2020 was S.F. s deadliest year for overdoses, by far
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People work to revive an overdose victim before paramedics arrive in S.F.’s Tenderloin in July.Nick Otto / Special to The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
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Paramedics work to revive an overdose victim in San Francisco in July. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner reported 699 overdose deaths in 2020, 40% in the Tenderloin or South of Market.Nick Otto / Special to The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
San Francisco lost a total of 699 people to overdoses last year, a 59% rise from 2019, according to new data released Thursday by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
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S.F. sees record overdose deaths, even as police seize millions of lethal fentanyl doses. What is happening?
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Kelly Stanphill of Roseville (Placer County) is worried about her son, who is addicted to fentanyl.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Stanphill displays a photo of her son when he was a child.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Stanphill displays a photo of her and her son.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Kelly Stanphill just wants something to change for her son, who is somewhere in San Francisco, drug-addled, gaunt and helplessly addicted to fentanyl.
Woman Found Dead Inside North Beach Apartment in Possible Homicide
San Francisco police came across the scene of an apparent homicide inside a North Beach apartment building Friday afternoon, leading to the arrest of a yet-named male suspect.
According to KPIX, multiple SF police units descended outside a building in the 1800 block of Powell Streets around noon yesterday to contend with a suspected homicide that left one woman dead. Officers received a report of an alleged domestic violence incident around 11:30 a.m., which prompted police to enter the apartment; on-site officers then discovered the apparent homicide after entering.
The unnamed woman who was found not breathing and unconscious was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have also added that a man has since been arrested in relationship with the suspected homicide.