Oakland Seeks Another Gang Injunction
OAKLAND (BCN/KCBS) — Oakland city officials announced Wednesday that they are seeking a civil injunction against dozens of members of a street gang they said is terrorizing the community. Oakland City...
View ArticleSan Mateo’s Gang Task Force Credited for Low Murder Rate
SAN MATEO (KCBS) – There are 2,700 known gang members in San Mateo County, yet the gang-related homicide rate in San Mateo County is among the lowest in the state. Law enforcement credits a cooperative...
View ArticleGang Crackdown Pays Off In Watsonville
WATSONVILLE (KCBS) – Aggressive police work and community involvement have led to a significant downturn in gang violence within the last 10 months, according to Watsonville Police. In 2009, there were...
View Article1 Dead In Redwood City Gang-Related Shooting
REDWOOD CITY (KCBS) – A 21-year-old man was shot to death in the northern part of Redwood City Sunday night in what police suspected was a gang-related incident. The shooting came after what...
View ArticleJudge Delays Oakland Injunction Against Reputed Norteño Gang Members
OAKLAND (BCN) – Oakland City Attorney John Russo’s bid to get an injunction against alleged members of the Norteños gang hit a speed bump Friday when a judge delayed making a ruling on a key procedural...
View ArticleWoman Sentenced In ’04 Gang Murder At Redwood City Party
REDWOOD CITY (BCN) – A woman charged with supplying the gun used to fatally shoot a teenager at a party in Redwood City in 2004 was sentenced to five years in prison in San Mateo County Superior Court...
View ArticleMan Denies Norteño Ties In Oakland Gang Injunction Hearing
OAKLAND (CBS/BCN) – An Oakland man alleged by city officials to belong to the Norteños street gang denied his affiliation to the group at a hearing in Alameda County Superior Court on Wednesday. “No, I...
View ArticleSF Police Look To Crack Down On Mission District Gang Violence
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – San Francisco police are stepping up enforcement in the Mission District after a series of suspected gang-related stabbings and shootings. Police Capt. Greg Corrales, head of the...
View ArticleLawyer For Alleged Gang Members Wants Injunction Against OPD
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – A lawyer for reputed Norteño gang members in Oakland’s Fruitvale District Wednesday turned the tables on city officials who are suing his clients by saying he wants an injunction...
View ArticleOakland City Attorney Plans To Seek 3rd Gang Injunction
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The Oakland City Attorney’s Office, which has filed lawsuits against two gangs in the city, still plans to file a lawsuit against a third gang at some point in the near future, a...
View ArticleMonths-Long MS-13 Gang Murder Trial Winds Down In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A prosecutor told a federal jury in San Francisco Monday that the most important rule of the MS-13 street gang is to “attack and kill rival gang members.” “They waged war...
View ArticleSan Francisco Police Saturate Mission District After 2 Gang-Related Murders
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – More San Francisco police have been patrolling the Mission District since a second gang-related murder less than 24 hours after a young father was shot to death by gang members...
View ArticleAnother Fatal Shooting In SF Mission District; 3rd In Week
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A man was fatally shot in San Francisco’s Mission District early Monday morning, the third homicide in the neighborhood in less than a week, police said. The shooting was...
View ArticleSan Francisco Mission District Shooting Victim Identified
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A man who was fatally shot in San Francisco’s Mission District early Monday morning has been identified by the medical examiner’s office as 45-year-old Dwayne Spruell. Spruell,...
View ArticleOakland Leaders Put Off Controversial Anti-Crime Measures
OAKLAND (KCBS) – After lengthy discussion, the Oakland City Council Tuesday night voted to table three controversial proposals aimed at preventing violent crime and youth crime citywide. Mayor Jean...
View ArticleGang Member Pleads Guilty In ’09 Murder Near Daly City BART
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – One of two alleged MS-13 gang members who went on trial in federal court in San Francisco last month has pleaded guilty to seven charges, including possessing the gun used in a...
View ArticleLife Sentence For Gang Member In ’09 Daly City BART Slaying
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Calling him a “vicious, heartless murderer,” a federal judge in San Francisco Wednesday imposed a sentence of life plus ten years in prison on an MS-13 gang member accused of...
View ArticlePlea Deal Reached In Attempted Murder Of CHP Officer In Oakland
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – The Oakland Police Department announced on Thursday that a plea deal has been reached with four men, believed to be members of the Norteno gang, in a case involving the attempted...
