Off-Duty Oakland Cops Hired to Patrol Big Retailers Hard-Hit by Thieves
Some stores in Oakland are paying upwards of $100 per hour for off-duty police officers to provide security after crime rates spiked in the past few months.
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Some stores in Oakland are paying upwards of $100 per hour for off-duty police officers to provide security after crime rates spiked in the past few months.
State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, on Thursday unveiled a bill to decriminalize the use and possession of some psychedelic drugs including LSD, magic mushrooms and MDMA.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service offered a reward of up to $50,000 Thursday after a suspect vehicle rammed a car with U.S. Postal Inspectors inside in San Francisco, according to authorities.
A retired San Francisco police officer is facing multiple charges after allegedly chasing down an 11-year-old boy who had been doorbell ditching, forcing him into a vehicle, and threatening to "put a bullet in his head" if he did it again.
The San Francisco Police Commission on Wednesday night unanimously voted 4-0 to reject a proposed 11 percent budget cut to the city's Police Department that would have included layoffs.
An anonymous police source told KPIX Wednesday that multiple Oakland police detectives and officers didn't want to arrest the Chinatown store owner who used a handgun to stop a woman from being robbed earlier this week.
Santa Cruz police arrested a 38-year-old man early Wednesday morning on multiple felonies including domestic violence and sexual battery after a chase on Highway 17 that reached speeds of 100 miles per hour.
A Stanford pediatrician has pleaded not guilty to charges related to alleged attempted lewd acts with an underage girl he met on social media, authorities said.
Two police officers in San Francisco were taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries early Wednesday morning when they tried to detain an armed burglary suspect in Noe Valley who became combative.
Police in San Francisco confirmed Wednesday evening that officers have arrested a second suspect in connection with the abduction of two children who were in a minivan that was carjacked in San Francisco's Pacific Heights earlier this month.
A 19-year-old known gang member has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in Watsonville last month that apparently occurred while he was heavily intoxicated and fired a gun while playing with it in a car, striking the vehicle's driver, police said Wednesday.
The Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and Stanford University's School of Medicine received an $80 million donation from an Atherton couple to improve the services available to Bay Area mothers and babies.
A store owner in Oakland's Chinatown ended up behind bars Monday night after using a handgun to fight back in the latest of a string of violent crimes in the neighborhood.
A store owner is fighting for his life after he was shot during a robbery in Vallejo, according to police.
