Store owner charged in killing of teen wrongly accused of shoplifting
Rick Chow, 58, mistakenly thought Cyrus Carmack-Belton, 14, had taken four bottles of water on Sunday night, police said.
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Rick Chow, 58, mistakenly thought Cyrus Carmack-Belton, 14, had taken four bottles of water on Sunday night, police said.
A California appeals court says Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten should be let out of prison on parole.
A Pennsylvania restaurant owner who screamed death threats directed at then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi while storming the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison.
Repeating an all too familiar story in downtown San Francisco, another major retailer has become the victim of rampant shoplifting with the Old Navy store getting hit up to a dozen times a day.
Three people were killed and five were wounded in a shooting at an annual motorcycle rally.
Mayors and police officials around the U.S. are rolling out familiar strategies in response to the traditional summer bump in violent crime.
While the community tries to heal from the recent serial killings, police say they have received reports of indecent exposure following a string of voyeurism incidents.
Police in Davis are investigating two incidents of indecent exposure that happened over the last two weeks.
A former correctional officer at the biggest women's prison in California has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting at least 13 inmates over the past nine years.
The rapper was one of six defendants involved in a conspiracy that distributed over 100 kilograms of illicit drugs.
It looks like a cluttered junkyard filled with discarded vehicles, then you notice the houses. Neighbors say the numbers are growing and they want Oakland officials to do something about it.
A sharp uptick in thefts of Hyundais and Kias over the past two years has been linked to viral videos posted to TikTok and other social media platforms that teach people how to exploit a security vulnerability to steal the cars.
One person was dead and two others suffered life-threatening injuries during a shooting at an apartment complex in Salinas' Alisal neighborhood Saturday morning.
Hyundai Motor America and Kia America say they have reached a settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit prompted by a surge in vehicle thefts.
Two teenagers, including a Cosumnes Oaks High School student, who were recently arrested on suspicion of a strong-arm robbery at a busy south Sacramento shopping center are possibly linked to more robberies, detectives say.
Authorities are asking for help in identifying the suspects who burglarized a U.S. Post Office in Stockton.
Newly unsealed court documents show that the wife of a California radiologist accused of trying to kill his family by driving over a cliff told rescuers he was depressed and needed a psychological evaluation.
Hundreds of thousands of Bay Area residents with a criminal past are getting a chance to build a better future by expunging their criminal records.
Police in Colorado say a driver, who was pulled over for speeding, tried to switch places with his dog to avoid arrest.
A man is under arrest after authorities say he shot randomly out of his car in Citrus Heights early Monday morning.
Police said they first saw a red flag when the man and woman in the car "gave conflicting information about her 'due date.'"
An investigation is underway after a shooting left one person hurt in Vacaville early Thursday evening.
A teen was shot and killed in Yuba City -- and his older brother is now in custody, accused of the killing.
Van der Sloot, a Dutch national from Aruba, is currently serving a 28-year sentence in Peru for the murder of a different woman.
Authorities were conducting a search for evidence and possible remains in Redwood City related to the disappearance of Ylva Hagner, a Palo Alto resident and Stanford student missing since 1996.
