'Hanging Judge' Challenges California's Death Penalty
California's death penalty costs taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Now, the latest challenger to that expenditure comes from an unexpected source.
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California's death penalty costs taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Now, the latest challenger to that expenditure comes from an unexpected source.
A 20-year-old man who was the youngest person charged as an adult for murder in San Mateo County in 2005 was sentenced Friday to 43 years in state prison, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.
Authorities said 53-year-old Daryl Podborny was shot on Thursday morning after he attacked the sergeant near an Interstate 680 on-ramp in Dublin.
A proposal to criminalize male circumcision in San Francisco was submitted to the city this week with enough signatures to put the ban on the ballot for the November election, but local religious groups said Thursday that they plan to strongly oppose the initiative.
Livermore police arrested a registered sex offender suspected of engaging in unlawful sexual conduct with an 11-year-old girl, police said.
On Friday, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan will announce a new budget that may include layoffs of more police officers. Investigators who are already overwhelmed with an increasing number of murder cases say it's likely to get worse.
A 15-year-old girl who was possibly kidnapped in East Oakland Thursday morning was found unharmed after an Amber Alert was issued and the vehicle she was traveling in was located.
A doctor who worked for the health center at UC Berkeley pleaded not guilty Thursday to 19 felony counts involving allegations that he sexually assaulted six male patients.
San Francisco officials are again looking into the possibility of closing Golden Gate Park during overnight hours after vandalism and a recent string of attacks on transients.
A 30-year-old woman whose boyfriend had been living for days with her badly decomposed remains had died of significant physical trauma, authorities said.
Phillip and Nancy Garrido have agreed to plead guilty to kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard and holding her captive for 18 years.
A stolen pickup truck was recovered Thursday morning from the water near the Oakland Coliseum, a fire department battalion chief said.
A Dublin police sergeant shot and killed a suspect during a violent confrontation early Thursday morning which also left the sergeant hospitalized with head injuries.
There have already been 15 killings in San Jose this year, compared to 20 for all of 2010, according to police.
A Santa Cruz County man was found living with the badly decomposed body of a woman after neighbors called to complain of an unusual smell coming from inside the man's studio apartment.
Jurors in the trial of Your Black Muslim Bakery leader Yusuf Bey IV heard a recording of his former girlfriend telling police that Bey gloated about the shooting death of Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey in 2007.
Oakland police Wednesday released an updated description of the vehicle they believe was used by the suspects in a shooting at a restaurant near Jack London Square early Monday.
Nearly 30 years after joining the San Francisco Police Department, Greg Suhr became the city's top cop Wednesday when he was sworn in by Mayor Ed Lee.
Two El Sobrante men have been arrested on suspicion of stealing pickup trucks in Marin and Sonoma counties and removing their catalytic converters.
For three men caught apparently attempting to steal copper wire alongside railroad tracks north of Richmond it turned out to be a very unlucky day as a train with half a dozen railroad cops just happened to stop right next to them.
A 24-year-old man who was killed at a San Jose residential care facility Tuesday night following a confrontation with a roommate earlier that day appears to have been strangled, police said.
Prostitution has been on the rise in Vallejo, and now some neighborhood watch groups are taking matters into their own hands.
The Oakland City Attorney's Office, which has filed lawsuits against two gangs in the city, still plans to file a lawsuit against a third gang at some point in the near future, a spokesman said Tuesday.
