18+ hour, 53+ min ago   (565+ words) San Jose police fired an officer who used the department’s license-plate tracking system to track a woman who had accused his cousin of domestic violence, Chief Paul Joseph disclosed Friday. The incident adds to a growing list of law-enforcement breaches…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1384+ words) Dominic Foppoli, the former Windsor mayor and once a rising star in Sonoma County politics, on Friday, Sept. 11, was ordered to pay more than $13 million in damages to seven women who sued him over claims that he sexually assaulted each…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (444+ words) By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN The committee’s chairman, Rep. James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, sent a letter Monday to Attorney General Todd Blanche requesting records related to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s controversial strategy of monitoring — yet not…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (258+ words) The Mercury News Amateur comedian busted after police link San Ramon theft footage to video of his standup routine SAN RAMON — If a local comic had taken the stage at Tommy T’s in a shirt with long sleeves instead of…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (590+ words) A federal judge voiced skepticism at a hearing Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s proposed facility near Gilroy doesn’t represent a significant change of use, signaling support for state and county officials seeking to block it on environmental grounds, but…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (194+ words) WALNUT CREEK — A man from Boston was arrested at a local burger joint and police allege he professed his love for a 15-year-old girl, exchanged lewd images with her on Snapchat, and sexually abused her in the Bay Area, court…...

4+ day, 23+ 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, 3+ day ago   (133+ words) REDWOOD CITY — Authorities on Monday arrested a 28-year-old East Palo Alto man in connection with a series of bicycle thefts from Caltrain. Ten separate thefts happened on train cars between May and August, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (534+ words) By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writers A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Google to retool the system powering its monopoly in digital advertising, sparing the company from a wrenching breakup sought by the U.S. government. The initial two-page…...

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…...