ORINDA — When parents sit down with their teens to discuss internet safety and the dangers of meeting strangers online, being bound and tickled probably isn’t one of the conversations …
RICHMOND — A former El Sobrante church youth group leader has been sentenced to eight years and eight months in state prison through a plea deal that came just as …
OAKLAND — In the latest instance of violence in a high-prostitution part of town known as “The Blade,” an Oakland man has been charged with holding a pistol to a …
SAN FRANCISCO — Three prominent members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club have been sentenced to life in prison in a case full of murder, mayhem, clandestine cremations and secret …
BERKELEY — A local resident in his 40s has been accused of groping an 11-year-old “with enough force to leave visible bruising marks” during a concert at one of the …
DUBLIN — Two Bay Area men who in 2020 fired guns at each other in Oakland, but missed and instead killed a 19-year-old woman, were sentenced to decades in prison, …
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge ruled that it should be up to a jury to determine the legality of a Brentwood officer’s failure to call off his dog after …
RICHMOND — Ivan Gutzalenko was struggling to breathe in March 2021 as two Richmond police officers restrained him after stopping him for allegedly being intoxicated and bleeding from his hand. …
OAKLAND — A third suspect has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of a 46-year-old man who police say was beaten with high heels and stabbed in …
MARTINEZ — A Concord woman was sentenced to two years of confinement after pleading no contest to drunk driving in connection with a 2022 crash that killed one pedestrian and …