Lawyer Says Garridos Agree To End In-Jail Phone Calls
The couple charged with kidnapping Jaycee Dugard have agreed to halt their monthly telephone calls with each other rather than risk having their conversations made public.
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The couple charged with kidnapping Jaycee Dugard have agreed to halt their monthly telephone calls with each other rather than risk having their conversations made public.
New Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said Wednesday that he plans to restore two units that will use DNA evidence to investigate unsolved crimes and re-examine old convictions.
The celebration is a customary time of gift exchange, which is why Asian stores are seen as targets by criminals.
San Francisco prosecutors announced Thursday they will retry an imprisoned man whose 1991 murder conviction was overturned by a judge last month.
A wanted parolee who was shot by a San Pablo police officer Tuesday night after allegedly pointing a loaded gun at him has been identified as 33-year-old Akinlabi Minter, San Pablo police Lt. Jim Creekmore said Thursday.
Officers were looking for a man who robbed a bank in Martinez Wednesday afternoon, the Martinez Police Department said.
Three years after a T.G.I. Friday's manager was found bludgeoned to death inside the restaurant, San Mateo police are still searching for clues and are offering a $40,000 reward in the case.
A 22-year-old Contra Costa County man already in jail on suspicion of drug possession and parole violation has been booked in connection with a homicide last month in Antioch.
A statewide search continued Wednesday for a 4-year-old boy who was abducted from Stanislaus County on Tuesday.
The San Francisco Police Commission has moved to expedite the process to hire a new police chief.
A 23-year-old Utah man accused of beating a San Francisco man to death with a skateboard on Christmas Day is due back in court on murder charges next week in a case his attorney described Wednesday as self-defense.
A San Francisco man shot by police earlier this month in the South of Market neighborhood after allegedly stabbing one officer with a knife pleaded not guilty Wednesday in court to assault charges.
The owner of a downtown Oakland residential hotel is scheduled to appear in federal court Thursday for a bail hearing after being charged with trying to hire someone to burn down the building.
Napa State Hospital employees are holding a rally Wednesday to call for increased safety measures at the hospital, where one employee was killed and another attacked last year.
Fairfield police have arrested a man accused of holding his wife at gunpoint in their Broadway Street apartment Wednesday morning, a police spokesman said.
Investigators believe that a 40-year-old homeless woman who was arrested in Pacheco on Tuesday on suspicion of possessing five pipe bombs may have intended to use them to injure people, a Central Contra County Costa Narcotic Enforcement Team commander said.
Investigators are still trying to determine what led to a possible murder-suicide involving an elderly woman and her grandson in Livermore last week, a police detective said Wednesday.
Prosecutors charged a 30-year-old Bay Point woman with murder Wednesday for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend to death with a kitchen knife in their home in Bay Point last week, Deputy District Attorney John Cope said.
UPDATE: A San Pablo police officer shot and killed a wanted parolee Tuesday night after the man allegedly pointed a loaded gun at the officer during a struggle, police said Wednesday.
Four Benicia teenagers traveling in a stolen car were arrested Tuesday after leading law enforcement on a pursuit from Fairfield into Napa County, according to Fairfield police.
Oakland police have identified a man who was shot and killed in East Oakland on Monday afternoon.
Authorities are searching for a four-year-old boy who was abducted from Patterson in Stanislaus County Tuesday afternoon.
A man was shot after getting off a San Francisco Municipal Railway bus in the city's Mission District Tuesday morning, a police spokesman said.
Federal prosecutors in New Jersey announced the arrests of two men accused of stealing e-mail addresses and other information from more than 100,000 Apple iPad users.
Three Fremont bank robbery suspects were arrested Tuesday after a chase that ended with the suspect car crashing in Hayward, according to authorites.
