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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…

5 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

7 years ago

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…

7 years ago

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…

7 years ago

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…

7 years ago

Marijuana industry labor organizer indicted

An Oakland labor official working to organize the medical marijuana industry was indicted by a federal grand jury

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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.

9 years ago

‘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.

9 years ago

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