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Jury orders Monsanto to pay cancer-stricken Livermore couple $2 billion
An Alameda County Superior Court jury on Monday awarded more than $2 billion in damages from Monsanto Co. to a Livermore couple who claimed the company’s Roundup weedkiller caused...Read More
Attorney: Woman who bit jogger was defending herself and her dogs
An attorney for an Oakland woman arrested after allegedly biting a jogger maintains her client was defending herself and her pets.Read More
New judge to be assigned to Ghost Ship trial
A new judge will be assigned to preside over the trial next year for Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena and creative director Max Harris.Read More
Oakland man convicted of murder in dispute over borrowed van
An ex-convict and self-described anarchist was convicted of second-degree murder Thursday for fatally shooting another man in a dispute over a van in Oakland in 2016.Read More
Apple robbery suspect gets probation after guilty plea
A two-time felon who was one of the 17 people charged for a robbery scheme earlier this year that targeted Apple retail stores across the state andresulted in the...Read More
Ghost Ship defendants won’t seek to move trial
Defense attorneys for Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena and creative director Max Harris said Monday that they won't file a change of venue motion.Read More
State sues drug maker over kickbacks
State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones sued the maker of an arthritis drug in Alameda County Superior Court Tuesday for alleged insurance fraud, claiming the drug is sold through illegal...Read More
Sentences commuted for convicted murderers
Gov. Jerry Brown has commuted the sentences of two men convicted of murder in Alameda County, saying he believes both men have turned their lives around.Read More
‘Ghost Ship’ prosecutors shut door on plea dals
Alameda County prosecutors have told the two mens' attorneys they will no longer accept or entertain any more plea dealsRead More
Judge rejects Ghost Ship plea deal
\he case against Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena and creative director Max Harris for a fire at the warehouse in Oakland’s in December 2016 that killed 36...Read More
Man charged in Berkeley stabbing
A 22-year-old unemployed ex-con who was recently convicted of felony assault has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing another man at the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic...Read More
Lead ‘Riders’ plaintiff sentenced to 24 months
The lead plaintiff in the Riders police misconduct case in Oakland has been sentenced to two years in state prison.Read More
Golf coach suspected of sexual assault of minors
A golf coach in the Tri-Valley area has been arrested on suspicion of eight felony counts of sexually assaulting multiple female minors, an Alameda County sheriff's spokesman said Thursday.Read More
Ghost Ship defendants cop pleas, face prison
Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena and creative director Max Harris pleaded no contest to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of 36 people.Read More