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SF Pride Resolves Lawsuits Over Shootings

SF Pride Resolves Lawsuits Over Shootings

  • by Seth Hemmelgarn
  • Dec 11, 2016

One man who was shot and another who was injured during shootings at recent San Francisco LGBT Pride celebrations have resolved their lawsuits with the event's organizers.

Diaz, Accused in Assault, Back in Jail

Diaz, Accused in Assault, Back in Jail

  • by Seth Hemmelgarn
  • Dec 10, 2016

David Munoz Diaz, who was acquitted in 2014 of murdering another man during a sexual encounter, and then was released from jail in September in an unrelated arson case, is back in custody after he allegedly assaulted another man.

Safety Seminar Urges People to Be Alert, Report Crimes

Safety Seminar Urges People to Be Alert, Report Crimes

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Dec 4, 2016

Nationally, reported hate crimes against Jews, Muslims, LGBT people, and people of color spiked in the aftermath of the presidential election, and local community leaders held a safety seminar this week to address concerns.

Trans Woman Accused in Oakland Triple Slaying

Trans Woman Accused in Oakland Triple Slaying

  • by Seth Hemmelgarn
  • Nov 19, 2016

A San Jose transgender woman is accused in the brutal killings of an Oakland woman and her wife and son after the trio were found in their home early Friday morning.

Gay Serial Killer Breaks His Silence

Gay Serial Killer Breaks His Silence

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Nov 6, 2016

A gay man given the nicknames "the Scorecard Killer" and "the Freeway Killer," Kraft has been described as one of the "deadliest and most depraved serial killers" in the state's history.

Convict in California Trans Murder Granted Parole

Convict in California Trans Murder Granted Parole

  • by Seth Hemmelgarn
  • Nov 5, 2016

Parole has been granted for one of the men who murdered transgender teenager Gwen Araujo in 2002, while parole for another one of Araujo's killers has been denied.

Alleged Castro Arsonist Freed After Plea Deal

Alleged Castro Arsonist Freed After Plea Deal

  • by Seth Hemmelgarn
  • Oct 1, 2016

A San Francisco man convicted of accidentally choking to death a sex partner in 2011 and then arrested again last year for allegedly starting fires in the Castro district was released after reaching a plea deal.

Conviction in San Francisco Lesbian Murder Trial

Conviction in San Francisco Lesbian Murder Trial

  • by Seth Hemmelgarn
  • Aug 27, 2016

A San Francisco Superior Court jury convicted Michael Sione Green of first-degree murder in the 2013 shooting death of Melquiesha "Mel" Warren.

More Victims of San Mateo Rapist Come Forward

More Victims of San Mateo Rapist Come Forward

  • by Seth Hemmelgarn
  • Aug 20, 2016

Several more men have come forward saying they're victims of a San Mateo County man who's already charged with raping other men, according to police.

Jury Still Out in San Francisco Lesbian Murder Trial

Jury Still Out in San Francisco Lesbian Murder Trial

  • by Seth Hemmelgarn
  • Aug 20, 2016

Jurors continued deliberating this week in San Francisco Superior Court in the trial of a man accused of fatally shooting a lesbian in the city almost three years ago.

Lesbian Visitor Murdered in Austin

Lesbian Visitor Murdered in Austin

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Aug 7, 2016

This was the happiest time in Teqnika Moultrie's life, but it was tragically cut short early Sunday morning in Austin, Texas.

More Testimony in SF Lesbian Murder Trial

More Testimony in SF Lesbian Murder Trial

  • by Seth Hemmelgarn
  • Jul 30, 2016

The woman who survived the 2013 shooting that killed a friend near a gay San Francisco nightclub this week contradicted other friends' descriptions of the shooter.

Testimony Heard in San Francisco Lesbian Murder Trial

Testimony Heard in San Francisco Lesbian Murder Trial

  • by Seth Hemmelgarn
  • Jul 24, 2016

Friends of a lesbian who was shot to death in a parking lot near a gay San Francisco nightclub in 2013 described in court how she had put up her hands and pleaded with the suspect before he shot her and a friend.

SF Woman Denies Threat, Hate Crime Claims

SF Woman Denies Threat, Hate Crime Claims

  • by Seth Hemmelgarn
  • May 8, 2016

A San Francisco woman has been accused of threatening to kill two drag performers outside a gay South of Market nightclub while wielding a knife and yelling anti-gay and anti-trans slurs.