Category: CA – Bay Area

Hawaii police seek new leads in brutal murder of Bay Area woman
By Katie Dowd | SFGate
The brutal murder of a Bay Area woman, unsolved for over 40 years, is being actively investigated again in Hawaii.
Valerie ...

SFPD officer arrested on suspicion of robbing San Mateo drugstore
By Jason Green, Mercury News
SAN MATEO – A veteran San Francisco Police Department officer has been arrested on suspicion of robbing a San Mateo phar ...

Pinole woman killed in Oakland shooting
By Lauren Hernandez | The San Francisco Chronicle
A Pinole woman was fatally shot in Oakland late Thursday night, authorities said Friday.
Police ...

Man arrested in killing of girlfriend in Milpitas, police say
By Jessica Flores | San Francisco Chronicle
A Union City man was arrested and booked into Santa Clara County jail for homicide after his 24-year-old ...

California deputy arrested, accused of staging ‘shocking ambush’
By Minyvonne Burke, NBC News
A California sheriff's deputy was arrested and charged after the district attorney's office said he staged a "shocking a ...

Berkeley officer shoots, wounds robbery suspect
By Vanessa Arredondo, The San Francisco Chronicle
A chain-wielding robbery suspect was shot and wounded by a Berkeley police officer after other offi ...

Man charged with murder in connection to 1988 kidnapping of Michaela Garecht three decades after she vanished from California supermarket
By Andrea Cavallier, NBC News
A convicted murderer has been arrested and charged with murder in the 1988 cold case of 9-year-old Michaela Garecht, wh ...

2 dead in stabbing at church in San Jose, California
By The Associated Press
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Two people died and multiple others were injured in a stabbing Sunday night at a church in California ...

DOJ charges Texas billionaire in $2 billion tax fraud scheme
By Jamie Har, The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors charged Texas billionaire Robert Brockman on Thursday with a $2 billion t ...

Fires set, windows broken as Oakland protest turns violent
By The Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Protests over the shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin turned violent late Wednesday night.
The Oakla ...

Man arrested after failed kidnapping attempt at Mountain View home
By Michael Cabanatuan, The San Francisco Chronicle
A 33-year-old transient was arrested for allegedly trying to kidnap a woman from her Mountain View ...

Oakland pimp gets 8 years in prison for sex trafficking 14-year-old girl
By Evan Sernoffsky, The San Francisco Chronicle
A 37-year-old Oakland pimp was sentenced to eight years in state prison and must register as a sex of ...

Wealthy developer arrested in death of son, 11, who fell off boat in San Francisco Bay
By Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News
A wealthy property developer who is a member of a powerful Mexican family was arrested on manslaughter charges after h ...

Report: National Enquirer paid $200K for private Bezos texts
PHOTO: CCN
By The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Wall Street Journal reports that the National Enquirer’s publisher paid $200,000 to ob ...

Teen killed, another hurt in gunbattle near Fairfield school — pair arrested
By Lauren Hernandez | San Francisco Chronicle
A Fairfield teen is dead and a Vallejo teenager remained in critical condition Saturday after a gunbatt ...

Headless Body Found in Fish Tank Amid Search for Missing San Francisco Man
Authorities looking for a missing 65-year-old man found human remains inside a fish tank when they searched his San Francisco home, police announced T ...

Former Stanford Swimmer Brock Turner Loses Appeal of Sexual Assault Conviction
By Paul Elias | NBC Bay Area
An appeals court on Wednesday rejected a former Stanford University swimmer's bid for a new trial and upheld his sexual ...

Driver plows into people on San Francisco street, killing one
By Alex Dobuzinskis, LA; Gina Cherelus, NY; and Andrew Hay, NM
Edited by Tom Brown and Grant McCool
(Reuters) - A driver plowed a vehicle into fiv ...

Dying woman drags herself 100 yards to a road and uses last words to identify her suspected killers
PHOTO: Lizette Cuesta (LA Times)
By Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times
A dying woman who reportedly dragged herself to the side of a rural street u ...

California officers accused of ‘sadistic and terrorizing acts’ against prisoners
By Sam Levin, The Guardian (View article)
Four California sheriff’s deputies have been accused of “sadistic and terrorizing acts” against inmates, ...