This Week

SPECIAL REPORTS

Boy Scouts Logging

The group clear-cut forests they own to make money.

Fatal BART Shooting

Stories, videos, photos on the Oscar Grant case.

Green Tips For '09

25 ways to ease your carbon footprint.

TODAY'S CHRONICLE

View Section:

Go

CRIME LINKS

SF Homicide Map

Oakland Homicide Map

SFPD

SF Crime Maps

Victim Assistance

The Zodiac Case

French Say Man Was Murdered In S.F.

French Say Man Was Murdered In S.F.

An unusual French investigation into the death of a French national in San Francisco concluded that the man was stabbed in a surprise attack outside his apartment and could not have committed suicide, s local authorities once suggested, the man's father said Thursday. Jaxon Van Derbeken

Chronicle Breaking News 5:38 PM

Oakland Names Veteran Acting Police Chief

Oakland's Assistant Police Chief Howard Jordan will serve as acting chief pending the outcome of a national search for a new police chief. Christopher Heredia

Chronicle Breaking News 6:32 PM

Alameda Officer Accused In Painkiller Scam

Veteran police sergeant  Ronald R. Jones is arrested on suspicion of stealing prescription painkillers from the family of a man who recently died, authorities say. Henry K. Lee

Chronicle Breaking News 4:57 PM

Pals Left Hot-Tub Partyer To Die, Police Say

Man whose body is found beside a backyard hot tub in Dublin may have overdosed on drugs during a party and apparently left to die by friends who "freaked out." Henry K. Lee

5th Arrest In Slaying Of Vallejo Teen

Alonzo Wilson, 19, of Vallejo, surrenders in Fairfield in connection with the shooting death of Emmanuel Hernandez, 15, apparently the unintended victim of gang members. Henry K. Lee

Crime control may turn on one S.F. intersection

The intersection of Turk and Taylor streets in the Tenderloin doesn't look like much. The four corners include a liquor store, a bar...

Chronicle 2.26.09 4:00 AM

Suspect in wild chase slashed self, police say

A man arrested in the violent conclusion of a televised high-speed van chase had severely slashed himself and stabbed a woman...

Chronicle 2.26.09 4:00 AM

Stiff resistance drove A's owner out of Fremont

Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff said Tuesday he backed out of plans to move the team to Fremont because he was daunted by the...

Chronicle 2.24.09 6:19 PM

Children's hospital exec guilty of child porn

A top administrator at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford faces at least five years in prison after pleading guilty to...

Chronicle 2.24.09 5:35 PM

5 shot in Tenderloin, 1 dead at scene

Five people were shot Monday night in San Francisco's Tenderloin and at least one person died, police said. The shooting occurred at...

Chronicle 2.24.09 4:00 AM

A piece of railroad history returns to Mt. Tam

An artifact from the crookedest railroad in the world returned from out of the mists of the past Monday to the summit of Mount...

Chronicle 2.23.09 8:28 PM

Obama challenge to local governments is welcome

It has taken a presidential order to restore some measure of accountability and responsibility to local governments around the nation...

Chronicle 2.24.09 4:00 AM

Sites We Read

Editorially selected resources on Crime news.