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Woman dumped in Pleasanton trash can was not killer'...
4 hrs ago | via Inside Bay Area
A Stockton man convicted of killing his 25-year-old girlfriend and stuffing her in a Pleasanton trash can was described Wednesday by one prosecutor as "the closest thing to a serial killer" he's seen in his career. Comment?
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SF 'Landlords from Hell' sentenced to prison
14 hrs ago | via KTVU Oakland
A San Francisco couple has pleaded guilty to four criminal counts connected to a campaign of terror aimed at their tenants of their apartment house and have been sentenced to four years in prison, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Comment?
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Sunday Jun 16 | via The San Diego Union-Tribune
On June 17, 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Abington School District v. Schempp, struck down, 8-1, rules requiring the recitation of the Lord's Prayer or reading of Biblical verses in public schools. Comment?
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Fugitive sex offender from Georgia arrested in San F...
Saturday Jun 15 | via San Jose Mercury News
A convicted child molester who fled his 2009 trial in Georgia has been captured in San Francisco, authorities said Friday, ending a four-year manhunt that included several profiles of the fugitive on the TV show "America's Most Wanted." Comment?
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Stabbing of Muslim woman in Antioch shopping center stirs up fears for community
Thursday Jun 6 | via Inside Bay Area
The stabbing of a 50-year-old Muslim woman wearing a head scarf has reignited simmering fears within eastern Contra Costa's Islamic community, where a mosque was destroyed by arson six years ago. 16 comments
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Sexual Assault Suspect Arrested
Thursday Jun 6 | via Edhat
Faiyaz Naziruddin, age 52, of San Ramon, California, was arrested for the following offenses: rape by force, violence, duress, menace, or fear; sodomy with a victim unconscious of the nature of the act; sexual penetration with a foreign object; false imprisonment; and sexual battery. Comment?
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Stabbing of Muslim woman in Antioch shopping center ...
Thursday Jun 6 | via Contra Costa Times
The stabbing of a 50-year-old Muslim woman wearing a head scarf has reignited simmering fears within eastern Contra Costa's Islamic community, where a mosque was destroyed by arson six years ago. Comment?
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The Sleepy Lagoon murder case that helped spur the W...
Friday May 31 | via Redlands Daily Facts
Pachuco is a term used in the 1940s to refer to Latinos who dressed in flamboyant attire and used a certain slang, a hybrid of English and Spanish. Comment?
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Richmond High School gang rape dual jury trial begin...
Friday May 31 | via Inside Bay Area
Opening statements Monday will kick off a rare dual jury trial for two men charged in the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl on the Richmond High School campus after a 2009 homecoming dance. Comment?
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Zoot Suit Riots: The Sleepy Lagoon murder case that ...
Friday May 31 | via LA Daily News
Pachuco is a term used in the 1940s to refer to Latinos who dressed in flamboyant attire and used a certain slang, a hybrid of English and Spanish. Comment?
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Richmond High School gang rape dual jury trial begin...
Friday May 31 | via Inside Bay Area
Opening statements Monday will kick off a rare dual jury trial for two men charged in the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl on the Richmond High School campus after a 2009 homecoming dance. Comment?
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Officials: Bodhi Tree is 'person of interest' in las...
Thursday May 23 | via Times-Standard
The Eureka Police Department has named double murder suspect Bodhi Tree, who was released from prison in April, as a "person of interest" in a shooting near Eureka High School last week. Comment?
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Traffic at Ojai hot springs to cool off
Thursday May 23 | via Ventura County Reporter
That's the message the property owners of Matilija Canyon's Hot Springs are spreading through the community, and beyond. Comment?
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