I was robbed at gunpoint on my birthday a few years ago in front of the SF Chronicle for my cellphone!<p>The thief was finally caught, he wore a leather holster and was called the cowboy bandit by the police and robbed 40 other people. At trial, one particular gentleman had been beaten and facially disfigured after handing over his phone because the thief noticed he was gay.<p>My old boss had his car smashed and valuables removed.<p>And a popular travel blogger who reviews national parks in her RV which she lives in and is herself rather poor, stopped in SF overnight and had all of her possessions stolen from her trailer.