SF News Road Rage Incident Leads to Fatal Shooting in Upscale Orinda An SUV driver had some reason to be so upset with a Tesla driver in Orinda that he reportedly punched the Tesla driver, who then allegedly shot and killed the SUV driver, bringing a rare gun homicide to the wealthy suburb of Orinda.
SF News San Pablo Police Warrant Turns Up 700 Catalytic Converters, More Than a Thousand Pounds of Copper Wire A Tuesday search warrant on two East Bay homes in Richmond and San Pablo resulted in the discovery of more than 700 apparently stolen catalytic converters, as well as 1,100 pounds of copper wire, and $113,000 in cash.
SF News At Least One Dead in Bay Point Halloween Night Shooting That Involved ‘30 to 40 Gunshots’ Halloween night went tragically wrong in the Contra Costa County community of Bay Point Tuesday night, with at least one person dead after an incident where neighbors reported hearing “30 to 40 gunshots.”
SF News Rodeo Couple Charged With Murder, Torture After Bathtub Death of Two-Year-Old A Contra Costa County couple claimed their toddler had accidentally drowned in a bathtub, but authorities found signs of "prolonged abuse," and arrested them on charges of murder, child abuse, and torture.
SF News Danville Man, Two Daughters Found Dead in Suspected Murder-Suicide An 11-year-old and a 13-year-old girl were found dead from gunshot wounds, along with their 44-year-old father, in what authorities suspect was a murder-suicide in Danville Wednesday afternoon.
SF News Three Alleged Gang Members, Two From SF, Charged With Murder for March Shooting in Lafayette Contra Costa County prosecutors say that a March 23 shooting in Lafayette was the work of Tre-4 gang members, and are charging three suspects with murder and robbery.
SF News Furious Contra Costa Sheriff Calls It a ‘Sad Day’ That Deputy Was Sentenced to Six Years for Killing Someone It’s not just San Francisco where law enforcement is unhappy with their DA, as the Contra Costa County Sheriff blasts his DA for pursuing (and winning) a conviction against a deputy in a fatal on-duty shooting.
SF News Walnut Creek Nordstrom Flash-Mob Suspects Once Again Allowed To Walk Free After Computer Snafu In the second accidental suspect release in two weeks, the mere three suspects arrested in the 80-member flash-mob Nordstrom heist are all released, but two of them apparently shouldn’t have been.
SF News Contra Costa Sheriff May Have 'Accidentally Released' Nordstrom Flash-Mob Theft Suspect The Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office is “investigating the circumstances” around the release of a Nordstrom ransacking suspect, but the suspect’s mother puts it more bluntly, saying "He was accidentally released from jail."
SF News Off-Duty Sheriff's Deputy Shoots, Kills Alleged Home Burglar In Alameda Off-duty officer shoots & critically wounds burglary suspect on Buena Vista, per @AlamedaPD. @SanLeandroPD brought K-9. Officer OK pic.twitter.com/T9JsGiAJej— Henry K. Lee (@henrykleeKTVU) February 1, 2017 A Contra Costa County
SF News Man And Woman Fatally Shot By Police Within Minutes Tuesday Two people, both reportedly armed, were shot and killed by Bay Area police officers in separate confrontations at nearly the same time Tuesday. In one case, a Contra Costa County Sheriff's deputy shot