SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco jury on Friday found a homeless man not guilty after being accused of using a metal pipe to beat a businessman who suffered a broken jaw, fractured skull and traumatic brain injury in an attack caught on video that fueled debate about crime and homelessness in the city. […]
Every year, throngs of youths descend upon San Francisco’s Mission District for a skateboarding event, but this year festivities ended in chaos with police arresting over 100 young people — some as young as 13 — and leaving them in the streets with no food, water or chance to use the bathroom for hours, a […]
SAN ANTONIO — It had gotten dark. Clouds filled with rain loomed overhead, threatening to wash away all their work. They were running out of time. Daniel Hemler worked quickly, digging two feet into the earth to make way for a new swimming pool he had been hired to install. Alongside a stranger he’d recruited […]
(KRON) — The San Mateo Police Department arrested three people accused of breaking into two homes in the area on Tuesday. The suspects allegedly stole property from the homes that totaled more than $50,000 in value. SMPD responded to Mission Drive at 7:22 p.m. after a person who lives on the street called to say […]
The San Francisco 49ers stretched their winning streak to six games and clinched the NFC West with a 45-29 win over the Arizona Cardinals. San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy improved upon his MVP credentials with four touchdowns and 242 passing yards in another stellar addition to his breakout season. Arizona put some pressure on early […]
NEW YORK (AP) — General Motors’ troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is cutting over 900 jobs, about a quarter of its workforce, as it moves to reduce costs and remake itself after a series of safety problems in San Francisco. The subsidiary announced the cuts Thursday in a letter to Cruise’s 3,800 workers from President […]
JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, Calif. — For the last three months, residents in this remote border community in southeastern San Diego County have seen their population nearly double, climbing from 600 to 1,200 as migrants from around the globe cross over from Mexico. They cross into the punishing desert terrain at a point where the 30-foot steel […]
A suspect is in custody in Texas after six people were killed and three were injured in homicides and shootings near San Antonio and in Austin on Tuesday, authorities said. Police said the suspect, described only as a man in his 30s, is in the Travis County Jail in Austin on a charge of capital […]