DNA

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.

2 years ago

DNA helps police solve 45-year-old cold case murder

A team of two Alameda police sergeants and three retired officers turned to DNA to solve the 45-year-old murder of…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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.…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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 on the table,…

3 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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.…

4 years ago

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 in the slaying…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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