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SFPD beat city resident into near-coma in 2025 and DA ‘tried to cover it up,’ public defenders allege
San Francisco public defenders say police officers beat Kevon Gibson during an Aug. 17, 2025 arrest, leaving him in a medically induced coma, and that body camera footage complicates the department's account of the case. The Public Defender's Office alleges the district attorney tried to cover up the conduct.
Woman accused in fatal Warfield Theatre shooting is linked to retail theft ring, police say
San Francisco police say Shakia Vanderbilt, 32, has been charged with murder in the shooting death of Ulysses Davis, 47, a security guard at the Warfield Theatre on Market Street. Investigators say Vanderbilt is linked to a retail theft ring accused of taking more than $1 million in merchandise across California in the 2010s, and that she was arrested Tuesday.
SFPD announces major reforms to rape investigations following SF Standard report
The Police Department announced changes to how it investigates rape and sexual assault at a packed City Hall hearing Thursday, three months after The Standard reported on systemic failures in those cases. Supervisors and survivors pressed police officials on the department's handling of the investigations.
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SF Voters: Did Your Midterm Ballot Arrive Torn? Here’s What to Do
Some San Francisco voters are reporting that their midterm ballots arrived in torn or damaged envelopes. Elections Director John Arntz said in an advisory that tears in the outer envelope do not affect voting as long as all four ballot cards and the return envelope are intact, and attributed the damage to Postal Service processing equipment. USPS has switched to handling the remaining ballots by hand.
Manny Yekutiel se retira de la contienda para supervisor de S.F. tras acusación de agresión sexual
Manny Yekutiel has dropped out of the District 8 supervisor race after two more people accused him of sexual assault. Most of the people who had endorsed him withdrew their support after the new accusations.
Former SF DA Employee Testifies to Being Called Racial Slur, Harassed by HR Director
Twanda Bailey, who worked 14 years in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, testified Wednesday that a co-worker called her a racial slur in 2015 and that the office's human resources director harassed her afterward. Bailey said the HR director told her no complaint existed and warned that discussing the slur could create a hostile work environment for her. Her lawsuit is being tried in a San Francisco courtroom by an Alameda County judge after all San Francisco judges recused themselves.