Oakland City Council Passes Firearm Regulation

Oakland City Council Passes Firearm Regulation

The Oakland City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed proposals council members believe will strengthen the city’s firearms laws. The ordinances included the banning of high-capacity…

SFPD Nabs Gang Of Allegedly Armed Men Near Powell Cable Car Turnaround

SFPD Nabs Gang Of Allegedly Armed Men Near Powell Cable Car Turnaround

Four men, allegedly carrying guns, were arrested Sunday evening near San Francisco’s Hallidie Plaza, according to police. The men, all San Francisco residents, were spotted…

Family Of Man Shot To Death In SoMa Apartment Expresses Outrage At Alleged Killer’s Release

Family Of Man Shot To Death In SoMa Apartment Expresses Outrage At Alleged Killer’s Release

A man arrested on suspicion of shooting and killing another man in a South of Market apartment building early Saturday morning is expected to be…

SF Men Arrested For Shooting Across Sixth Street, Holing Out In SRO

SF Men Arrested For Shooting Across Sixth Street, Holing Out In SRO

Three men were arrested after allegedly firing a gun across a street in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood and then barricading themselves in a…

Three Detained In Sixth Street Weapon Incident

Three Detained In Sixth Street Weapon Incident

A person with a gun fled from police and hid in a building in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood Saturday night, police said. The…

Trade Your Used Gun For Cash This Weekend

Trade Your Used Gun For Cash This Weekend

Police, elected leaders and community groups are teaming up to host a gun buyback in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley neighborhood this weekend. On Saturday between…

Men Convicted In Brutal Beating Of SF Giants Fan Now Face Federal Weapons Charges

Men Convicted In Brutal Beating Of SF Giants Fan Now Face Federal Weapons Charges

Two men who pleaded guilty last month to severely beating San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow in Los Angeles in 2011 were indicted Wednesday on…

AG Harris Appeals Court’s Decision In Concealed Carry Case

AG Harris Appeals Court’s Decision In Concealed Carry Case

California Attorney General Kamala Harris today asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review and reverse a decision striking down a San Diego…

Federal Judge Refuses To Block SF’s Ban On High Capacity Gun Magazines

Federal Judge Refuses To Block SF’s Ban On High Capacity Gun Magazines

A federal judge in San Francisco today refused to block a new city law that bans possession of high-capacity gun magazines that hold more than…

Court In SF  Strikes “sweeping judicial blow” Against Statewide Gun Regulations In Concealed Carry Case

Court In SF Strikes “sweeping judicial blow” Against Statewide Gun Regulations In Concealed Carry Case

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco struck down a San Diego law Thursday that restricted the concealed…

Oakland Police Officer Arrested At SF Restaurant For Pointing Gun At Patron

Oakland Police Officer Arrested At SF Restaurant For Pointing Gun At Patron

A rookie Oakland police officer was arrested last weekend for allegedly brandishing a gun in a San Francisco restaurant to impress a woman, San Francisco…

SFPD Nets 75 Guns At Weekend Buyback Event

SFPD Nets 75 Guns At Weekend Buyback Event

More than 200 firearms were taken off of the streets on both sides of the Bay at two separate gun buyback events in Oakland and…

Teen Arrested For Bringing Sawed-Off Rifle To School

Teen Arrested For Bringing Sawed-Off Rifle To School

A 16-year-old student was arrested for bringing a sawed-off rifle to a high school in San Francisco’s Portola District on Tuesday, police said. At about…

Court In SF Upholds Law That Bars Domestic Violence Offenders From Owning Guns

Court In SF Upholds Law That Bars Domestic Violence Offenders From Owning Guns

A federal law that imposes a lifetime ban on gun possession by people convicted of domestic violence has been upheld by a federal appeals court…

49ers Linebacker Accused Of Possessing Assault Rifles Pleads Not Guilty

49ers Linebacker Accused Of Possessing Assault Rifles Pleads Not Guilty

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith pleaded not guilty today to three felony counts of possessing an illegal assault weapon in Santa Clara County Superior…

Kids Find Loaded Gun In Golden Gate Park

Kids Find Loaded Gun In Golden Gate Park

A loaded handgun was found in Golden Gate Park this afternoon by children playing in the bushes, according to San Francisco police. The gun was…

Mission District Gun Buyback Trades $15,500 For Firearms

Mission District Gun Buyback Trades $15,500 For Firearms

A gun buyback event in San Francisco’s Mission District on Thursday netted 157 firearms, according to Supervisor David Campos’ office. Four of the firearms were…

Gun Buyback Planned For Mission District This Thursday

Gun Buyback Planned For Mission District This Thursday

San Francisco city officials are holding a gun buyback event in the Mission District on Thursday to try to reduce the potential for violence in…

AG Harris, Chief Suhr Laud Funding To Take Guns From Prohibited People

AG Harris, Chief Suhr Laud Funding To Take Guns From Prohibited People

California Attorney General Kamala Harris today lauded the passage and signing of legislation providing funding for a program to take guns away from prohibited people…

Assault Weapons Sting Leads To Richmond District Gun Cache

Assault Weapons Sting Leads To Richmond District Gun Cache

San Mateo County undercover agents seized dozens of guns including four assault weapons during an illegal firearms investigation in Foster City and San Francisco. On…

Mystery Surrounds Man Who Walked Into SF General With Gunshot Wound

Mystery Surrounds Man Who Walked Into SF General With Gunshot Wound

San Francisco police are investigating the circumstances that led to a man walking into a hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg on Thursday…

Police Investigating Armed Robbery In City College Of San Francisco Bathroom

Police Investigating Armed Robbery In City College Of San Francisco Bathroom

Police are investigating a robbery that occurred in a restroom at City College of San Francisco’s Ocean campus on Saturday. A crime alert issued to…

Three Detained In SF General Gun Scare

Three Detained In SF General Gun Scare

3:23 PM: Employees at San Francisco General Hospital were ordered to shelter in place for nearly an hour this afternoon because of a report of…

SFPD Spared No Resources To Get Back Stolen Gun

While as many as seven people were detained, there were no arrests – a clear sign, department insiders say, that they had a deal with…