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Judge approves release of hospital patient committed after double murder

Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Gary Medvigy Tuesday morning approved the release of Mathew Beck from Napa State Hospital to transitional housing. Beck, 38, has been in mental health hospitals since he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in March 2001 to fatally stabbing 36-year-old Sandra Napier and her ...

Jury finds Richmond man guilty of 2010 fatal shooting outside nightclub

A jury found a Richmond man guilty of first-degree murder Tuesday for a shooting that killed another man outside a nightclub near San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf in 2010. Keandre Davis, 22, was accused of fatally shooting 19-year-old Lawon Hall outside Club Suede at 383 Bay St. on Feb. 7, 2010. ...

Judge to rule on release of alleged killer from Napa State Hospital

A Sonoma County Superior Court Judge will rule Tuesday on whether a former Rohnert Park man found not guilty of two 2000 murders by reason of insanity should be released from Napa State Hospital and into transitional housing. After a daylong hearing on Friday, Judge Gary Medvigy said he wants ...

Notorious Richmond gangster sentenced to 204 years in prison

A notorious Richmond gangster has been sentenced to 204 years and eight months to life in prison today for fatally shooting a 21-year-old local rap artist and wounding seven others in a 2009 crime spree that rocked Richmond. Joseph Blacknell III, 21, received the sentence in Contra Costa County Superior ...

Jury begins deliberating in 2010 fatal shooting outside nightclub

The jury is now deliberating in the trial of a Richmond man accused in a 2010 fatal shooting outside a nightclub near San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. Keandre Davis, 22, is charged with murder with a firearm enhancement for the death of 19-year-old Lawon Hall outside Club Suede at 383 Bay ...

Man gets 29 years to life for 2009 torture and murder of Martinez teen

Benicia resident Robert Gardner was sentenced to 29 years to life in prison Thursday morning for his role in the torture and murder of a Martinez teenager days before Christmas in 2009. A jury in March found Gardner guilty of first-degree murder, torture, residential burglary and larceny for aiding and ...

Animal groups sue egg processor that abandoned 50K hens

Three animal welfare sanctuaries are suing a Central California egg processor for abandoning more than 50,000 hens in their cages to starve. The groups -- Animal Place, Farm Sanctuary and Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary -- rescued 4,500 of the birds that were found starving and dehydrated at A&L Poultry in ...

Prosecutor begins closing argument in 2010 Club Suede fatal shooting

A prosecutor told jurors in a San Francisco courtroom Thursday that evidence overwhelmingly implicates a Richmond man in a 2010 fatal shooting outside a nightclub near Fisherman's Wharf. Keandre Davis, 22, is charged with murder with a firearm enhancement for the death of 19-year-old Lawon Hall outside Club Suede at ...

SF Fire Chief ordered to resume spousal support payments after hearing

In another legal domestic battle involving a San Francisco public official, the city’s fire chief was in court recently after failing to pay alimony to her ex-husband. Unlike the case against San Francisco's suspended sheriff, City Hall was unusually quiet when it comes to the failure of the city's Fire ...

Motorcycle gang member sentenced to life for SF murder of rival Hells Angel

A member of the Mongols motorcycle gang was sentenced in federal court in San Francisco Tuesday to life in prison without parole for murdering a member of the rival Hells Angels motorcycle club in the city in 2008. Christopher Ablett, 39, of Modesto, was found guilty in February of murdering ...

Not guilty plea in SF Burger King fatal stabbing

A man accused of fatally stabbing another man in the back outside of a Burger King restaurant in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood last week pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder charges. Prosecutors allege that Clenny Thierry, 52, stabbed 42-year-old Kenneth Lyon, who was sitting on a curb outside ...

Second suspect arrested in Golden Gate Park killing

A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the robbery and killing of a man in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park last month and was scheduled to make his initial appearance in court Monday, police and prosecutors said. Jeremy Brinker, 33, was arrested at about 4 p.m. Thursday in ...

Man sentenced to life in prison for Richmond mother's murder

A San Pablo man was sentenced in Contra Costa County Superior Court Friday morning to 60 years to life in prison for the March 2010 murder of a young Richmond mother. Jeremy Porter, 23, was convicted in February of second-degree murder for the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Irma Flores, whose ...

Grant family angry it wasn't notified of Mehserle appeal hearing

The mother and uncle of Oscar Grant III, an unarmed man who was killed by former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle three years ago, expressed outrage Friday that they weren't informed of Mehserle's appellate hearing on Wednesday. Speaking at a news conference in Oakland Friday morning, Grant's mother, Wanda Johnson, ...

Najdawi receives maximum sentence for 2008 execution of friend

A 28-year-old man who in January was convicted of fatally shooting his friend 11 times in the head in a quiet Millbrae neighborhood has been sentenced to 57 years to life in prison. Before handing down the maximum sentence to Teyseer "Terry" Najdawi, San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Mark ...

Appeals Court overturns conviction in 1985 Grateful Dead Rainbow Village murders

A federal appeals court in San Francisco Friday ordered a new trial in the long-running case of a man sentenced to death for murdering two followers of the band Grateful Dead at a homeless encampment in Berkeley in 1985. A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by ...

Berkeley man convicted of first-degree murder for 2006 shooting

A Berkeley man was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday for the shooting death of popular former Berkeley High School student Keith Stephens six years ago. Jurors deliberated for about two days before reaching their verdict against 31-year-old Bahsson Smith, who faces a state prison term of 50 years to life ...

UC files lawsuit against 'Occupy the Farm' protesters

The University of California filed a trespass and nuisance lawsuit Wednesday against 14 people that it alleges have illegally occupied a university-owned parcel of land in Albany for the past two and a half weeks. The university said in a statement that the suit, which was filed against "Occupy the ...

Jury convicts alleged gang member in SF triple slaying

A jury Wednesday found Edwin Ramos guilty of three counts of first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of a father and his two sons in San Francisco in 2008, but deadlocked on whether he actually fired the shots. Ramos, 25, an alleged MS-13 gang member, was accused of killing Anthony ...

Mehserle asks appeals court to overturn BART slaying conviction

The attorney for former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle, who served 12 months in prison for the involuntary manslaughter of Oscar Grant III, claimed before an appeals court panel Wednesday that his client’s conviction should be overturned because the jury was not instructed properly. Attorney Dylan Schaffer argued at the ...