San Francisco crime wave – Page 6

SF Mayor London Breed Announces State of Emergency for Tenderloin Neighborhood

December 18, 2021 2:22 amDecember 17, 2021 9:31 pm

San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced on Friday that she is declaring an official State of Emergency in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco over high crime, public drug use, and other health and safety concerns. The Tenderloin district, long...

SF Mayor London Breed Announces Crackdown on Crime in Tenderloin District

December 14, 2021 3:50 pmDecember 15, 2021 3:49 pm

Amid a large number of arrests and drug seizures in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco last week, Mayor London Breed announced on Tuesday that emergency police intervention there would be launched as soon as possible. Over the last several...

Police Defunding Efforts, Lowered Numbers of Police Officers Partially To Blame For Recent Retail Robbery Wave

November 26, 2021 3:13 pmNovember 28, 2021 10:30 am

The wave of group mob-style smash and grab robberies around the Golden State continued on in California over the Thanksgiving holiday period, resulting on the ramping up of police protection despite some departments facing strained resources following defunding efforts. Following...

Gov. Newsom Vows Funding To Stop Recent High-End SF Robberies

November 23, 2021 2:25 amApril 3, 2022 8:26 am

During a speech at a San Francisco vaccine clinic on Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom denounced the high-profile high-end retail robberies that occurred in the Bay Area this weekend, vowing to increase state budgetary support to fight retail theft rings....

Boarded Up SF Bay Area Stores Following String of High-Profile Robberies

November 22, 2021 4:57 pmNovember 22, 2021 8:01 pm

Stores in San Francisco’s Union Square, as well as around the Bay Area, engaged in a mass boarding up of stores during the weekend to counter the mass number of store robberies that have occurred recently. While crime rates such...

New Crimes Retail Reality in SF: Private Guards, Enhanced Security, Massive Losses

November 3, 2021 2:35 amApril 3, 2022 8:10 am

Throughout 2021 so far, the crime wave in San Francisco shows no signs in slowing down. In only the past few weeks, retail stores feeling the pinch have limited their investment and stores in the city, with Walgreens pulling out...

Safeway the Latest San Francisco Chain Store to Reduce Hours Over Crime Wave

November 1, 2021 3:56 pm

A Safeway supermarket in the Castro District of San Francisco just announced that it would be going from a 24/7 operation to closing early at 9 PM in an effort to deter shoplifters, becoming the latest chain store to make...