As I read Trey Bundy’s article about the closing of our San Francisco Community Treatment Facility, published by the Bay Citizen on April 19, I was painfully aware of how much was missing from it. How much it didn’t capture about the amazing community of people – youth and adults alike – that have made up the CTF family for over 15 years.  While it captured some of facts about ......

A student at Oakland High School appeared in juvenile court Wednesday to answer to four felony charges stemming from the accidental discharge of a gun he allegedly brought to school on Friday, a district attorney's spokeswoman said. The student's name has not been released because he is not yet 18 years old. The charges include gun possession and the discharge of a firearm, Alameda County District Attorney's Office spokeswoman Teresa ......

Some of San Francisco's homeless young adults will now have a place to call home. The Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation and Larkin Street Youth Services announced on Monday the completed renovation of the Aarti Hotel, which will house homeless at-risk young adults between 18 and 24 years of age. "It allows us to more than double the number of youth we serve," Larkin Street executive director Sherilyn Adams said. "There ......

A 13-year-old girl was among three overnight shooting victims in Oakland, police said. Police found her at another location in Oakland, but determined that she had been shot in the 2200 block of East 12th Street at around 1 a.m. Monday. Her injuries were not life-threatening and she was transported to a local hospital for treatment. Last night, two victims suffered injuries that were not life-threatening in a double shooting ......

Oakland police have arrested a 14-year-old boy suspected of sexually assaulting and robbing two women earlier this month. In the first attack on Jan. 6, a 28-year-old woman was walking in the 1200 block of Market Street around 10 p.m. when a male armed with a gun approached her and demanded her wallet. The robber then forced the woman to an isolated area, where he sexually assaulted her, police said. ......