Homicide

DA motion prevails, condemned man now eligible for parole

The Alameda County DA's office initiated the review, arguing for Keith Thomas to be resentenced "in the interests of justice."

DA: Murderer to be freed as death penalty review expands

Update: The DA said three people on death row had already been resentenced. But it turns out the deals still need to go before a judge.

Former UC Berkeley janitor to stand trial in gay murder case

Sweven Waterman and Curtis Marsh "exchanged" six phone calls shortly before the fatal stabbing, OPD said. No motive in the case has been released.

Update: Berkeley shooting victim ID'd as Matthew Gullette

A neighbor called police just before 7:25 p.m. to say someone had been shot.

Triple murder case begins for alleged Berkeley gang member

Authorities say Joe Carroll Jr. was a Waterfront gang member who killed three men and tried to kill three others between 2009 and 2011.

Alyx Herrmann fought for her life. Her bite mark may have helped catch her killer.

Theo Lengyel played cat-and-mouse with police, reportedly taunting them for "blunders" and trying to find out why he hadn't been arrested.

Man held to answer in fatal shooting of Cal basketball great

Dashcam footage from other drivers helped the CHP identify suspect Juan Angel Garcia, then 25, in the death of Gene Ransom.