Demian Bulwa

A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted Avelino Ramirez, saying he pretended to find prison contraband that he had planted himself.

California finally begins to detail why it is booting some police officers out of the profession

RFK Jr. admits in bizarre video that he dumped a dead bear in New York’s Central Park

Nearly three decades after his infamous court testimony weakened the prosecution’s murder case against O.J. Simpson, former Los Angeles police detective and media personality Mark Fuhrman likely has no desire to return to the law enforcement trade in California. Now, even if he wants to, he cannot — officially. California’s Commission on Police Officer Standards and Training began moving to “decertify” officers last year under a new reform law meant to rebuild the public’s trust with police. Re…

The former director of logistics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey has been accused of a massive embezzlement scheme. Federal prosecutors say Zelene Charles, 42, spent upward of three years stealing more than $600,000 from the school and the nearby Defense Language Institute, plus a cache of Apple MacBooks and iPads. Charles, who lives in East Garrison in Monterey County, was charged Friday with felony counts of theft of government property and wire fraud, records show. She was not ar…

The owner of a Bay Area company spent several years selling more than $3.5 million in counterfeit cooling fans and blowers to the U.S. military, putting at risk sensitive assets including missile systems and a nuclear submarine, federal prosecutors alleged. In a court filing Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Francisco accused Steve H.S. Kim of felony counts of wire fraud and trafficking in counterfeit goods. Kim has not been arrested, nor has he responded to the charges. The government…

There are some things you never forget in a journalism career: Spending a morning with a mother who accidentally caused the death of her baby by leaving her behind in a car. Rushing to the bleachers at AT&T Park to document the scramble for Barry Bonds’ record-breaking 756th home run. Hoping the protective glass at the Marin County jail would hold when an inmate pounded it with his fist and warned, “I’m going to eat you with my teeth!” Then there was the kidnapper’s email. It was Tuesday, March…

Cellphone users around the country have for months reported a growing barrage of puzzling text messages from people who appear to have the wrong number. “Hey, what are you doing Monday?” a text might read. Or: “I have something to tell you.” The message could be even simpler: “I’m bored” or “Hello.” Many people have been conditioned to understand such messages as opening salvos in complicated cons, just as they have with phone calls purporting to be from the IRS or emails regarding wealthy heirs…

Officials at the utility company whose power lines have been a focus of investigations into the deadly, hurricane-driven firestorm that wiped out Lahaina on Maui said Friday that they were “working hard alongside many others” to determine what happened, and do not plan to restructure the company. “The goal is not to restructure the company but to endure as a financially strong utility that Maui and this state need,” Hawaiian Electric said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commiss…

First Giants fans had to stomach the loss of two superstar players who appeared to be joining the team. Then came the memes. In a gut-punch of an offseason, the team has now surrendered Sacramento-born slugger Aaron Judge to the Yankees (after an errant report that he was headed west) and Carlos Correa to the Mets (after a dispute over the shortstop’s health). Read more: ‘Are you kidding me?’ Giants fans shocked by Carlos Correa deal imploding. The story revolves around money, with the two playe…