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California has transferred about 15 percent of its prison population to the counties since last October in a move to reduce overcrowding. However, the ACLU is out with a new report that criticizes how counties are dealing with all the new prisoners.
A Concord pizzeria was robbed at gunpoint by a man wearing all black on Monday night, police said.
An anti-violence agency in Richmond that was embroiled in controversy with police is looking closely at its future in the community, with agency officials saying that they think its time to evaluate the effectiveness of the organization.
An Oakland man was sentenced Tuesday to 11 years in state prison for the suffocation death of his 4-month-old son.
A Solano County jury convicted a Fairfield man Tuesday morning of killing his estranged wife four years ago.
It's less than a month before the April 17th tax filing deadline. While taxpayers and accountants are getting busy, so are criminals.
Crime and violence are words that have become synonymous with the city of Oakland, but the police chief said that he is working to change that by asking the community to help police.
An Alameda County deputy probation officer filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Chief Probation Officer David Muhammad sexually harassed her.
A Concord police officer is facing two felony charges in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident that occurred last month, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office.
Santa Rosa police arrested a 30-year-old man on Monday suspected of sexually assaulting a student at Santa Rosa Junior College last week.
A California woman whose infant son died after ingesting methamphetamine-laced breast milk has been sentenced to six years in prison.
San Jose police arrested three bank robbery suspects after a high-speed chase on U.S. Highway 101 Tuesday morning, a police sergeant said.
A woman was robbed of her purse while sitting in a car at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf early Tuesday morning, police said.
Police on Monday arrested a third suspect in a double homicide that occurred in Fairfield earlier this month.
Mayor Ed Lee said last week he is considering his options under the city charter, which allows the mayor to suspend the sheriff for official misconduct.
California's chief justice is warning that hundreds of millions of dollars in budget cuts to the state court system at a time of rising need have led to "potentially dangerous delays" in the administration of justice.
San Francisco police increased patrols at synagogues and Jewish schools in the city Monday after a deadly shooting at a Jewish school in France.
Two men were convicted Monday of about 60 felony counts each for a series of 12 home invasion robberies in Oakland over an eight-month period last year in which they mainly targeted Asian immigrants.
A man was robbed after going to meet with a woman at a motel in San Francisco's Mission District late Sunday night, police said.
A woman was arrested after allegedly stabbing another woman in a dispute over money in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood on Sunday evening, police said.
A Petaluma police dog helped track down suspected car thieves in the city on Friday, police said.
Two carjacking and robbery suspects who prompted a several-hours-long standoff with police at a vacant home in San Jose Friday morning were arrested after leading officers on a short pursuit Saturday, police said.
The Alameda County coroner's bureau was working to identify the body of a man that washed ashore at the Berkeley Marina Saturday morning, a police sergeant said.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is hoping Thursday's murder-suicide involving an Iraq War vet does not discourage vets with PTSD to seek treatment.
The search continued for a missing woman whose son -- 27-year-old Iraq War veteran Abel Gutierrez—is believed to have fatally shot his 11-year-old sister before turning the gun on himself in the family's Gilroy apartment Wednesday night, police said.
