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SAN FRANCISCO—Following a fight that broke out in San Francisco's Inner Richmond District on Friday, April 10, a 23-year-old bystander that stood-by watching the fight was shot. The shooting, taking place on the 4100 block of Geary Boulevard, was reported to authorities at 12:44 p.m. The bystander sustained two gunshot wounds to the stomach and was transported to San Francisco General...

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco resident Santino Aviles, 41, has been acquitted of robbery and other felony charges following a defense that argued he was in a meth-induced psychosis at the time of his alleged crimes. Per Aviles' defense, he was in a deluded state of mind when he broke into a Mission District apartment he believed to be a spaceship. Gaining...

SAN FRANCISCO—A man who allegedly broke into a 92-year-old woman's San Francisco home has been arrested on suspicion of burglary, robbery, elder abuse and violation of parole and probation. The robbery took place April 4 at 4:00 p.m. in the woman's Chinatown apartment, located on the 700 block of Broadway Street. The 46-year-old San Francisco resident Fred Jones allegedly entered through the front...

PHEONIX—The Giants began their 2015 title defense on a high note, winning this week's opening series with the Diamondbacks 2-1. All three games were close contests, including Wednesday night's rubber-match featuring a Giants starting pitcher that had yet to win his first Major League game. Chris Heston, who failed to notch a victory in three appearances in 2014, pitched six solid...

SAN FRANCISCO—Three bank robberies that have occurred in San Francisco within the past two weeks have prompted a joint effort by the FBI and the San Francisco Police Department to locate the "Clean-Cut Bandit." The first robbery took place on March 30, at a U.S. Bank located at 4610 Mission Street. The second came at a Citibank at 260 California Street,...

SAN FRANCISCO—A woman was stalked and attacked by a group of three teenage girls on Wednesday, April 8. The attack happened following an altercation on the 21-Hayes bus line. According to the 55-year-old woman, the suspects were incensed after she asked them to quiet down on the bus. When the woman exited the bus at Ninth and Market Street stop, the teenage...

SAN FRANCISCO—An armed robbery suspect was arrested by the San Francisco Police Department following a stakeout at the suspect's resident on April 6. South San Francisco resident Giovani Ruiz Avalos, 20, allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint on the 600 block of Linden Avenue at approximately 2:50 a.m. on April 5. After pulling a gun on the man, the suspect...

SAN FRANCISCO—An ordinance has passed that prohibits San Francisco tour bus drivers from simultaneously narrating and driving through city streets. The ordinance was unanimously approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, April 7. The ordinance is a response to last year's accident in which a city hall employee was struck and killed by a tour bus outside...

SAN FRANCISCO—A traffic collision on Monday, April 6  in Chinatown left a San Francisco cable car conductor injured. A motorist collided with the conductor's cable car near the crossing of Washington and Powell streets at approximately 10:30 a.m.. Immediately after the cash, the wounded conductor was rushed by ambulance to the hospital. Though reports confirm he sustained a leg injury, the...

SAN FRANCISCO—A former football player – offensive tackle of the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders, Kwame Harris, 33, was arrested in San Francisco on Sunday, April 5 on DUI charges and biting a police officer. Police officers on patrol were flagged down around 7:30 p.m. and were told of a man who appeared to need an assistance. Police found the...