OK, straight up, this is not a good look for cops and the San Francisco Police Department in particular. We’re still scratching our head trying to figure why it took 14 … yes, 14 mostly white cops to subdue one unarmed black homeless man. Oh yeah, did we mention that not only was he unarmed, […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A parade that at times resembled a rainbow-colored dance party snaked Sunday through downtown San Francisco, the centerpiece of a celebration of a freshly endorsed right to marry even as advocates look ahead to new frontiers in the struggle for equality. Cheerleaders, dancers and proud families of lesbians and gays swooped […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The original charges were shocking: Six San Francisco police officers were accused of stealing from drug dealers. Then federal prosecutors released racist and homophobic text messages. Those texts have now turned a small-time police corruption case into a racially charged scandal, thrusting a diverse and liberal city into the national debate […]
On Friday, the chief of police in San Francisco moved to dismiss at least seven officers who violated Department policy by sending racist, homophobic and…
Four San Francisco sheriff’s deputies were placed on administrative leave and are currently under investigation after a public defender accused them of forcing Black and Latino…
Four San Francisco sheriff’s deputies were placed on administrative leave and are currently under investigation after a public defender accused them of forcing Black and Latino…
Saint Mary’s Cathedral, the central church of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, has been accused of dumping water on the homeless in an effort to keep them…
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a woman arrested three times trying to sneak onto flights at San Francisco International Airport managed to fly from nearby San Jose to Los Angeles without a ticket — the second person to stow away aboard a flight at San Jose’s airport in recent months. Marilyn Jean Hartman, […]
What you see above is a map of Detroit. The small colorful dots represent people, plotted to show where they live and their race. Whites are…
NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the hottest tickets in town — to Broadway hits, Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake concerts, a New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game — were snapped up by an international ring of cyber thieves who commandeered more than 1,000 StubHub users’ accounts to make big money by fraudulently buying tickets and […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury rejected a civil rights lawsuit on Tuesday filed by the father of an unarmed man who was shot and…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A teary-eyed Dana Barks was almost speechless after officials for the San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge approved a $76 million funding package for a suicide barrier that could prevent people from jumping to their deaths. The bridge district’s board of directors voted unanimously in favor Friday for the funding of […]
