Brian James Bess, 23, and Jonathan Alexander Bess, 20, were both booked into the Salt Lake County jail Wednesday on suspicion of ... who will be returned to California following an extradition process. In Tuesday's booking mug shots released ...

In a rare rebuke of reckless law enforcement, the State Bar has charged Santa Clara ... California prosecutor. Field violated a host of rules in four criminal cases, ranging from disobeying judges' orders to hiding crucial evidence from defense ...

The California Highway Patrol has declared a "maximum ... Cornelison said 48 drivers in Monterey County went to jail during Memorial Day weekend last year. "Avoid the 18" will hit the roads again around Independence Day, Cornelison said, and ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc has agreed to settle a lawsuit that alleged the site's "Sponsored Stories" feature publicized users' "likes" without compensation or the ability to opt out, according to a court document filed on Tuesday. The proposed class action lawsuit, filed in a San Jose, California federal court, could have included nearly one of every three Americans, with billions ...

The proposed class action lawsuit, filed in a San Jose, California federal court, could have included nearly one of every three Americans, with billions of dollars in damages, court documents say. The terms of the settlement are not spelled out ...

Construction at a portion of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center has stopped in San Jose, Calif., because crews have unearthed ... court's permission to dispose of the bodies in accordance to law. A county map from 1932 shows the cemetery, but ...

He is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 27 before U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte in San Jose, according to the office of Melinda Haag, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California ... are in Santa Clara. He then loaded the Marvell ...

SAN JOSE, California -- A Silicon Valley software executive ... supervising deputy district attorney for Santa Clara County. When police obtained a search warrant for Langenbach's posh home south of San Francisco, they said they found hundreds ...

delaying at least 38 planned projects around California. But the judges are crying foul, saying there is no "extra money" in those reserves and that superior courts from Contra Costa County to Los Angeles have depended on those funds to ensure ...

These are dark days for California's budget-battered courts ... such as revenue designated for children s waiting rooms or state grants for child support enforcement. Committed: Money under contractual obligations either within the year or ...

Zoe Dunning, 48, told about a dozen volunteers Tuesday at the campaign's Northern California headquarters on Telegraph ... to stop defending the federal Defense of Marriage Act in court; ordered the government to extend certain benefits to ...

Through June 30, the state of California is offering a 50 percent discount on traffic fines for tickets issued in 2008 and earlier. The amnesty program might affect more than 1 million aging traffic citations issued in Los Angeles County, officials said.

A judge has tossed out a second lawsuit filed against Palo Alto over its controversial plan to reduce California Avenue to just two lanes of traffic. In a tentative ruling issued Monday, Santa Clara County ... Assistant City Attorney Don Larkin.

Wolff, a California real estate developer, has said he does not plan to sell ... game suspension for NL MVP Ryan Braun following a positive drug test. Braun's lawyers argued his urine sample wasn't handled as specified in baseball's drug agreement.

Interpreting the law The attorneys ... in jeopardy in San Jose. In March 2011, the agency transferred other properties to the city, including the California Theatre, convention center tent and Autumn Street properties. Santa Clara city officials ...

The settlement was disclosed in a court document filed Tuesday in federal court in San Jose, California. read more

The pinch on the number of homes for sale was felt in Contra Costa ... by attorneys general with four big banks should start having an impact, he said. The pattern of declining foreclosure filings was repeated across California, which saw ...

Interpreting the law The attorneys ... in jeopardy in San Jose. In March 2011, the agency transferred other properties to the city, including the California Theatre, convention center tent and Autumn Street properties. Santa Clara city officials ...

(KNTV) --Construction at a portion of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, California has stopped after crews unearthed ... The county filed a petition with the court to get permission to remove at least 100 of the pine coffins to make room ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a San Jose man's challenge to California's use of its "three strikes" law to ... Staunton's attorneys argued that his eight-year sentence violated his right to a jury trial, because juvenile cases ...

A Southern California woman was sentenced to life in prison Friday ... She pleaded guilty to grand theft in 1996 and was sentenced to a year in jail, but the murder case went cold. Investigators long suspected Packard and Naposki, however ...

These attorneys charge fees with the promise of stopping the foreclosure, but then don't follow through with the case and disappear with the money, according to Laura Ernde, spokeswoman for the California ... Bar's Client Security Fund, which ...

"I am pleased to read that California Attorney General Kamala Harris found our ... as a way to offer incentives to drivers to comply with the law when it comes to having insurance and identification. Joseph Billela, senior policy advocate ...

HAYWARD ... California Women's Facility in Chowchilla. Despite objections from the district attorney and a probation officer's report, the psychologists recommended Zuffa receive probation only. "We object to probation," William Denny, Alameda ...

Apple made a similar request last year to U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California ... The appeals court disagreed with Koh’s ruling in December that Apple failed to show it was likely to win its case on the merits, according ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a San Jose man's challenge to California's use of its "three strikes" law to increase prison sentences for some felons who had convictions as juveniles. DeShaun Staunton pleaded...

The court handles appeals from Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Cruz, and Monterey counties. Danner, a 41-year-old from Palo Alto, has served as a prosecutor in the criminal division of California’s Northern District federal court system since 2007.

Filed in U.S. Federal Court in San Jose, California, the case combines 21 separate cases that have been filed in different courts in the U.S. in 2011 and 2012 as the plaintiffs look for strength in numbers. All of the cases are connected to “Internet ...

Defendant met victim online before coming to California

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Southern California prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a former Marine accused of murdering four homeless men and a woman and her son. The Orange County district attorney's office announced its decision Monday in ...

LOS ANGELES—California counties are no longer seeking refunds ... "These debts do not belong to these children," Patti Prunhuber, a Public Interest Law Project attorney involved in the case, told the Times. "They are not responsible for ...

A 37-year-old Nebraska man is facing life in prison after being convicted this week of moving to California to start a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl he met on the Internet, prosecutors said.

(05-21) 14:40 PDT WASHINGTON-- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a San Jose man's challenge to California's use of its three-strikes law ... attorneys argued that his eight-year sentence violated his right to a jury trial, because ...

A man was arrested Monday night in connection with the disappearance of 15-year-old California girl Sierra ... south of San Francisco, the San Jose Mercury News reported. Garcia-Torres was booked into Santa Clara County Jail on one count of murder and ...

The California ... Drive. San Bernardino police officers took him into custody and later turned him over to the Sheriff's Department. Reach Melissa via email or call her at 909-386-3878. Get the latest crime and public safety news on Twitter ...

Lawyers representing Renaissance Partners LLC in a lawsuit against the city want to name the mayor as a separate defendant. They further suggest that he conspired with former San Jose Mayor and builder Tom McEnery and Taylor Farms CEO Bruce ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - California Attorney General Kamala Harris says state and federal officials have arrested 12 people tied to a drug trafficking ring that was smuggling heroin from Mexico into the Bay Area.

San Mateo ... Gerald Uelmen, a former federal prosecutor who teaches at the Santa Clara University School of Law, said the report shows little progress has been made since he was executive director of the California Commission on the Fair ...

Jerry Brown appointed eight people Friday, including a Long Beach attorney, to the Los Angeles Superior ... Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement ...

BAKERSFIELD -- Dave Zabriskie won the individual time trial in hot and breezy conditions Thursday to take the Tour of California overall lead with three stages left. Zabriskie, a 33-year-old Garmin-Barracuda rider from Salt Lake City, finished ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- California Attorney General Kamala Harris says state and federal officials have arrested 12 people tied to a drug trafficking ring that was smuggling heroin from Mexico into the San Francisco Bay area. Harris says the arrests ...