Video shows woman's hair being set ablaze on MUNI bus

Video of the May 2 incident captures what happened on the #5 Fulton Street bus as it traveled on McAllister Street near Leavenworth Street.

16-year-old boy arrested for assault, robbery of SF Chinatown store owner

A 16-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday in connection to a robbery and assault of a shop owner in San Francisco's Chinatown over the weekend, police say.

SFPD ID suspect linked to separate Saturday Potrero Hill shootings that killed 2, injured 1

Police in San Francisco on Tuesday said investigators have identified a suspect believed to be responsible for two separate shootings on Saturday in the city's Potrero Hill neighborhood that killed two people and left another victim with critical injuries.

San Francisco Chinatown shop owner, good Samaritan attacked during weekend robbery

San Francisco Chinatown merchants say an attack on a shop owner over the weekend by a robbery suspect is an example of what they've been struggling with along with the hit on tourism due to the pandemic.

Victim identified in fatal Excelsior District shooting involving teen suspect

A man fatally gunned down in San Francisco's Excelsior District on Friday evening has been identified as 31-year-old Jose Vergara-Lopez, according to the city's medical examiner's office.

Man wounded in Potrero Hill shooting dies from injuries

A man was shot and killed in the San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood on Saturday morning, police said.

San Francisco police locate missing elderly man in Mexico

San Francisco police have learned the whereabouts of an elderly man who was reported missing from the city's Tenderloin neighborhood a week ago, police said.

SFPD Chief Scott offers rare apology to man shot and injured by plainclothes officer

San Francisco’s chief of police on Thursday offered a rare public apology for the plainclothes officer involved in shooting and injuring a man last week during the investigation of what they called a “known auto burglary suspect.” The officer who fired his weapon also issued an apology through his attorney.  

Bystander intervenes in robbery of elderly woman in SF, suspect in custody

When an elderly woman of Asian descent was robbed on the streets of San Francisco Tuesday morning, a bystander intervened to help her. Police say her race doesn't appear to be a motivating factor.

Family of 25-year-old killed in Saturday shooting 'in shock' over unsolved homicide

The mother of a man killed over the weekend in a shooting in San Francisco's Polk Gulch neighborhood said on Tuesday her entire family has been devastated by her son's murder.

Family speaks out after victim hit by own truck during SF theft

The family of a 65-year-old retired longshore worker who was seriously injured when he was hit by his own truck during a San Francisco theft spoke out Monday.

Plainclothes San Francisco police officers shoot car burglary suspect

Plainclothes San Francisco police officers Friday shot and wounded a man who they called a known auto burglary suspect as two others fled the scene in the city's South of Market neighborhood, a police spokesman said.

Police say knife attack on 2 Asian women in San Francisco was unprovoked

Police believe the suspect in the case, 54-year-old Patrick Thompson of San Francisco, randomly attacked the two women, who are 64 and 85 years-old.