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The juror pool for the trial of San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi on domestic violence charges began being winnowed down this afternoon, but remaining in the pool is a former colleague of Mirkarimi’s — Supervisor Eric Mar. Mar, who served alongside Mirkarimi on the city’s Board of Supervisors before Mirkarimi was elected sheriff in November, […]
A former Santa Clara police officer was sentenced in federal court in San Jose today to three years in prison for giving confidential law enforcement information to a Hells Angels motorcycle club member to whom he owed money. Clay Rojas, 37, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh. Rojas was convicted by a jury […]
A man on trial for strangling the daughter of a Hall of Fame football player in 1999 took the stand in his own defense today in San Mateo County Superior Court. Throughout emotional testimony that spanned several hours, Mohammed Haroon Ali, 36, covered his face and sobbed as he described the circumstances that led up […]
An Oakland man was sentenced today to two consecutive life prison terms plus 100 years for fatally shooting two teenage girls four years ago in what prosecutors said was a bid to avenge the death of his brother at the hands of police. Gumaro Baez, 22, was convicted in November of two counts of first-degree […]
A judge ruled today that a critical piece of video evidence in the domestic violence case against San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi will be admissible in his upcoming trial. Mirkarimi, 50, has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of domestic violence battery, child endangerment and dissuading a witness in connection with a Dec. 31 incident […]
Santa Cruz County sheriff’s officials are searching for a man who grabbed a 15-year-old girl when she was walking to school in Live Oak Monday morning. The girl was walking around 8:15 a.m. when a man in a pickup truck slowly drove alongside her and came to a stop near 17th Avenue and Rodriguez Street […]
Walnut Creek police have arrested three Southern California men in connection with a series of fraudulent credit card purchases at Nordstrom stores all over the state. Police were called to the Nordstrom at 1200 Broadway Plaza Saturday around 4:15 p.m. by store officials who reported several suspects using fraudulent credit cards to buy gift […]
Palo Alto police responded to eight home burglaries and one attempted home burglary on Friday, and they are warning residents stay on the alert. Three burglaries occurred on the 300 block of Sheridan Avenue between 7:30 a.m. and 2:45 p.m., and another three on the same floor of an apartment complex on the 400 block […]
Luna Bail Bonds Vallejo Reports: A Vallejo police officer gunned down in November while chasing a suspected bank robber has been memorialized with a song and video recorded in his honor by a fellow police officer. The song, “Won’t Be Forgotten,” was written by Vallejo police Cpl. Steve Darden, according to William Tweedy, a retired […]