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July 6, 2021

San Francisco Neiman Marcus hit by shoplifters who fled with merchandise

Police in San Francisco said late Monday that they were investigating a brazen robbery at a high-end retail store in the center of the city, according to reports.

July 5, 2021

San Francisco DA official says crime surge fears linked to racism

A senior official in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office linked fears of a crime surge to racism in a tweet that raised eyebrows Sunday evening.

July 1, 2021

San Francisco car break-ins up over 750% in some areas, police say

Reports of vehicle break-ins in San Francisco were up by between 100% and over 750% in parts of the Golden City, according to the police department’s most recent monthly statistics. 

June 30, 2021

Police shoot, kill California man near marijuana farms evacuated by fire

Officers shot and killed a man who pulled a gun as they tried to keep him out of a complex of marijuana farms in an area of far Northern California where thousands of people were ordered to evacuate as a wildfire raged during a heat wave enveloping part of the U.S. West, authorities said.

June 24, 2021

San Francisco will require all city employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19: report

The city of San Francisco will mandate all city employees to be vaccinated against the coronavirus pending approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

June 23, 2021

Serial San Francisco shoplifting suspect caught on video charged with multiple retail thefts

The alleged shoplifter seen in a widely-circulated video stealing a bag full of items while riding a bicycle inside a San Francisco Walgreens is facing 15 charges in connection to the theft and other shoplifting sprees, authorities said Wednesday.

June 22, 2021

Oakland crowd twerks on ambulance, blocks responders after deadly shooting

Partiers in the San Francisco area celebrating Juneteenth were seen blocking an ambulance, with some women twerking on top, despite responders trying to navigate through the scene to reach victims of a shooting in which one person was killed and several others were injured.

June 22, 2021

DOJ acknowledges ‘staggering’ rise in violent crime as it rolls out effort targeting gun trafficking

The Justice Department is launching new strike force teams to target illegal gun trafficking in five cities as the Biden administration makes efforts to combat a “staggering” rise in violent crime that has plagued a number of cities across the nation.

June 21, 2021

San Francisco Walgreens shoplifter seen filling bag with stolen goods arrested while 'clearing shelves': cops

The man allegedly seen in viral video stealing a garbage bag full of items as he rode a bike through a San Francisco Walgreens location was nabbed over the weekend – while he was "clearing shelves" at a different drug store, officials have announced. 

June 19, 2021

Shoplifters ruling the roost at big city stores, pharmacy chains

A recent viral shoplifting incident has highlighted trends in parts of the country where offenders at local drugstores rule the roost – in one case, even able to ride through the store on a bike and take a garbage bag full of stolen good as shoppers, and security watched on.