The mentally unstable guy who stormed a Corte Madera Bank of America on Monday, waving around a pellet gun, raving about unfair bank practices, and holding nine people hostage for six hours, has been charged with burglary and false imprisonment. more ›

Laura's Law — so named after a mentally ill man shot college student Laura Wilcox in Nevada County in 2001 — allows a judge more quickly to put a severely mentally ill person under supervised care in which in they are made to take medication. This seems like an uncontroversial idea, however the law, as the Chron reports today, is only being voluntarily enforced by two counties in California right now, Nevada and Los Angeles, because many mental health advocates don't believe it's necessary. more ›

A recent divorce and losing custody of a child are a couple of reasons that might have exacerbating Antioch resident Layla Trawick's bipolarism and schizophrenia, prompting her to go on a stabbing spree a Los Angeles Target. According to Trawick's half brother, Tim Helton, the attack as out of character for her. "Being aggressive was not her, she was pretty damn docile," Helton said. "She might not have all been there upstairs sometimes, but she was never aggressive." more ›

Yesterday, Antioch resident Layla Trawick, 34, went on a stabbing spree at a Target store in Southern California. She sliced four customers, including a woman holding a baby, before being subdued and arrested. This was a random act. And, according to her mother, Trawick suffers from mental illness. Obviously. more ›

Hollister resident John Patrick Bedell, 36, was shot and killed last night after pulling a handgun at the Pentagon entrance and firing at guards. Bedell held a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of California, Santa Cruz (we're going to guess he was at Kresge), and also attended San Jose State University to study biochemistry. more ›

This sign was found at Geary and 21st Ave. more ›