Thursday morning arrested six members of a Sureño gang...

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Police investigating Dolores Park shooting have different hunches, few solutions

Aug 16, 2017 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mission Station, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Trouble

San Francisco is sandwiched between two major earthquake faults. You can’t see them. But...

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Police and Community Address Spike in SF Mission Gang Violence

Oct 18, 2016 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Mission organizers and police alike are mobilizing to address a spate of violence including...

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Community to SF Police: Get to Know Us Better

Feb 17, 2016 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mission Station, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Trouble

Neighborhood organizers stood in a circle with police officers and city workers Wednesday night as...

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Mother Seeks Justice and to Remain in a City that Claimed Her Son’s Life

Apr 4, 2015 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission, Trouble

At Parque Niños Unidos on 23rd and Treat Streets, Sala-Haquekyah Chandler delivered an impromptu...

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Organizers Want Jobs for Youth to Curb Gang Violence

Mar 4, 2013 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Hundreds of community organizers met for the second time late last week to put together a plan to...

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Mission Leaders Unite to Stop Gun Violence

Feb 11, 2013 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mission Station, Mobile, Today's Mission, Trouble

Roberto Hernandez stood before facing an auditorium packed with city authorities and hundreds of...

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Amistades y Familia Recuerdan a José Luis Anthony Escobar

Nov 9, 2012 | En Español

José Luis Anthony Escobar, de 19 años de edad, era el mayor de siete hijos. Escobar quiso...

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Son’s Attempted Redemption Ends In Gunfire at 19

Nov 9, 2012 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission, Trouble

Jose Luis Anthony Escobar, 19, the oldest of seven children, wanted to take care of his family...

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Mission Leaders Craft Strategies in Wake of Violence

Oct 25, 2012 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Multimedia, Today's Mission, Trouble

More than two dozen people gathered at the Mission Beacon Center Thursday afternoon to plan a...

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Double Shooting on Harrison St. Kills One, Sends One to Hospital (Updated)

Oct 24, 2012 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, SNAPS, Today's Mission, Trouble

Nineteen-year-old Cesar Bermudez was killed and another man was injured in a double shooting near...

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