Watch CBS News
An eight hour standoff with police ended peacefully Thursday morning in San Francisco's Vistacion Valley neighborhood, when an armed domestic violence, suspect, who barricaded himself in a home with his children, surrendered, authorities said.
Gilroy police have arrested a man suspected of killing his wife in April and are looking for the second suspect in the murder.
A man who pleaded no contest in April to a domestic violence charge stemming from allegedly trying to throw his wife off the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge in December was sentenced to five years of probation, prosecutors said Friday.
The former chief executive of a San Francisco technology firm who was fired after pleading guilty to domestic abuse has threatened to sue the company's board for the termination.
The San Francisco tech executive fired by his company over the weekend amid the backlash over his plea bargain in an attack on his girlfriend has denied the "overblown and grossly exaggerated" allegations against him, while apologizing for losing his temper.
A police dog helped track down a domestic violence suspect who fled from officers Sunday night in San Leandro.
Kwame Harris, a former offensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders, was sentenced Friday to five days in jail and three years probation for assaulting his ex-boyfriend.
An armed fugitive from the Merced County Jail surrendered to SWAT team officers in Gilroy early Wednesday morning after authorities tracked him to a hotel room in the city, a Gilroy police spokesman said.
A Mill Valley man who fell into the Bay on Friday was allegedly trying to throw his wife off of the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge during an argument, San Mateo County's district attorney said Tuesday.
A husband has been arrested after allegedly shooting and wounding his wife at a Santa Clara apartment complex late Tuesday morning, according to police.
A man was arrested in Sausalito Sunday morning after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend and jumped off a second-floor balcony, according to police.
Police in Fairfield have arrested a woman allegedly involved in a domestic violence incident that ended with two people, including an 8-year-old boy, transported to hospitals with stab wounds.
Police arrested two men and shot and killed a dog after a domestic violence call led to a chaotic standoff between the suspects and officers in an Antioch home on Friday.
A man was shot to death by police after allegedly attacking a woman and stabbing her more than 30 times in a domestic violence incident near state Highway 12 in Fairfield Tuesday morning.
Victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in Contra Costa County are finding assistance to be more accessible and it's only going to get better with new multi-service centers
A Marin County woman was arrested in Petaluma over the weekend after allegedly trying to run down her ex-boyfriend with her car, a police sergeant said Monday.
A Petaluma man was arrested Sunday morning on suspicion of setting a woman's car on fire in connection with a domestic violence case, according to police.
SAVE is a local organization that works to stop domestic violence. For 35 years, SAVE, which stands for Safe Alternatives to Violent Environments, has been providing services to those who have been abused in relationships and has been educating the community on the issue of domestic violence.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law a bill closing a legal loophole that allowed a rape conviction to be overturned because the woman was not married.
A judge has dismissed all charges against a Silicon Valley real estate magnate whose wife accused him of chaining her to a bed for two days while she was pregnant and sexually assaulting her with a golf putter.
The bill, authored by state Senator Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, gives survivors of human trafficking the right to terminate residential leases in order to protect themselves against their abusers. The bill also strengthens existing protections for survivors of domestic violence who are forced to vacate a rental property for personal safety reasons.
A knife-wielding man in a Hayward apartment was fatally shot by a police officer Wednesday night, a police lieutenant said.
The Santa Clara County medical examiner's office has identified a woman who was found stabbed to death inside her Sunnyvale home on Thursday as 55-year-old Marlene Nehez.
Prosecutors said Gurbaksh Chahal hit his girlfriend and tried to smother her with a pillow at his home after learning she had gone on a trip with another man.
A San Francisco entrepreneur once featured on the "Oprah Winfrey Show" has been charged with 47 counts related to domestic violence.
