Near the Crocker Amazon, over on the 700 block of Brunswick Street, one person died and another was injured last night after a bout of gunfire. The two victims, it seems, were inside a car when they were shot. No other information is currently available. (CBS 5)......

A stabbing, happening early this morning, and a shooting, which went down yesterday afternoon, claimed the lives of two residents. James Starghill, 44, was shot around 2 p.m. in the Portola neighborhood. And then an unidentified man was stabbed to death on the 300 block of Ellis at 3:50 a.m. today after getting into "an argument with someone." No arrests have been made yet in either murder.......

Two tools were arrested just before midnight last night, accused of going on a "street robbery" spree around the city. Beginning in the early evening, the two (allegedly) mugged "a number of victims in different locations around the city." The failed robbers were busted at the intersection of 18th and Harrison streets. (CBS 5)......

Seven years after Marjorie Knoller's pup killed Dianne Whipple in the hall of her Pacific Heights apartment building, a judge sentenced Knoller 15 years to life in prison today. Initially handed a four-year sentence after the original trial judge "reduced a jury's conviction of second-degree murder to involuntary manslaughter," Superior Court Judge Charlotte Woolard was all oh, hell no, and slapped Knoller with 15+ years in the clink. For those of you who don't......

A reader sends us info (and several images) on a shooting that occurred early this morning in front of an apartment on Hyde between O"Farrell and Geary streets. Here's all we know so far. I can't find any reports of this anywhere, but last night/early this morning, a man was shot in the doorway of an apartment on hyde st. between o'farrell and geary streets at 1:30am. There was a single shot, no screeching of......

Jordan McCay, 23, has been identified as the victim of yesterday's shooting in the city's Richmond district. If you recall, he was shot and killed after an altercation with two men a little around 2 a.m. Wednesday morning while riding home from work. McCay, it seems, was two blocks away form his apartment before he was murdered. McCay's killers left behind his bike, backpack, everything. According to the Chronicle, McCay recently graduated from UC Santa......

Tong Van Le, 44,owner of Nasser Market in Bernal Heights and father of two, was murdered at his Novato home on Saturday. The widely assumed reason, according to SFPD, is because he testified against two suspects who robbed his store a month earlier. Police think that Le may have been followed home from his store to his house by the assailant(s). No arrests have been made. Earlier this year, if you recall, Justin Lee, 40,......

Word is that Oakland Raiders football player Tommy Kelly -- who, we should point out, is one of the "NFL's highest paid defensive players" ion the field this season -- was arrested Sunday night in Oakland on suspicion of driving under the influence. According to TMZ, Goid bless them, claims that his "arrest came after the Raiders beat the Chiefs in Kansas City earlier in the day. The 300-pounder posted bail and was released......

No, not this one or this one This one: an unidentified man was sent to the hospital after getting shot at the intersection of Osceola Lane and La Salle Avenue in the Bayview District on Friday night. He is listed in critical condition. No arrests have been made. (CBS 5)......

Oh wow. Mr. Jim Herd has word that a couple of hundred or so high school students from the Mission have taken to the steps of City Hall. Why? Because of the recent spike in murder that has plagued the Mission district. And they're none too thrilled. (Really, you don't want to upset a Mission High student. Trust us.) Anyway, the protest is happening right now (1 p.m.-ish). From what we're told, some of them......

Seven youths and one 18-year-old, Duc Truong, were arrested yesterday in connection with several assaults on other juveniles in the San Francisco's Richmond and Taraval hoods over the last few weeks. All of them are thought to be a part of some sort of "Chinese gang" gaily called the "True Brothers" gang. It seems "five attacks took place over the past two months and involved the suspects attacking the victims with baseball bats and knives."......

At an apartment building at 520 Taylor, a dead body was found wrapped inside a plastic bag shoved in a trash bin. According to CBS 5 (visa BCN), SFPD officers "blocked off Taylor Street between Post and Geary streets and spent the early afternoon walking back and forth between the building's front entrance and an alleyway that separates the building from the Warwick Hotel." While the name of the victim hasn't been released, a woman......

Two unidentified East Bay men (one on probation, the other on parole) were arrested on Wednesday afternoon after an undercover sting caught them dealing crack-cocaine in the food line for the homeless/hungry outside Glide Memorial Church in the TL. The arrests were sparked by C.W. Nevius detailed "criminals using the venerable charitable institution as a sanctuary and source of cash." What's more, police chief Heather Fong praised the bust as "an example as an example......

Better dead than red? Some are saying it's one and the same -- that is, if you live in Mission. What with the Mission district seeing an astounding seven murders since August 22, many are fretting about whether or not wear certain gang colors. Sureños prefer cooling yet vibrant shades of blue, and Norteños seem to enjoy passionate and soulful red tones. Now, SFist has been getting email after email asking us if it's......

Today Phil Bronstein picked up on SFist Deborah's item ("Glen Park to Kamala Harris: RSVP") about San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris neither showing up nor RSVPing to an important Glen Park meeting. (The hood, as most you already know, is simply "crime-inundated" as of late.) Bronstein added to the story, contacting la Kamala herself and demanding answers. And, of course, getting them. Oh, and the D.A. office's reason for not showing up? "We dropped......

Oh wow. This is amusing. Oakland police used used stun guns to break up several fights going on during Monday night's Radiers vs. Bronco game. Drunkenness, fighting, assault, and drug charges (drug charges?!) topped the list at Monday night's game. Raiders fans, in case you haven't heard, are (in)famous for their, um, excessive liveliness and enthusiasm. (CBS 5)......

