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Bill gives consumers control over biometric data privacy
If signed into law, Senate Bill 1189 would give consumers control over how their biometric data is collected and disclosed.Read More
Santa Clara County to review policy surrounding victim DNA
Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez wants a review of how the county's top law enforcement agency uses DNA collected from survivors of sexual assault.Read More
SF police chief pledges to halt misuse of victims’ DNA to link them with unrelated crimes
SF police chief William Scott said Tuesday he has taken steps to halt his department's possible misuse of DNA evidence collected from victims.Read More
SF police used victim’s DNA to identify her as suspect in separate crime, Boudin says
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin accused the city's Police Department of using DNA from a victim's rape kit to link her to a separate crime.Read More
DNA, cellphone records lead police to arrest in May attempted armed robbery
Police in San Francisco on Tuesday arrested a man in connection with an attempted armed robbery that occurred in May. Dreshaun Townsend, 23, of South San Francisco, was arrested...Read More
Hiker discovers body of teen reported missing in Oakland
Tatiana Sunshine Dugger, 19, was reported missing in Oakland on Jan. 9. Her body was discovered last week by a hiker in Siskiyou County. According to a statement released...Read More
Man convicted as ‘NorCal Rapist’ maintains innocence as judge hands down 897-year sentence
Roy Charles Waller was sentenced Friday to 897 years in prison following a conviction in the “NorCal Rapist” case involving the assault on nine women from 1991 to 2006....Read More
California voters reject rent control and employee rights for gig workers, but close Prop 13 loopholes and restore parolee...
With things like affirmative action, abolishment of cash bail, rent control and a referendum on Proposition 13 on the table, measures on California’s ballot had potential to be nearly...Read More
Death row inmate convicted of 1979 rape, murder dies in San Quentin cell
A death row inmate sentenced in a Contra Costa County case from 1979 died on Wednesday at San Quentin State Prison, according to a statement from the California Department...Read More
Man faces murder charges after DNA links to 1981 cold case rape, murder of teen girl
A 57-year-old man who had been serving a lengthy sentence in Nevada for a sexual assault conviction was arraigned on Friday on special circumstances murder charges for the 1981...Read More
Authorities fatally shoot coyote thought to have bitten 5-year-old girl
A coyote that’s believed to have attacked and bitten a 5-year-old girl in Dublin Hills Regional Park on Wednesday afternoon was located and fatally shot with a rifle early...Read More
Missing person report leads to identification of 1976 homicide victim
Police announced Thursday they’ve identified the victim in a cold case homicide that occurred more than four decades ago in San Francisco. In 1976, San Francisco officers found the...Read More
Nearly 30 years later, man pleads guilty to murder of 14-year-old girl
A Castroville man has pleaded guilty to the 1990 murder of a teenager and the attempted kidnapping in 1993 of another teenager, Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine Pacioni announced...Read More
Attorney in ‘Rideshare Rapist’ case seeks to suppress DNA evidence
The attorney for a man accused of posing as a rideshare driver in order to sexually assault women in San Francisco is claiming officers unlawfully obtained his DNA —...Read More
Dublin robber caught by DNA sentenced to 28 years
A 37-year-old man was sentenced to 28 years in state prison Thursday for a home invasion robbery in Dublin five years ago that injured the victim in the case.Read More
Severed skull connected to headless body
It's likely that a decayed human skull that was found in West Oakland on Friday morning is connected to a male torso that was found in the same general...Read More