National

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco dentist Jerome Weitz, 63, was arrested by the Narcotic Borough Manhattan North, in Yonkers, New York.  Weitz has been accused of running a cross-country drug smuggling operation. At the time of arrest on Wednesday, October 28, Weitz was allegedly in possession of more than $10,000 cash, and en route to receive payment for a substantial shipment of...

PHOENIX, AZ—Eugene Maraventano was sentenced on Monday, December 12 to 25 years in prison for the murders of his wife and son in 2013. Maraventano, 67, said he feared giving his wife HIV after his having sex with prostitutes. Maraventano explained his son was jobless and feared what he would do with his life, which was his motive for...

PORTLAND, OR—The Portland Police Department declared an incident of arson and disturbance at a police union building on Monday, August 24, a riot. Officers arrested 25 protesters, the largest number of persons arrested in a single day since July 16 according to Portland Police data of arrests and criminal activity since the beginning of protests in late May.  The nearly...

Washington D.C.—On Sunday August 7, a spokesperson for D.C. police said that a shooting occurred at a cookout at the 3300 block of Dubois Place in Ward 7 in Southeastern D.C around 12:30 a.m. Despite current COVID-19 social distancing restrictions in D.C. prohibiting more than 50 people from gathering at one time, there were hundreds of people at this cookout....

WASHINGTON D.C.— On Thursday, August 13, Washington D.C. police surrounded a crowd of protesters in the Adams Morgan Neighborhood, arresting 41 people. Those arrested were in their 20s and 30s. Thirty-eight of the fourty-one arrested faced charges of felony rioting, while three were accused of assaulting a police officer. Many of those arrested were released Friday without facing charges. This...

UNITED STATES—U.S. Representative, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York's 14th District and Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey released a resolution for the New Green Deal on Thursday, February 7. Ocasio-Cortez’s first attempt of the passage of the resolution was rejected in November 2018. With new wording, 60 co-sponsors, and support from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, the resolution of the New...

DETROIT, MI—On Sunday, August 23, Timesha Beauchamp, 20, who was declared dead was later found still breathing inside the James H. Cole Funeral Home. San Francisco News received an email from the Allen Lewis Agency, who is affiliated with the funeral home that stated: "While it is our practice not to comment on open investigations, we can confirm that on Sunday,...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Wednesday, June 17, the first homeless shelter dedicated to LGBT adults opened at 1050 S. Van Ness St. in the Mission District.  The shelter is named Jazzie's Place, after the late San Francisco-based transgender activist Jazzie Collins. The shelter has been in the works since March 2010, when several homeless LGBT people attended a Board of Supervisors meeting...

CALIFORNIA—A professor at Orange Coast College (OCC) in Costa Mesa, was videotaped sharing her “anti-Trump” opinion after the election. The student who videotaped her lecture posted it to his Facebook page indicating he believed, “at this point it’s not teaching it’s indoctrination.” The student is now facing investigation and could face legal action or expulsion. Olga Perez Stable Cox is...

UNITED STATES—A canine was honored by President Donald Trump in his role in helping soldier's corner ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to the back of a cave over the weekend. The dog whose name has not been released to the public is a Belgian Malinois that belongs to the U.S. Army counter-terrorism unit First Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta. The canine...