Derick Almena gets ‘slap on the wrist’ for 36 Ghost Ship Fire deaths
Monday marked the end of a long road in the case of the Ghost Ship warehouse fire where 36 people died on the ...
Attorney argues man accused of West Oakland double murder acted in self-defense
A prosecutor and a defense attorney on Monday disagreed about whether the fatal shooting of two men ...
Judge denies change of venue request in murder trial against John Lee Cowell
The judge in the trial of a transient man charged with murder for the 2018 fatal stabbing ...
Trial judge selected, jury selection scheduled in Nia Wilson murder case
The fate of the case against a man charged with murder for the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old ...
Fatal BART stabbing suspect ‘malingering’ about mental incompetence, judge says
A judge said on Monday that there are indications that a transient man is malingering to avoid ...
Seaman faces Article 32 hearing for murder connected to drunken fight
A U.S. Coast Guardsman currently stationed in Alameda will learn within weeks whether he will face a court-martial for murder in connection with ...
Woman faces murder charge for luring boyfriend into fatal shooting
A judge ruled Tuesday that prosecutors produced sufficient evidence to have a woman ordered to stand trial ...
Defense argues double fatal shooting was act of self defense
A prosecutor and a defense attorney gave jurors two completely different versions of what happened when two ...
Jury acquits Hillsborough heiress in murder case
A jury found a Hillsborough heiress not guilty of killing the father of her two children in ...
Judge sets March date for second Ghost Ship fire trial
"Thirty-six lives were lost and this case has the most heightened circumstances of any homicide case."
Judge orders sheriff’s sergeant to stand trial for illegal recordings
A judge ruled on Tuesday that prosecutors produced sufficient evidence to have an Alameda County sheriff’s sergeant stand trial on four felony eavesdropping ...
Ghost Ship jury breaks until after Labor Day without reaching verdict
The revised jury panel in the trial of Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena and creative ...
Two replaced Ghost Ship jurors face contempt charges
Defense lawyers made oral motions on Monday for a mistrial in the case of Ghost Ship warehouse ...
Judge dismisses three Ghost Ship trial jurors
People gathered Monday afternoon in front of an Alameda County courthouse waiting for a “major announcement” in ...
Ghost Ship trial jury breaks for weekend without reaching verdict
Jurors went home for the weekend on Thursday afternoon without reaching a verdict in the trial of ...
‘I didn’t know I had to’: Derek Almena admits no permits for Ghost Ship work
Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena admitted under cross-examination Wednesday that he didn't get permits for work he had performed.
Ghost Ship judge threatens again to close trial over juror issues
The judge in the trial of Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena and creative director Max ...
Oakland man sentenced in murder over tree-trimmings dispute
A 66-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 50 years to life in state prison for fatally shooting ...
Judge denies motion to dismiss Ghost Ship fire charges
An Alameda County Superior Court judge Friday denied a defense motion to dismiss the 36 counts of ...
Sex worker: Client beat me, ran me over
A sex worker testified Thursday that she thought she would die when a client choked her and ...
Jury selection nears in trial of 2014 slaying of EMT
Jury selection is scheduled for Thursday in the case of a 21-year-old man alleged to have fatally shot an off-duty emergency medical technician ...
Prosecutors say this 95-year-old murdered his wife of 70 years. A jury disagreed.
A man accused of killing his 90-year-old wife in Foster City last year was acquitted by a ...
Man claims self-defense in fast food machete attack
John Nolan Henry II testified he acted in self-defense when he used a machete to chop off ...
Uncle gets 202 years for sodomizing 4-year-old nieces
A 42-year-old man was sentenced Friday in a San Francisco courtroom to 202 years to life in ...
Officer testifies on-duty sex was consensual, not rape
A former San Jose police officer testified in his trial Monday that he didn't rape a woman ...
‘Shrimp Boy’: I took money as sign of respect
Chinatown tong leader Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow insisted on his second day on the stand in federal court in San Francisco today that ...
‘Shrimp Boy’ spills details of criminal past
Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow told a federal jury in San Francisco that although he previously committed a ...
Mammoth container ship to make Oakland stop
Port of Oakland officials are preparing for the arrival of the largest container ship to ever visit.
Accused Oikos shooter felt like ‘laughingstock’
Accused mass killer One Goh told police shortly after he allegedly killed seven people at an Oakland ...
Doctors: ‘Suicidal’ accused Oikos killer competent to stand trial
A hearing on whether a man accused of killing seven people in a shooting rampage at Oakland's ...
Court denies woman right to her own embryos
A San Francisco woman Wednesday was denied custody of embryos she created with her estranged husband in a court ruling.
Alex Nieto civil trial to begin March 1
A civil trial is set to begin March 1 to determine whether San Francisco police used excessive ...
Lawyers paint conflicting visions of Raymond ‘Shrimp Boy’ Chow
A federal jury in San Francisco heard conflicting portrayals of Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow during opening statements ...
Class action lawsuit seeks end to monetary bail
A class action lawsuit claims San Francisco's wealth-based pretrial detention system unfairly targets low-income inmates.
AC Transit pays $2.5 million to injured bicyclist
AC Transit has agreed to pay $2.5 million to an Oakland woman who suffered a brain injury ...
‘Shrimp Boy’ Chow indicted on murder charges
Chinatown association leader Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow has been indicted by a federal grand jury in San Francisco on new charges of participating ...
