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San Francisco Restaurant Apologizes After Refusing To Serve SFPD Officers During Weekend

December 6, 2021 12:03 pmApril 3, 2022 8:34 am

A San Francisco restaurant that denied service to three San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) officers late last week and faced national scrutiny and uproar over their decision during the weekend, apologized on Sunday for their actions. Press play to hear...

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...

SF Elections Department Certifies DA Boudin Recall Election for June

November 9, 2021 3:35 pm

The San Francisco Department of Elections announced on Tuesday that the petition to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin had received enough valid signatures, officially certifying a recall election in June. Boudin has faced recall pressures since shortly after being sworn...

Proposed San Francisco Legislation That Would Make Violent Offender Data More Open to Public Passes Committee

October 29, 2021 4:03 pmOctober 30, 2021 9:08 pm

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted 2-0 on Thursday to approve legislation that would force the District Attorney and the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) to release more information on violent offender arrest...

EXCLUSIVE: Iconic Target Store on Mission St to Close Amid Shoplifting Tidal Wave

October 21, 2021 4:12 pmOctober 25, 2021 7:31 am

This story has been updated to add comment from a Target spokesman. Last week, after Walgreens announced that five additional outlets in San Francisco would be closing on top of the 17 that already have been shuttered since 2019, the...