Crypto scammer swindles more than $1 million from Bay Area woman

Crypto-crime keeps exploding, often aimed at Americans by a worldwide network of heartless criminals who don’t care about whose lives they destroy. One victim, a professional woman, was willing to talk about the kind of financial devastation few of us can ever imagine.

Salinas-based 'Murder Squad' members sentenced in 3-year killing spree

Five members of the self-proclaimed "Murder Squad" crew were sentenced to a combined total of 161 years in prison for their parts in dozens of shootings, both fatal and nonfatal, racketeering, and other convictions in Salinas, over the course of three years, the Department of Justice reported.

2 San Jose women suspected of running brothel

San Jose police arrested two alleged madams for operating a brothel out of a residence where authorities located two human trafficking survivors, authorities said.

Antioch mayor vows transparency, more police after string of gun violence

Antioch Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe and members of the police department assured the public on Wednesday that they would be more transparent with the public and beef up efforts to combat the violent crimes that have wreaked havoc across the city in recent weeks. 

San Francisco public defender urges no drug charges for trafficking victims

San Francisco's Public Defender Mano Raju stood on the front steps of the Hall of Justice in San Francisco Tuesday, and said a man acquitted of drug charges was himself a victim of human trafficking.At the news conference, the Public Defender's office called for District Attorney Brooke Jenkins to stop charging immigrants who are coerced to sell drugs.