The network is available to certain residents in neighborhoods including the Mission, Bernal Heights, Haight Ashbury and North Beach, and Meraki hopes to expand coverage to neighborhoods such as the Richmond, Sunset, Excelsior and Marina by the end of the year.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on September 17, 2008.

Were they here to discuss the recent spike in shootings in the Mission District? The murder of a Western Addition teenager three days earlier? The effectiveness of gang injunctions in those neighborhoods? The upcoming march on City Hall of students from June Jordan High School demanding leadership from the mayor on the rise in violence?

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on September 16, 2008.

An alleged leader of a gang in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood faces 10 years to life in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to drug and firearms charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on September 16, 2008.

An alleged leader of a gang in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood faces 10 years to life in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to drug and firearms charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on September 16, 2008.

Paris Moffett, who according to city officials was a leader of the Eddy Rock gang—one of three gangs barred by the city of San Francisco from activity in the Western Addition—pleaded guilty Sept. 10 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco to possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute and to possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on September 16, 2008.

Police are investigating the fatal street shooting of a man late Monday night in the Western Addition neighborhood less than two blocks from City Hall.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 12, 2008.

Police are investigating the fatal street shooting of a man late Monday night in the Western Addition neighborhood less than two blocks from City Hall.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 12, 2008.

Hayes Valley housing still varies widely by block and becomes more unpredictable as the neighborhood merges into Wester Addition. A geographically large and economically and ethnically diverse area, Western Addition encompasses the famous “painted ladies” of Alamo Square, the busy commercial district along Divisadero, the lively African-American neighborhood of lower Fillmore, and the shopping and dining enclave of Japantown.

Published by SFHotlist on July 18, 2008.

"We should maintain the cameras that exist," said Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, who supported the cameras at first in his Western Addition district but has since become a skeptic.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 14, 2008.

"We should maintain the cameras that exist," said Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, who supported the cameras at first in his Western Addition district but has since become a skeptic.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 14, 2008.

"We should maintain the cameras that exist," said Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, who supported the cameras at first in his Western Addition district but has since become a skeptic.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 13, 2008.

"This is breathtaking art and why shouldn't kids from Bayview Hunters Point and the Mission, why shouldn't seniors from the Western Addition and Viz Valley get opportunities to have access to such a wonderful cultural institution?" said Alex Tourk, Fisher spokesperson.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 5, 2008.

That's why teenagers at this conflict resolution program in the city's Western Addition personally approached the mayor at an event a few weeks ago asking for jobs.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 4, 2008.

There are people who think it's cool to go shoot a pig or a turkey or a duck and take it home for supper: since I think it's one of the world's great experiences to catch a bass or a trout and do the same thing, it's hard to be critical. But the United State Supreme Court decision last week wasn't about my nephew's .22 or my friend Rich's hunting rifle. It was about whether cities can do anything remotely at all meaningful to keep 14-year-olds from shooting each other on the streets.

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on July 2, 2008.

ne recent night, Marcia Gagliardi was bicycling through the Panhandle of Golden Gate Park when she encountered what she says was "a complete and utter mess." Not dog feces. Not tossed-away garbage.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 29, 2008.

One recent night, Marcia Gagliardi was bicycling through the Panhandle of Golden Gate Park when she encountered what she says was "a complete and utter mess." Not dog feces. Not tossed-away garbage. A shower of water coming from one of the park's sprinklers.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 29, 2008.

One recent night, Marcia Gagliardi was bicycling through the Panhandle of Golden Gate Park when she encountered what she says was "a complete and utter mess." Not dog feces.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 28, 2008.

One recent night, Marcia Gagliardi was bicycling through the Panhandle of Golden Gate Park when she encountered what she says was "a complete and utter mess." Not dog feces. Not tossed-away garbage. A shower of water coming from one of the park's sprinklers.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 28, 2008.

Car break-ins are down slightly from last year, but they are still epidemic in several places in the city, police said. Those include the Embarcadero from Fisherman's Wharf to Howard Street, the Western Addition and along the beach near the Great Highway.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 24, 2008.

Within hours after Louvier left court, Washington was gunned down in the city's Western Addition.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 20, 2008.

The defendants were members of the Page Street Mob in the Western Addition and were charged under the federal Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations law, which was created to crack down on organized crime.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 31, 2008.

The defendants were members of the Page Street Mob in the Western Addition and were charged under the federal Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations law, which was created to crack down on organized crime.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 31, 2008.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Peterson admitted he was a member of the Page Street Mob, a violent drug gang operating out of San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood, and assisted with Hearns' murder to better his status in the gang.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on May 30, 2008.

A San Francisco man was sentenced Thursday to 22 years in federal prison for aiding and abetting a 2002 gang murder, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Friday. Aquil Peterson, 24, pleaded guilty in January to committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering, admitting that, armed with an AK-47, he helped kidnap and beat Joseph Hearns before Hearns was shot in the head on Aug. 23, 2002.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on May 30, 2008.

A woman escaped injury in San Francisco early Wednesday when a bullet from a shootout outside her Western Addition home struck her television set, police said.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 29, 2008.

