Update Feb 21: Police confirmed that the victim, a 91-year-old woman, died from her injuries. According to police, the cement truck hit her as she apparently tried to walk around the moving truck. Authorities have not identified the victim as of this morning.
Original Story Feb, 20: Police are confirming that an unidentified person was hit at the corner of Fillmore and California streets this afternoon.
Officer Albie Esparza had no other information at this time, however, a tweet from KTVU claims the pedestrian was hit by a cement truck.
Two people were critically injured this afternoon after a scaffolding fell from a building in the SOMA neighborhood.
Authorities told KTVU that the two workers were installing scaffolding at a 27-story office building located at 350 Mission Street when it collapsed. One worker fell some 40 feet and the second worker fell about 30 feet, fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said.
The name "Girl Scout Cookies" means a lot to a Bay Area marijuana consumer.
The legendary cookies have lent their name to one of the area's most popular marijuana strains; and actual Girl Scout cookies are, well, delicious. They also go very well with medical cannabis, as one real-life scout has discovered.
On Monday, a wise and enterprising Girl Scout set up shop outside of cannabis dispensary The Green Cross's location on Mission Street in the Excelsior.
Within 45 minutes, her stock of Thin Mints and Samoas sold out, and she quickly learned that medical cannabis users are generous people as well as hungry people, with a sweet toothaccording to reports.
Well, finally, you have a good reason to roadtrip your way to the seemingly less glamorous parts of the United States -- places including Nebraska, New Mexico, and West Virginia.
Sex.
Sure, California has a ton of sex appeal (beaches, mountains, stunning views, the Golden Gate Bridge, and Hollywood). But nobody cares how long and attractive your bridge is if the ride across it isn't up to par.
A new app, dubbed Spreadsheets, will help you track your sexcapades, logging tremendously important information, including duration, thrusts, etc. Nerve.com reported that the app creators were able to crunch a few numbers to determine which states are having sex the longest -- and which states are coming (!) in last.
San Franciscans are a progressive lot, but we also hate change. It seems contradictory, but there you go. That's how we roll.
A 15-year-old boy is suffering a head injury after he was hit in the Sunset District, at the same location another pedestrian was killed earlier this month.
On Wednesday, at about 6:17 p.m., the boy was walking in the crosswalk at Sunset Boulevard and Yorba Avenue when he was hit by a car. The boy was taken to San Francisco General Hospital where he's being treated for a head injury and injuries to his lower body.
Technically, the fur belongs to them.
Plus, Spring is arriving, which means you aren't really going to be needing those heavy coats so why not donate them back to their rightful owners?
Buffalo exchange is hosting the Coats for Cubs campaign, collecting all used furs that will then go to help rehabilitate orphaned and injured animals. The campaign will run through Earth Day (April 22) so you have plenty of time to go through that ridiculous closet of yours.
Update 11:15 a.m.: The men accused of attacking Bryan Stow outside Dodger Stadium in 2011 pleaded guilty this morning as part of a plea deal. According to the Chron, Louie Sanchez pleaded guilty to felony mayhem for hitting Stow. He was sentenced to eight years in prison. Marvin Norwood got four years in prison for felony assault. Other charges were dropped in the plea deal. Stow's family attended the court hearing, where his father, David Stow, called the duo "misfits" and "cretins" and said their prison sentences were "insignificant next to what Bryan must endure," the newspaper reports.
Original story: Nearly three years after being savagely beaten outside Dodger Stadium, Giants fan Bryan Stow just might see some level of justice served today.
The media is buzzing with reports that the two Dodgers fans accused of beating Stow, an avid Giants fan, might accept a plea deal this morning, acknowledging their guilt.
Louie Sanchez and Marvin Norwood, both San Bernardino County residents, are headed back to court his morning and sources tell the LA Times that the two defendants are considering to plead either guilty or no contest to the March 31, 2011 beating incident after the Giants and Dodgers opening game in LA.
Both have been charged with mayhem, assault and battery in connection to the beating, which left Stow, a Santa Cruz paramedic and father of two, with permanent brain damage.
Medical authorities this morning identified the motorcyclist who died Sunday evening while riding through Golden Gate Park as 32-year-old Dennis Featherston.
According to police, Featherston, whose residence is unknown. was driving east along JFK Boulevard near Spreckles Lake at about 5:15 p.m. when he struck a curb, then hit a parked car.
