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Decensae White, a basketball player at San Francisco State University, is accused in the 2012 Georgia murder of rapper Lil' Phat, also known as Melvin Vernell III. (Fulton County Sheriff's Office)

San Francisco State Basketball Player Accused Of Murder In Georgia

A star basketball player at San Francisco State University has been arrested on suspicion of a murdering a man in Georgia.

4 hours ago

Jenny Lin (Jenny Lin Foundation)

Annual Vigil Set For Murdered Castro Valley Girl; Case Still Unsolved After 19 Years

Nearly two decades after a Castro Valley teenager was killed in her home, her family is honoring her memory with a ceremony, candlelight walk and art contest Friday night.

16 hours ago

20-year-old Kevin Dahlgren of Palo Alto is suspected of killing four people in Brno, Czech Republic on May 23, 2013. (Handout photo by Czech Police/isifa/Getty Images)

Man From Palo Alto Suspected Of Killing Family In Czech Republic

A man from the Bay Area is suspected of killing a family of four and is on the run in the Czech Republic and likely armed, officials said Thursday.

2013/05/23

Laungatasi Samana Ahio (San Mateo County Sheriff's Office)

Man Pleads No Contest To 2010 Murder Of Teen At Millbrae School

A man charged with the stabbing death of a teenager at a Millbrae high school in August 2010 pleaded no contest to the murder in San Mateo County Superior Court on Wednesday, prosecutors said.

2013/05/23

(CBS)

Authorities Say Antioch Shooter Killed Man In Self-Defense

A man whose body was discovered near an Antioch apartment complex last week was killed in an act of self-defense, according to prosecutors and police.

2013/05/21

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Teen Arrested In Nevada County For Fatal San Francisco Stabbing

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested for the fatal stabbing of a man in San Francisco’s Hunters Point neighborhood last week, police said Tuesday.

2013/05/21

16-year-old Bobbie Sartain and 15-year-old Raquel Gerstel were shot and killed at the corner of Minna and Brookdale avenues on the morning of November, 25, 2012. (CBS)

Witness Claims Oakland Murder Defendant Admitted Killing Teen Girls

A witness in the preliminary hearing for two men accused of gunning down two teenage girls near Brookdale Park in East Oakland last November testified Tuesday that one of the defendants admitted to firing the deadly barrage of bullets.

2013/05/21

(CBS)

Sonoma County Man Who Brutally Killed Father Found To Be Insane

A Sonoma County jury has found that a man convicted of murdering his father at their Rincon Valley home in November 2011 was insane at the time of the crime.

2013/05/21

15-year-old Jose Quinonez died in a shooting in East Palo Alto on May 19, 2013. (CBS)

East Palo Alto Police Chief Declaring ‘Crime Emergency’

Following the recent violence in East Palo Alto, culminating in Sunday’s killing of a teenager, police Chief Ronald Davis is calling a “crime emergency” for the department, which will take effect on Tuesday.

2013/05/20

Terrance Marks (left) and his friend Chris Beardon at the Golden State Warriors game on May 16, 2013. They posted this photo on Twitter before they were killed in a fatal shooting on Interstate 880 in Oakland after the game. (CBS)

Warriors Fans Fatally Shot On I-880 In Oakland Identified

Two men shot and killed on Interstate 880 in Oakland while apparently coming from a Golden State Warriors game Thursday night have been identified by the Alameda County coroner’s bureau.

2013/05/17

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