Mom of 2 killed by stray bullet while sleeping in her Oakland home
FILE: Police tape at a crime scene. ANDRI TAMBUNAN/AFP via Getty Images A mother of two was shot and killed by a stray bullet while sleeping in her home in …
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Calif. mom, 45, charged after teen son allegedly causes fatal crash
Noriega Road near Polo Park in Bakersfield, Calif. Google Street View A California mother has been charged with child cruelty after her 15-year-old son allegedly caused a fatal car crash, …
Calif. woman hid in closet, saved family from terrifying home invasion
A quick-thinking woman hid in a closet and was able to make a terrifying 911 call for help, leading to the rescue of five victims, police in Southern California said. …
TV series unravels startling case of Calif. math genius killed abroad
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Scott Johnson, who grew up in California, was killed in Australia in 1988.Hulu/CourtesyOn Dec. 10, 1988, the body of a man was found at …
Long-missing California teen may be buried in Yosemite
Susan Robin Bender, 15, went missing from a Modesto Greyhound station on April 25, 1986. On Aug. 15, almost four decades after Susan went missing, Raymond Lewis Stafford was arrested …
‘Random’ attack leaves Calif. woman, 19, dead in field, police say
Andrea Vazquez’s family held a prayer vigil at the site of her kidnapping, before her body was found on Monday night. Whittier Police Department A 19-year-old woman has been found …
SF bar target of wild extortion text involving bear spray, $20K
An interior view of Last Rites, located in San Francisco’s Duboce Triangle area. Image via Yelp user Jennifer N. Hanson Li is reeling after a chaotic month of break-ins, vandalism …
Suspect being sought for murder of woman discovered in California vineyard
Bernice “Vi” Wright was killed in Oct. 1993 in Fresno County. Fresno County Sheriff’s Office/Handout Law enforcement are seeking the public’s help in finding a newly identified person of interest …
8-Year-Old Boy Left Paralyzed in Freeway Shooting in Oakland
FILE: Ambulance stock photo. Randy Faris/Getty Images An 8-year-old boy who was hit by a stray bullet during a shooting on an Oakland freeway in July is completely paralyzed below …
Police say Bay Area father fatally shot at fast food drive-thru
A 40-year-old father was shot and killed on Sunday night at a Jack in the Box drive-thru in Santa Rosa after an altercation with two other men, the police said. …