S.F. Police Use of Force Drops by Nearly Half Over Past 3 Years
Use of force by San Francisco police department officers has dropped over the last three years by 47 percent, according to new data released by the department on Friday.
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Use of force by San Francisco police department officers has dropped over the last three years by 47 percent, according to new data released by the department on Friday.
The Santa Clara Police Department is asking for the public's help solving a half dozen cold case murders -- investigations that have haunted and bedeviled the department for decades.
Police in Suisun City arrested a man Thursday night after he allegedly violated a restraining order and threatened his wife with a knife.
Police and school officials in San Ramon confirmed Thursday morning that threatening graffiti found at Iron Horse Middle School led to a lockdown of the campus for over two hours, according to authorities.
Police in San Francisco are investigating a shooting on Market Street Thursday morning.
The City Council in Orinda is set to meet Tuesday night for the first time since the Halloween party mass shooting that killed five people last week as city officials discuss possible changes to its short-term rental rules.
One of the Salinas murder suspects who escaped from the Monterey County Jail over the weekend may have been located Tuesday at a Motel 6 in Marina, according to authorities.
A 19-year-old transient has been charged in the violent carjacking and assault of a food delivery driver, who as pulled from her vehicle and beaten with a rock, authorities said.
Two Los Angeles men who allegedly targeted homes across California, ripping off mail including personal checks in cities spanning the state, have been arrested in Petaluma, authorities announced Tuesday.
A Lake County man remained hospitalized with severe burns Tuesday after a weekend explosion ripped apart an illegal butane honey oil backyard lab, authorities said.
Police in Gilroy on Monday announced the arrest of a woman over the weekend who called 911 and said she drowned her two-year-old daughter, according to authorities.
Murder suspects Santos Fonseca and Jonathan Salazar dug a hole in a bathroom ceiling, wedged their way into a pipe-filled crawl space before escaping the Monterey County Jail, authorities said Monday.
The sheriff's office said that two inmates suspected of murder and other violent charges escaped from the Monterey County Jail Sunday morning.
A suspect in a series of fires Saturday afternoon near Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park on the east edge of Union City has been arrested, East Bay Regional police said.
San Jose police homicide detectives identified Mahad Osman, a San Diego resident, as the suspect in the shooting of San Francisco resident Savion Hollingsworth.
A California woman was accused of turning a teenage girl into a drug mule. The two were apprehended thousands of miles from home by a quick-thinking Missouri patrol officer.
AirBnB will create a dedicated "party house rapid response team" and take immediate action against those who violate policies on large gatherings, company CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky said Saturday.
The Contra Costa County sheriff announced late Friday night that a fifth victim wounded in a shooting at a large Halloween party in an Orinda mansion rented on Airbnb has died at the hospital.
Fairfield police say they have found a car driven by a convicted felon who allegedly tried to use it to mow down officers during a traffic stop
Four people were killed and others wounded when gunfire erupted at a large Halloween night party late Thursday night at an Orinda home rented out on Airbnb, according to authorities.
An Oakland man was abducted at gunpoint late Thursday night by two armed mask men who forced him to withdraw money from an ATM machine before setting him free in Berkeley, police said
Gilroy police are investigating a massive sideshow involving hundreds of people in a Target store parking lot.
A 19-year-old East Palo Alto teen has been arrested on multiple attempted murder charges after he allegedly when on a rampage armed with a knife in San Mateo, stabbing three victims who were treated for non life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
Police in Fairfield on Monday arrested a man on suspicion of stealing a bag containing personal belongings from a Marin County woman whose family had been evacuated because of the Kincade Fire in the North Bay, a police lieutenant said.
Two people suffered life-threatening injuries in separate shootings early Saturday morning in San Francisco, police said.
