NEWARK, N.J. — George Williams has no doubt that the gray suede tennis shoes dangling from the telephone wire high above his house on 18th Avenue in Newark signify that drugs are sold there. Not long ...

SOUTH WHITTIER — A dozen pairs of shoes dangle from the telephone wires across from a public housing complex in South Whittier. Were they placed there as an advertisement for a local drug dealer? As ...

An e-mail sent out to the third district police listserv has touched off quite a debate pitting neighbor against neighbor, resident against cop! Everyone wants to prove their street cred. The subject: ...

Shoes on a wire: The same day that Chronicle Watch ran a report about shoes dangling from overhead wires near Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco, the footgear was taken down. It's unclear ...

DUBLIN CITY Council is trying to eradicate the sight of runners and football boots dangling from overhead power lines in the city, which a councillor says are being used as "advertisements" by drug ...