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Officials with the U.S. Justice Department are paying a visit to San Jose this week to see for themselves how the city's anti-gang programs are working. The visit comes as city officials say gang violence is trending downward.
The newest crime-fighting tool for the college town of about 65,000 is a mine-resistant, ambush-protected armored vehicle. The MRAP was developed by the military for the war. After Pentagon budget cuts, the vehicle has been making its way to local law enforcement.
Pinball wizards in Oakland can rejoice, because they can now play the silver ball without worrying about being thrown in the slammer.
An Antioch used car dealer and his wife—suspected in what DMV officials say is the state's biggest car dealership odometer tampering case in memory—have been hit with nearly 80 charges in Contra Costa County Superior Court.
Protesters have marched from the Civic Center to the Mission District in San Francisco Thursday evening, blocking streets as they move through the city.
25-year-old Lorysha Gage pleaded not guilty to felony child endangerment charges, as her family prepares for the funeral of 2-year-old niece Mi'Yana Gregory.
Police were searching for three men who allegedly carjacked a man on San Francisco's Van Ness Avenue before leading officers on a vehicle and foot pursuit that ended in the city's South of Market neighborhood this morning, a police spokesman said.
San Francisco police released video footage Thursday from a taxi cab dashboard camera of a person wanted for questioning in connection with a fatal beating in Duboce Triangle earlier this month.
Two victims were taken on a terrifying ride after they were kidnapped, robbed and shot at in Martinez on Wednesday night.
The federal judge hearing the organized crime and corruption case involving suspended state Senator Leland Yee and convicted Chinatown gang leader Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow on Wednesday denied a request to lift a gag order.
Four suspects have been arrested for a strong-armed robbery in East Oakland last week, police said Wednesday.
A driver shut down traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge and spun donuts on the span Sunday, the California Highway Patrol confirmed.
A 30-year-old Pleasant Hill man was arrested after allegedly trying to burglarize homes in Concord's Dana Farms neighborhood early Wednesday morning, a police lieutenant said.
Richmond is on track for another year of record low crime rates. It's a significant step for a city once plagued with crime using a strategy that's turned into a Bay Area success story.
Police are investigating a sexual assault that occurred in Berkeley Monday morning, according to the University of California Police Department.
A Bay Area police officer said he can relate to both sides of the tensions in Ferguson, Missouri. Jinho Ferreira, a musician who protested the Oscar Grant shooting turned police officer and playwright, hopes his duel perspectives can reach many different people.
The aunt of a 2-year old girl killed in a hit-and-run accident in San Francisco has been arrested for child endangerment.
A former welterweight boxing champion from Pittsburg was sentenced in federal court in Oakland Tuesday to seven years and three months in prison for the unarmed robberies of six East Bay banks last year.
Residents who live near Senter Road in South San Jose said crossing the street was dangerous long before two hit-and-run collisions on Sunday and Monday.
Bay Area police departments collect information on the race of drivers pulled over in traffic stops, but most of the agencies report they don't have the time, staff or budget to do anything with that information.
The end of a police chase in Sausalito came extremely close to being a tragedy as the suspect car plowed into a sidewalk café after hitting other cars Tuesday morning.
A man hit by a car in San Jose near Los Lagos Golf Course Monday night suffered injuries that are considered life-threatening.
A San Leandro police dog honored for his performance in a recent K-9 competition showed off his effectiveness on the job by helping nab a suspected car thief.
Colonial Acres Elementary School in Hayward has been burglarized twice in the past few weeks. The principal said the thieves used a basic kitchen utensil in one of the break-ins.
