Aja Seldon

The family of a Fairfield teen seen on video being punched by a police officer at school has filed a claim against the city and the officers involved, alleging excessive force during the 16-year-old's detention and setting the stage for a possible lawsuit.

A San Jose father was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison for killing his 8-month-old daughter with a blow to the head so severe that it caused her brain to shift inside her skull, authorities said.

A former San Francisco dentist and landlord has been charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting this month in the city’s Outer Sunset neighborhood.

A California man pleaded guilty to incest with his 18-year-old daughter, who later died by suicide, prosecutors announced.

As investigators uncover new details into a fatal shooting and subsequent house fire in Santa Clara last week, authorities say the two deceased men were brothers, and that one traveled from out of state to kill the other before taking his own life.

A woman seen on video pepper-spraying an Army veteran during a road rage incident in Vallejo has been arrested.

The San Leandro police chief charged with a hit-and-run after allegedly sideswiping a car, has been placed on administrative leave. The embattled chief on Wednesday denied the allegations.

Two fatal shootings in East Oakland earlier this month that left a man and a woman dead stemmed from a dispute at a First Fridays event, authorities said.

Authorities said Oakland police officers fatally shot a man on Monday who was allegedly armed and pointing a gun at residents and responding officers.

Three men are in custody following a brawl at a seafood restaurant involving glass shards that left five people injured early Sunday morning in San Mateo County, authorities said.