Governor Brown Allows Parole For Killers At Higher Rate
A new report shows Gov. Jerry Brown let stand 80 percent of a state board's decisions to parole murderers from California prisons.
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A new report shows Gov. Jerry Brown let stand 80 percent of a state board's decisions to parole murderers from California prisons.
Police are still searching for one of the suspects in a fatal shooting at the Bay Fair BART station last month, who they say should be considered armed and dangerous.
The man arrested Tuesday on suspicion of threats against California State Senator Leland Yee had a reputation as a skilled engineer who had previously done work for Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak.
Bicycle thefts have risen to epidemic levels in much of the Bay Area. With thefts on the rise, cyclists are banding together to get their rides back.
State Sen. Leland Yee said Thursday that a death threat against him that led to the arrest of a Santa Clara County man will not deter him from moving forward with gun control proposals in the Legislature.
The committee made no decision on whether the program, proposed by Sheriff Greg Ahern, would move forward.
A man and a woman were found shot to death in an East San Jose home Thursday afternoon from an apparent murder-suicide, according to police.
Police have identified a man who shot and wounded a police officer in an exchange of gunfire in Pittsburg Tuesday night.
A Bay Area man arrested in an FBI terrorism sting after he allegedly tried to blow up an Oakland bank with an inoperative bomb may need a mental health evaluation, his defense lawyer said Thursday.
A young woman who was abused by a teacher during her days at a middle school in Clayton filed a lawsuit this week against that teacher, the school principal and the Mt. Diablo Unified School District.
Napa County sheriff's detectives arrested two Vacaville residents Monday in connection with the beating and robbery of a man at Lake Berryessa in September, a sheriff's captain said.
A man died while in police custody on Tuesday night in Berkeley, police said.
A threat to California State Senator Leland Yee has led to the arrest of a Santa Clara man and the confiscation of explosive materials and a loaded handgun, KPIX 5 has confirmed.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff maintained Wednesday that his deputies did not intentionally burn down the mountain cabin where a wanted former LAPD police officer is thought to have died.
Officers responded around 3:15 p.m. to the 300 block of North 21st Street, near San Jose High School, where they found a male victim, believed to be a teenager, suffering from stab wounds.
Anthony Lamar Jones is accused of killing Genelle Conway-Allen, whose unclothed body was found around 6:45 a.m. on Feb. 1 in a parking lot at Allan Witt Park in Fairfield.
Many of the former officers spend the day monitoring real-time closed circuit TV cameras scattered across high crime areas throughout the city.
It now turns out that as police searched the Big Bear Lake area of California for days, fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner was hiding in a vacation cabin across the street from their command post.
San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is helping to organize a choreographed dance by inmates and staff at county jails on Thursday as part of an international campaign against domestic violence.
Santa Clara County has unveiled plans for what officials hope will be the largest gun buyback event held so far in the Bay Area.
Police in Brisbane were working to identify a woman whose remains were found on a hillside - a discovery prompted by the November arrest of a man who was walking around with a human skull.
Police in the San Francisco Bay area city of Brentwood are investigating a string of recent home burglaries in which thieves made off with jewelry and guns, some of them belonging to law enforcement officers.
A woman wearing a wig led police on a vehicle pursuit from Antioch to Pittsburg in a stolen vehicle before crashing on state Highway 4 early this morning, according to an Antioch police sergeant.
Police have identified two suspects in a Fremont bank robbery who were arrested after holing up in a Newark motel room on Monday afternoon.
A Pittburg police officer and a suspect were injured following a shootout in the city overnight.
