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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 8, 2018

San Francisco to Open Nation's First Sanctioned Heroin Injection Sites

There are an estimated 22,000 intravenous drug users in San Francisco, many of whom openly inject in public areas across the city. Last year, over 100 people died in San Francisco of drug overdose, according to a report published by the city’s Safe Injection Services Task Force.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 6, 2018

California to Oversee San Francisco's Police Reforms

California's attorney general announced Monday that his office will oversee reforms at the San Francisco Police Department that were recommended by federal officials after the U.S. Department of Justice's decision to scale back a program that helped departments improve community relations.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 31, 2018

San Francisco to Wipe Out Thousands of Marijuana Convictions

San Francisco will retroactively apply California's new marijuana legalization laws to prior convictions, expunging or reducing misdemeanor and felony convictions dating back to 1975, the district attorney's office announced Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 12, 2018

Officer Who Inspired Films 'Dirty Harry,' 'Bullitt,' and 'Zodiac' Has Died

San Francisco Police Detective Dave Toschi was a brash, larger-than-life personality, and he received his most famous assignment in 1969 when, alongside partner Bill Armstrong, he was tasked with handling the Zodiac serial-killer case. That, in turn, led to national prominence and attracted the attention of Hollywood.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 22, 2017

Man Charged with Plotting Attack on San Francisco's Pier 39

Jameson named Pier 39 as a possible target for a terrorist attack because he “knew that it was a heavily crowded area,” according to the complaint.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 8, 2017

Video: CA Officer Fatally Shoots Carjacking Suspect

San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott released body camera video and street surveillance footage Thursday night that shows Keita O’Neil, 42, jumping out of a stolen minivan and running by a patrol car as the officer fires through the glass window and O’Neil falls to the ground.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 17, 2017

Video: San Francisco Officer Donates Kidney to Stranger, Saving 9 People

Cuthbertson, a mother of a 13-year-old girl, donated a kidney this week to a stranger, and in the process set off a chain reaction that made it possible for eight other people to receive lifesaving kidney transplants.

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Videosby Staff WriterNovember 17, 2017

San Francisco Officer Donates Kidney to Stranger, Saving 9 People

Cuthbertson, a mother of a 13-year-old girl, donated a kidney this week to a stranger, and in the process set off a chain reaction that made it possible for eight other people to receive lifesaving kidney transplants. More Here.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 6, 2017

San Francisco Police to be Equipped with Tasers in 2018

The San Francisco Police Department can begin equipping its officers with Tasers in December 2018, the Police Commission said in voting on an issue that has been debated and rejected in the city for 13 years.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 1, 2017

Shooting Leaves San Francisco Officer in Critical Condition

A San Francisco police officer was in critical condition after being shot while exchanging gunfire with a man in the city’s Castro neighborhood during Halloween celebrations early Wednesday, authorities said. The suspect was also wounded and hospitalized.

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