View ArticleEast Palo Alto Police Chief Wants Meeting With Gang Leaders
EAST PALO ALTO (KCBS) – East Palo Alto police Chief Ron Davis is preparing to call in gang members who may have been involved in a deadly shooting last weekend, which claimed the life of a 16-year-old....
View ArticleAlleged Gang Members Arrested In Redwood City ‘Mini Crime Spree’
REDWOOD CITY (CBS SF) - It took less than three hours for two alleged Norteño gang members to rob three Redwood City convenience stores Tuesday morning with rifles stolen in a residential burglary days...
View ArticleSouth SF Gang Member Gets 5 Life Terms For Array Of Crimes
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) - A Norteño gang member has been sentenced in federal court in San Francisco to five life terms for an array of convictions, including the racketeering murders of three young men...
View ArticleFeds Indict 27 Members Of San Jose-Based ‘Mexican Mafia’ With Murder,...
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – The U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Jose Wednesday unsealed a 41-count indictment against 27 members of the San Jose-based “Mexican Mafia” street gang the Sur Santos Pride on...
View Article3 Alleged Street Gang Members Arrested In San Jose
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — San Jose police arrested three alleged street gang associates last weekend, including two reputed Norteno members and a juvenile who discarded a stolen gun when confronted by...
View ArticleSonoma Valley Teen ‘Gunsmith’ Arrested On Weapons Charges
SONOMA COUNTY (CBS SF) — A 16-year-old Sonoma Valley boy who bragged about his gun manufacture and modification prowess was arrested last week on weapons charges. The teen was seen Friday leaving...
View ArticleNo Contest Pleas From Couple In PetSmart Burglaries; Homes Ransacked After...
REDWOOD CITY (CBS SF) — A former San Carlos PetSmart employee and her boyfriend have pleaded no contest to burglary charges for a series of break-ins at homes they learned were vacant when the...
View ArticleSanta Clara Police Urging More Witnesses To Come Forward In Levi’s Stadium...
SANTA CLARA (CBS SF) — Santa Clara police were asking for more witnesses to come forward following a brutal fistfight earlier this month inside a crowded restroom at Levi’s Stadium that left one victim...
View Article‘Point Break’ Bank Robbery Suspects Arrested In Connection With San Jose,...
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — Members of a sophisticated crew dubbed “Point Break,” suspected in bank robberies in San Jose and Campbell, were arrested Tuesday in a joint operation by law enforcement agencies in...
View ArticleOakland Dropping Controversial Gang Injunction; Included Curfew, Banned...
OAKLAND (KCBS)— Oakland’s city attorney confirmed on Thursday that they are dropping its controversial gang injunction with police chief Sean Whent in favor of the move. The injunctions, which were...
View Article29 Alleged SJ Gang Members Indicted For 3-Year Home Burglary Spree
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — Nearly 30 suspected San Jose gang members were indicted for a three-year burglary spree at hundreds of homes in three Bay Area counties, Santa Clara County prosecutors announced...
View ArticleSan Francisco Murder Conviction Upheld Despite Claims Of False Testimony From...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A federal appeals court in San Francisco Monday rejected a Norteno gang member’s challenge to his second-degree murder conviction for the fatal shooting of the head of a rival...
View ArticleMassive East Bay Bust Snares 24 Alleged Norteño Gang Members
CONCORD (CBS SF) — A joint operation of 12 local and federal law enforcement agencies completed a massive gang bust in eastern and central Contra Costa County last week, law enforcement officials...
View Article31 People Arrested In Crackdown On Violent, Drug-Running Street Gang
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have arrested 31 people they say are connected to a violent, drug-running multi-state street gang directed from inside one of California’s most notorious prisons....
View ArticleContra Costa County Norteno Gang Crackdown Ends With 15 Convictions
MARTINEZ (CBS SF) — A Contra Costa County gang crackdown, launched in 2016 and targeting violent Norteno gang members and their associates, has resulted in 15 individuals being convicted of felony...
View ArticleEast Bay Gang War: Last 2 Of 15 Defendants Plead No Contest To Attempted Murder
MARTINEZ (CBS SF) — On Wednesday, the last two defendants in the “Operation Omega Red” case pleaded no contest to charges of attempted murder with gang-related enhancements, the last of 15 defendants...
View ArticleNotorious Norteño Gang Member ‘Lil Rhino’ Sentenced For Carrying Out...
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — A notorious Norteno gang member who goes by the street name ‘Lil Rhino’ was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in federal prison for taking part in a series of violent attacks on...
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