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June 5, 2020

Fraternal Order of Police VP: Defunding police departments is 'completely ridiculous'

The "insane" conversation circulating about defunding police departments would only aid criminals and hurt communities, Fraternal Order of Police Vice President Joe Gamaldi stated Friday.

June 4, 2020

San Francisco store destroyed by rioters, employee threatened with knife

A fourth-generation San Francisco stationery shop owner, whose store has been broken into four times since COVID-19 stay-at-home orders were put in place, is calling on the country and his home state of California to get back to work. 

June 2, 2020

LA Mayor Garcetti takes knee at George Floyd protest, faces backlash for calling National Guard

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti took a knee during a Tuesday protest over the death of George Floyd to show solidarity but ended up facing protesters of his own later on near his home. 

May 31, 2020

More riots, looting prompt curfews, calls for National Guard in cities, states across US

Dozens of metro areas across the U.S. dealt with another night of violence and vandalism in reaction to last week's death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.

May 27, 2020

Homeless San Francisco man 'well-known' for 'threatening' locals accused of killing 94-year-old man

A homeless San Francisco has been arrested in connection with the death of a 94-year-old man who was walking his dog on Memorial Day, authorities said. 

May 22, 2020

San Francisco opens 1st sanctioned tent camp for homeless

San Francisco has opened a “Safe Sleeping Village” as a tent encampment for the homeless during the coronavirus pandemic.

May 19, 2020

California car thief plunges off bridge to fiery death during police chase

An unidentified man fleeing police in a Honda Civic bowled off a Bay Area bridge in California over the weekend, falling over 100 feet before a deadly, fiery crash, according to police.

May 12, 2020

Twitter's Jack Dorsey donates $15M to San Francisco coronavirus relief, with some cash for illegal immigrants

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is donating $15 million to San Francisco’s coronavirus relief fund, some of which will go toward illegal immigrants, according to Mayor London Breed.

May 11, 2020

San Fran DA touts liberal reforms in campaign email: End to cash bail, no sentence enhancements for gang crime

Boudin's parents are Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, the notorious former leaders of the Weather Underground domestic terror group, and he formerly worked for the ex-Venezuelan socialist president, Hugo Chavez. 

May 10, 2020

San Francisco neighborhood sues over 300 percent jump of homeless sidewalk tents during coronavirus outbreak

San Francisco is being sued by a law school and residents and businesses in the inner-city Tenderloin District who argue sidewalks are “unsanitary, unsafe, and often impassable" due to drug deals and tents blocking sidewalks, as the city’s homeless have crowded the streets amid the coronavirus pandemic.