Martel Peters, 21, was shot numerous times near the corner of 26th and Harrison streets shortly after 9:30 p.m., authorities said. He was pronounced dead at San Francisco General Hospital.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 2, 2008.

No one was injured in the fire, which broke out just after 5 p.m. Thursday at 1111 Pine St. and took six dozen firefighters about half an hour to control, fire Lt. Ken Smith said.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 2, 2008.

Martel Peters, 21, was shot numerous times near the corner of 26th and Harrison streets shortly after 9:30 p.m., authorities said. He was pronounced dead at San Francisco General Hospital.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 2, 2008.

No one was injured in the fire, which broke out just after 5 p.m. Thursday at 1111 Pine St. and took six dozen firefighters about half an hour to control, fire Lt. Ken Smith said.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 2, 2008.

If San Francisco planners have their way, a whole new neighborhood will grow up - literally - south of the traditional Financial District.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 2, 2008.

Under this scenario, the summit would be 150 feet taller than the Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco's chart-topper since 1972. The flanking towers would be roughly as tall as the skyline's current runner-up, the 779-foot Bank of America building.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 2, 2008.

Prosecutors say the Macys ordered workers at 744-746 Clementina St. to cut the joists under the living room of one tenant who fought eviction and also cut holes in his floor. Nicole Macy broke into the apartment of two other tenants who refused to move and poured ammonia on their belongings, authorities said. Several times after buying the building in 2005, the couple allegedly cut off power, gas and water to their tenants.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 2, 2008.

Prosecutors allege that during a period from 2006 to 2007, the couple engaged in a pattern of harassing and threatening behavior toward some tenants of their Clementina Street building in the South of Market District, including allegedly ordering workers to cut pieces of support beams below one apartment to get building inspectors to declare the building uninhabitable.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on May 2, 2008.

In San Francisco May Day demonstrators also took on immigration reform, as well as rallying against the war in Iraq. At the Civic Center an anti-war demonstration got underway around 6 p.m. on Thursday.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 2, 2008.

That same group added immigration rights to their agenda joining another big rally and march for immigration reform at Dolores Park.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 2, 2008.

In San Francisco, protesters carrying banners calling for the end of immigration raids and legalization for undocumented immigrants streamed into Dolores Park Thursday.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on May 2, 2008.

Some of the 50 swimmers have physical disabilities and some use wheelchairs to get around. All of them swam from Alcatraz to the shores of Aquatic Park, a distance of about a mile and a half.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on May 2, 2008.

A man was shot in the leg late Thursday night in San Francisco's Excelsior District, according to the Police Department.

Published by San Francisco Crime blog on May 2, 2008.

The shooting occurred just after 11 p.m. at 84 Brookdale Ave.

Published by San Francisco Crime blog on May 2, 2008.

They have gone to the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco, asking for help. Deputy Consul General Weilian Shen would not say much about Shao's case.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on May 2, 2008.