Update March 8: Police say the victim's condition has improved and he's expected to survive.
Update 4:40 p.m.: This just in from Officer Gordon Shyy: Police say a man in his 30's was shot in the chest while riding in the passenger side of a car on Bryant Street. The driver was not shot, and drove around asking for directions to the nearest hospital; they flagged down a parking control agent at Mission and Main. They left and stopped at Market and Davis where the victim was taken to San Francisco General Hospital with life-threatening injuries. The suspect is male and is still at large, possibly on foot.
Original Story 4:37 p.m.: San Francisco police are at the scene of a shooting that occurred this afternoon in the city's SOMA District.
Police confirmed there was a shooting, however, they were unable to give us any more information at this time.
Muni Spokesman Paul Rose told us that police activity was reported on Market Street between Beale and Main streets at about 4 p.m.
The cops are looking for this man pictured to your right, who allegedly snatched a bag from the foster mother of Nash, the newborn baby who was found on a Bayview street in December.
Cameras at the Hall of Justice snapped these images of the suspect, who allegedly stole the bag sometime around 4 p.m. on Wednesday. The victim inadvertently left her bag in the lobby of the Hall of Justice after passing through security, says Sgt. Michael Andraychak.
A few years ago SF Weekly sat down for an unconventional interview where an up-and-coming mixed martial arts fighter credited cannabis for some of his success and he wanted to tell us all about it.
He was in a difficult position: marijuana, he said, is on the "performance-enhancing" banned list because it speeds blood coagulation. Yet he and many other fighters used topical cannabis as well as smoked to soothe muscles after daylong workouts. And he wanted to talk about it ... for a day.
A few months later, he called to retract everything he said -- he'd been dropped from his promotional company and had been unable to land a fight since, and assumed our interview had something to do with it.
A recent Gallup poll ranked states based on their overall level of happiness, and California landed in an unexpected spot -- in between the anti-evolution state of Kansas and North Dakota, that one state whose only real purpose is to buffer Canada from Americans.
In any event, the pollsters took into consideration many factors when determining how happy (or unhappy in our case) people are, including life expectancy, health, and unemployment rate (okay maybe that explains our depression).
We're all for being happy -- in fact, we figured with our legalized pot dispensaries, back-to-back beaches, and kick-ass California wines, we'd be a hell of a lot more pleased with life.
So where did California go wrong? That's what we want to know.
David Campos: "We're not foreclosing" on possibility of changing title of street named for "one of my heroes."
Blink and you'll miss it -- Lech Walesa Street is a small, gritty alley a generous heave from City Hall. For those with no desire to loiter here, it provides a brief glimpse into a painful paradox of San Francisco life most would prefer not to dwell upon. Bleary-eyed men and women in house slippers squat on the fetid pavement in full view of the golden dome of City Hall, the lavish center of our lavish city.
In addition to being heartbreaking, Lech Walesa Street is now bitterly ironic. In recent days Walesa, the democratic leader and union organizer who toppled Poland's communist regime, has transformed into the world's most notorious homophobe. And, on the San Francisco street named in his honor, sits a transgender clinic.
This is an odd situation for a city which is seriously considering renaming its airport after Harvey Milk to ostensibly provide a symbol of hope for LGBT individuals worldwide. Supervisor David Campos, the major proponent of renaming the airport, said he's potentially open to expunging Walesa from the city's streets.
Screw exercise, researchers have found a lazy way to improve your health: Cuddling.
That's right, nestling up next to someone -- anyone -- will not only make you feel loved, but will lower your blood pressure, your heart rate, and generally do away with all that yucky stress, according to researchers at the Metropolitan University in England.
Sadly, those same nuzzle scientists reportedly found a third of the population receive no hugs on a daily basis, yet 75 percent would like fill their week with more caressing and cradling.
The San Francisco police chief has invited everyone to an open forum tonight where they can get all their questions answered about the recent officer-involved shooting, where cops wounded an 18-year-old boy.
Police Chief Greg Suhr will recap the Wednesday night incident where the suspect led cops on a car chase before allegedly reversing his vehicle into one of the officers.
The Catholic Church has long had a reputation for its socially conservative doctrines. This tradition, though, has apparently not kept pace with the beliefs of its American followers, particularly when it comes to gay marriage. According to a recent New York Times/CBS News poll, 62 percent of American Catholics think that same-sex marriage should be legalized, a rate 9 percent higher than the general population.
That's quite a liberal tilt for any demographic. Catholics, as a group, support gay marriage at a higher rate than Whites (47 percent), African Americans (51 percent), Hispanics (59 percent), Independents (55 percent), and Californians (61 percent).
Catholics' shift on gay marriage, though, has been lost on their religion's leadership -- a point best represented by the Vatican's decision to appoint one of the church's top anti-gay marriage advocates as the Archbishop of the San Francisco Archdiocese, of all places.
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