Afterschool violence has San Francisco teens living in fear
Cellphone video shows a mob of young people repeatedly kicking and beating someone on the ground in the Stonestown food court as many watched.
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Antioch police identify man suspected in stabbing of pregnant woman, kids
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Afterschool violence has San Francisco teens living in fear
Cellphone video shows a mob of young people repeatedly kicking and beating someone on the ground in the Stonestown food court as many watched.
Update: Police locate allegedly abducted child, arrest mother in Daly City
Police in Daly City on Monday located a mother who allegedly abducted her child on Friday in San Francisco.
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Antioch police identify man suspected in stabbing of pregnant woman, kids
Police in Antioch on Monday released the identity of a man suspected of stabbing a pregnant woman and two children on Saturday.
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Afterschool violence has San Francisco teens living in fear
Cellphone video shows a mob of young people repeatedly kicking and beating someone on the ground in the Stonestown food court as many watched.
Update: Police locate allegedly abducted child, arrest mother in Daly City
Police in Daly City on Monday located a mother who allegedly abducted her child on Friday in San Francisco.
SF Stonestown Galleria mall workers, shoppers says recent violence becoming commonplace
A recent rash of violence at San Francisco's Stonestown Galleria mall has left business owners and shoppers on edge, and they say the ongoing violence - often involving students from neighboring schools - is nothing new.
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Report: SF human trafficking victims mostly under 25, women, people of color
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Antioch police identify man suspected in stabbing of pregnant woman, kids
Police in Antioch on Monday released the identity of a man suspected of stabbing a pregnant woman and two children on Saturday.
Reward offered in recent East Bay attacks on U.S. Postal workers
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San Jose man, 16-year-old arrested in ghost gun distribution bust
A 23-year-old convicted felon and a 16-year-old high school student have been arrested during a ghost gun and drug distribution investigation in San Jose.
Update: Family members arrested in separate San Jose homicides
Homicide detectives have determined family members were the prime suspects in the unrelated March 14 slaying of a San Jose woman in her home and the March 18 murder of a man in the 2500 block of Fontaine Rd.
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Three injured; Suspect in custody in Antioch stabbing
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Afterschool violence has San Francisco teens living in fear
Cellphone video shows a mob of young people repeatedly kicking and beating someone on the ground in the Stonestown food court as many watched.
Update: Police locate allegedly abducted child, arrest mother in Daly City
Police in Daly City on Monday located a mother who allegedly abducted her child on Friday in San Francisco.
Antioch police identify man suspected in stabbing of pregnant woman, kids
Police in Antioch on Monday released the identity of a man suspected of stabbing a pregnant woman and two children on Saturday.
SF Stonestown Galleria mall workers, shoppers says recent violence becoming commonplace
A recent rash of violence at San Francisco's Stonestown Galleria mall has left business owners and shoppers on edge, and they say the ongoing violence - often involving students from neighboring schools - is nothing new.
Defendants in San Jose Baby Brandon kidnapping case receive prison sentences
A San Jose couple accused in the April kidnapping of a three-month-old toddler they had repeatedly attempted to abduct were sentenced to prison Monday.
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