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 ... By Nik WojcikMarch 9, 20210 Crime
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 ... By Bay City NewsFebruary 3, 2020 Crime
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 ... By Bay City NewsJanuary 14, 2020 Crime
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 ... By Bay City NewsJanuary 6, 2020 Crime
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 ... By Bay City NewsDecember 23, 2019 Crime
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 ... By Bay City NewsDecember 9, 20190 Beyond SFBay
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 ... By Bay City NewsNovember 26, 2019 Crime
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 ... By Bay City NewsNovember 18, 2019 Crime
Jury acquits Hillsborough heiress in murder case A jury found a Hillsborough heiress not guilty of killing the father of her two children in ... By Bay City NewsNovember 15, 2019 Bay Area
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." By Bay City NewsOctober 4, 2019 Crime
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 ... By Bay City NewsSeptember 24, 20190 Crime
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 ... By Bay City NewsAugust 21, 2019 Crime
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 ... By Bay City NewsAugust 20, 2019 Crime
Judge dismisses three Ghost Ship trial jurors People gathered Monday afternoon in front of an Alameda County courthouse waiting for a “major announcement” in ... By Nik WojcikAugust 19, 2019 Crime
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 ... By Bay City NewsAugust 8, 2019 Crime
‘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. By Bay City NewsJuly 10, 20190 East Bay
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 ... By Bay City NewsMay 8, 2019 East Bay
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 ... By Bay City NewsMay 11, 2018
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 ... By Bay City NewsMay 11, 2018
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 ... By Bay City NewsJanuary 11, 2018
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 ... By Julie ParkerNovember 8, 20170
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 ... By Bay City NewsDecember 13, 2016
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 ... By Bay City NewsSeptember 22, 2016
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 ... By Bay City NewsApril 1, 2016
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 ... By Bay City NewsFebruary 8, 2016
‘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 ... By Bay City NewsDecember 22, 20150
‘Shrimp Boy’ spills details of criminal past Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow told a federal jury in San Francisco that although he previously committed a ... By Bay City NewsDecember 21, 2015
Mammoth container ship to make Oakland stop Port of Oakland officials are preparing for the arrival of the largest container ship to ever visit. By Bay City NewsDecember 14, 2015 News
Accused Oikos shooter felt like ‘laughingstock’ Accused mass killer One Goh told police shortly after he allegedly killed seven people at an Oakland ... By Bay City NewsDecember 10, 2015
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 ... By Bay City NewsDecember 1, 2015
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. By Bay City NewsNovember 18, 20150
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 ... By Bay City NewsNovember 11, 2015
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 ... By Bay City NewsNovember 9, 2015
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. By Bay City NewsOctober 29, 2015
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 ... By Bay City NewsOctober 23, 2015
‘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 ... By Bay City NewsOctober 16, 20150