Alleged Gang Members Plead Not Guilty In Oakley Teen's Murder
All six defendants charged in connection with the August murder of a 16-year-old Oakley boy in Antioch pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning in Contra Costa County Superior Court.
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All six defendants charged in connection with the August murder of a 16-year-old Oakley boy in Antioch pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning in Contra Costa County Superior Court.
A new report by the California Department of Justice shows that the homicide rate last year dropped to its lowest level in more than four decades.
The woman accused of killing nursing student Michele Le in the East Bay earlier this year appeared briefly in court Friday but did not enter a plea, according to prosecutors.
A fugitive has been charged with murder after a protester was killed last month near the former Occupy Oakland encampment outside City Hall, authorities said Friday.
A Richmond man was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison Friday morning in Contra Costa County Superior Court for the 2008 murder of a longtime friend.
A Solano County Superior Court judge issued a gag order Thursday morning that prohibits attorneys from publicly discussing the case involving the murder of Vallejo police officer James Capoot.
Law enforcement officials arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting Kayode Ola Foster near the former Occupy Oakland encampment at Frank Ogawa Plaza last month.
A California member of the Hells Angels has pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder for his role in a September brawl at Nevada casino that erupted into a shootout that claimed the life of his San Jose chapter president.
Thousands of mourners filled a high school stadium Wednesday for the memorial service for slain police Officer James Capoot, who was fatally shot while chasing a bank robbery suspect earlier this month.
A man accused of fatally stabbing the mother of his daughter and raping two of the woman's other daughters in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood in 2007 was found guilty of first-degree murder and sexual assault charges Wednesday.
The causes of youth violence remain the same: poverty, unemployment and peer pressure. But it's hard to understand what would prompt a teen to cross the line and choose wrong over right unless you know where they've been.
A reputed gang member was convicted of first-degree murder and other charges for the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Ditiyan Franklin Jr.
Police in Richmond beefed up patrols over the weekend after a string of shootings left one man dead and another four wounded, a police lieutenant said Tuesday.
The man accused of fatally shooting Vallejo police Officer James Capoot earlier this month pleaded not guilty to capital murder charges in a Fairfield courtroom Tuesday morning.
Sheriff's officials have identified a girl who was found murdered in Monterey County Wednesday morning as 14-year-old Maria Ambriz-Reyes.
Gilroy police are investigating a murder-suicide Sunday night that involved a San Jose police sergeant and his wife.
The murder trial of a man who allegedly chased down and killed a 16-year-old Redwood City boy for throwing a rock at a car he was in started Monday morning in San Mateo County Superior Court.
Contra Costa County sheriff's detectives are investigating a homicide in North Richmond Friday night that killed a Richmond man, according to the sheriff's office.
A Southern California teenager pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder for killing a gay student during a computer lab class three years ago that will send him to prison for 21 years and avoid a retrial.
Hundreds braved the cold and wet weather to pay their respects to the man who was killed while responding to a bank robbery last Thursday.
The investigation into the death of San Francisco-born actress Natalie Wood is being re-opened as a homicide case.
A judge in Reno, Nev., has entered a not guilty plea on behalf of the man accused of killing the president of the San Jose chapter of the Hells Angels during a casino shootout in September.
A third motorcycle gang member has been indicted on murder charges in the September shootout at a Nevada casino that killed the president of the Hells Angels' San Jose chapter.
Jurors are weighing the fate of Shetarra James, a 25-year-old Fairfield woman charged with second-degree murder and felony child endangerment in the deaths of four young, unsupervised children in an April 2010 apartment fire.
A Union City gang member was convicted Wednesday of the attempted murder of a police officer and nine other felony counts for firing 10 shots from a 9mm semiautomatic handgun at Fremont police Officer Todd Young last year, nearly killing him.
