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Weed charged in alleged home hash-manufacturing blast

Mike Aldax — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:43:43 +0000

A second person is being charged in connection with the hash-manufacturing explosion inside an Ingleside home last week that severely injured a 12-year-old boy. The new suspect: Thomas Weed. Authorities say Weed, 26, is the boyfriend of 32-year-old Angelic Cisneros, the medical marijuana advocate...

Embarcadero bike death plea delayed to allow victim's husband to speak in court

Mike Aldax — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:29:06 +0000

A grieving husband and the bicyclist who fatally struck his wife after running a red light in San Francisco last summer want to face each other in court, a factor that has delayed an expected plea in the case until next month, prosecutors said. Randolph Ang, 23, has reportedly struck a plea deal...

Allegedly funny hat man beaten on Muni

Mike Aldax — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:07:32 +0000

A man was beaten on a Muni bus by three apparently more stylish thugs who were making fun of his hat. But a witness told a cop that the funny hat man threw the first punch during the Wednesday spat. The beating occurred in the 300 block of Reposa Way, near Miraloma Park neighborhood, about 2:35...

Bat-crazy driver threatens San Francisco parking control officer

Mike Aldax — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:32:33 +0000

A driver was cited for threatening a San Francisco parking control officer with a baseball bat Wednesday, police said. The man reportedly went bat-crazy because the PCO was placing a "boot" on his car. The incident occurred in the 2100 block of 15th Avenue around 12:20 p.m., police said. When...

Two men detained after rooftop gunfire in SoMa

Mike Aldax — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:09:54 +0000

Reports of gunfire coming from a building in the South of Market district had a police SWAT team searching rooftops for gunmen Thursday night. It took two hours before two men were taken into custody, San Francisco police said. Scroll down for video from the scene. Officers responded to multiple...

Bayview BevMo security guard opens fire on shoplifter

Mike Aldax — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:18:34 +0000

The security guard at a BevMo store in the Bayview district opened fire on a shoplifter who allegedly tried to run him over with his car Wednesday night, police said. The guard narrowly escaped injury during the wild getaway at the discount booze shop at 201 Bayshore Blvd. around 7 p.m. The...

Peninsula beachgoers report car burglaries

Mike Aldax — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:43:58 +0000

Several Peninsula beachgoers reported car burglaries Tuesday, including a surfer who was robbed of his keys and pants while he was riding waves, sheriff’s deputies said. At least three window-smash burglaries were reported along the coast between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., two near Half Moon Bay and...

Three arrested in Daly City mall brawl, stabbing

Mike Aldax — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:58:55 +0000

Three San Francisco men were arrested following a stabbing at a Daly City mall Thursday, police said. A brawl in the parking lot of Serramonte Center left one unidentified male victim with knife wounds. Police were called to the scene just after 1 a.m. The victim's injuries were not life...

Man who let Muni passenger borrow cellphone is stabbed, critically injured

Mike Aldax — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:33:10 +0000

City of Redwood City Redwood City, Police, Press Releases 11.9999 Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A Muni passenger who let a woman in a brown silky dress borrow his cellphone on a bus Monday night was critically wounded while trying to take back the...

Man faces year in jail for fatal Pacifica hit-run

Mike Aldax — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:35:53 +0000

The man who fled a fatal Pacifica car accident — returning only after his insurance company advised him to — faces up to a year in county jail when sentenced Jan. 25. Leopoldo Tobilla, 58, of San Bruno pleaded no contest Monday to felony hit-and-run and misdemeanor reckless driving involving...

Hair fiend slaps creeped out Muni rider

Mike Aldax — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:27:25 +0000

A woman waiting at a Muni stop was slapped when she wouldn’t allow a creepy thug to touch her hair Tuesday, police said. The victim was at a light rail stop at San Jose and Geneva avenues around 9 p.m. when a weirdo approached from behind. He asked if he could touch her hair. She told him to get...

Another candidate for SF’s dumbest criminal

Brent Begin — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:25:18 +0000

A woman was sipping coffee and texting at the Peets on Third and Mission streets Tuesday at about 3:30 p.m. when a thief snatched her phone and took off down the street. The woman, not willing to give up her prized smart phone so easily, chased after the suspect, according to officers over at the...

Holiday thieves targeting cars

Andrea Koskey — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 05:51:53 +0000

Car owners and late-season shoppers need to think twice about leaving gifts inside cars while running to the grocery store for Christmas feast ingredients. The Marina Safeway seems to be the hot spot for thefts of these last-minute “shopping” techniques. According to the Northern Police Station,...

EIR for Beach Chalet Soccer Fields could take a year

Kamala Kelkar — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:29:06 +0000

Park officials will vote Thursday on a $407,418.11 contract with a local company to analyze the impacts of adding artificial turf and bright new soccer lights to the western edge of Golden Gate Park. After tumultuous debate about whether the runoff will harm the animals, the lights confuse the...

Man accused of attacking parking officer

Mike Aldax — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:27:49 +0000

Prosecutors say a man recently charged with assaulting a San Francisco parking control officer will be arraigned Monday. The PCO asked 53-year-old Charles Hill’s wife to move her car, prosecutors said, saying it got in the way of delivery trucks. The exchange allegedly enraged Hill, who...

VA-09 Boucher-Griffith ... can the GOP win against the entrenched Democrat congressman?

Lynn R. Mitchell — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Lynn R. Mitchell Eyes are watching Virginia's election for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 9th Congressional District, known as coal country, where the incumbent for the past 28 years,<a...

On the new West Virginia polls

Neil Stevens — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Neil Stevens Since Democrat Joe Manchin, West Virginia Governor and Senate candidate, literally shot a copy of the “Cap and Trade” bill that DC Democrats tend to support, it’s been clear that...

Rhee leaving as D.C. schools chancellor

Lisa Gartner — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Lisa Gartner Michelle Rhee is leaving her job as D.C. schools chancellor at the end of the month, The Washington Examiner has learned. Moving up, at least on an interim basis, will be Kaya Henderson, ...