There was a problem with Scott Shaw’s defense expert in SJSU athletic...
SAN JOSE – Defense lawyers representing the former San Jose State athletic trainer accused of sexually assaulting female athletes suffered a setback on the first day presenting their case Tuesday when...
View ArticleSan Rafael police arrest suspect in camp shooting
San Rafael police have arrested a suspect on allegations he fired a gun at a camp near the Falkirk Cultural Center. The shooting happened at about 4:30 a.m. July 22 in a parking lot near the center on...
View ArticleClosing arguments loom in San Jose State athletics trainer sexual assault trial
SAN JOSE – Defense lawyers for San Jose State’s former head athletic director rested their case Friday, leaving only closing arguments next week before a jury decides whether Scott Shaw was using...
View ArticleDefense: Jury may feel San Jose State trainer deserved to be fired for...
SAN JOSE – San Jose State’s former head athletic trainer might have touched female athletes in a way that made them so uncomfortable, and did so little to explain his methods or secure their consent,...
View ArticleLarkspur, Corte Madera residents find antisemitic leaflets
Several Corte Madera and Larkspur residents found plastic bags containing antisemitic pamphlets in their driveways on Sunday, according to the Central Marin Police Authority. Residents said they did...
View ArticleNovato man charged with raping child
A 45-year-old man has been charged in a Novato child molestation investigation. Carlos Alejandro Chi-Chi, a Novato resident, allegedly molested the victim over a period of about four years, according...
View ArticleTakeaways from the Trump indictment that alleges a campaign of ‘fraud and...
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, BRIAN SLODYSKO and MEG KINNARD | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The federal indictment of Donald Trump on Tuesday marks the first time that the former president has been formally...
View ArticleAfter deadlock, jury back to business deciding San Jose State athletic...
SAN JOSE — The jury deciding the fate of San Jose State’s former athletic trainer accused of sexually assaulting female athletes begins a fourth day of deliberations on Thursday, powering on after...
View ArticleWells Fargo accused of new fake-accounts scam in lawsuit alleging...
Bernard “Jay” Patterson had never done business with Wells Fargo, so when he received a statement for a checking account in his name, he had questions. And as a forensic accountant and certified fraud...
View ArticleDon’t “bully,” judge tells jurors in San Jose State athletic trainer’s sexual...
A day after the jurors deciding the fate of San Jose’s State former athletic trainer accused of sexually assaulting female athletes hit a “rough patch” and ended deliberations early, the federal judge...
View ArticleNovato police accuse suspect of assault, hate crime
Novato police arrested a suspect on assault allegations in a case they consider a hate crime. The incident happened Wednesday on Fourth Street, where a man driving a pickup truck accosted a bicyclist,...
View ArticleCentral Marin police arrest carjacking suspect
Investigators have arrested a suspect in connection with a carjacking in Corte Madera. The victim reported the crime at about 3:45 p.m. Sunday in the 5000 block of Paradise Drive, according to Central...
View ArticleMarin man sentenced in federal gun case
A Marin County man who allegedly posted pictures of himself holding a pistol as he drove through Oakland has been sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison, court records show. Tyler...
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Mistrial declared in San Jose State athletic trainer trial: Jury foreman...
SAN JOSE — An emotional showdown in the jury room where one holdout juror complained of being bullied and refused to deliberate Thursday led to a mistrial in the case of San Jose State’s former head...
View ArticleRichmond spa linked to Legionnaires’ disease deaths
A day spa in Richmond could be linked to two recent deaths associated with legionellosis, or Legionnaires’ disease, health authorities said. Two people fell ill and died just days after visiting the...
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Bullying? Coercing? Hung juries are rare — so what happened last week in a...
SAN JOSE – Six hours before the federal judge declared a mistrial in the sexual assault trial of San Jose State’s former head athletic trainer, she summoned the exasperated, deadlocked jurors back into...
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Alameda: Sinking boat casts four men into the bay, leaving one dead
ALAMEDA – A sinking boat near the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal cast four men into the San Francisco Bay on Sunday afternoon, leaving three treading water and yelling for help and a fourth dead after he...
View ArticlePlea deal ‘very close’ in ex-SJSU trainer sexual assault trial that ended in...
SAN JOSE – Four days after a mistrial was declared, San Jose State’s former head athletic trainer Scott Shaw is nearing a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to at least one of six federal charges in...
View ArticleFacing more than 500 abuse lawsuits, archdiocese for Marin, SF says...
Facing a staggering stack of more than 500 lawsuits alleging long-ago child sexual abuse by clergy, the Archdiocese of San Francisco, which oversees Catholic churches in Marin County, says it will...
View ArticleNovato man accused of stalking, hate crimes
A Novato man was arrested on stalking and hate crime allegations. Brian Collins, 59, of Novato was arrested around 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Police said he was repeatedly harassing the victim by making...
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