Due do the recent smattering of murders plaguing the Mission district -- e.g., since August 22 the hood has played host to seven murders -- city supervisor Tom Ammiano "sent letters to each city department, including Police Chief Heather Fong, District Attorney Kamala Harris and Mayor Gavin Newsom," in efforts reduce the bloodshed. While Fong has deployed more fuzz to parts of the hood "known for gang presence and drug sales," Ammiano claims that most......

At least RSVP if you're not going to do your job start prosecuting criminals! At last night's Glen Park Community Meeting, impressively attended by 500 residents (You go, GP!), all invited officials showed up to speak to and/or show their support for the recently crime-inundated neighborhood - all except for Kamala Harris. Disappointingly, the San Francisco District Attorney didn't even send a representative to the meeting. Come on, Kamala. You can do better than that!......

Giovanni Lechado, 28, the man who, along with another his wife, was shot while sitting in a car at 18th and Bryant streets, died at SF General Hospital last Friday morning at 11:50 a.m. This brings the SF murder toll to 79 for 2008. In related news, Police Chief Heather Fong swears she'll increase Mission Street police beat and add patrol cars to areas of concern in both the Mission and Ingleside nabes. Fingers crossed,......

Photo by Jim Herd Jim Herd, the Notorious S.I.G., and Jesse Friedman were at the Crime Wave Peace March (or Crime Wave Peach March, depending on your news source) last night. Be sure to check out all of their photos showing what went down. Here are a few more as well. The only notable person there -- well, aside from petrified citizens, that is -- was Tom Ammiano. (Yay!) But what about you, did......

Prepare your candles, mourning attire, and faces full of fear. A peace march is happening tonight in the Mission district, so that everyone can collectively be all WTF regarding the "wave of violence that has alarmed residents and prompted increased police presence" in the neighborhood. Hosted by Mission Education Project Inc. and the Lower 24th Street Merchant & Neighborhood Association, concerned citizens will gather at 6:30 p.m. at 24th Street and Treat Avenue. The march......

Once again, lots of sticky, viscous blood bathed the streets of San Francisco. Let's see, we had a 19-year-old man shot while strolling along 23rd Street and Treat, two people shot inside a car at 23rd and Arkansas Streets, a murder at McAllister and Fillmore in the Western Addition, and it's only Sunday afternoon! This weekend's most recent gun play happened despite an increased police presence in the Mission (which was sparked by this......

Just a day after Hell's Angels bigwig Mark Guardado was gunned down at 24th Street and Treat Avenue, the Mission/Potrero district again played host to two bouts of gun violence. First, at around 9:45 p.m. on 24th and Utah streets near Jack's Bar, two men were shot and killed. Then, two hours earlier at 18th and Bryant streets, two people sitting in a parked car (along with a 4-month-old child) were shot. The two......

Reward money for info leading to the arrest of the person(s) responsible for killing a three-legged foster dog -- who was swiped from Ocean Beach near Sloat on July 22-- skyrocketed from $2,000 to $15,000 today. (If you recall, Pogo's body was found "brutally stabbed to death" in Bayview.) So, do you know something about the 7-month-old pup's death? Then, please, contact Animal Care & Control at 415-554-9400.......

After weeks of relative guilt-free robberies in the East Bay, two people were apprehended last night after nail salon was shook down. Last night "two men wearing ski masks, at least one of them armed, burst into the nail salon at 10814 Bancroft Ave. shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday." The two were nabbed after shortly after taking off in a getaway car. According to the Oakland Tribune, authorities believe the two are "responsible for at......

22-year-old Matt Garcia, one of the youngest elected officials in the state, succumbed to injuries after taking a "single bullet to the back of the head" on Monday night in front of a pal's house. He was allowed to die "naturally" at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek this afternoon, being taken off of life support at his family's request. Garcia, who was born and raised in Farfield, wanted to be mayor the......

If we may add a teaspoon of alarmism to you afternoon coffee, you are going to get mugged and/or killed. And soon. And right here in SF. OK, not exactly. But today's article in the Chronicle, "Surge of Robberies in the Bay Area and Beyond," has us feeling like we just spent the day flipping back and forth between Cold Case Files and Law & Order marathons. See, a lady had her purse violently......

MONDAY, MISSION: A man was shot and killed "in the unit block of San Carlos Street" a little after 5:15 a.m. yesterday morning. The unidentified victim was taken to SF General, later pronounced dead, and no arrests have been made. (CBS 5) SATURDAY, GLEN PARK: This. SAN BUNO, MONDAY: Christopher Sorro , a 48-year-old San Bruno gent, was arrested for shooting a woman in the head at the San Bruno Caltrain Station. At around......

After enduring months of brutal muggings, Glen Park residents are now stunned by the attempted murder and kidnapping that took place on August 30th right in the heart of the neighborhood. A description of the crime was posted on the Glen Park Bulletin Board written by Elizabeth Weise of Glen Park News. Robbers stabbed Paul Park, the owner of Buddy's Market at about 11 p.m. last night, leaving him for dead. They also kidnapped one......

While working at Fifth and Market streets, an unidentified 35-year-old man was verbally accosted and then attacked by a passerby. According to the Gate: [T]he unidentified suspect approached and began to shout slurs and insults at the campaigner, who listened, thanked the man for his views and asked him to leave ... The angry man complied, but quickly returned and pulled out a knife and slashed the victim in the face The attacker was......