2 Arrested In Murder Of Woman Found Dead In Concord Home
Two suspects were arrested Thursday in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old woman found in a vacant Concord home this week, police said.
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Two suspects were arrested Thursday in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old woman found in a vacant Concord home this week, police said.
The California Association of Special Agents – which represents law enforcement personnel assigned to 52 criminal task forces in California – told CBS 5 on Thursday night that the state plans to cut half of all the task force agents statewide due to the budget crisis.
Opponents of the death penalty gathered in San Jose Thursday to kick off a state-wide campaign to replace capital punishment with life without parole.
The man accused of brazenly snatching a drawing by Pablo Picasso from an art gallery near San Francisco's Union Square pleaded guilty to grand theft during a court hearing on Thursday as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.
An Antioch woman was sentenced Wednesday to 46 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $6 million for embezzling at least $5 million from her former employer, a U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman said.
Police have identified a woman whose body was found inside of a vacant Concord home Tuesday as 21-year-old Concord resident Shelby Barnes.
The second of two California brothers convicted of the Thanksgiving killings of three Oakland family members has been sentenced to life in prison.
Police have told the Archdiocese of San Francisco that they had found a 5,300 pound, historic bell that had been stolen last Sunday from the grounds of St. Mary's Cathedral.
Police in San Bruno are searching for a man they say sexually assaulted a woman in a Skyline College classroom on Tuesday night.
Six defendants accused of beating and gang raping a 16-year-old girl outside of Richmond High School's homecoming dance in October 2009 pleaded not guilty Wednesday to numerous felony charges.
A bank in Corte Madera was robbed by a mustached man wearing a knit cap and construction boots Tuesday evening, according to Twin Cities police.
Police found a female body at a vacant Concord home Tuesday afternoon, a Concord police lieutenant said.
Medical marijuana grows and illegal pot fields have become a major problem in Sonoma County, according to some residents, and the Board of Supervisors is now looking sweeping changes to laws applying to marijuana dispensaries.
A man dubbed the "Plaid Bandit" pleaded not guilty Tuesday to what San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon called a "terrifying" series of four bank robberies in the city since June 2010.
The Contra Costa County coroner's office on Tuesday identified a fugitive who was fatally shot by Antioch police on Monday night as 33-year-old Joshua Petersen.
East Bay Paratransit driver Eddie Hall was charged with murder Tuesday for allegedly running over and killing Hells Angels motorcyclist George Lopez Jr. in San Leandro on Saturday.
Santa Clara Police are addressing a recent spike in bicycle thefts with an event that will promote bike safety and awareness.
Police fatally shot a 33-year-old fugitive in the area of Lemontree Court who they say was wanted on two arrest warrants.
Days after confirming a Hells Angels member accused in the murder of another member at a San Jose Hells Angel funeral is alive, authorities are now expressing concern about his female acquaintance.
A Concord resident and apparent disgruntled employee who shot at his supervisor and at his neighbor's home last week was charged Monday with eight felony counts including attempted murder.
An East Coast businessman was robbed at gunpoint at a Motel 6 in Belmont on Monday morning, police said.
Paul Arthur Stevenson III was charged Monday with three counts of murder and four counts of willful, premeditated and deliberate attempted murder. He could face the death penalty if he's convicted.
A Hells Angels motorcyclist who was killed in a collision with an East Bay Paratransit driver Saturday in San Leandro was identified Monday as 51-year-old George Lopez Jr. of Stockton.
A bank in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood was robbed Saturday morning by a suspect who used an open umbrella to hide himself from surveillance cameras, police said Monday.
Authorities are searching for a man whom they want to question about a string of bank robberies in Northern California and Oregon.
