Oct 23, 2024 · In a highly unusual move, the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office is seeking a new trial in the case of Jhacorey Wyatt, who was convicted of a 2021 Tenderloin shooting and could face years in prison.. In a motion heard Wednesday morning, Public Defender Mano Raju and Deputy Public Defender Bao Doan argued that four of the jurors in the case voted for the guilty verdict only under time ...

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Nov 24, 2024 · A Superior Court judge has refused to grant a new trial to a man convicted of manslaughter in a 2021 Tenderloin shooting, despite affidavits from four jurors who now say they should not have voted for that verdict.. In a Nov. 13 ruling, Judge Michael McNaughton concluded that the evidence was not strong enough to suggest juror misconduct.

Jan 1, 2025 · This was made possible, or at least made easier, when Lee directed his staff not to take any action against these illegal taxis and when Breed did nothing to stop the arrival of robocabs.. Now Lurie will have to manage an existential crisis at Muni, a huge budget deficit that Muni officials and some state legislators are saying can only be solved with a …

Jan 27, 2025 · Here are some key resources for people concerned about ICE: For starters, the city has a Rapid Response Network hotline. Write the number down, put it in your phone, memorize it: 415-200-1548.

Feb 4, 2025 · Bob Marley would have turned 80 this week, and on Sat/8 at 8pm at Broadway Studios, SF, there’s going to be a big celebration, featuring Jamaican reggae star President Brown and SF favorite DJ Sep.We’ve got two pairs of tickets to give away! TO ENTER: Email [email protected] with “Bob Marley Forever” in the subject line and your favorite Marley jam in the body, along with your full ...

Jan 4, 2025 · Pete Doolittle, the Lower Haight artist who for decades filled San Francisco homes, sidewalks, galleries, and bodies with brightly colored street art renderings of robots, bees, skulls, and animal costumes—mostly painted on discarded windows, a hyper-local specialty medium—has passed away.His partner Claudia Nicolas Pierce announced his death in a public Facebook post, saying he “passed ...

Nov 14, 2024 · Although the presidential election is over, another important vote may take place soon in Washington, DC. Sen. Bernie Sanders has introduced a resolution to block the shipment of $25 billion worth of armaments to Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in Israel.

Dec 31, 2024 · It’s sadly ironic. No, wait—what’s the word? Kismet. Yes. In the same year, the Oakland A’s ceased to exist and slumped along to the Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, Rickey Henderson—arguably the Greatest Oakland A of all-time; a graduate of Oakland Tech in Oakland, California, where he played baseball, basketball, and football; an All-American running back with two 1,000-yard ...

Jan 8, 2025 · 1. Joker: Folie À Deux (Todd Phillips, USA, 138 minutes) Quite simply, Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie À Deux (2024) is among the greatest films of the era.Similar to such recent overlooked cinematic treasures like Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City (2023), Damien Chazelle’s Babylon (2022), and Jordan Peele’s Nope (2022), audiences and critics seem adamant in refusing to put out the energy to ...