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Hundreds of police employees sue Tetra Tech over Hunters Point exposure
Nearly 400 San Francisco police employees have sued Tetra Tech Inc. in federal court on claims of negligence and racketeering conspiracy for allegedly causing them to be exposed to...Read More
Video: Oakland police use force against school board protesters
Six protesters were arrested during an Oakland Unified School District Board of Education meeting on Wednesday evening, the latest in a series of demonstrations against school closures and the...Read More
Chief orders investigation into forceful arrest of former councilman
Oakland police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick has ordered an internal affairs investigation into an altercation involving a former city councilman who was thrown to the ground and arrested at the...Read More
Police arrest sex offender caught urinating in front of Safeway customers
A 35-year-old transient from Hayward was arrested Sunday morning after he allegedly was urinating outside of a Safeway store in front of several store customers, Fremont police said. The...Read More
Nearly 30 years later, man pleads guilty to murder of 14-year-old girl
A Castroville man has pleaded guilty to the 1990 murder of a teenager and the attempted kidnapping in 1993 of another teenager, Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine Pacioni announced...Read More
Morgan Hill enforces curfew during power shutoff
The city of Morgan Hill will enact a curfew for residents once power goes out in parts of the city during the PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff. Originally planned...Read More
Fentanyl exposure sends nine deputies, five inmates to hospital
Nine San Francisco sheriff’s deputies and five jail inmates were hospitalized Tuesday after being exposed to fentanyl, according to sheriff’s officials. Around 5:30 p.m., deputies discovered an unresponsive inmate...Read More
SF district attorney announces resignation, eyes run in Los Angeles
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon on Thursday announced his resignation in a letter to his staff. According to the letter, his last day will be Friday, Oct. 18....Read More
Commission finds Richmond officer initiated violence in fatal shooting
Richmond’s Police Community Review Commission approved a statement Wednesday night indicating that Officer Wallace Jensen initiated the violent encounter that led to the death of Richard “Pedie” Perez in...Read More
Man pleads not guilty to eight sexual assaults spanning nearly 20 years
A 62-year-old resident of El Dorado County accused of sexual abusing three girls is being held on $8.8 million bail at the Martinez Detention Facility, Contra Costa County prosecutors...Read More
Witness descriptions lead police to suspect in Fairfield fatal shooting
A suspect was arrested and a firearm was recovered following a fatal shooting of an 18-year-old resident Saturday evening in Fairfield, police said. Police received “numerous calls” starting about...Read More