Sheng Thao joins motion to toss evidence from Oakland FBI raids
Former Mayor Sheng Thao and two other people indicted on federal bribery charges earlier this year seek to suppress evidence seized in headline-making FBI raids last year, accusing the agency of ignoring a key informant’s “lifelong history of criminal arrests, fraud and deceit.”. Motions filed last week by...
Oakland Rapper ChaiBenjii4 Poised to Walk on Murder Rap
The murder trial that has shadowed an East Oakland corner for more than a year now looks like it will never happen. Oakland rapper ChaiBenjii4, whose legal name is Michai Adams, appears on track to avoid murder and assault charges after taking a plea this week to a single gun-possession count, a move that could see...
9 charged in Oakland grow-house burglaries that led to officer’s killing
Federal prosecutors have charged nine people in a series of armed burglaries at an Oakland marijuana grow facility that ended with the fatal shooting of undercover police officer Tuan Le.
Bay Area family charged with running lucrative network of brothels
The network included at least 10 locations across the Bay Area, Santa Clara County prosecutors said.
Redwood City woman slain in murder-suicide identified
(KRON) — Law enforcement officials released the identities of a husband and wife who died in a murder-suicide in Redwood City. According to police, 36-year-old Denise Alessan Madrigal Martinez was slain by her husband last weekend. The husband was identified by police as Armando Madrigal Barajas Jr., 36. The couple,...
Santa Clara County Becomes Bay Area’s First ‘ICE-Free Zone’
Santa Clara County has created the Bay Area's first "ICE-free zone," restricting federal immigration officers from using county properties for enforcement operations. The ordinance aims to limit federal immigration raids, though it allows arrests with judicial warrants.
Rain, snow returning to California. Here’s when a flurry of storms could hit
California’s dry spell is set to end as the National Weather Service has predicted a series of storms from the Bay Area to Sierra Nevada in the second half of December.
Teen crews behind the surge in Bay Area home burglaries, police say. They’re targeting...
A wave of residential break-ins by groups of juveniles across four cities in the East Bay has prompted police to issue an unusually broad warning to homeowners.
The world’s largest beer company is shuttering its last Bay Area facility
Anheuser-Busch, the largest beer company in the U.S. and the maker of Budweiser, will close its last Bay Area brewing facility after nearly 50 years.
East Bay woman who embezzled $1.6 million from youth charity sentenced to prison
A former finance manager for a Bay Area charity that serves youth was sentenced to 27 months in prison for embezzling over $1.6 million from the organization, prosecutors said Wednesday.
