This Oakland community is being terrorized by flurry of car break-ins every night
Oakland residents in Brooklyn Basin are asking for police intervention as they take turns surveilling numerous car burglaries routinely every night by masked and sometimes armed men.
Last day for OPD chief, roughly 100 officers on extended leave
OAKLAND, Calif. - A new report is raising questions about the Oakland Police Department’s finances as city leaders push to hire more officers despite a budget shortfall. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland hopes to add as many as 200 police officers. But the city lacks the funding to do so, in part...
Student Stable After Shooting at Burton High School in San Francisco; Suspect Detained
A student at Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School was shot in the leg during the lunch hour on Monday, December 2, marking another troubling incident of gun violence on a San Francisco school campus. The shooting occurred around 12:10 p.m. at the Portola neighborhood school, sending the campus into immediate...
Police Detain Armed Suspects, Seize Illegal Firearms in Potrero Hill Gang Incident
This article contains content summarized with GPT-4. Learn more. San Francisco police, in coordination with federal agents, intervened in a gang-related incident in Potrero Hill. After an increase in local shootings, officers detained several armed suspects and confiscated modified firearms, including untraceable...
Swalwell to hold SF meet and greet on heels of new poll showing him...
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Congressman and gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell will hold a meet and greet in San Francisco Thursday evening on the heels of a new poll showing him leading the race on the Democratic side. The Democratic representative jumped into the race to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom last month and,...
Former S.F. staffer pleads guilty to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars in city...
A 40-year-old former San Francisco city official pleaded guilty to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars in city funds and participating in another former city employee’s fraud scheme.
S.F. social worker in critical condition after hospital stabbing
Deputies recovered a 5-inch kitchen knife suspected of being used in the attack.
Fake Quake? Phones Buzz in S.F. After 5.9 Earthquake Reported in Nevada
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake was reported in Nevada, causing alerts in San Francisco. However, the USGS later removed the quake from its map, leading to uncertainty about its occurrence.
Inmate stabbed in stomach during fight at San Francisco jail, sheriff says
The San Francisco Sheriff's Office is investigating after an inmate at the county jail was stabbed today.
Cause of death revealed for Claude, San Francisco’s beloved albino alligator
Claude the iconic albino alligator at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco died from liver cancer, according to a necropsy, which showed the cancer was extensive and caused liver failure.
