Ex-manager of Santa Cruz sober living house to serve a year in jail on drug charges

SANTA CRUZ - The manager of a Santa Cruz sober living environment arrested by drug detectives last year on suspicion he was selling methamphetamine from the drug-free house will spend a year in County Jail, the District Attorney's Office reported Wednesday.

Dentist who killed three with anesthesia given parole

A former Southern California dentist who killed a 13-year-old girl and two other patients with overdoses of anesthesia in the 1980s must be paroled, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.

Santa Clara: Business owner pleads no contest to dumping hazardous metals

The president of a Santa Clara company that coats computer parts with gold has pleaded no contest to dumping hazardous metals into a sewer and signing false documents in connection with those illegal disposals.

Crime lab fallout: Drug defendants go free

It was Justin Belton's lucky day. Belton, 30, pumped his fist in victory today as he left court after San Francisco prosecutors dropped a felony heroin sales case against him. His was one of more than a dozen drug cases dismissed at the Hall of Justice...

San Jose: Federal appeals court overturns 1998 murder conviction

A federal appeals court concluded that prosecutors failed to turn over key evidence that could have swayed the jury's verdict, resulting in an unfair trial.

No Name Peak Rx/ Pend Oreille County/ Ne (Prescribed Fire)

The No Name Peak Prescribed Fire is designed to reduce natural accumulations of surface and ladder fuels, prepare the area for fire tolerant tree regeneration, and improve forage for big game wildlife species. This project is located approximately 9 miles NNW of Newport, WA (Section 5 T32N R45E WM). The residual overstory consists of Douglas-Fir, and Ponderosa Pine with some areas of Western Larch. Slope ranges from 30% to 60%. The project size is 200 Acres and there is 150 remaining to be treated.

Italy, FBI raids crack down on Mafia in US, Sicily

NEW YORK — The FBI arrested a reputed Gambino solider today on charges he provided protection for a Sicilian mobster operating in Florida — part of an international sweep aimed at further crippling the storied crime family and disrupting its ties to the Italian mob.

Oakland mom held in suffocation of girl, 2

A 19-year-old pregnant woman was arrested on suspicion of murder today for allegedly suffocating her 2-year-old daughter, Oakland police said. Tiffany Lopez, who is three months pregnant, is being held in the slaying of Kamilah Russell, said Officer Jason...

Southern California robber holds up 11 people, gets $6

THERMAL — Riverside County authorities say a woman with a gun robbed 11 customers at a market and got away with $6.

'Jihad Jane' indictment shows terror's evolution

PHILADELPHIA — The self-described "Jihad Jane" who thought her blond hair and blue eyes would let her blend in as she sought to kill an artist in Sweden is a rare case of an American woman aiding in foreign terrorism and shows the evolution of the global threat, authorities say.

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