Michael Toren
Mission Local
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Police chief says transparency is a step to accountability, but declines to explain his Jessica Williams decision
San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott declined to say why he recommended no disciplinary action for the officer who shot and killed Jessica Williams in → Read More
Mayor moves to lift San Francisco curfew at 5 a.m. Thursday
Mayor London Breed today announced on Twitter that the citywide 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew will be lifted on Thursday morning. “Following Saturday night, it → Read More
Tenderloin COVID-19 testing site closes early amid George Floyd demonstrations
Community partners in the Tenderloin decided to shut down the COVID-19 pop-up testing site a day early, and declined an offer from Verily to extend → Read More
Daily COVID-19 data tracker: 26 new cases, one new death
The San Francisco Department of Public Health provides daily updates each morning. We will do the same. The most recent numbers from the Health Department → Read More
COVID-19: Getting tested in the Tenderloin was challenging. So is getting your results.
By all accounts, the first day of the Tenderloin pop-up COVID-19 testing site went terribly last week. “The first day was awful,” admitted Ken Kim, senior → Read More
Noe Valley Whole Foods employee tests positive for COVID-19, quarantines — fellow workers’ status to be determined
An employee at the Noe Valley Whole Foods at 24th and Sanchez was recently diagnosed with COVID-19 and sent home to quarantine, a company spokesperson → Read More
Daily COVID-19 data tracker: 30 new cases, no new deaths
The San Francisco Department of Public Health provides daily updates each morning. We will do the same. The most recent numbers from the Health Department → Read More
Circles dot Dolores Park to promote physical distancing
Ten-foot wide white circles, painted on the grass like markers on a soccer field, showed up suddenly at Dolores Park on Wednesday. By Thursday afternoon, → Read More
Eight more staff, residents test positive at Laguna Honda Hospital
Eight additional people at Laguna Honda Hospital have tested positive for COVID-19 through a program to test all 2,500-some residents and staff, the San → Read More
SFPD didn't tell judge that reporter in Adachi case was a journalist
Search warrant affidavit, released today, reveals details of why cops seized Bryan Carmody's cell phone data. → Read More
Under fire, SF cops announce criminal investigation of reporter
Chief Scott, in a highly unusual move, says his department is looking into conspiracy charges against a journalist who was given a leaked document about the death of Public Defender Jeff Adachi. → Read More
Pete Buttigieg makes a splash in SF
He's suddenly a media star, but he admits his campaign is still a work in progress. → Read More
Charges dropped against deputies in jail fight club case
The District Attorney’s office on Thursdsy dismissed all charges against three sheriff’s deputies and former deputies who stood accused of staging an inmat → Read More
New law expands use of ignition-locking devices for DUI offenders
First-time DUI offenders will have a choice in the new year: face one year of restricted driving privileges, or install a device that won’t let them drive → Read More
Suspect in Christmas Day stabbing charged with Christmas Eve murder
A man arrested early Christmas morning for allegedly stabbing a woman in the South of Market neighborhood has been charged with murder in the death of another woman that occurred » → Read More
Violent crime claims 3 homicide victims over Christmas weekend
Three people were killed over the Christmas weekend in San Francisco in unrelated violent crimes. Luis Velasquez-Mejia, 26, was found by police with a guns → Read More
Operation ‘Wrecking Ball’ slams into retail thieves
An eight-month long operation targeting retail theft and the fencing of stolen goods has resulted in the arrest of 12 people and the seizure of $300,000 wo → Read More
Police searching for suspect in head-stomping attack
San Francisco police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect who assaulted a man in the Tenderloin on Tuesday and then stomped on his head as he » → Read More
City College to drop one third of class offerings over 7 years
City College of San Francisco administrators say they need to permanently cancel as much as a third of the school’s class offerings over the next several y → Read More
Man arrested for kicking homeless man now facing murder charge in Chinatown fatal beating
A San Francisco man with an alleged history of unprovoked attacks on the homeless and others has been arrested for the brutal killing of a 49-year-old home → Read More