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Opinion: Boudin prosecutes disgraced cop for domestic violence after Sacramento DA failed

By Gil Duran Judging by his track record of arrests over the past year, former Sacramento police officer Justin Shepard is a dangerous and...

Crime and punishment in San Francisco: The curious case of Tomiko Miller

Consider the curious case of Tomiko Miller, one of the men arrested in the mob burglary of the Louis Vuitton store in Union Square...

Police Chief Bill Scott on the state of S.F.: ‘I just try to do what I believe is right’

San Francisco’s police chief came to town back in 2017, with a badge in his hand and reform in his heart. Five years later,...

Opinion: ‘Chesa Boudin Derangement Syndrome’ grips S.F. politics

By Gil Duran With the school board recall out of the way, San Francisco voters face yet another consequential decision: Whether to boot District...

Editorial: Is San Francisco funding unlicensed security guards in Tenderloin?

by The Examiner Editorial Board The shooting of an Urban Alchemy street “ambassador” in front of a homeless encampment near City Hall on Feb....

Opinion: High-profile incidents test California’s crime reforms. Are we doomed to repeat the past?

It was a season of fear. Murders spiked, mobs rampaged in the streets and California voters found themselves at a crossroads. Would they buy...

Re-fund the police? Even California’s cannabis shops want more cops amid robbery spree

By The Examiner Editorial Board In November, 56% of voters in Minneapolis rejected a measure to disband the city’s police department and replace it...

Bay Area pot shops face mob robberies, get little help

Among the more than a dozen smash-and-grab robberies in the Bay Area in recent weeks, cannabis facilities may have been the hardest hit. In...

A mother murdered by her son in San Francisco: Did Chesa Boudin do the right thing?

On April 12, 2020, San Francisco police responded to an emergency call about a person in mental distress on the 1300 block of Natoma...

San Francisco City Hall corruption scandal: New charges against Harlan Kelly, Victor Makras

Federal prosecutors expanded the corruption case against former top San Francisco public utilities official Harlan Kelly on Tuesday to include new bank fraud charges...

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