Dave Stockwell, forensic supervisor for the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office is the latest witness to testify in the ongoing preliminary hearings for the seven teen boys and men charged with the October 2009 gang rape at a Richmond High Homecoming dance. Stockwell's testimony included the results of his department's DNA testing which produced positive matches for four out of the seven defendants. more ›

Attorney General Jerry Brown will announce a major crackdown on street gangs today. Early this morning, agents presented more than 40 search warrants and 43 arrest warrants at Richmond locations -- e.g., One raid in the area of Eighth Street and Barrett Avenue in Richmond -- part of a gang enforcement operation. more ›