2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (396+ words) SAN LEANDRO — What started as a routine traffic stop Thursday morning ended with two fleeing suspects being arrested after their vehicle crashed while going the wrong way on Interstate 580, authorities said. Both suspects suffered non-life threatening injuries, as did the…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (856+ words) A sex worker pleaded guilty to murdering three men with fatal doses of fentanyl after luring them with sex and drugs during a 10-month robbery spree in Manhattan, officials said Tuesday. Tabitha Bundrick, 39, is expected to be sentenced to 27 years…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (151+ words) The Mercury News Review: Deep Purple headlines but the 2 opening acts are so much better A new California law will ban watering decorative grass, even in non-drought years, starting Jan. 1 Dear Abby: My wife died on vacation, and this man…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (156+ words) The Round Valley Police Department responded to a report of multiple gravesites vandalized on tribal land in Mendocino County Friday, Sept. 4. Authorities arrived to the Round Valley Reservation Headquarters Cemetery, near Biggar Lane and Highway 162, to find items damaged and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (180+ words) RICHMOND — A man who’d won his appeal after being convicted of murdering his cousin later agreed to a 17-year, eight-month prison term in a plea deal with Contra Costa prosecutors, court records show. Thadeus Colley, 50, pleaded no contest to voluntary…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (206+ words) The City of Saratoga is asking residents to provide feedback on what matters most to them for public safety and law enforcement services as they evaluate long-term policing options. City councilmembers voted on Aug. 19 to continue to contract public safety…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (526+ words) DEAR HARRIETTE: One of my neighbors yelled at my 10-year-old for not being careful while crossing the street. My family’s house is a few doors down from a turn where it can sometimes be difficult to make sure that it…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (720+ words) A UC Berkeley softball coach allegedly pursued an illicit sexual relationship with one of her top pitchers, then cut the student’s playing time and threatened to kill herself when the student broke up with her, according to a recently filed…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (194+ words) The Mercury News When she refused a Newark man’s attempts to pimp her, he ran her over with his car, police say OAKLAND — A Newark man has been arrested and charged with running over an 18-year-old woman after she refused…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (334+ words) MILPITAS — A South Bay woman has been charged with murder after authorities say she killed her close friend last week by running her down with her SUV at the apartment complex where they both lived. Anila Baby, 32, of Milpitas, was…...