Michael Barba

San Francisco government ethics investigators have accused former human rights chief Sheryl Davis of breaking city and state laws that bar conflicts of interest and the acceptance of improper gifts.

A federal judge sentenced Leniyah Butler, who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for shooting a Congolese immigrant in the Crissy Field parking lot in 2023.

San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto’s brother-in-law faced criminal charges three years ago after he was allegedly caught growing marijuana inside a county jail, where he worked as a plumber.

The city accused Collective Impact of misappropriating public dollars and bribing a former city official, and had sought to bar it from doing business with the city.

Joey Alexander spent much of his adult life in and out of prison. At 60, he “was just enjoying freedom,” his friend said. He was shot while working in San Francisco.

A former nonprofit executive accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from a San Francisco police-funded charity is suing the shuttered organization, alleging she is owed thousands in unpaid wages.

The café owner is set to enter the race to represent the Castro in San Francisco City Hall, a move that will probably jump-start a heated contest for the District 8 supervisor seat.

The funding will mean a lot for the largely volunteer-run groups operating outside the spotlight in neighborhoods all across San Francisco, caring for parks, trails and other public spaces.

Sheryl Davis, the former head of the city’s Human Rights Commission, set an “unethical tone at the top,” auditors said, siphoning badly needed funding away from needy communities.

San Francisco fielded 34 applications for its police chief job as of the deadline to apply this week. The city’s interim top cop isn’t among them, he told the Chronicle.