San Francisco Chronicle, January 29, 2011 by Heather Knight
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Though city officials are taking note of the number of homicides, it’s far too early in the year to worry, according to Franklin Zimring…. “It’s the height of hysteria to start making long-range predictions or having long-range anxieties when last year’s (five)… homicides are this year’s eight homicides,” he said.