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 ... By Bay City NewsDecember 19, 20200 Bay Area
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 ... By Nik WojcikNovember 4, 2020 Beyond SFBay
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 ... By Bay City NewsJuly 2, 2020 East Bay
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 ... By Bay City NewsApril 24, 2020 Crime
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 ... By Bay City NewsApril 2, 2020 News
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 ... By Bay City NewsJanuary 21, 20200 Cars
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 ... By Bay City NewsDecember 17, 2019 Crime
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 ... By Bay City NewsDecember 13, 2019 Crime
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 ... By Bay City NewsOctober 11, 2019 Crime
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 ... By Bay City NewsJuly 15, 2019 Cars
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 ... By Bay City NewsJune 28, 20190 Crime
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 ... By Bay City NewsDecember 13, 2018
Severed skull connected to headless body It's likely that a decayed human skull that was found in West Oakland on Friday morning is ... By Bay City NewsOctober 29, 2018
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 ... By Bay City NewsAugust 30, 2018
Accused ‘rideshare rapist’ appears in court A man accused of pretending to be a ride-hailing service driver in order to lure women and ... By Bay City NewsJuly 17, 2018
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 ... By Bay City NewsJune 29, 20180
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 ... By Bay City NewsJune 28, 2018
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 ... By Bay City NewsJanuary 10, 2018
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 ... By Bay City NewsDecember 13, 2017 East Bay
Brock Turner appeals ‘unfair’ sex assault conviction Former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner has asked a state appeals court in San Jose to overturn ... By Bay City NewsDecember 4, 2017
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. By Bay City NewsJune 25, 20170
Mystery corpse buried in backyard identified A young girl found buried in a casket in San Francisco's Lone Mountain neighborhood a year ago ... By Bay City NewsMay 9, 2017
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 ... By Bay City NewsMay 9, 2017
Jury deliberates in Sierra LaMar murder trial Jury deliberations began Thursday morning in the trial of a Morgan Hill man accused of the murder ... By Bay City NewsMay 4, 2017
Packed courtroom hears Sierra LaMar closing arguments Closing arguments in the Sierra LaMar murder trial began in a packed courtroom in San Jose Tuesday ... By Bay City NewsMay 2, 2017
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. By Bay City NewsMarch 27, 20170 NFL
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 ... By Bay City NewsFebruary 2, 2017
Prosecution opens Sierra LaMar trial Opening statements began in a San Jose courtroom this afternoon in the long-awaited trial of a man ... By Bay City NewsJanuary 30, 2017
Man sentenced to 24 years for stealing A Los Angeles man has been sentenced to 24 years and six months in prison for the ... By Bay City NewsNovember 9, 2016
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 ... By Bay City NewsNovember 2, 2016
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 ... By Bay City NewsJune 1, 20160
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 ... By Bay City NewsMay 25, 2016
Aggro bees send two to hospital Two people went to a hospital today after they were stung in Concord by what an expert ... By Bay City NewsMay 15, 2016
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 ... By Bay City NewsFebruary 14, 2016
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 ... By Bay City NewsJanuary 15, 2016
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 ... By Bay City NewsJanuary 9, 20160