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SAN FRANCISCO—Travis Ishikawa, expected to serve as a utility outfielder and first baseman for the San Francisco Giants this season, will spend opening day on the disabled list. Per Giants manager Bruce Bochy, Ishikawa is rehabilitating his injured back and has begun taking practice swings off of a tee. The exact timetable for Ishikawa's return is unknown. However, he is...

SANTA CLARA—Following an offseason marked by a strange series of hirings, firings, and unexpected retirements, many San Francisco 49ers fans have been left to question the team's current trajectory. Considering San Francisco was playing in a Super Bowl 22 months ago and came a play away from playing for another in 2013, last season's 8-8 record, coupled with the events...

SAN FRANCISCO—Authorities are searching for a suspect who allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint on Sunday, April 5 during the morning hours in South San Francisco. The victim  was walking through the 600 block of Linden Avenue shortly before 3 a.m., when he was approached by another man who asked him for a cigarette. Upon telling the stranger he had...

Editor's Note: This is Part Two of a Three-Part Series. Click here to read Part One. LAUREL CANYON—As expected, Tara's mother contacted me that Saturday morning, but our conversation didn't go as expected. She asked if I was with Tara and I told her that I wasn't but had been expecting her call. We were both confused, as it was Tara had...

SAN FRANCISCO—The vicious beating of a homeless man in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood has sparked a police search for a suspect who is still at large. In an effort to bring the assailant to justice, footage of the beating has been made public. WARNING: The video below contains graphic content. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfvxaoNivDA In the video, the suspect, wearing a bright blue shirt, approaches the...

SAN FRANCISCO—A one-alarm fire on April 2 in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood claimed the life of one person and seriously injured another. At approximately 10 p.m. on Thursday, firefighters responded to a fire which started on the third-story of a four-story structure located on 1050 Columbus Avenue. Firefighters were able to control the blaze by 10:29 p.m. Investigators are working to...

SAN FRANCISCO—Following the unearthing of an alleged scandal in which San Francisco police officers exchanged racist and homophobic text messages, seven officers have been suspended from the force. San Francisco Chief of Police Greg Suhr is now calling for the firing of the officers in question. Suhr announced on Friday, April 3 in a statement that he has requested the police oversight...

HOLLYWOOD—It seems like the idea of a sequel surpassing the original decreases as time passes. But if there is one franchise that challenges that rule, it would be “The Fast and the Furious.” The first a revelation, the second not so much, the third a bit flat, the fourth a reinvention, the fifth a better movie, the six, full...

SAN FRANCISCO—A man posing as a police officer robbed a 23-year-old man at knifepoint, taking the victim's cell phone before fleeing the scene of the crime. The victim was sitting in his car in San Francisco's Tenderloin District, near the crossing of Ellis and Hyde Streets at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31 when the suspect approached his vehicle, flashed a...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Thursday, April 2 a small quake rattled the citizens of the Golden Gate City, a tremor that did little to disrupt the daily life of Bay Area citizens.   No immediate problems were reported as a result of the earthquake, which the U.S. Geological Survey reported as magnitude 3.5 temblor. Recorded at 12:06 a.m., the quake's epicenter was located...