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Five years ago, California voters amended the state constitution to create a Victim's Bill of Rights. But the case of a San Francisco woman, who was attacked outside a BART station, raises questions about how well that law is working. And, an investigation by KCBS reporter Doug Sovern suggests this is not an isolated case.
A power outage triggered an explosion and fire at the University of California at Berkeley on Monday evening, prompting an emergency evacuation of the campus and hospitalizing one person with burns, according to authorities.
Police arrested more than 100 people, mostly for drug offenses and drunkenness at a weekend rave in Mountain View.
A Hayward police officer was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of sexually abusing several girls in Livermore before he became part of the force, Livermore police said Monday.
Authorities recovered 80 pounds of marijuana Monday from a smuggler's boat driven from Mexico that capsized off a beach in Santa Cruz County with most of its drug cache missing, a sheriff's deputy said.
Two passengers were shot and wounded when someone opened fire Monday afternoon on an Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District bus as it traveled along its route in East Oakland, authorities said.
Three men who were severely burned in an explosion inside a Santa Cruz apartment building on Sunday were producing hash oil before the blast, a police spokesman said Monday.
The stabbing death of Jonathan Denver, 24, who died during a confrontation between his group of Dodgers fans and Giants fans following a game between the two teams earlier this month, was still fresh on the minds of baseball enthusiasts on Sunday, the last game of the season for San Francisco.
There have been more than 3,800 robberies reported in Oakland this year, representing a 24% jump compared with the number of reported robberies in Oakland during the same time period last year.
A woman was knocked down and robbed by a man and woman near downtown Palo Alto on Saturday, according to police.
LSD was being blamed for a wild and violent ending to a house party in Mill Valley over the weekend.
Police in El Cerrito have released video footage of two suspects breaking into a home last week.
Oakland police officers responded to a report of a shooting in the area of Seminary Avenue and Foothill Boulevard at about 11:35 p.m.
Police in Antioch are investigating a shooting Saturday night that left one dead and another injured.
The father of a Dodgers fan fatality stabbed during a melee with Giants fans is planning to make a public plea for witnesses to the incident after San Francisco's district attorney said he lacks evidence to charge the man suspected of the killing.
Police have arrested two people in connection with a robbery of a KRON 4 television news crew Friday night that resulted in a shooting.
A man received non-life-threatening injuries after being stabbed Saturday morning while trying to break up a fight in San Francisco.
Maji Mosley, of unincorporated San Leandro, was arrested in connection with a residential burglary near Stenzel Park.
Police released a sketch of a male suspect wanted in connection with the kidnapping and robbery of a woman on Sept. 9 in the Warm Springs area of Fremont.
A San Mateo 7-11 was robbed by a knife-wielding suspect wearing a skull mask Friday morning.
A security guard working for KRON-TV shot a man who was allegedly trying to rob a reporter in San Francisco's Bayview District Friday night.
A 21-year-old man suspected of killing a Los Angeles Dodgers fan near AT&T Park was released Friday night, after the San Francisco District Attorney said more information is needed before charges can be filed.
A teen accused of robbing a group of casual carpoolers in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood Monday morning was a talented football player with a college scholarship.
San Francisco police say a second suspect has been released in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Los Angeles Dodgers fan.
The suspect in a seemingly random fatal shooting on Monday had threatened others earlier in the evening, and appeared to be "hunting" for a victim, District Attorney George Gascon said.
