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A Reality Check for the DA’s New Traffic Safety Campaign
For a district attorney who wants to save lives on the streets, using data to target the most dangerous traffic behaviors should be a no-brainer.
December 10, 2012
SFPD Won’t Hold Driver Responsible for Running Over, Killing Sleeping Man
On October 23, 55-year-old Elvis Presley was sleeping on a sidewalk on Third Street near Bryant when he was run over and killed by a 28-year-old woman pulling her car out of a garage. Contrary to media reports, police confirmed that the woman was driving forward, not backing out, onto the sidewalk.
November 7, 2012
World’s Most Entitled Driver Sentenced to Wear “Idiot” Sign
But after some unorthodox punishment, handed down by a local judge, we're guessing 32-year-old Shena Hardin won't try that trick again. Hardin has been ordered to stand at an intersection two mornings next week wearing a sign that says, "Only an idiot drives on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus."
November 7, 2012
Divided By a Highway, East Palo Alto Looks to Reconnect Its West Side
This is the first in a series of stories on East Palo Alto’s proposed bicycle and pedestrian overcrossing.
October 25, 2012
Charges on Hold for DUI Driver Who Killed Man on Bayshore at the Hairball
The SF District Attorney's office has put charges on hold against the driver who killed pedestrian Francisco Huarcha-Salanic, 31, on Bayshore Boulevard on the dangerous junction with Highway 101 known as the "Hairball."
October 5, 2012
See Driver Hit Bike Cop. See Driver Run. See Driver Get Arrested.
Reader Sean Rea witnessed a pretty brazen act of dangerous and petty driving behavior last Thursday on downtown Mission Street: Another hit-and-run on a vulnerable street user. But it wasn't just any ordinary victim this driver knicked and fled from. It was an officer of the SF Police Department:
September 24, 2012
DA Investigating Charges Against Taxi Driver Who Killed Man in Tenderloin
Criminal charges may be brought against the taxi driver who killed pedestrian Edmund Cappalla on August 11 at Eddy and Larkin Streets, according to Denis O'Leary, head of the SFPD Traffic Company. SFPD investigators reportedly submitted the case to the District Attorney's office last Wednesday.
August 20, 2012
Taxi Driver Who Killed Man in Tenderloin Yet to Be Cited or Charged
Police are still looking into whether charges could be filed against the taxi driver who allegedly ran a red light at Eddy and Larkin Streets Saturday, causing a car crash that killed pedestrian Edmund Capalla, the SF Examiner reports. The driver has reportedly yet to be arrested or cited.
August 14, 2012
Few Sober Drivers Who Did Not Flee Face Charges For Ped Deaths in 2011
Updated 8 p.m.
August 3, 2012
Josh Calder, Drunk Driver Who Killed Nils Linke, Sentenced to Year in Jail
Josh Calder, who killed 22-year-old bicyclist Nils Yannick Linke in a drunk driving hit-and-run on Masonic Avenue nearly two years ago, was sentenced yesterday to one year in county jail followed by five years of probation. If he violates that probation, he will serve another eight years in state prison.
July 24, 2012