California Raises Animal Fighting Fines Under New Law
The fine for staging a cockfight will double in California under a law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
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The fine for staging a cockfight will double in California under a law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
The sports world - and in fact, much of the country and general public - continues to reel from Thursday's release of a 267-page report on the Penn State sexual molestation scandal.
A Petaluma man has been sentenced to 165 years to life in prison for molesting his two biological daughters under 14 years old, Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch said.
The Alameda County District Attorney's Office recently filed murder charges in two Oakland homicides last year that had remained unsolved for many months.
A man fatally shot as he returned home from church in Salinas on Wednesday night has been identified by police as 25-year old Jonathan Perea Hernandez.
A San Pablo man was in stable condition Friday morning after being shot twice in a Walmart parking lot in Pittsburg on Thursday night, a police lieutenant said.
The city of Oakland has seen seven homicides in as many days.
A Palo Alto man was arrested Wednesday night after allegedly rappelling into a grocery store through a rooftop skylight.
A man trying to escape a robbery attempt in Fairfield was pistol-whipped and then grazed by a bullet on Thursday night, police said.
A 19-year-old woman died at an East Oakland motel after being shot in the face, police said Thursday.
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday morning that it has decided not to arrest San Francisco Giants player Pablo Sandoval in connection with allegations that he sexually assaulted a 21-year-old woman in Aptos last month.
Convicted wife-killer Hans Reiser admitted in his wrongful death trial Thursday that his wife never directly harmed their children.
A longtime friend of Coco Crisp was convicted Thursday of 14 counts of fraud and identity theft for running up about $30,000 on the Oakland Athletics outfielder's credit card without his permission.
A man who was initially arrested in the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan outside of Dodger Stadium last year but was later cleared has sued the Los Angeles Police Department for defamation.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has denied allegations that he gave false testimony on the witness stand at suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's official misconduct hearing.
The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office is investigating two shootings that occurred in North Richmond Thursday morning, a sheriff's spokesman said.
A Napa woman fatally stabbed her boyfriend during a domestic dispute late Wednesday night, a Napa police sergeant said.
A burglarized home was lit on fire in Sonoma County on Tuesday evening—the third such incident in recent months, a fire official said.
Police were investigating whether gunshots fired on Leona Creek Drive in Oakland on Wednesday night are related to a shooting that killed a 15-year-old boy in the same neighborhood the night before.
A man who accidentally shot himself in the leg outside Santa Rosa prompted the discovery by police of an elaborate marijuana-growing operation, according a published report.
The San Francisco Police Department has produced a video in Cantonese that warns elderly members of the Chinese American community about a scam that has netted thieves more than a million dollars in cash and jewelry over the past few months.
Two San Jose men were arrested on suspicion of stealing copper wire from a commercial building in Milpitas on Friday morning, police said.
An East Bay city councilman said an attempt to say hello went sour when an unknown man knocked him out and later dumped him at a horse racing track.
An aspiring firefighter had his life cut short after being gunned down in East Oakland Tuesday night.
A 7-month-old pit bull puppy will apparently make a full recovery after taking a gunshot to the eye when he reportedly charged at a Menlo Park police officer over the weekend.
