Convened by Sup. Scott Wiener, the meeting will include the District Attorney's Office, SFPD, and other public safety groups.

Other holiday crimes include an 81-year-old French tourist robbed and knocked to the ground, and gun-wielding thieves on bicycles.

A look at Castro Cares, a community-based organization which offers tangible help to the homeless.

A crowbar assault, a port-a-potty set aflame, a literal pain in the buttocks, and more.

A hit-and-run on Dolores, a sock thief, and the arrest of the Walgreens window smasher also figured into the latest crime roundup.

"Through the course of an investigation, SFPD investigators identified the driver as Christopher Kohrs, age 38, of San Francisco."

Crystal meth, heroin, ketamine, and cocaine have been confiscated over the course of multiple drug raids.

Your recent Castro crime news, as well as safety resources for a wet winter ahead.

Also in this week's police blotter: a trash-can fire, a power outage, and a robbery at gunpoint.

Firefighters are battling a blaze that broke out at an apartment building at 15 Dolores St. late this afternoon.

Catch up on recent crime and safety news, including assaults, robberies, a Muni attack, and someone "swinging" a knife in Dolores Park.

The J-Church was struck with a blunt object at 18th and Church last night, according to a rider on the train.

Our latest update also features a phone-store robbery, a car theft/break-in, and a robbery at gunpoint.