Drug gear distribution program can continue in San Francisco Tenderloin
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A group of residents and businesses in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District failed Monday to stop the city’s drug paraphernalia program. The group has argued city-allowed drug consumption sites and paraphernalia distribution lead to illegal drug use, property crime and dangerous and unsanitary...
San Rafael Cold Case Cracked As DNA Links Suspect To 1966 Murder
Nearly six decades after the killing of Marjorie Rudolph, San Rafael police say modern DNA testing has finally pointed to a suspect. Investigators have identified Laurel James Switzer as the likely person connected to the Feb. 1, 1966 homicide, saying DNA from preserved evidence places him at the scene. According to...
Shelter Shakeup: Urban Alchemy’s Fast Money Burn Rattles Santa Fe And San Francisco
Urban Alchemy, the San Francisco nonprofit known for its black-and-green vests and hiring people with lived experience, has rocketed from city streets into the center of a high-stakes fight over homelessness policy in Santa Fe. After taking over operations at the longtime Pete’s Place shelter, the group’s...
San Francisco Leaders Propose New Law Requiring Police to ID ICE Agents
San Francisco supervisors plan to propose a policy directing local police to identify federal immigration agents conducting arrests in the city after a mother was arrested by plainclothes officers at San Francisco International Airport last week. Supervisors Bilal Mahmood and Chyanne Chen said their ordinance would...
‘I could have died’ | Woman rescued from cliff shares story of survival
WASHINGTON — San Francisco firefighters rescued a woman clinging to an oceanside cliff last week while waves crashed below her, all caught on video that has been viewed more than a million times. Days later, the woman who was rescued — Maxime Rancourt, of San Francisco — is sharing...
Sheryl Davis, Human Rights Commission Director and Dream Keeper Chief Under Breed, Arrested on...
The former Human Rights Commission executive director and leader of the Dream Keeper initiative, Sheryl Davis, who has been facing an array of city ethics charges over the alleged misuse of funds, is now officially facing criminal charges. The San Francisco District Attorney's Office appears to be preparing charges...
Boyfriend told police he was ‘dry-firing’ gun in accidental killing of girlfriend
SAN FRANCISCO - KTVU has learned that the man charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of his girlfriend in San Francisco's Sunset District last week told police he was "dry-firing" a gun that went off and shot her while she was showering. What we know:. The suspect, Nation...
Bay Area double murder suspect charged with third murder in L.A. County
A Northern California man accused of killing his wife and her mother has been charged in connection with a third murder in Los Angeles County, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office announced. Police in Walnut Creek, a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, responded to a residence on...
Late-Night Oakland Liquor Store Shootout Lands Two In Federal School-Zone Hot Seat
Two Oakland men are now facing federal charges after what prosecutors describe as a chaotic late-night shootout outside a west Oakland liquor store that sits across the street from an elementary school. According to a recently filed complaint, the gunfire erupted in the Bottles & Liquor Market parking lot on Market...
San Leandro police chief investigated for hit and run: Here’s why she hasn’t been...
"Chief, you have to answer to the public, you realize that, right?" The ABC7 Eyewitness News I-Team questions San Leandro's police chief about why she left the scene of an off-duty accident in her unmarked police car.

















