SF Widow Pleads for Death Penalty: A week ago, Danielle Bologna of San Francisco was living with her husband and four children. Then suddenly half her family was gone, reports Jaxon Van Derbeken in the SF Chron. They were killed in a particularly brutal and senseless crime by a member of one of the most notoriously violent gangs in America, MS-13. And what did Tony Bologna do to get himself and his two sons killed? It was nothing but a brief problem of two cars trying to get through one of San Francisco's narrow streets, something that happens all the time. Tony backed up to let the other car through, but the thug opened fire anyway. Danielle Bologna's plea to seek the death penalty in this case will probably go unheeded. District Attorney Kamala Harris has not sought the death penalty once since taking office. And the murder rate in San Francisco relative to the rest of the state has risen steadily.

High Gas Prices Inspire Creative Thievery: As gas prices are on the rise, dishonest people will find a way to profit from it. In a new trend of bizarre thefts, criminals are stealing thousands of dollars worth of fuel from stores, farms, and individuals alike. According to the Skip and Campo-Flores article for Newsweek, we don't just have to lock our front doors any more; now, we have to lock our gas tanks.