SF News CHP Says Speeding Caused April Marin Crash That Killed Four Teens; 16-Year-Old Driver May Face Charges The California Highway Patrol is telling a whole different story than the two teens who survived a fatal crash in Marin County this April, saying that the 16-year-old driver was speeding, and recommending vehicular manslaughter charges.
SF News ICE Says Napa DUI Driver Suspected In Crash That Killed Six Was Deported Multiple Times, Has Drug Record The suspect in last month's deadly minivan crash in Napa County has a record of drug arrests and has been deported from the US multiple times, ICE says, making this case more likely to become a politically charged one.
SF News Novato Teen Dies, Three Injured in Petaluma Crash Following Suspected DUI Police Chase A teenager is facing felony charges after a Saturday night police chase in Petaluma ended in a suspected DUI crash that killed a 14-year-old passenger and seriously injured three others.
SF News Driver Blames Tesla in Deadly January SoMa Crash, 20 Traffic Violations Linked to Same Name New details have emerged about the January SoMa crash that killed Mikhael Romanenko and his dog, injured seven others, and was perpetrated by a driver who may have at least 20 prior traffic violations—who now claims the Tesla accelerated on its own.
SF News SF Driver Charged With Manslaughter, DUI After Dragging Woman in SoMa Crash A 28-year-old man has been charged with felony vehicular manslaughter and multiple DUI offenses after he struck a pedestrian who was lying in a SoMa intersection on Tuesday, dragging her body for a block.
SF News Driver Accused In Killing Family of Four In West Portal Now Accused of Hiding Wealth The elderly woman at the center of a vehicular homicide case and a civil wrongful death case stemming from the horrific March 24 crash at West Portal that killed a family of four is now accused of trying to shield her wealth from the wrongful death suit.
SF News Bail Set for $1.5M for Napa Mother Arrested In DUI That Left Two Kids Dead A mother who was arrested and charged with DUI and vehicular manslaughter last week made her first court appearance Monday after being released from the hospital in Napa County.
SF News Man Found Dead In San Mateo County Jail Was Convicted In Street-Racing Death of Couple A man who was serving time for the vehicular manslaughter deaths of a Redwood City couple, stemming from a 2022 street-racing incident with a teenager, was found dead over the weekend in his cell.
SF News Victim In Sunday Crash Identified as 27-Year-Old Computer Engineer Who Was Previously Hit In Different Crash The man killed Sunday when his car was violently struck by other vehicles in a multi-car crash on Sixth Street in SoMa was previously involved in a crash that was the result of a high-speed police chase.
SF News 17-Year-Old Arrested After Crashing Truck Into Discovery Bay Security Booth, Killing Guard A 62-year-old security guard is dead, and his colleague seriously injured, after a teen crashed his truck into the security booth of a gated community late Friday night, and the teen driver is facing vehicular manslaughter charges.
SF News 78-Year-Old Woman Charged With Four Counts of Vehicular Manslaughter in West Portal Crash That Killed Family The tragic March crash that killed a family of four will result in vehicular homicide charges against 78-year-old Mary Fong Lau, who was reportedly driving her SUV at double the speed limit, and in the wrong lane at that.
SF News Mother of One Who Was Dispatcher for the Alameda County Sheriff's Office Killed By Alleged Drunk Driver An East Bay woman who was on her way to work a night shift on Sunday night at the Alameda County Sheriff's Office was killed in a collision with an alleged drunk driver in San Leandro.
SF News One of Two Alleged Smoke Shop Burglars Charged With Murder In Wrong-Way Crash Near Bay Bridge Two men who were in a vehicle driving the wrong way up an I-580 ramp near the Bay Bridge toll plaza earlier this month and collided with a BMW, killing the driver, are facing multiple charges, and one has been charged with the BMW driver's murder.
SF News Elderly Woman Arrested on Manslaughter Charges In Connection With West Portal Collision A 78-year-old woman was booked Sunday on suspicion of multiple charges in connection with the deadly crash in West Portal Saturday afternoon that claimed three members of a family.
SF News Two People Killed In Oakland Hit-and-Run Involving Stolen Car From Daly City A high-speed collision Sunday morning in East Oakland left two people dead and another injured, and the 25-year-old driver who was allegedly responsible tried to flee the scene.
SF News 20-Year-Old Vallejo Man Arraigned on Murder Charges Stemming From High-Speed Crash That Killed Mother and Son A 20-year-old man from Vallejo has been charged with murder after an allegedly stolen SUV he was driving crashed into a woman's car in Rodeo last week, killing her and one of her twin sons, and injuring the other.
SF News Mother Killed, Twin Boys Injured In Crash Caused By High-Speed Police Chase In East Bay An East Bay mother was killed and her six-year-old twin sons were injured when the car was smashed into by a suspect fleeing police at high speed in the town of Rodeo.
SF News 100-Year-Old Man Killed In Oakland Hit-and-Run Identified, Mini Cooper Driver Still at Large The elderly man killed in a Sunday morning hit-and-run while out for his daily walk near Oakland's Lake Merritt has been identified, and his daughter says he was very health conscious and loved his walks.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Defense Seeks to Disqualify SF DA From Troy McAlister Case The public defender for Troy McAlister is looking to get DA Brooke Jenkins and her staff disqualified from the high-profile case; SF's biggest landlord has defaulted on a loan; and a previously rejected condo project is back on deck in SoMa.
SF News Driver Who Allegedly Killed Pedestrian In Sunset Was High, Police Say A 47-year-old man from the East Bay has been identified as the suspect driver in a horrific pedestrian collision in the Outer Sunset on Monday, and police now say he was high on prescription drugs and cannabis.
SF News Manslaughter Charges Have Been Filed Against Alleged Sideshow Participant Who Caused June Death In East Oakland A 19-year-old whose reckless driving was implicated in the death of a 28-year-old Oakland man and injuries to his family members has been charged with felony vehicular manslaughter.
SF News 70-Year-Old Woman Arrested For Vehicular Manslaughter In Killing of Cow Hollow Teacher A 70-year-old woman has been taken into police custody in connection with Wednesday's pedestrian crash in Cow Hollow, which took the life of a 30-year-old paraeducator.
SF News [Update] Elderly Woman Seriously Injured Following Alamo Square Hit and Run An 88-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle that then fled the scene near Alamo Square Park on Wednesday, July 21, and now an arrest has been made in the case.
SF News San Jose Restaurant Crash Blamed On Cocaine, Blowjob A tragic incident last Friday outside a sports bar in San Jose, in which a woman at the bar was killed when a pickup truck crashed into an outdoor dining area, apparently involved oral sex and an intoxicated patron.
SF News Arrest Made In Fatal Hit-and-Run on Polk Street The SFPD has made an arrest in Tuesday's hit-and-run collision at Polk and Hyde that took the life of a 29-year-old woman, and the suspect is the registered owner of the vehicle whose driver fled the scene.
