Joshua Sharpe
SF Chronicle
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Most Oakland homicides go unsolved. Why don’t officials have a plan to fix it?
Oakland police have struggled to solve most homicides for a generation. Could the department’s woes be making the city’s violence worse? → Read More
Bay Area man arrested on suspicion of killing missing woman
John Caisiano Thompson was arrested on suspicion of murder in the presumed death of... → Read More
California weather: Historic rain storm prompts evacuations in Northern California
Live updates on California weather, as rain pounds Bay Area and winter storm pummels the Sierra and Lake Tahoe area. → Read More
Earthquake jolts the East Bay
A 2.9 magnitude earthquake was reported Saturday afternoon, according to the U.S.... → Read More
He traveled to Turkey to bring his wife home. Then the U.S. government went silent on them
A young couple married after a lengthy, long-distance courtship spanning 7,500 miles.... → Read More
D.A. Jenkins appoints her first member to S.F. Innocence Commission
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins chose the head of her agency’s post-conviction unit to be on the case review panel begun by her predecessor Chesa Boudin. → Read More
He barely remembers Cambodia. He may be deported there within hours
Any moment, a paroled Cambodian man may be deported to a country he hasn’t seen since... → Read More
Search for Truckee teen Kiely Rodni continues, as her mom pleads for tips: ‘Desperately need people to come forward’
Planes, helicopters, divers and land crews continue to search for the 16-year-old girl who was last seen at a Truckee campground party. → Read More
50 Black sailors were convicted of mutiny for striking after a deadly WWII explosion. Will their names ever be cleared?
The sailors, now all dead, were imprisoned for refusing to load bombs after an accident... → Read More
San Francisco D.A. Chesa Boudin was ousted in a historic recall. Here’s what happens next
The recall election, closely-watched across the nation, came after months of intense debate over criminal justice and public safety in San Francisco. → Read More
Another noose found hanging at Stanford University
For at least the third time in three years, Stanford University officials are... → Read More
Are S.F. residents getting their money’s worth from police?
A new report calls the San Francisco Police Department an overpriced, underperforming... → Read More
Two babies with broken ribs in one family, many questions
Experts say the story of a DeKalb County family who had two injured babies in one year illustrates challenges in protecting Georgia children. → Read More
New count of homeless expected to show pandemic has worsened crisis
On Monday night, nonprofit workers and scores of volunteers plan to set out for Atlanta’s annual “Point-in-Time” count to tally the number of people who are homeless in the city. The 2022 count is the first in Atlanta since the start of the pandemic, a world-shaking event that the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge has said “only made the homelessness crisis worse.” → Read More
Bill filed to pay man wrongfully jailed 20 years in Ga. church murders
Dennis Perry thought of what the money could do and he started to cry. He wasn’t thinking of the money making up for the 20 years he spent incarcerated for a double murder he didn’t commit. Money can’t do that. But money could help Perry, 60, build his wife a house. She’s been living with her mother and an ever expanding extended family for 15 years. → Read More
‘Unprecedented’: Ga. domestic violence shelters struggle amid COVID
Domestic violence shelters all over Georgia face intersecting challenges, leaving them struggling to help people fleeing abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic. → Read More
Omicron presents bad ‘math equation’ for Atlanta hospitals, leaders say
Across metro Atlanta, the epicenter of Georgia’s fifth coronavirus wave, hospitals are seeing record-breaking COVID-19 cases amid unprecedented staff shortages. → Read More
Even with beds empty, patients can’t get into Ga. state mental hospitals
In 2022, a bipartisan group of Georgia lawmakers intends to address the state’s glaring shortage of mental health professionals. If they are to succeed, one of the greatest challenges might be finding — and keeping — staff at the state-run psychiatric hospitals where a dearth of workers now leaves patients waiting days, weeks or even months to get a bed. → Read More
Bill aims to strengthen mental health care in Georgia
Georgia ranks among the worst in the nation when it comes to helping people struggling with mental illness. A forthcoming bill in the state House seek → Read More
Georgia’s former insurance commissioner reports to federal prison
Georgia’s former insurance commissioner Jim Beck turned himself in to begin his federal prison sentence on Thursday, his attorney confirmed. Beck, 60, → Read More