Senior Reporter

Jonah Owen Lamb

The lack of payouts suggests the bounties are little more than PR for the San Francisco Police Department.

Police asked people to stay clear of Harrison and Beale streets as they tried to talk down a man who walked onto the edge of an overpass.

Police said in a statement that officers responded to a report Monday night of a person with a knife threatening others.

First responders and officers attempted to help the victim, who was later transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. 

Tuesday night’s blaze in the city’s Lower Nob Hill neighborhood is still under investigation, with no set cause or initial damage estimate.