Cook County Judge James Linn sentenced gay actor Jussie Smollett to 30 months of probation and 150 days in jail for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that he staged.

A five-member U.S. Parole Commission voted 4-1 on March 7 to deny parole to a former U.S. Navy sailor sentenced to life in prison for the 1992 anti-gay murder of fellow U.S. Navy sailor Allen Schindler while the two were stationed in Japan.

A string of violent robberies extending from Noe Valley into the Mission Wednesday, February 23, has led to the arrests of three suspects.

A former U.S. Navy sailor sentenced to life in prison for the 1992 anti-gay murder of fellow U.S. Navy sailor Allen Schindler while the two were stationed in Japan received a recommendation for parole at a February 17 hearing.

A shooting in the parking lot of Market Street Safeway in the Castro left two people injured late Tuesday afternoon.

Crime reporting through the history of the Bay Area Reporter will be the focus of the tenth online panel discussion, part of the newspaper's 50th anniversary commemorations.

San Francisco police also announced they have identified a sixth victim of one of the city's most infamous serial killers.

Anti-Asian American Pacific Islander hate crimes were up 567% in 2021 — a dramatic spike. LGBTQs were the next most-targeted group, with a 50% rise over 2020 numbers.

Criminal charges have been dismissed against a gay San Francisco man who was allegedly beaten by police during an altercation in the Castro last year.

The San Francisco Police Department is investigating a possible assault in the Castro neighborhood January 3 that led to life-threatening injuries for a 33-year-old man.

The jury in the case of actor Jussie Smollett reached a guilty verdict December 9 in his trial on five felony charges that he faked a hate crime and was responsible for orchestrating it in January 2019.

Nikai David, a 33-year-old Black transgender woman from Hayward, became the 159th reported homicide this year in Oakland over the weekend, and the 50th trans person reported killed in the U.S. this year according to HRC.

A 39-year-old man is in stable condition after being shot early December 6 near Mission Dolores Park, according to gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman.

U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors allege Daniel Andrew McGee tried to kill a gay man he met through Grindr over the summer. He was taken into FBI custody November 15 and charged with a federal hate crime.