A new group of San Francisco police officers have been accused of exchanging bigoted text messages that emerged during an investigation into allegations of sexual…
Stung by District Attorney George Gascon’s recent critical remarks about the San Francisco Police Officers Association, the union today fired back, alleging that when Gascon…
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon today spoke out against plans to build a new jail, saying the city should instead renovate existing jails and…
San Francisco law enforcement officials today announced a new protocol for handling campus sexual assaults at universities in the city that is intended to make…
A long-time employee of the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit claiming San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon discriminated against…
Three retired judges will be working with San Francisco prosecutors to review roughly 3,000 criminal cases that have potentially been tainted by 14 San Francisco…
An initiative backed by San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon that would reduce some low-level nonviolent crimes from felonies to misdemeanors and change sentencing guidelines…
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition responded today to the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office decision to not file charges in the death last August of…
A San Francisco man gunned down when he apparently tried to enter the wrong apartment in his building in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood…
The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office has declined to file charges in the death last August of a 24-year-old bike commuter in San Francisco’s South…
Legislation that would require smartphones to come equipped with an anti-theft deterrent known as a “kill switch” failed to pass the state Senate today. SB…
A jury this afternoon found a Fisherman’s Wharf souvenir shop worker guilty of two counts of murder in connection with a fatal shooting of two…
A judge has ordered North Carolina-based Lowe’s Home Centers to pay $18 million in damages for environmental violations at stores in California, Bay Area prosecutors…
No charges will be filed in the death of a Los Angeles Dodgers fan who was fatally stabbed in September after a baseball game, San…
A growing epidemic of smartphone thefts prompted state lawmakers to announce today new legislation that would require the devices to come equipped with an anti-theft…
A sentencing commission created by the city of San Francisco called today for a change in state law to reduce the crime of possessing drugs…
A proposal to build a new jail in San Francisco is the topic of a hearing scheduled Thursday at a Board of Supervisors committee meeting…
A former San Francisco Human Rights Commission employee pleaded guilty today to felony possession of child pornography. Larry Brinkin, 67, agreed this morning to a…
Thousands of safety information packets and red envelopes stuffed with crime prevention tips were ready to be distributed to merchants and residents in San Francisco’s…
Since George Gascón took office, staffers have been redacting email addresses and phone numbers of witnesses—making it that much harder for the Public Defender’s investigators…
With Annual Incarceration Costs Hitting $50,000, Law Enforcement Officials Tout Alternative Programs
A state Assembly committee gathered ideas from Bay Area law enforcement and community representatives at a hearing in San Francisco today on how to help…
San Francisco prosecutors and other domestic violence victim advocates held an annual awareness event on Wednesday to highlight the different forms abuse can take and…
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon today is launching his second-annual anti-bullying video contest for youths in the city. The “Bye Bye Bullying” contest is…
The family of Jonathan Denver, the Los Angeles Dodgers fan who was stabbed to death Wednesday near AT&T park (photo above), handed out flyers today…
9/28 8:28 AM: A man arrested in the stabbing death Wednesday of a Los Angeles Dodgers fan was released Friday night from the San Francisco…
The suspect in a seemingly random fatal shooting in San Francisco’s Ingleside Heights neighborhood on Monday had threatened others earlier in the evening, and appeared…
State Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, announced this morning in San Francisco the passage of a law that will extend the length of restraining orders…
Top law enforcement officials argued Thursday over whether San Francisco should build a new jail to replace inadequate facilities at the seismically unsafe Hall of…
A San Francisco anti-truancy program is expanding to a second high school starting this year, the city’s district attorney announced today. District Attorney George Gascon…
San Francisco’s district attorney announced today that his neighborhood courts initiative is expanding to offer hearings during the evening hours. District Attorney George Gascon launched…
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon is convening a meeting today with two top smartphone manufacturers to test new anti-theft software being installed in the…
A former U.S. Postal Service employee was sentenced Tuesday in an insurance fraud case where he allegedly managed a business and delivered pizzas while on…
A husband and wife dubbed the “landlords from hell” for a series of escalating actions and threats made against their tenants in a San Francisco…
Apple announced at a conference in San Francisco today that the company will be including software in its new operating system that will make it…
Two gang members were convicted Wednesday of attempted murder and other charges for two separate shootings that injured a man and nearly injured his two…
A half-dozen current and former San Francisco Unified School District employees are facing felony charges in an alleged scheme in which prosecutors claim more than…
A former cab driver who struck and killed a pedestrian with his taxi in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood last August has been charged with misdemeanor…
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon honored survivors of heinous crimes in San Francisco this afternoon, and also recognized the strength of surviving family members,…
A former San Francisco State University department director faces more than 100 felony charges for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for contract approvals with the…
In the wake of a recent state appellate court decision ruling that it is illegal to hold your phone while driving, San Francisco prosecutors and…
