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Judge denies motion to dismiss Ghost Ship fire charges
An Alameda County Superior Court judge Friday denied a defense motion to dismiss the 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena and Max Harris face...Read More
Sex worker: Client beat me, ran me over
A sex worker testified Thursday that she thought she would die when a client choked her and hit her with his car three times after they had sex.Read More
Jury selection nears in trial of 2014 slaying of EMT
Jury selection is scheduled for Thursday in the case of a 21-year-old man alleged to have fatally shot an off-duty emergency medical technician in the early hours of December...Read More
Prosecutors say this 95-year-old murdered his wife of 70 years. A jury disagreed.
A man accused of killing his 90-year-old wife in Foster City last year was acquitted by a San Mateo County Superior Court jury Monday.Read More
Man claims self-defense in fast food machete attack
John Nolan Henry II testified he acted in self-defense when he used a machete to chop off a man's four fingers at a Jack in the Box in East...Read More
Uncle gets 202 years for sodomizing 4-year-old nieces
A 42-year-old man was sentenced Friday in a San Francisco courtroom to 202 years to life in prison for molesting two underage family members.Read More
Officer testifies on-duty sex was consensual, not rape
A former San Jose police officer testified in his trial Monday that he didn't rape a woman at a hotel and she flirted with him before they had consensual...Read More
‘Shrimp Boy’: I took money as sign of respect
Chinatown tong leader Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow insisted on his second day on the stand in federal court in San Francisco today that he gave up crime after 2003Read More
‘Shrimp Boy’ spills details of criminal past
Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow told a federal jury in San Francisco that although he previously committed a raft of crimes, he vowed to stop.Read More
Mammoth container ship to make Oakland stop
Port of Oakland officials are preparing for the arrival of the largest container ship to ever visit.Read More
Accused Oikos shooter felt like ‘laughingstock’
Accused mass killer One Goh told police shortly after he allegedly killed seven people at an Oakland university that he felt like a "laughingstock."Read More
Doctors: ‘Suicidal’ accused Oikos killer competent to stand trial
A hearing on whether a man accused of killing seven people in a shooting rampage at Oakland's Oikos University in 2012 is mentally competent to stand trial will begin...Read More
Court denies woman right to her own embryos
A San Francisco woman Wednesday was denied custody of embryos she created with her estranged husband in a court ruling.Read More
Alex Nieto civil trial to begin March 1
A civil trial is set to begin March 1 to determine whether San Francisco police used excessive force in fatally shooting a 28-year-old man.Read More
Lawyers paint conflicting visions of Raymond ‘Shrimp Boy’ Chow
A federal jury in San Francisco heard conflicting portrayals of Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow during opening statements of his racketeering trial Monday.Read More
Class action lawsuit seeks end to monetary bail
A class action lawsuit claims San Francisco's wealth-based pretrial detention system unfairly targets low-income inmates.Read More
AC Transit pays $2.5 million to injured bicyclist
AC Transit has agreed to pay $2.5 million to an Oakland woman who suffered a brain injury and had her face shattered when an AC Transit bus driver slammed...Read More
‘Shrimp Boy’ Chow indicted on murder charges
Chinatown association leader Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow has been indicted by a federal grand jury in San Francisco on new charges of participating in two murders.Read More
Killer pleas guilty in 2010 Alameda murder
In an unusual move, an Oakland man pleaded guilty today to first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of a 35-year-old man in Alameda.Read More
Supreme Court slams door on San Jose A’s
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday turned down the city of San Jose's bid for revision of baseball's 93-year-old anti-trust exemption.Read More