Florida State gunman used deputy mom’s former service weapon to kill 2 and...
By KATE PAYNE and DAVID FISCHER TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The 20-year-old son of a sheriff’s deputy opened fire Thursday at Florida State University with his mother’s former service weapon, killing two...
View Article‘My whole delusion came crashing down’: Stanford grad sent to prison for...
SAN FRANCISCO — A man and woman have been sentenced to four years in federal prison for running a drug delivery service that offered clients perks like time with cute puppies, court records show. The...
View ArticleOakland nonprofit ex-director, charged with pocketing $50k donation from...
OAKLAND — He was charged with two high crimes: not just embezzling $150,000 from the nonprofit he directed, but pocketing a $50,000 donation from the Bay Area’s premier power couple. But now Howard...
View ArticleNovato police link teens to Hamilton shooting
Novato police arrested two teenage suspects Tuesday in connection with a shooting on April 9 in the Hamilton area. Police described the attack, which injured an 18-year-old man, as a gang crime. The...
View ArticleEx-director of Oakland nonprofit admits bilking $50,000 donation from Steph...
OAKLAND — Howard Solomon, a former executive director of the East Oakland Boxing club, admitted in court Wednesday to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the nonprofit, including a $50,000...
View ArticleSoCal basketball star Alijah Arenas, son of former Warrior Gilbert, in...
Alijah Arenas, the Los Angeles Daily News boys basketball player of the year, was seriously injured in a Thursday morning car accident. Chatsworth High School boys basketball coach Sam Harris confirmed...
View ArticleConvicted killer Scott Peterson says “I loved my wife very much” in...
During Scott Peterson’s notorious five-month trial 21 years ago, he never took the witness stand to defend himself against charges he murdered his pregnant wife, Laci, and threw her body in the San...
View ArticleFBI director says a judge accused of helping someone evade immigration agents...
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, DEVI SHASTRI and COREY WILLIAMS | Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The FBI on Friday arrested a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities,...
View ArticleMarin court service for children faces funding uncertainty
Funding cuts are putting dozens of youths in Marin foster care and the juvenile justice system at risk of losing services from volunteer court-appointed special advocates. Sherene Chen, chief executive...
View ArticleSex offender to face trial in Marin stalking case
A registered sex offender accused of stalking a woman in San Rafael has been ordered to stand trial. Darrien James Humphries, 25, of Vacaville allegedly followed a stranger who was walking to work on...
View ArticleMarin judge orders DUI trial for Fairfax bar owner
A Marin County Superior Court judge has ruled there is sufficient evidence to have a Fairfax bar owner tried for allegedly hitting a pedestrian while driving under the influence of alcohol. The...
View ArticleBay Area spacecraft fraud suspect convicted
Ramesh Nathan told investors his Bay Area spacecraft company had seven offices around the world, employed more than 15,000 people and generated $30 billion in profit in a single quarter. But, according...
View ArticleNationwide hacking of students’ private photos reaches CSU East Bay
Detailed in a civil lawsuit filed Wednesday in Alameda County, a widening scandal involving the alleged violation of students’ privacy by former University of Michigan football co-offensive coordinator...
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Marin center marks 25 years of helping young crime victims
Shaded by towering trees and neighbored by dozens of yellow wildflowers that dot an emerald green field, the Jeannette Prandi Children’s Center resembles a sanctuary. Little is heard on this side of...
View ArticleBay Area woman sues airline over alleged groping
A Sonoma County woman is suing American Airlines, claiming staff blamed her after she was groped on a redeye flight from San Francisco International Airport, and that the airline failed to stop a...
View ArticleFormer Cal State female athlete sues in national cyber-sexual attack
A former Cal State San Bernardino volleyball player is the latest female athlete to sue ex-University of Michigan offensive coach Matthew Weiss for allegedly hacking into her intimate digital photos as...
View ArticleMill Valley police accuse teen of DUI, hit-and-run
A 17-year-old girl was arrested on suspicion of intoxicated hit-and-run driving after crashing into several parked vehicles, police said. The incident happened early Sunday morning near the corner of...
View ArticleMarin investigators arrest suspect in school burglaries
A Fairfield man was arrested for allegedly burglarizing three Marin County schools. Marin County sheriff’s detectives began investigating the incidents in February. Authorities were notified about a...
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San Rafael police: Sex offender followed child to school
San Rafael police arrested a convicted sex offender Tuesday after he allegedly followed a student onto the campus of Davidson Middle School. The school notified authorities about a suspicious man on...
View ArticleCaltrain employee guilty of using public funds to build secret apartment in...
REDWOOD CITY – A jury on Wednesday found a former Caltrain deputy director guilty of embezzling public funds to build a personal “crash pad” in a historic Burlingame train station, declining the...
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