California police officers took home a 10-foot python after a late-night chase in the Bay Area on Friday. Vallejo Police took to social media to document the moment, writing on X, formerly...
The men and women of the Fresno Police Department are second to none.” Balderrama, 47, became the first chief of Hispanic descent to be hired in California’s fifth-largest city when he...
By Cindy Von Quednow | CNN ; The photos also show a black four-door Infiniti Q50 sedan with a tan interior. Authorities said the car was stolen. ; Officials did not release any other details or updates in the case. ; Wactor, 37, was shot as he left work at a downtown rooftop bar early on May 25, CNN previously reported. ; His mother told CNN affiliate KABC that her son had been walking with one of his coworkers when he saw what he thought was someone working on a car.
A San Diego police officer was killed and a second was seriously injured in a fiery crash following a brief pursuit in Clairemont late Monday, officials said. ; The driver of the car police had been chasing also died, San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl told reporters at an early morning news conference. ; Police did not release the names of either Tuesday morning. The chief said the department was still in the process of notifying members of the officer’s family. ; “I can’t put into words the feelings that come at a time like this,” said Wahl, standing with Mayor Todd Gloria and others. “When we have police officers coming to work, to make a difference, to help those in need, and they put their lives on the line for people they don’t even know. Last night, we lost a good one.”
By Rachel Clarke and Shimon Prokupecz | CNN ; Fontana — Tom Perez called the local police non-emergency line to report his elderly father missing. Thirty-six hours later, Perez was on a psychiatric hold in a hospital, having been pressured into confessing he killed his dad and trying to take his own life. His father was alive and there had been no murder. No one told Perez. Instead, police continued investigating him, looking for a victim who did not exist. That was six years ago, in August 2018. His hometown of Fontana, California, paid $900 ...
Downey police answering a call for a neighbor dispute over fireworks shot a man to death on Saturday, June 29, after he pointed a replica rifle at them, the Police Department said. Witnesses said the man, who reportedly has mental health issues, was lighting fireworks in the backyard and got into an argument with a neighbor. Officers were then dispatched at about 6:15 p.m. to a call of a disturbance in the 7100 block of Stewart and Gray Road. Officers encountered a man they identified as 29-year...
Police in Southern California said Tuesday they were seeking additional information about an incident last week that Twitter CEO Elon Musk said prompted him to
A California man is in custody after fatally shooting his wife, their 6-year-old son and his wife's parents, a San Francisco Bay Area police department said Thursday. A second son, 1, also...
Willie McCoy was fatally shot by California police officers on Feb. 9, 2019. Courtesy of David Harrison The majority of those killed by the police in Vallejo have been black and Latino men...
— Police in Northern California said they are investigating a person of interest in connection with five similar fatal shootings that have occurred across the city of Stockton over the...