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Video of Valencia Street attack rekindles calls for police action

Video of the late April vandalism attack along Valencia Street that recently surfaced has sparked outrage in San Francisco. The clip chronicles violence in the Mission on April 30th where some merchants said police didn't do enough to stop the attack. The black bloc anarchist protesters vandalized businesses under the ...

Prosecutors in Sierra LaMar case face challenge with lack of physical evidence

The 21-year old man arrested in the Sierra LaMar case is due to make his first court appearance Thursday. Antolin Garcia-Torres is facing one count of murder and one count of kidnapping. He is being held at the main jail in San Jose in protective custody away from the the ...

SFPD asks for public's help in post Bay to Breakers brawl investigation

A 31-year-old man remained on life support Wednesday night as the result of a fight between two groups in Golden Gate Park following Sunday’s Bay to Breakers race Police are asking for the public's help to identify the groups by providing photos of the people involved. SFPD's gang task force ...

Sisters of Sierra LaMar murder suspect describe arrest as 'surreal'

More information surfaced Wednesday about Antolin Garcia-Torres, the suspect in custody for the murder of Sierra Lamar, as his family spoke about his past. Garcia-Torres lives at the Maple Leaf RV Park in Morgan Hill with his mother, wife and daughter. His family said their heart goes out to Sierra's ...

San Leandro woman fends off attacker in home Tuesday night

San Leandro police were searching for a man who broke into a home Tuesday night and attacked a woman who was at home watching TV, police said. Officers responded to the 15200 block of Shining Star Lane at about 8:30 p.m. after receiving a 911 call about an assault that ...

Garcia-Torres to be charged with Lamar's murder, arraignment delayed

A 21-year-old Morgan Hill man who was to be charged with the murder of missing teenager Sierra LaMar was expected to appear in court on Thursday afternoon, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. Antolin Garcia-Torres, who was arrested Monday evening on suspicion of murder and kidnapping, was ...

Three women wounded in SF Tenderloin shooting

Three females were injured in a shooting in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, a police spokesman said. The shooting occurred shortly after 1 p.m. near Ellis and Leavenworth streets, police spokesman Sgt. Daryl Fong said. A fire department spokeswoman said the shooting was reported at 483 Ellis St. The ...

Santa Rosa Police investigating series of burglaries, arsons

On Wednesday, Santa Rosa police were investigating a series of burglaries in April and May, including two cases in which the victims' homes were set on fire, police said. The most recent incident occurred on Saturday, when residents of the 3600 block of Banyan Place arrived home to find their ...

Truck load of band equipment stolen at North Monterey High

A truck full of musical equipment worth roughly $80,000 was stolen from North County Monterey High School's music department sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office responded reports of the theft at the school, located at 13990 Castroville Blvd. in ...

Police searching for suspects in GG Park assault after Bay to Breakers

San Francisco police are asking for the public's help to identify the people involved in a fight in Golden Gate Park on Sunday afternoon following the Bay to Breakers that left a man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. The assault occurred shortly before 5 p.m. in the Sharon Meadows area of ...

Hero of Chowchilla bus kidnapping remembered at funeral

The school bus driver who saved a busload of 26 children kidnapped when his vehicle was hijacked in the Central Valley over 30 years ago was remembered as a hero Tuesday when he was laid to rest. Perhaps there never was a man so linked to a school bus. On ...

Sierra's parents remain hopeful in face of murder arrest

Sierra LaMar's parents said Tuesday that – despite what authorities were saying about the suspect arrested in connection with her disappearance – they are still hopeful that their daughter will be found alive. Normally the Sierra Search Center isn't open on days when no active searches are scheduled. But because ...

Silicon Valley tech exec accused of Lego thefts

A Silicon Valley software executive put fake bar codes on Lego sets at various Target stores, bought the toys at a steep discount, then sold them online for thousands of dollars, authorities said. Thomas Langenbach, 47, appeared in court Tuesday on four felony counts of burglary that could net him ...

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 ...

State assemblyman pleads not guilty to DUI charge

A state assemblyman from Southern California has pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence in connection with a March DUI arrest in Concord. Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office spokeswoman Bobbi Spinola said Tuesday that Roger Hernandez, D-West Covina, pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor DUI counts on May ...

Arrest made in Sierra LaMar kidnapping and murder

The abduction and murder of teenager Sierra LaMar was a random act and the 21-year-old suspect in the case has been linked to another Morgan Hill assault in 2009, authorities revealed Tuesday. Antolin Garcia-Torres was arrested Monday evening at the Safeway store in Morgan Hill where he once worked and ...

Suspect arrested for murder and kidnapping of Sierra LaMar

A 21-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with one count of murder and one count of kidnapping Monday in connection with the disappearance of Morgan Hill teen Sierra LaMar, according to authorities. KTVU confirmed Monday evening that Santa Clara sheriff's deputies were holding 21-year-old Antolin Garcia-Torres in custody as a ...

Safeway picketed after 'hero' clerk suspended

The Safeway supermarket chain is defending its decision to suspend a meat clerk at one of its Monterey County stores after he struck a man who had been kicking his pregnant girlfriend. The Monterey Herald reports that customers angered by Safeway's actions on Sunday picketed the store in Del Rey ...

Alleged distracted driving teen attacked by motorcyclists

A teenage driver who was recording a group of motorcyclists with his cell phone on Highway 101 hit two of the bikers, prompting some of them to assault him, according to the California Highway Patrol. Redwood City police officers received a report of a collision involving a Toyota Prius and ...

Community rallies for homeless man critically injured in hit-and-run crash

Dozens of people who live and work in North Beach are rallying around a homeless man who is fighting for his life after being struck in a hit-and-run accident last Saturday. The family of the victim, 62-year-old Selester "Les" Rowe, flew into town to be by his side and said ...