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Officers responding to a report of a possible burglary at a home in San Jose Tuesday morning found what appears to be an illegal marijuana grow consisting of 300 plants, a San Jose police spokesman said.
The former commander of an East Bay narcotics task force is pleading guilty to stealing drugs from evidence lockers and trying to sell them on the street with the help of a private investigator.
An armed man stole a narcotic pain reliever from a Walgreens store in downtown Palo Alto on Monday afternoon, police said.
Software company founder John McAfee said Monday he has fled from Belize using a bizarre ruse, adding yet another chapter in what threatens to become one of the biggest media fugitive frenzies since O.J. Simpson led police on a low-speed chase in 1994.
Oakland police said Monday that an arrest has been made in the case of an at-risk 16-year-old girl who walked away from a group home last Tuesday night and was found in San Francisco two days later.
A middle school in East Oakland was locked down for about an hour on Monday afternoon while police searched for two suspects involved in a home invasion robbery.
An American magician was recuperating Sunday in the Dominican Republic after a local television show host lit his head on fire with a flammable cologne.
Two California Highway Patrol officers suffered minor injuries after their patrol car overturned during a high-speed pursuit Monday morning in Livermore, a CHP officer said.
Police were looking for a woman who shot a man in the face during an argument in the parking lot of a Central California market.
A California widow who eluded capture after firing a shot at a police officer during a car chase last month has been wounded during her weekend arrest.
Investigators say a man found dead of an apparent suicide in an Alaska jail was not only suspected of killing an Anchorage barista but may be linked to seven other possible slayings around the country.
Police released a sketch of a suspect in a Monte Sereno homicide that occurred during an apparent home invasion robbery early Friday morning.
Police were searching for a suspect in connection with a homicide during a home invasion robbery early Friday morning in Monte Sereno, according to police.
A Novato man is facing federal charges in an alleged Internet fraud scheme that bilked people out of tens of thousands of dollars.
The California Highway Patrol said it arrested San Francisco 49ers defensive end Demarcus Dobbs early Friday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence and possession of marijuana.
A suspected bank robber charged with killing a Vallejo police officer will stand trial after a Solano County judge ruled that enough evidence exists against him.
A former teacher at a Pittsburg elementary school has been sentenced in federal court in Oakland to four years and nine months in prison for possession of child pornography.
More than 900 people taken to hospitals by Berkeley Fire Department crews may have had their personal information stolen by a Florida crime ring.
A Bay Area rapper on the run from for more than seven months had his luck run out in Nevada this week, when he was arrested. Authorities said the rapper is associated with a music label that operated as a front for drug trafficking.
Six people were arrested at a gang member's funeral in Fremont Wednesday afternoon, a Fremont police spokeswoman said.
Felony charges have been filed against six men and one woman in connection with a San Jose house party that led to 42 arrests last week.
Fremont Police announced Thursday the arrest of two smoke shop owners accused of selling so-called "bath salts," as cases of people behaving erratically under the influence of the synthetic stimulants are becoming more common.
A 32-year-old man was shot and killed in Richmond on Wednesday night, a police lieutenant said Thursday.
A recent increase in street violence in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park has prompted police in both cities to launch a coordinated anti-crime effort.
San Francisco police believe they've arrested the man known as the Bicycle Bandit of Noe Valley thanks to a fed up victim who caught the suspect using a can of bear spray and a wooden sword.
