Court rules hand gestures fall short of threat
The California Supreme Court ruled in San Francisco Thursday that a menacing nonverbal gesture doesn’t qualify as a criminal threat under state law.
Grass fire along Highway 12 extinguished
A four-alarm grassfire broke out along state Highway 12 in Fairfield Thursday evening, halting traffic and prompting some evacuations.
Jail guards found guilty of inmate’s murder
Three jail guards were found guilty Thursday afternoon by a Santa Clara County Superior Court jury of the second-degree murder of mentally ill inmate Michael Tyree.