Spate Of Sex Assaults, Robberies Plagues Oakland's Fruitvale Neighborhood
Oakland police are seeking suspects in connection with a string of sexual assaults and robberies in the city's Fruitvale neighborhood.
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Oakland police are seeking suspects in connection with a string of sexual assaults and robberies in the city's Fruitvale neighborhood.
A man apparently impersonating a PG&E worker contacted a resident in Burlingame on Thursday afternoon and asked to see her gas meter, police said.
Authorities say a Watsonville man tried to shake a police car that was pursuing him by calling 911 to report a fake shooting.
The Santa Rosa man accused of chasing and striking a bicyclist with his vehicle on a golf course earlier this month was charged with attempted murder in Sonoma County Superior Court Friday morning.
A dog was shot and injured Thursday night after officers responded to an alleged burglary in progress at a Fremont home that turned out to be a false report made by a teenage neighbor, a police detective said.
An East Palo Alto man was arrested Thursday evening for allegedly repeatedly threatening to kill a San Jose resident he used to live with, police said.
A Fremont hospital nurse faces charges that he sexually assaulted two female patients.
Dublin police arrested Hyunwoo Lee, 34, of Dublin, Sunday night after he admitted to physically abusing a juvenile, according to police.
Police were attempting to locate a husband and wife who allegedly beat and stabbed a woman in Martinez last weekend, police said Thursday.
A resident of an exclusive gated community in Alamo was arrested Thursday afternoon following a fight between his neighbor that turned deadly, authorities said.
Police have arrested man who fled from a traffic stop into a Palo Alto neighborhood Thursday afternoon, prompting a nearly two-hour search.
Terra Linda High School in San Rafael was evacuated because of a bomb threat Thursday morning, but classes resumed shortly before noon following a search of the campus, police said.
Contra Costa County has received a $750,000 federal grant to help paroled low-level offenders successfully re-enter the community and avoid returning to jail or prison.
A lockdown at an East Oakland campus that was prompted by a police search for a suspect has been lifted, an Oakland Unified School District spokesman said Thursday afternoon.
A male suspect fled after groping a woman in the Stanford Shopping Center parking lot in Palo Alto Wednesday afternoon, police said.
Police are searching for a suspect who robbed a mother and her two children at gunpoint outside a school in San Mateo on Wednesday morning, police said.
A pizza deliveryman was robbed at gunpoint in San Francisco's Bayview District early Tuesday morning, police said.
Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith has entered the immigration debate, taking a stance that departs from other sheriffs around the state.
A Central California woman is behind bars after authorities say she beat a puppy so badly that even veteran law enforcement officials were shocked.
Police in Pleasanton were seeking help in finding a man who impersonated a police officer, pulled over a driver then kidnapped and sexually assaulted her last month.
Three men have been arrested in connection with a series of robberies in San Francisco's Richmond District, police said Wednesday.
A former Cardinal Newman High School basketball coach was sentenced Wednesday morning to six months in Sonoma County Jail and four years' probation for committing a sex act with a 16-year-old student.
A Newark man was arrested Monday night on suspicion of stealing a city-owned spool of copper wire from a work site in Benicia, police said.
A Central Valley mother furiously battled a masked intruder trying to kidnap her toddler daughter from their home.
Police said a married couple who went to Oakland to buy a luxury car they saw advertised on Craigslist are out thousands of dollars after they were robbed instead.
