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Jonah Owen Lamb

Senior Investigations Reporter

Michael Barba

Police target drug users in Tenderloin crackdown: ‘We have to disrupt this activity’

News

Chief Bill Scott has directed officers to cite and arrest drug users, which explains an unusual surge in standalone paraphernalia cases filed—and later reversed—by the District Attorney’s Office.

Liz Lindqwister

Calls grow for state, federal review of Banko Brown case after DA declines to charge shooter

Local politicians request intervention from the state Attorney General and the U.S. Department of Justice. 

Politics Reporter

Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez

SF public defender stops taking cases, citing Lurie’s anti-fentanyl surge

Politics

The move comes as the mayor seeks to cut 15% from all city departments.

The Standard Staff

Manslaughter, abuse charges expected in SF’s suspected drug lab explosion

Darron Price is set to be arraigned on multiple felony counts Wednesday in the blast that authorities blame on an illegal hash oil operation.

Senior News Editor

Joe Burn

He made street vendors pay ‘tax,’ then shot someone dead, DA says

Luis Rebolledo faces murder charges with a gang enhancement for allegedly killing a man during an attempted extortion of street vendors.

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Police target drug users in Tenderloin crackdown: ‘We have to disrupt this activity’

Calls grow for state, federal review of Banko Brown case after DA declines to charge shooter

SF public defender stops taking cases, citing Lurie’s anti-fentanyl surge

Manslaughter, abuse charges expected in SF’s suspected drug lab explosion

He made street vendors pay ‘tax,’ then shot someone dead, DA says