Santa Clara County Sees Rise in Fentanyl Overdose Deaths
Deaths by fentanyl overdoses in Santa Clara County almost doubled since last year, according to the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner.
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Deaths by fentanyl overdoses in Santa Clara County almost doubled since last year, according to the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner.
California, which has a declining prison population, could save more than $1 billion by closing eight lockups, the Legislative Analyst's Office said in a report Thursday.
A police chase in Monterey County Thursday night ended with multiple people suffering injuries after a suspect vehicle slammed into a Salinas restaurant, according to authorities.
A woman was arrested and faces multiple charges after ramming a patrol car and leading authorities on a chase stretching from Saratoga to Fremont Thursday morning.
Bounchan Keola, one of roughly 1,800 California inmates who fought record wildfires, was set to be released in October. But days before he was to be freed, Keola learned he would not be going home.
Public Defender Mano Raju on Wednesday unveiled his office's new data collection tool CopWatch SF, which contains a list of local police officers and their publicly available records, including complaints, lawsuits and news articles.
The Department of Justice announced Thursday that a federal grand jury indicted a Ceres man for cyberstalking an Airbnb guest for most of this year.
California organizations encompassing both police chiefs and rank-and-file officers proposed legislation Thursday in the wake of recent civil unrest that they said would raise standards for police recruiting and training while increasing diversity.
Seven vehicles used in sideshow activities were seized Wednesday, Fremont police said.
Two men died in a shooting in San Francisco's Hunters Point neighborhood on Wednesday night, according to police.
A suspect driver and two police officers were injured in a crash that followed a vehicle pursuit in San Francisco's Lower Haight neighborhood Thursday morning.
An executive with waste and recycling company Recology San Francisco has been charged with bribery and money laundering as part of the corruption scandal embroiling the city's Public Works Department and other city departments.
An AK-47 assault rifle was recovered and a 24-year-old man was arrested following a police pursuit and crash in Santa Clara County on Monday night, deputies said.
Police in San Francisco on Wednesday said the man shot by officers on Market Street early Tuesday evening after brandishing a knife remains in critical condition.
A 30-year-old Contra Costa Jail inmate died Tuesday afternoon at the Martinez jail, about 24 hours after having been in a fight with fellow inmates at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond and subsequently treated for injuries at a Martinez hospital.
