The San Francisco Police Department received hundreds of firearms during a weekend gun buyback event hosted in partnership with violence prevention organization United Playaz.
More than 200 guns, including 13 assault weapons, were handed in, SFPD Southern Station said in a social media post.
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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.
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