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23-Year-Old SF Man Confesses to Shooting Father and Stepmother and Live-Streaming Crime Scene

A 23-year-old man who was arrested last weekend for the double murder of his father and stepmother inside a home in San Francisco's Bayview district has given a jailhouse confession to a local TV station — but says he will plead not guilty to premeditated murder.

In Oakland Shooting Where Cops Don’t Know Who Fired Fatal Shot, Judge Orders Both Suspects Be Tried for Murder

A gunfire fight between two men left 19-year-old bystander Madalyn Sandoval dead in November 2020. It can’t be determined which man fired the fatal shot, so a judge has decided they should both stand trial for murder.

After One-Year-Old Boy Found Dead on Ukiah Train Tracks, Deputies Arrest ‘Person of Interest’

A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two very young Ukiah boys went missing Wednesday, and the body of one of them was found dead on a set of train tracks.

Convicted Boogaloo Shooter Steven Carrillo Receiving Medication for Mental Illness, and Other Details Emerge

He's already been convicted and sentenced in the federal case and is awaiting sentencing in the killing of a Santa Cruz County deputy, but we're getting a bit more of the timeline filled in of Carrillo's violent 2020 spree, inspired by the Boogaloo movement.

Suspect In Austin Murder of SF-Based Cyclist Captured In Costa Rica After Going On the Run for 43 Days

Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, the woman who had been sought for over a month in the May homicide of San Francisco-based competitive cyclist Moriah Wilson, was arrested Wednesday in Central America by the U.S. Marshals Service.

San Francisco Man Arrested After Alleged Crime Spree That Ended With Murder of Truck Driver In Central Valley

A 21-year-old San Francisco man is in custody after a truck driver was found fatally stabbed over the weekend at a remote gas station along I-5, and the suspect has been tied to multiple crimes including one Friday night in Oakland.

Former Air Force Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Murdering Santa Cruz Deputy

Weeks after taking a guilty plea in the killing of a federal security officer, former Air Force Sergeant Steven Carrillo has pleaded guilty in a state murder case involving the murder of a Santa Cruz sheriff's deputy and the attempted murder of four other officers.

Harrowing Tale of Abused Young Girl Murdered In Merced Gets Worse With Details of Abuse Reports

A clear example of a young girl whose case slipped through some (possibly very wide) cracks of the child protective services apparatus is now the subject of an investigative report.

SFPD Arrests Suspect In Wednesday’s Muni Shooting Near Castro

Police arrested 26-year-old Javon Green of Pittsburgh Thursday night for the Wednesday morning fatal shooting on Muni near the Castro Station, and we now know the victim was 27-year-old Nesta Bowen.

Air Force Sergeant Turned Boogaloo Murderer Steven Carrillo Takes Plea, Will Be Sentenced Friday

The former Air Force Sergeant who terrorized both Santa Cruz and Oakland almost exactly two years ago this week, on a violent tear inspired by the internet-based Boogaloo movement to kill members of law enforcement, is set to be sentenced for one of his murders.

Day Around the Bay: Body of Woman Missing Since 2004 Found In West Oakland

The remains of Cynthia "Linda" Alonzo were accidentally uncovered by a construction crew in West Oakland, the SFMTA has announced the return of three bus lines gone since the pandemic began, and the Buchanan Street Mall in the Western Addition is getting renovated.

Berkeley Sees Its Second Homicide of 2022, and It Was Staged to Look Like a Suicide

A 20-year-old Berkeley man is in custody following the shooting death of his roommate on Tuesday, which police say happened in the course of an altercation in the home that was witnessed by the suspect's grandmother, who also lives there.

SF Man Who Spent Last 32 Years In Prison Gets Conviction Overturned, Now Free

Joaquin Ciria has always maintained his innocence in a 1990 murder, and today he is a free man, the first person exonerated by DA Boudin’s Innocence Commission.

Bay Area Men Recount Meeting Accused Murderer In Honolulu

A pair of friends from San Francisco and Oakland befriended a man in Hawaii who was arrested earlier this month for a murder there, and they say he "seemed very nice."

Child's Remains Found In Merced Home Confirmed as Missing Hayward Girl; Mother's Boyfriend Still at Large

Merced authorities confirmed on Tuesday that the remains of a girl found at a residence in the city last week are those of eight-year-old Sophia Mason, who was reported missing by family members in the East Bay.

Authorities On the Hunt For Mother's Boyfriend As Suspect in Possible Murder 8-Year-Old Hayward Girl

The remains of an eight-year-old girl who may have gone missing as long as three months ago were discovered in a Merced home Friday that belongs to the boyfriend of the girl's mother, and he has since gone on the run.

Milpitas Woman Goes Missing, and Neighbor Is Arrested After Her Body Is Discovered In His Backyard

A Milpitas man is now in jail after police say he killed a woman and then buried her in a backyard.

Hillsborough Heiress and Accused Murder Mastermind Tiffany Li Avoids Civil Trial and Settles Wrongful Death Case

Tiffany Li, the wealthy daughter of a Chinese developer who prosecutors say got away with the 2016 murder of the father of her two children, has agreed to settle a civil case brought by the victim's mother rather than go to trial this month.

Details Emerge on Milpitas Murder and Car Chase Where Ex-Boyfriend Allegedly Stalked, Killed Victim

We now know the identity of the victim and the alleged killer in Sunday’s grisly Milpitas high-speed chase, where the victim was an aspiring realtor, and her ex-boyfriend a registered sex offender.

Serial Armed Robbery Suspect From Stockton Charged With Nov. Murder of Young Woman at Lake Merritt

A 33-year-old man from Stockton has been charged with the November 11 murder and attempted robbery of 22-year-old Devani Aleman Sanchez, on a street next to Lake Merritt — and he's been connected to multiple other armed robberies.

Arrests Made In Murder of TV News Security Guard Kevin Nishita, Third Suspect Still at Large

Two individuals have been arrested in the Nov. 24 fatal shooting of TV news security guard and former police officer Kevin Nishita, and a third suspect is still being sought.

Santa Cruz Man Sentenced to 20 Years to Life for Murder of Ghost Ship Survivor Girlfriend

A 30-year-old Santa Cruz man has been sentenced in the June killing of his former girlfriend — a crime to which he confessed before pleading not guilty, and then later confessed again and changed his plea.

Two Found Dead of Gunshot Wounds In Uptown Oakland High-rise

A man and a woman were found dead of gunshot wounds in an Oakland high-rise apartment just after midnight on Wednesday night, and the circumstances have not yet been explained.

Few More Details Emerge From Deposition of Hillsborough Heiress in 2016 Murder; Could Civil Case Eventually Lead to Conviction?

There is still no smoking gun or particularly revealing detail in a recent deposition given in a civil case by heiress and acquitted murder suspect Tiffany Li, but things could get interesting in the civil trial.

Mother Shot By Estranged Husband In Daly City While 4-Year-Old Was In Next Room

A 26-year-old woman was murdered over the weekend in Daly City, and some disturbing details have emerged about the case, including the fact that her four-year-old was in the next room when it happened.