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 ...
California voters reject rent control and employee rights for gig workers, but close Prop 13 loopholes and restore parolee voting rights
With things like affirmative action, abolishment of cash bail, rent control and a referendum on Proposition 13 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Police seek driver in fatal hit-and-run, offer $10,000 reward
Oakland police announced Monday that they recovered the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run Friday in Oakland that killed a woman.
San Leandro mother Miesha ...
DNA identifies suspect in 1982 double murder of teen cousins
DNA technology has helped police identify a man who’s been dead for 20 years as the suspect ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
DNA leads to life sentence in 1979 sex crime, murder
A three-time felon already serving time for a sex crime in another state was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without the ...
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 ...
Severed skull connected to headless body
It's likely that a decayed human skull that was found in West Oakland on Friday morning is ...
State supreme court rules on juvenile offender DNA
The California Supreme Court ruled in San Francisco Thursday that juvenile offenders whose misdeeds are reduced from ...
Accused ‘rideshare rapist’ appears in court
A man accused of pretending to be a ride-hailing service driver in order to lure women and ...
Suicide note found in home of Stanford murder suspect
Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies were prepared to make an arrest for a gruesome 1974 murder when they knocked on the door of ...
Cold case suspect kills self after warrant served
A suspect in a 1974 cold case murder shot and killed himself after Santa Clara County sheriff's ...
Body found in warehouse identified as missing Uber driver
A body found in a warehouse in Hayward last summer has been identified as that of a ...
SoCal mountain lion cubs find home in Oakland
The Oakland Zoo has taken in two orphan mountain lion cubs found recently in Orange County and ...
Brock Turner appeals ‘unfair’ sex assault conviction
Former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner has asked a state appeals court in San Jose to overturn ...
Warehouse body could be missing Uber driver
Police discovered human remains Saturday morning in Hayward that may be that of a missing San Francisco Uber driver.
Mystery corpse buried in backyard identified
A young girl found buried in a casket in San Francisco's Lone Mountain neighborhood a year ago ...
Jury convicts Sierra LaMar’s killer of first-degree murder
Antolin Garcia-Torres was found guilty by a Santa Clara County Superior Court jury Tuesday for the first-degree ...
Jury deliberates in Sierra LaMar murder trial
Jury deliberations began Thursday morning in the trial of a Morgan Hill man accused of the murder ...
Packed courtroom hears Sierra LaMar closing arguments
Closing arguments in the Sierra LaMar murder trial began in a packed courtroom in San Jose Tuesday ...
NFL owners back Raiders’ Vegas gamble
Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis' plan to move the team to Las Vegas was approved 31-1 by NFL owners.
Friends of Sierra LaMar take stand at murder trial
Three friends of Sierra LaMar were called to the witness stand Thursday afternoon in the trial of ...
Prosecution opens Sierra LaMar trial
Opening statements began in a San Jose courtroom this afternoon in the long-awaited trial of a man ...
Man sentenced to 24 years for stealing
A Los Angeles man has been sentenced to 24 years and six months in prison for the ...
Body of woman missing since January found
A body found near Carmel-by-the-Sea in late August was recently identified as a Santa Cruz woman missing ...
Grand jury: SFPD unfit to run crime lab
After a series of scandals and failures, the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury said The City's crime lab should no longer be run ...
Swarm of aggressive bees identified as ordinary honey bees
Aggressive bees in Concord that sent two people to the hospital earlier this month were revealed by ...
Aggro bees send two to hospital
Two people went to a hospital today after they were stung in Concord by what an expert ...
DNA links San Ramon man to 2014 UCSB rape
Police from the University of California at Santa Barbara arrested a 21-year-old San Ramon man Wednesday in ...
DNA clears Arizona man of 1983 murder
A 68-year-old who was arrested and charged last year with a 1983 sexual assault and murder in ...
Man faces life for 2012 Halloween stabbing
A Santa Rosa man faces 26 years to life in prison when he is sentenced Monday morning for the first-degree stabbing murder of ...
