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Former Boy Scouts leader to serve time for child pornography possession
A Marin County accountant and former Boy Scouts volunteer leader was sentenced in federal court in San Francisco Tuesday to two years and nine months in prison for possession...Read More
Former assemblyman pleads guilty to BART coffee shop scam
A former state assemblyman pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco Wednesday to money laundering in connection with an investment scheme related to plans for coffee shops at...Read More
Federal judge reinstates nationwide injunction on asylum restriction
A federal judge in Oakland on Monday reinstated a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking a new government rule that would prevent almost all migrants at the southern U.S. border from...Read More
Groups challenge asylum restriction in court, say rule ‘cannot stand’
Four refugee assistance groups sued the administration of President Donald Trump in federal court in San Francisco Tuesday to challenge a new rule that severely restricts asylum applications. The...Read More
Court’s legal counsel decision subdues ICE raids
After the American Civil Liberties Union took the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to federal court in Northern California, the impact of the planned raids was subdued Sunday, an...Read More
Arguments open in case challenging 2020 census citizenship question
A seven-day trial began on a challenge to the U.S. Commerce Department's plan to include a citizenship question in the 2020 census.Read More
Federal government joins false claim suit against Sutter Health
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday it will become a party in a whistleblower lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco against Sacramento-based Sutter Health LLC and...Read More
Wrongful death lawsuit filed over barbershop shootout
The family of a 21-year-old man killed by San Francisco police during an alleged shootout at an Excelsior District barbershop earlier this year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit...Read More
Justice Department joins three lawsuits against company hired to clean SF shipyard
The U.S. Department of Justice has notified a federal court in San Francisco that it plans to take over three previously sealed false claims lawsuits filed by whistleblowers against...Read More
Feds seize six pounds of meth in Oakland
An East Bay man is facing methamphetamine charges in federal court in Oakland after agents allegedly seized more than six pounds from his car and a residence this week. Read More
‘Central Divis Players’ sentenced to life
Two members of the "Central Divisadero Players" gang were sentenced to multiple life sentences in San Francisco federal court.Read More
Saratoga businessman convicted of tax fraud
A Saratoga man who ran an international trading business from his home has been convicted in federal court in San Jose of two counts of filing false income tax...Read More
No charges in two SF police shootings
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon announced Thursday he will not seek charges against officers involved in two high-profile fatal police shootings.Read More
Man who anchored in Aquatic Park sentenced
A yachtsman who illegally anchored his trimaran in Aquatic Park Cove in the City was ordered during his sentencing in federal court Thursday not to sail any boat of...Read More
Family of Luis Gongora Pat demands DA explain delay
The family of a homeless Mexican man killed by San Francisco police officers more than two years ago delivered a letter to District Attorney George Gascon Thursday.Read More
Prosecutors seek more time in Reuben Foster case
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster appeared in court Monday and will return next week after prosecutors asked for more time to study evidence.Read More
Professor targeted with threats speaks out
The Stanford University professor who chairs a campaign to recall a controversial judge addressed the public after the arrest of a man who allegedly sent letters containing white powder...Read More
Garcia Zarate pleads not guilty to federal gun charges
An undocumented Mexican immigrant who was acquitted of state charges of murdering a woman on a San Francisco pier pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court Tuesday.Read More
Former Uber CEO denies hiring engineer for trade secrets
Former Uber Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick wrapped up his second and last day on the stand in federal court in San Francisco Wednesday by repeating his claim that...Read More