A 24-year-old San Francisco man has been sentenced to 77 years to life in prison on a first-degree murder conviction in an attack that authorities say was part of a running feud in the city's Western Addition four years ago.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 29, 2008.

Johnson was killed in broad daylight in the parking lot of a Safeway at Geary and Fillmore streets. The killing came minutes after the victim had attended a funeral for his 17-year-old cousin Raymon "Ray Ray" Bass, a standout athlete who was also killed as part of a gang feud in the Western Addition.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 29, 2008.

It happened at about 3 am on Eddy Street in the city's Western Addition District.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 28, 2008.

The Flowers Heritage Foundation acquired one million latex prophylactics for a vast giveaway program in April - distributing them to local agencies such as the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Haight Ashbury Free Clinics and the Black Coalition on AIDS. But when those programs collected all they needed, the "Condom Room" at Flowers headquarters was still stacked with 500 boxes, each containing 1,000 of the rubber devices.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 14, 2008.

The Flowers Heritage Foundation acquired one million latex prophylactics for a vast giveaway program in April - distributing them to local agencies such as the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Haight Ashbury Free Clinics and the Black Coalition on AIDS. But when those programs collected all they needed, the "Condom Room" at Flowers headquarters was still stacked with 500 boxes, each containing 1,000 of the rubber devices.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 14, 2008.

On Monday, detectives took prints from an NBC11 news van after a thief ripped a laptop computer right off of Cheryl Hurd's lap in the city's Western Addition.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on May 7, 2008.

Veteran NBC-11 reporter Cheryl Hurd found herself the star of her own story on San Francisco's plague of car robberies the other day when she had her computer snatched right out of her lap as she sat in her camera truck working on a story about "smash and grab" robberies in the Western Addition.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 6, 2008.

Hurd was doing a story in San Francisco's Western Addition about smash-and-grab robberies and was sitting inside an NBC11 news van when she became a victim of a smash-and-grab robbery herself. The Western Addition is a hot spot for smash-and-grab robberies, Hurd reported.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on May 6, 2008.

Ajason Black, 32, of Oakland, shot to death on the 1600 block of Geary Blvd., 10:15 p.m., Western Addition/Japantown.

Published by San Francisco Crime blog on May 5, 2008.

According to the newly installed shot-spotters system, which consists of gunfire-detecting microphones set up in the Western Addition and Hunters Point, the vast majority of gunfire in those neighborhoods goes unreported.

Published by San Francisco Crime blog on May 5, 2008.

Man Shot to Death In Western Addition

Published by San Francisco Crime blog on May 4, 2008.

A former executive of the Haight Ashbury Free Clinics was sentenced today to seven years in state prison for defrauding the San Francisco nonprofit out of $773,000, authorities said.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on April 30, 2008.

He was killed near his mother's apartment in the parking lot of a housing complex in the Western Addition.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 29, 2008.

San Francisco police were investigating two homicides Sunday just hours apart, one in which a man fatally stabbed his brother in the Sunset District, the other a fatal shooting in the Western Addition, the department said Monday.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on April 29, 2008.

San Francisco police are investigating two homicides Sunday just hours apart, one in which a man fatally stabbed his brother in the Sunset District, the other a fatal shooting in the Western Addition, police said today.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on April 28, 2008.

San Francisco police are investigating two homicides Sunday just hours apart, one in which a man fatally stabbed his brother in the Sunset District, the other a fatal shooting in the Western Addition, police said today.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on April 28, 2008.

Man Shot to Death in the Western Addition.

Published by San Francisco Crime blog on April 27, 2008.

As reported by the SF Examiner SFPD has made “a major strategy adjustment … concentrating police resources in five geographic areas that have seen the most violent crime in recent years.” The five high crime-prone zones are: The Tenderloin, The Western Addition, The Mission, Bayview-Hunter’s Point and Visitation Valley.

Published by Mission Dispatch on April 22, 2008.

Her husband, Jason, stopped in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury area on his way home to Sacramento to break the news of her death to friends. But at about 2 p.m. on Sunday, someone broke into the family car.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on April 16, 2008.

Residents of the Western Addition, Cole Valley and the Haight wait the least amount of time for 911 ambulance service. Residents of neighborhoods in the Ingleside and Excelsior districts such as Miraloma Park and Visitacion Valley suffer the longest delays.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on April 13, 2008.

A teenager killed in a drive-by shooting on a Western Addition street Thursday night was identified Friday as Marquise Washington, 17, of San Francisco, a deputy coroner said.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on March 22, 2008.

A young man killed in a drive-by shooting on a Western Addition street Thursday night was identified today as Marquise Washington, 17, of San Francisco, a deputy coroner said.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on March 21, 2008.

San Francisco police are investigating a fatal shooting tonight in the Western Addition that left one man dead and passersby running from the scene.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on March 21, 2008.

A young man killed in a drive-by shooting on a Western Addition street Thursday night was identified today as Marquise Washington, 17, of San Francisco, a deputy coroner said.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on March 21, 2008.

The Housing Authority Commission on Tuesday named Sunnydale in Visitacion Valley, the Potrero Terrace-Potrero Annex complex on Potrero Hill and Westside Courts in the Western Addition as the next developments to be rebuilt using a mix of public and private funds.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on March 12, 2008.