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missionlocal.org > 2026 > 03 > sf-dog-bites-rising-tenderloin

Dog bites in S.F. are rising. In the Tenderloin, they're skyrocketing.

9+ hour, 20+ min ago  (1647+ words) At a Tenderloin community meeting this past November, Captain Matt Sullivan said that, in the previous four months, more than 27 percent of the department's dog-bite reports took place in the Tenderloin police district." He wasn't surprised. Just walking down the…...

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missionlocal.org > 2026 > 03 > sfpd-police-profiling-excessive-force-bayview-public-defender-complaint

SFPD officers ‘slammed’ and ‘punched’ men during illegal arrest in Bayview home, public defender says

19+ hour, 57+ min ago  (783+ words) Several San Francisco police officers piled onto a 23-year-old inside his Bayview bedroom and "punched" him repeatedly during a racially-motivated 2025 arrest, the public defender's office alleged in a complaint filed to the city's police watchdog department on Wednesday." The officers…...

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missionlocal.org > 2026 > 03 > san-francisco-cesar-chavez-abuse-allegations

Cesar Chavez Street’s ‘days are numbered:’ S.F. leaders react to abuse allegations

22+ hour, 48+ min ago  (1451+ words) In 1995, then-District 9 Supervisor Tom Ammiano cried, standing beside Eva Royale, the San Francisco regional manager for the United Farm Workers from 1900 to 2002, as the city unveiled the new signs renaming Army Street to Cesar Chavez Street." Ammiano and Royale had…...

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missionlocal.org > 2026 > 03 > sf-mayor-lurie-security-homeless-arrest

S.F. homeless man who brawled with Lurie’s security jailed again

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (376+ words) Tony Phillips, 44, the homeless man who fought with a police officer assigned to Mayor Daniel Lurie's security detail earlier this month after the officer pushed him twice, was arrested this morning for violating a court order as city officials did…...

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missionlocal.org > 2026 > 03 > 6-people-hospitalized-after-car-crash-in-mission-district-2-with-serious-injuries

6 people hospitalized after car crash in Mission District, 2 with serious injuries

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (304+ words) Two pedestrians were struck by a car Friday afternoon in the Mission District and left with life-threatening injuries, according to police and fire officials at the scene. Four more people were left with minor injuries after the car also struck…...

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missionlocal.org > 2026 > 03 > south-of-market-stabbing-san-francisco

One killed in daytime stabbing at South of Market residence

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (147+ words) San Francisco police officers responded to a daytime stabbing in the South of Market neighborhood Friday afternoon that left one person dead. Officers arrived at a residence on Howard Street between Fifth and Sixth streets, a block of several new…...

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missionlocal.org > 2026 > 03 > in-san-francisco-arrests-at-ice-check-ins-have-resumed

In San Francisco, arrests at ICE check-ins have resumed 

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (635+ words) Arrests at immigration check-ins, which were effectively paused for about a month and a half, have resumed in San Francisco, according to at least three immigration reporters who spoke to Mission Local." Hundreds of immigrants were arrested at check-ins between…...

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missionlocal.org > 2026 > 03 > sf-mayor-daniel-lurie-security-fight-judge

S.F. judge releases man ‘violently assaulted’ by Mayor Lurie's security in street fight

1+ week, 21+ hour ago  (1050+ words) San Francisco Superior Court Judge Sylvia Husing today ordered the release from jail of Tony Shervaughn Phillips, the man charged with assaulting and resisting officers after a Tenderloin street fight with Mayor Daniel Lurie's police bodyguard last week." Phillips, Husing…...

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missionlocal.org > 2026 > 03 > sf-mayor-lurie-fight-plea-not-guilty

‘The mayor should be held accountable’: S.F. man who fought Lurie’s security appears in court

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (675+ words) Tony Phillips, the 44-year-old man charged with a felony count of resisting an executive officer and assault on a peace officer in his fight last week with Mayor Daniel Lurie's security detail, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday morning." His court-appointed…...

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missionlocal.org > 2026 > 03 > carl-jones-soma-shooting

Carl Jones, SoMa shooting victim, remembered as loving big brother and dog dad

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (697+ words) Carl Jones, Jr., known as "CJ, walked through life with a ready joke and a smile on his face, according to those who knew him. In the early hours of March 3, he was fatally shot on the 100 block of Sixth…...