Monthly Archive for March, 2012

: March, 2012

Small victory for jail deputy attackers

When an off-duty rookie San Leandro police officer shot and killed an alleged gang member in 2007, two fellow gang members in custody decided to avenge the death by attacking an Alameda County …
Categories: Uncategorized

Sunnyvale murder suspect may have fled to India

Police are looking for a San Jose man they believe fled to India after allegedly shoving a woman out of his SUV and running her over in Sunnyvale. Witnesses told officers they saw someone shove …
Categories: Homicide

Google executive’s brother accused of domestic attack

The younger brother of top Google executive Marissa Mayer is accused of three felonies — assault, false imprisonment and domestic violence — after allegedly beating his girlfriend after a San …

Japanese restaurant owner can’t escape the law

The owner of a Japanese restaurant who stashed daily receipts in boxes marked “seasoned octopus” couldn’t escape the long arm of the law. Michael Chen, who owns Fune Ya Japanese Restaurant on Clement …
Categories: Fraud

Fisherman hit by stray bullet in San Pablo Bay

A fisherman standing on the shore of San Pablo Bay was hit by a stray bullet from a drive-by shooting Sunday when the round sped above a quarter mile of railroad tracks and shoreline before grazing …

Woman shot in car

A woman was shot in a car following an argument with another woman in San Francisco’s Outer Mission District Wednesday morning, police said. The woman, who is in her 20s, had stopped her Buick sedan …
Categories: Gangs, Police shootings

444 pounds of fish and crab stolen from Half Moon Bay fishery

A Half Moon Bay fishery’s owners were left washed up and crabby after they found that more than 400 pounds of fresh seafood were stolen from the business over the weekend, authorities said. Thieves …
Categories: Theft

Badly abused dogs found in San Bruno

Authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the person responsible for abandoning two dogs in such poor health last weekend in San Bruno that the Peninsula …
Categories: animals

Street robbers strike three times in S.F.

Two men went on a robbery spree Monday night that began in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley and ended in the Excelsior neighborhood, police said. The first robbery took place near the corner of …
Categories: Robbery

Cows break out of pasture, die on road

Two cows went to the dairy in the sky when they were hit by a delivery van early Tuesday near Santa Rosa. The black-and-white Holsteins were among 30 to 40 cows that escaped from a pasture through a …
Categories: Accidents, animals