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State lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill that would make California the first state to define when "yes means yes" while investigating sexual assaults on college campuses.
San Jose is seeing an increase in violent crime this year even as homicides are on the decline.
A Sonoma County jury deliberated four hours Monday before reconvicting a Santa Rosa man of rape in concert with a kidnapping allegation in 2006 and 2009, Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch said.
District Attorney James Scott said there is insufficient evidence to prove that 21-year-old senior Leah Francis was raped by her ex-boyfriend in his home in Alaska over winter break.
Alameda County's District Attorney is now working with the FBI on a pilot project to process and review a backlog of untested DNA rape kits more rapidly.
An Oakland Public Works employee has been charged with rape and a slew of other sex crimes for allegedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl in Antioch, a prosecutors said Wednesday.
Fremont police have arrested a man after he allegedly broke into a home Sunday morning and tied up a mother and daughter and raping one of them before making off with some items.
A homeless man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman who gave him money in Richmond earlier this month has been charged with a slew of felonies including rape by force, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office.
The so-called "Pillowcase Rapist" was released from a mental hospital and moved into an Antelope Valley home amid protests by the community Wednesday.
Pope Francis begged forgiveness Monday in his first meeting with Catholics sexually abused by members of the clergy and went further than any of his predecessors by vowing to hold bishops accountable for their handling of pedophile priests.
Police arrested Arturo Hernandez Sunday morning when he was spotted in Novato on his way to meet with the victim, who is a teenager under 18.
A San Rafael man was arrested this week on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl, police said Thursday.
A cloud hung over Stanford's graduation commencement Sunday as some graduates called for justice after an alleged sexual assault.
Students at Stanford University were protesting Thursday a decision by the school not to expel a senior accused of sexually assaulting a woman who is a classmate.
A Modesto teen was attacked Friday on her morning jog, driven just blocks away, then raped in broad daylight.
Hundreds of students turned out at Stanford University to demand tougher punishments in sexual assault cases, in support of a senior who claims she was raped by a classmate.
SB 967 would establish affirmative consent on all state-run college campuses in California. The standard is defined as "an affirmative unambiguous and conscious decision by each participant to engage in mutually agreed upon sexual activity…Lack of protest or resistance does not mean consent. Nor does silence mean consent."
Alameda County Sheriff's officials say the suspect who violently raped a 19-year-old woman was arrested after using her credit card to get a car wash and buy sexual enhancement pills.
California would toughen penalties for young people convicted sexually assaulting someone who is unconscious under legislation the Senate approved Wednesday in response to an assault on a teenager who later committed suicide.
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Gilbert Brown issued a brief order saying that Christopher Evans Hubbart, 63, must be released by July 7, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a statement.
The attorney for man charged with kidnapping his girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter and keeping her captive while sexually assaulting her for a decade denies the allegations and says the claims are lies because the couple is breaking up.
A woman who was 15 when she disappeared from her California home a decade ago has contacted police and told them she was kidnapped by a man who sexually assaulted her, forced her into marriage and fathered a child with her, authorities said Wednesday.
Southern California residents journeyed to San Jose Wednesday to protest the release of a serial rapist to their neighborhood who admitted to assaulting dozens of women between 1971 and 1982.
