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Swalwell Detained at SFO, FBI Seizes Devices and Raids His Home In Sexual Assault Probe

Things have officially heated up on the legal front regarding allegations of sexual assault that have been levied against former East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell, after several months in which he seemed to be lying low.

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Stanford Police Say No Evidence Found of Two Sexual Assaults Reported Near Campus In the Spring

A female jogger reported being sexually assaulted twice near the Stanford University campus this spring, and the school’s police department says it was unable to find any evidence that either incident took place.

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Former SF Supportive Housing Case Manager Accused of Sexually Abusing Employees, Residents

Several women say local nonprofit HomeRise ignored complaints spanning at least two years while a high-profile case manager repeatedly harassed and sexually assaulted them at its supportive housing complexes in SoMa and on Treasure Island.

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UC Berkeley Police Arrest Man Suspected of Sexually Assaulting 11-Year-Old Camper In Dorm

A 27-year-old man believed to be a camp counselor was arrested Saturday on suspicion of sexually assaulting a child camper overnight in a UC Berkeley dorm, and his resume indicates he’s worked at a long list of local schools.

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Catholic Diocese of Oakland to Close 13 East Bay Churches Amid Lawsuits

As the Catholic Diocese of Oakland faces mounting debt over the hundreds of child sexual assault lawsuits filed against its clergy members in recent years, the diocese announced the closure of over a dozen locations in the East Bay.

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SF ‘Rideshare Rapist’ Who Posed As Victims’ Driver Found Guilty In SoMa, Mission Assaults

A man dubbed the “Rideshare Rapist” was recently convicted on 11 felony counts by an SF jury in the assaults of four women from 2013 to 2018, in which prosecutors say he posed as their rideshare driver then kidnapped and raped them.

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Jogger Sexually Assaulted By Armed Man Near Stanford University Campus

Stanford University police are searching for an armed suspect who assaulted a woman jogging near campus Sunday, and it’s not known whether she was affiliated with the school.

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Day Around the Bay: Bill Cosby to Pay $59 Million In 1972 Sexual Assault of Sausalito Waitress

A San Jose daycare owner was convicted in the 2023 drowning of two toddlers; OpenAI pledged $1 billion in grant funding utilizing AI to advance life sciences, community programs, and other fields; and Bill Cosy was ordered to pay $59.25 million in damages to a former Sausalito waitress.

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Oakland Woman Describes Days of Torture, Rape, and Sexual Trafficking By East Palo Alto Man She Met Online

An East Palo Alto man with multiple violent charges on his record, several of which involved assaults on women, allegedly met a woman on Facebook Dating in June and proceeded to kidnap, rape, brutalize, and sexually traffic her over a six-day span.

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Report: Uber Has Sexual Assaults Reported on the Platform Every Eight Minutes

A new exposé into the sexual assault problem on Uber shows that an assault is reported by an Uber driver or passenger every eight minutes, and that the company has intentionally been dragging its feet on letting women request women drivers.

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Matthew Muller, the Man Convicted In Denise Huskins Kidnapping and Assault, Faces New Charges In Santa Clara County

Matthew Muller, the man at the center of what was, at first, the very mysterious 2015 disappearance and subsequent return of a Vallejo woman, Denise Huskins, is now heading back to court to face charges relating to alleged assaults from six years earlier.

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Lawyers Frantically Try to Halt Chaotic Inmate Transfer at FCI Dublin Women’s Prison

We don’t know how many women have been transferred out of the scandal-ravaged and soon-to-be-shuttered FCI Dublin women’s prison, but attorneys for the inmates have filed an emergency restraining order to halt the clearly haphazard and rushed transfer process.

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Day Around the Bay: SF Political Activist Faces Fresh Sexual Assault Allegations, Promptly Resigns

A new giant discount store has opened on Mission Street; Tadich Grill was curiously left off the Chronicle’s “Top Classic SF Restaurants” list; and a well-known progressive community organizer has resigned amidst a report detailing sexual assault accusations from three more women.

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Lyft Hit With Rape Lawsuit From Woman Who Says She Was Impregnated by Her Driver

We’ve heard untold numbers of sexual assault stories from women riding Lyft and Uber over the years, but the latest stands out, because the alleged victim says she was impregnated by a driver a driver who raped her.

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Accused Serial Groper Bill Gene Hobbs Found Guilty On Nine Counts

After a trial where more than a dozen women described encounters of being grabbed, groped, or kissed by suspect Bill Gene Hobbs, Hobbs was found guilty Wednesday afternoon on eight misdemeanor counts and one felony.

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Matthew Muller, Culprit In Denise Huskins' 2015 Kidnapping and Rape, Set to Be Sentenced to 31 More Years

Muller's trial in a state rape and robbery case had been delayed in part by his mental health treatment, but on Friday he was set to plead no contest to the charges and receive a sentence on top of his previous federal sentence.

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San Francisco Attorney Intends to File 400 Separate Sexual Assault and Harassment Cases Against Uber

A personal injury firm in San Francisco has filed 85 separate lawsuits on behalf of women who say they were sexually assaulted, falsely imprisoned, kidnapped, harassed, and/or stalked by Uber drivers, and they say they have over 300 more to go.

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Plea Delayed For Suspect In San Jose Hate-Crime Assault As Competency Is Assessed

A man accused in an alleged physical and sexual assault at a San Jose train station in March that came with anti-Asian epithets remains in jail without bail, but he has not yet entered a plea in the case.

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Rapes On BART Are Rapidly On The Rise This Year

On top of the widely reported rise in petty crime on the BART system so far this year, there's been a disturbing rise in violent sexual crimes as well that until

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Fake Plumber Molests 7-Year-Old Girl Near Lake Merritt

Police are searching for a white man in his fifties who allegedly posed as a plumber Saturday afternoon to gain access to an apartment near Lake Merritt in Oakland's Chinatown. According

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Family Of Sexually Assaulted Saratoga Teen Plans Lawsuit, Alleges Attackers Were Sober

The family of Audrie Pott plans to sue three teenage suspects, arrested last Thursday on charges of sexually assaulting the 15-year-old Saratoga High School student. Pott hanged herself after explicit photos

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Michael Crabtree Won't Face Sexual Assault Charges 'At This Time'

After an investigation by the San Francisco Police Department's special victims unit, District Attorney Gascón has determined 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree, who helped lead the Niners to victory in the

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Suspect Sketch Released In Violent Mission Rape Attempt

San Francisco Police have released a suspect sketch of the man who violently attacked and allegedly attempted to rape a woman who was walking on 23rd Street near Church Street around 2:40

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Woman Violently Assaulted During Possible Rape Attempt In The Mission

A personal account of a violent assault and possible rape attempt in the Mission has been making the rounds on neighborhood blogs, emails and Facebook today. The account, written by Mission resident "