Denis Shevchenko of Gilroy was sentenced to five years in federal prison for possession of child pornography, five years after officers discovered the images while investigating threats to kill police officers.

Two Texas men had posed as delivery workers to conduct multiple crimes in the South Bay, police said.

The unprovoked attack, in which they allegedly punched and kicked the student and a female friend who tried to help him, happened late at night on the San Jose State campus.

Todd Baldwin, a former sports coach, teaching assistant, and operations manager at Valley Christian High School, faces sentencing on child pornography charges in January.

Another wealth tax measure, Proposition 3, that would make permanent an existing tax on high income earners holds a solid 20-point lead in the Berkeley poll. 

Ex-Undersheriff Rick Sung had been second in command to longtime former Sheriff Laurie Smith. He was charged with participating in a scheme to leverage his office’s rarely issued gun permits to get Apple computers and access to a luxury suite at the SAP Center.

The bills approved by the Legislature aim to strengthen California’s long-term wildfire recovery system, building on the state’s work with survivors of the Eaton and Palisades fires, and producing tools for wildfire survivors across the state.

In San Jose, license plate cameras were credited with finding suspects in the manhunt for an armed burglar who was terrorizing a neighborhood, and with locating eight suspects in a fatal shooting in downtown San Jose during the June FIFA World Cup.

Prosecutors said Zachary Chernicky was driving his Telsa more than 140 mph on Highway 87 before he smashed into the back of a car, killing a woman and her 2-year-old child.

The men were indicted by a federal grand jury in San Francisco for conspiracy to commit robbery, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, attempted robbery, and attempted kidnapping.

On April 22, the county revealed that 10 county social workers had been placed on paid administrative leave on April 8. On April 21, local NAACP officials filed a formal civil rights complaint against the county, one day after District Attorney Jeff Rosen said he had charged a San Jose teenager with murdering his two-year-old cousin, identified as Baby Jaxon.

If you can’t easily consume it, having marijuana in your car does not give California police the right to search the vehicle.

An FBI investigation found that Nathan Wu-Falkenborg used his access to confidential account information to activate and use numerous Direct Express pre-paid debit card accounts that had been funded but did not appear to be in use.

For motorcycle enthusiasts navigating the historic streets of Boston and beyond, understanding Massachusetts helmet laws serves as more than a legal requirement — it can fundamentally shape the outcome of any accident claim.