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Dewey Tucker of Vallejo was shot in his car on Interstate 80 near Hercules on January 12, 2010. (Tucker Family)

Gang Member Gets Life In Prison For Vallejo Musician Murder

A Sureño gang member was sentenced Monday morning for the highway shooting murder of Vallejo musician Dewey Tucker in 2010 and the slaying of a Santa Rosa man a year later.

2013/03/11

71-year-old Sutchi Hui was struck at the intersection of Market and Castro streets. (CBS)

Judge Rules Cyclist Can Be Charged With Felony For Fatal SF Castro Crash

A San Francisco judge ruled Thursday that a bicyclist accused of killing a pedestrian in a Castro District crosswalk should stand trial for felony vehicular manslaughter rather than lesser charges sought by the defense.

2013/03/07

Gabriel Martinez

Paradise Man Convicted Of Killing Monterey Woman With Prescription Drugs During Date

A Monterey County Superior Court Judge Friday found a man guilty of manslaughter in the death of a woman he met at a bar and had sex with after feeding her prescription drugs.

2013/01/26

Rescuers on the scene after a hit and run driver struck pedestrians at San Francisco's Twin Peaks on December 20, 2012. (CBS)

Woman Charged With Manslaughter, DUI In Twin Peaks Pedestrian Crash

A suspected drunken driver who allegedly ran into several pedestrians at the Twin Peaks lookout point on Thursday night, killing one, has been charged with vehicular manslaughter, a district attorney’s office spokesman said Monday.

2012/12/24

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Suspect In Fatal San Mateo Hit And Run Pleads Not Guilty

A man charged with causing a fatal hit-and-run collision at a San Mateo bus stop last month pleaded not guilty to vehicular manslaughter Tuesday.

2012/12/04

Scene of crash at Treat Boulevard and Oak Grove Road in Concord where a father and two daughters on bicycles were hit by an out-of-control Cadillac Escalade, April 7, 2012. (CBS)

Teen Driver Pleads Guilty In Deaths Of Father, Daughter On Concord Bike Ride

A teenage driver accused of hitting and killing a father and daughter with his SUV as they were out for a Saturday morning bike ride in Concord in April pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving charges Wednesday morning in juvenile court in Martinez.

2012/09/26

Arnold Schwarzenegger (Photo creedit by Getty Images)

Judge Rules Schwarzenegger Sentence Reduction Didn’t Break Law

A California judge has ruled that former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger didn’t break any laws when he cut the manslaughter sentence for the son of a political ally just hours before leaving office last year.

2012/09/07

Scene of crash at Treat Boulevard and Oak Grove Road in Concord where a father and two daughters on bicycles were hit by an out-of-control Cadillac Escalade, April 7, 2012. (CBS)

Teen Driver To Plead Guilty In Concord Crash That Killed Father, Daughter

A teen driver accused of hitting and killing a father and his 9-year-old daughter during a bike ride in Concord in April is expected to plead guilty to vehicular manslaughter charges later this month, a prosecutor said Friday.

2012/09/07

28-year-old Heather Ann Howell of Santa Rosa is accused of vehicular manslaughter in a crash that killed 56-year-old Jesse Garcia on July 14, 2012. (Santa Rosa Press Democrat)

Santa Rosa Woman Charged With Murder In Fatal Crash

Prosecutors charged a Santa Rosa woman with murder in connection with a vehicle collision that killed a Santa Rosa man Saturday afternoon.

2012/07/17

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Police Say Woman Chasing Man On Motorcycle Caused Deadly Sonoma Crash

A 28-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with a domestic violence-related crash that killed a man west of Santa Rosa on Saturday afternoon, a Sonoma County sheriff’s sergeant said.

2012/07/16

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