More trouble at NASA Ames
NASA, the vaunted space program of the U.S. government, responsible for scientific discoveries in the far reaches of the government, apparently has some security issues in its own backyard. It seems...
View ArticleSerial game-robber suspect arrested
It’s game over for Michael Lee Grayson Jr., a parolee suspected of robbing nearly 20 GameStop, Toys R Us and Radio Shack stores throughout the Bay Area and beyond since April, police said Thursday....
View ArticleAnonymous posts Oakland officials’ information
The shadowy hacker group Anonymous posted personal information such as home addresses of Oakland’s top officials on the Internet in response to the city’s handling of the Occupy protests. “Since the...
View ArticleSharks fan who hit teen won’t be charged
Santa Clara County prosecutors won’t press charges against a San Jose Sharks fan who hit a teenage Vancouver Canucks fan in the head during a game in December. The Canucks fan, 16-year-old Maggie...
View ArticleBurlingame teen charged with bomb threat
A Burlingame High School student who allegedly used another student’s computer to e-mail a bomb threat to the school last month has been charged with a misdemeanor, prosecutors said Thursday. Christine...
View ArticleOverwhelmed clerk took patients’ files home
An overwhelmed clerk in a Burlingame hospital mail room will serve two years’ probation after admitting to taking home as many as 1,000 sensitive files so she could catch up on her work. Katherine...
View ArticleHow many wiretaps? Ssh, that’s private
Two senators have been trying to find out how many Americans’ phone calls and e-mails the National Security Agency has intercepted without a warrant, under authority that Congress is now being asked to...
View ArticleTwo weeks in jail for Burlingame school threat
A Burlingame teenager who e-mailed a bomb threat to her high school was sentenced Wednesday to two weeks in county jail and three years’ probation, authorities said. Christine Nicole Azzolino, 19,...
View ArticleFight looms over Suhr’s surveillance plan
Saying that videos and photos “made the Boston case” — a reference to the identification of two suspects in last week’s Boston Marathon bombings — San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr is pitching an...
View ArticleThieves smash windows on news van and its security car
Thieves broke into another news van in Oakland on Tuesday, but this time they also targeted the car belonging to a security guard hired to protect the crew. The break-in happened shortly before noon...
View ArticlePhone-records fight hinges on 1979 ruling
Thirty-four years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the numbers someone dials on a telephone are not private information and can be seized by the government without a warrant. “A person has no...
View Article‘Bling’ bandit hits S.F. watch store
One retailer of fancy watches in San Francisco will think twice before letting customers try on its products after a thief made off with a jewel-encrusted timepiece, police said. A man entered the...
View ArticlePolice respond to video of Giants fan in neck hold
A fan recorded a video of a forceful encounter between a San Francisco police officer and a handcuffed Giants fan at Tuesday’s home opener against the Arizona Diamondbacks, but police officials...
View ArticleDriver flees, slams into railroad crossing after stolen car spotted by...
The alleged driver of a stolen car was arrested after he fled police and slammed into a railroad crossing arm Sunday in San Leandro, authorities said. Cops were tipped off to the lifted ride thanks to...
View ArticleWoman arrested for trying to enter maternity ward with fake baby
A Merced woman was arrested for allegedly trying to enter a maternity ward on two occasions while carrying a lifelike baby doll, police said. Tonya Whiteny, 42, was booked on suspicion of trespassing...
View ArticleVideo: thieves make off with $1,000 in hats from Stonestown Mall
San Francisco police released video Tuesday of four teenagers breaking into and ransacking a hat store at the Stonestown Galleria shopping mall last month. In the video, which was captured June 22 just...
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