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A few thousand law enforcement officers, government officials and community members gathered in Vacaville Thursday morning to say goodbye to slain California Highway Patrol Officer Kenyon Youngstrom.
A man accused of killing a hairstylist in San Francisco's Diamond Heights neighborhood in June pleaded not guilty Thursday morning to murder and residential robbery charges, prosecutors said.
The trial of an alleged gang member charged with the separate killings of Vallejo musician Dewey Tucker and a Santa Rosa man is under way in Sonoma County Superior Court.
The fiancée of Adolfo Ignacio Celedon Bravo marked two years after he was fatally shot in Berkeley by asking people to come forward to help police find and arrest his killers.
An employee at a Milpitas 7-11 store who was shot dead early Saturday morning during a robbery has been identified as 67-year-old Mohammad Reza Sadeghzadeh, according to police.
Vallejo police have identified the two victims of a homicide on Thursday as 31-year-old Dashoun Ramon Jones and 28-year-old Ashley Shari Mills of Vallejo.
A teenager filming a rap video at a Pittsburg park was shot and killed Friday evening.
A man accused of fatally shooting an East Palo Alto community activist in San Mateo in 2010 pleaded not guilty Friday in San Mateo County Superior Court and sought permission from the court to fire his attorney, according to prosecutors.
Police in Indianapolis say the bodies found buried in a shallow grave two weeks ago are those of two San Jose men.
Vallejo police are investigating a double shooting as a quadruple homicide Friday after learning that one of the victims, a 28-year-old woman, was six months pregnant with twins.
Authorities have identified an 18-year-old man as the suspect in a Bay Point shooting Thursday that killed a Martinez teen and sent nearby residents inside schools and homes, a Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office spokesman said.
A man accused of killing a hairstylist in San Francisco's Diamond Heights neighborhood in June made his initial appearance in court Thursday to face murder and residential robbery charges.
In an unusual move, an Oakland man has surrendered to police for the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old woman two weeks ago.
A Northern California mixed-martial artist accused of ripping out his friend's heart and removing his tongue and skin while he was still alive has pleaded guilty to murder and mayhem charges.
The 84th homicide of the year in Oakland, and the third within 24 hours, was marked by the shooting death of a man early Friday morning, a police spokeswoman said.
The MacArthur Boulevard off-ramp from Interstate Highway 580 eastbound reopened after a police closure to assist an investigation into an early morning homicide, according to the California Highway Patrol.
San Francisco Police on Tuesday announced an arrest in connection with the June 12th murder of a Diamond Heights man after an investigation that lasted more than two months.
San Jose police are crediting stepped up gang enforcement efforts, with a recent decrease in violence in the city. But the city may not have the funding to continue those efforts into the next year.
A 20-year-old man was killed in a shooting in unincorporated Hayward on Monday night, a sheriff's spokesman said.
A man was shot in San Francisco's Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood early Saturday morning and died at the hospital the next day, a police spokesman said Tuesday.
A resident of an exclusive gated community in Alamo was arrested Thursday afternoon following a fight between his neighbor that turned deadly, authorities said.
San Jose City and community leaders joined people seeking an end to violence for a prayer vigil outside city hall Monday evening.
The California Supreme Court on Monday overturned the death penalty of a Palo Alto man who was convicted of murdering a San Jose jewelry store owner and his brother 29 years ago.
Investigators believe the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man in San Pablo on Sunday afternoon may have been gang-related, police said Monday.
The San Jose Police Department is redeploying officers and freeing up other staff in order to increase police presence on the streets after eight homicides in 11 days.
