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Shoplifter convicted of stealing $60K of merchandise from SF Target
A woman was convicted of stealing $60,000 worth of merchandise from the Target in San Francisco's Stonestown Galleria via the store's self-checkout system. Aziza Graves, 43, was busted after shoplifting on dozens of occasions at the Target from October 2020 to November 2021. Graves was also seen by police sometimes selling the stolen goods at the UN Plaza downtown to other people who deal shoplifted merchandise as well as random passersby, the San Francisco district attorney's office said.
SFPD arrest Oakland woman, seize illegal gaming machines in Tenderloin raid
SAN FRANCISCO - A 45-year-old woman was arrested and more than a dozen gaming machines, cash and suspected narcotics were seized in a raid on an illegal gambling establishment in the Tenderloin, San Francisco police said Friday. The woman, Trang Thuy Thanh Tran of Oakland, was accused of operating the...
With a vest and a voice, helpers escort kids through San Francisco’s broken Tenderloin streets
San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood is notorious for open-air drug use, homelessness, violence and mental illness. The Safe Passage program was launched to safely escort children through the dangerous streets to and from school. (AP Video/Terry Chea) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wearing a bright safety vest with the words “Safe Passage” on the back, Tatiana Alabsi strides through San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood to its only public elementary school, navigating broken bottles and stained sleeping bags along tired streets that occasionally reek of urine. Along the way in one of America’s most notorious neighborhoods, she calls out to politely alert people huddled on sidewalks, some holding strips of tin foil topped with illicit drugs. “Good afternoon, happy Monday!” Alabsi says to two men, one slumped forward in a wheelchair and wearing soft hospital socks and one slipper. Her voice is cheerful, a soothing contrast to the misery on display in the 50-block neighborhood that’s well-known for its crime, squalor and reckless abandon. “School time. Kids will be coming soon.”
SF resident punches, throws rocks at victim
(KRON) — Colma police arrested a suspect for throwing “big rocks” at another man after fighting on the street, the Colma Police Department reports. Police received calls of the altercation on Tuesday. Calls were of an assault in progress in the parking lot of a shopping center near the 200 block of Colma Boulevard. Officers […]
Sierra Nevada records snowiest day of the season from brief but potent California storm
A weekend spring storm that drenched the San Francisco Bay area and closed Northern California mountain highways also set a single-day snowfall record in the Sierra Nevada
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