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Property stolen from federal agent’s car in Oakland
Property was stolen from the car of a special agent for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives while it was parked near the federal courthouse in...Read More
Court upholds verdict, denies Brock Turner appeal
A state appellate court Wednesday denied an appeal from the attorney of a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexual assault.Read More
Physician’s assistant convicted on opioid charges
A San Leandro physician's assistant who authorities said was the number one prescriber of opioids in California was convicted Tuesday of 39 counts of distributing controlled substances without a...Read More
Sonoma Co. settles suit with inmates
Sonoma County has settled a lawsuit by county jail inmates who claimed they were beaten in their cells by corrections officers during “yard counseling” in 2015. Sonoma County Sheriff...Read More
Goodwill settles sexual harassment lawsuit
Goodwill Industries of the East Bay Area and an affiliate have agreed to pay $850,000 to eight former and current employees to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit,...Read More
Sonoma supervisors asked to spare camp
Residents of a homeless encampment in the Roseland area of Santa Rosa and their advocates implored the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Wednesday not to clear their encampment as...Read More
Judges hear arguments in kids’ climate change lawsuit
A panel of federal appeals court judges in San Francisco seemed inclined Monday to allow a wide-ranging climate-change lawsuit to continue in pretrial proceedings.Read More
Vallejo kidnap victims’ defamation cases move forward
A U.S. District Court judge issued a split ruling last week in a defamation of character suit against the City of Vallejo.Read More
Students sue SF State over alleged anti-semitism
Six Jewish students and visitors sued San Francisco State University in federal court Monday, alleging the university and its administrators "have knowingly fostered" an anti-Semitic environment.Read More
Santa Clara County advances Trump lawsuit
Santa Clara County took its next step in a lawsuit it filed against the Trump administration earlier this year after the president signed an executive order that threatened to...Read More
Wife of Pulse nightclub shooter to be extradited
The widow of a shooter who killed 49 people in a Florida nightclub last year has agreed to be transferred to Orlando, Fla.Read More
Marijuana industry labor organizer indicted
An Oakland labor official working to organize the medical marijuana industry was indicted by a federal grand juryRead More
Harborside loses appeal as federal closure looms
A federal court ruled against the city of Oakland's efforts to block the Justice Department from closing the city's largest medical marijuana dispensary.Read More
Developers sue Oakland over public art rules
Oakland's new public arts ordinance is being challenged in federal court by building developers are arguing it is unconstitutional.Read More
‘Silk Road’ agent cops plea over Bitcoin theft
Former Secret Service Special Agent Shaun Bridges allegedly stole more than $820,000 after obtaining administration credentials for Silk Road.Read More