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SF cop ran nonprofit taking kids to Africa. Then investigators started asking questions
In 2019, Jason Johnson stood in the whitewashed courtyard of a castle that served as a slave trade depot on Ghana’s coast, surrounded by a group of teens from San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood. Almost every year since at least 2016, his nonprofit has organized the Ghana trip to help underprivileged kids experience the world beyond San Francisco, or even Bayview.
SF street homelessness lowest since 2015 amid overall rise
Homelessness in San Francisco increased 7% in the last two years, according to preliminary Point-In-Time Count data released Thursday by The City’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. The federally mandated count, which The City and other jurisdictions across the nation conduct every two years, tallies the number of unhoused people living on the street in tents, vehicles or other shelter on one particular night. San Francisco conducted its count Jan. 30, recording 8,323 people that night compared with 7,754 in 2022. ...
Suspect in killings of 2 San Lorenzo women captured out of state
SAN LORENZO, Calif. - A suspect accused of killing two women in San Lorenzo was arrested in Kansas and awaits extradition back to California. The Alameda County District Attorney has charged 31-year-old Howard Reed with double murder in the shooting deaths of Jingwei "Melanie" Zhang, 32, and Dorothy Mak, 38.
Oakland high-school senior accepted to 120 colleges will major in music at Cal
A high-school senior about to graduate in Oakland was accepted into 120 colleges around the country. He's only been in the U.S. for five years after immigrating from Uganda. The 18-year-old plans to major in music at Cal and says he's been singing for as long as he can remember.
Alleged Daly City drug dealer charged with murder in woman's fentanyl overdose
DALY CITY – A Daly City man has been charged with murder for allegedly selling fentanyl to a woman who died from an overdose, prosecutors said.According to San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe's office, 56-year-old Phillip Thei Ng was arraigned in a Redwood City courtroom Wednesday. During the hearing, an attorney from the county's Private Defender Program was appointed to represent Ng and the case was continued to May 22.On May 6, 2023, 29-year-old Sarah Tillman was found dead in her San Mateo apartment by police performing a welfare check. The coroner determined Tillman died of a fentanyl overdose.According...
San Rafael teen arrested in connection to double stabbing
(KRON) — A San Rafael teenager was arrested in connection to a double stabbing that unfolded near a 7-Eleven convenience store on Medway Road, police said. Violence flared around 11 p.m. Tuesday and triggered a flurry of 911 calls. San Rafael Police Department officers found two stabbing victims who were rushed to a local hospital […]
SF hit and run survivor honors bicyclists killed: Ride of Silence
SAN FRANCISCO - There was gratitude and grief at an annual event on Wednesday night in San Francisco. A bicyclist who survived a hit-and-run joins the Ride of Silence, an annual gathering that honors people who were killed while riding their bicycles in the city. Alex Tamez, 34, said she...
Program launched to help San Francisco homeless a success, mayor declares
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The city's Homeless Engagement Assistance Response Team (HEART) program reached a milestone as the program marks its first year helping San Francisco’s street population. Mayor London Breed launched HEART last year to respond to 911 and 311 calls regarding unhoused people, and to help keep city streets “safe and clean,” the mayor’s […]
SF Jury Acquits Man Accused of Castro Hate Crimes After Nearly a Year in Jail
A San Francisco jury acquitted a man who spent nearly a year in custody after he was accused of shouting anti-gay slurs and throwing a glass object at two men in the Castro, his attorneys said Wednesday. Muhammed Abdullah, 21, was wrongly charged with battery, theft, assault and hate crime...
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