Palo Alto police arrest middle school teacher for 2001 sexual assault of student
Police in Palo Alto on Wednesday arrested a physical education teacher on charges he sexually assaulting a sixth-grade female student in 2001, authorities said.
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Police in Palo Alto on Wednesday arrested a physical education teacher on charges he sexually assaulting a sixth-grade female student in 2001, authorities said.
Incumbent Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern conceded Wednesday after Sheriff's Cmdr. Yesenia Sanchez secured an upset win in the race to lead the law enforcement agency.
A police sting operation in San Mateo resulted in the seizure of illegal fireworks, marijuana, psychodelic mushrooms, and a loaded unserialized ghost gun, along with a suspect arrest.
Ukiah Police Chief Noble Waidelich has been placed on administrative leave pending an "ongoing criminal investigation" led by the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office.
After using the latest forensic technology to try to identify a Jane Doe from a cold case murder from 1985, Newark Police asked for the public's help this week.
California officials have agreed to pay $51 million to settle lawsuits against the state stemming from a shooting at a home for veterans in Northern California where a former patient fatally shot three female mental health workers and then himself.
The Contra Costa Sheriff's Office is investigating a homicide and has a suspect in custody following a shelter-in-place order that went out to some residents Tuesday evening, the department said.
An Oakland man has been given a prison sentence of six years for his role in a large-scale drug distribution conspiracy in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, the Department of Justice announced on Tuesday.
A Campbell man barricaded himself inside his residence and held his wife against her will in a seven-hour standoff with police on Tuesday, the Campbell Police Department said.
One was a 22-year veteran of the force and the other a rookie, authorities said, adding that the gunman opened fire when the officers got to a motel room for a report of a stabbing.
It was a shocking death that helped ignite a movement to combat Asian American hate. On Tuesday, the preliminary hearing began for the man suspected of pushing over and killing Vicha Ratanapakdee in San Francisco.
The Palo Alto Police Department is investigating the city's second fatal shooting within the span of four weeks, sparking concerns that the city may be on the verge of a violent summer.
Officials at a school district in the East Bay expressed outrage after someone vandalized a flagpole flying both the LGBTQ pride and American flags late Monday night.
Police in East Palo Alto are investigating a fatal shooting Monday night that left a teenage boy dead, according to authorities.
Council member Dev Davis was home with her family in the Willow Glen neighborhood Tuesday morning when a neighbor found a suspicious device near her house.
