News
Taves: Why the DA in Super Bowl LX’s backyard is losing sleep over ICE
2+ hour, 25+ min ago (873+ words) Something remarkable happened last week. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta warned California's law enforcement officers that the Trump administration will try to obstruct local and state police investigations into killings by federal agents in California. But days…...
No police are needed to enforce California’s new no-mask law, senators say
3+ hour, 40+ min ago (374+ words) While police chiefs say they won't enforce the state's new ban on masks for law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, California lawmakers say there's another way to penalize officers who conceal their identities. Senate Bill 627, known as the No…...
Feldman: ICE isn’t just breaking the law. It’s trying to rewrite it.
11+ hour, 9+ min ago (335+ words) In an outrageous expansion of its authority, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now authorizing its agents to arrest anyone they suspect of being undocumented, even if the officers don't have a warrant and the person isn't a flight risk. Federal…...
San Jose: In-home behavior technician arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting toddler
18+ hour, 45+ min ago (219+ words) SAN JOSE " A 23-year-old man who worked with children as an in-home behavior technician has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a toddler, authorities said Tuesday. It all started when the mother of the child called San Jose police…...
Bay Area man accused of flying drone over 49ers game
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (284+ words) SANTA CLARA " A 27-year-old San Francisco man is accused of flying a drone during an NFL game last November in Santa Clara, violating a temporary flight restriction put in place by the Federal Aviation Administration, federal authorities said. A criminal…...
Mountain View police say feds accessed license-plate data without permission
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (581+ words) MOUNTAIN VIEW " Federal agencies in 2024 accessed data from a camera in this city's Flock Safety automated license plate reader system " something that the Mountain View Police Department says was done without its "permission or knowledge." As a result, Chief Mike…...
Lofgren, Liccardo condemn ICE tactics following fatal Minneapolis shootings
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (422+ words) SAN JOSE " Images of aggressive immigration enforcement and clashes with protesters in Minneapolis and Chicago have sparked national outrage. But members of the Bay Area community have seen local people detained at court hearings, held in "substandard" conditions in facilities…...
Bouie: Minneapolis may be Trump’s Gettysburg
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (1003+ words) By Sunday, officials in the Trump administration had begun to backpedal. By Monday, they were doing everything they could to appease the public's anger. It was clear after the killing of Renee Good on Jan. 7 that "Operation Metro Surge" " the…...
San Lorenzo man, known for pro-Nazi ‘patrols’ around town, charged with destroying police surveillance system
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (202+ words) SAN LORENZO " When police went looking on Via Honda for the home of a man allegedly responsible for numerous incidents of antisemitic graffiti and the Jan. 14 destruction of a law enforcement surveillance camera, one residence stood out " the house with…...
Former California Navy detective convicted of choking sailor is sentenced in child sex-exploitation case
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (925+ words) A San Diego federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a former Navy detective and El Cajon police officer to 20 years in prison in a child sex-exploitation case, telling Jonathan Christopher LaRoche that he would have sentenced him to a longer term…...