stabbings apparently aren’t big news in san francisco. here is the press release about the one that happened across the street from me which i found on the sf chronicle’s web site:

SAN FRANCISCO
Police investigate killing in the Mission

Rick DelVecchio

Monday, November 27, 2006

San Francisco police are investigating the beating and fatal stabbing of a 29-year-old man in the Mission District early Saturday.

Identified by the medical examiner’s office as Carlos Urzua of San Francisco, the victim was beaten and stabbed by four people about 3 a.m. Saturday in the 900 block of Alabama Street, police said. Police do not have a description of the suspects.

Urzua was pronounced dead at San Francisco General Hospital.