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SAN FRANCISCO—South Bay police are working to find a missing test-model iPad that was stolen from a victim during a kidnapping and robbery in Cupertino on April 5. The iPad was one of several articles allegedly stolen by 20-year-old Katherine Stump, of Danville, and 25-year-old Alexander Nejat, of Dublin. Per the victim, the couple contacted him in response to an...

TENDERLOIN—Wednesday morning, San Francisco police officers arrested a suspect in connection with a vehicle theft and kidnapping of a 4-month old child. At approximately 10:30 a.m., 33-year-old Solomon Alemu, of San Francisco, allegedly stole a Toyota Scion that was pulled-over on Golden Gate Avenue, between Jones and Market Streets. The mother of the child had left the car unlocked with the...

SAN FRANCISCO—Following last week's decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse former San Francisco Giants star Barry Bonds' 2011 obstruction of justice conviction, federal prosecutors are considering bringing the case before the United States Supreme Court. On Tuesday, April 28, the U.S. Attorney's Office asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to not return the case...

OAKLAND—Three suspects were arrested in Oakland on Wednesday, April 29 after gunshots were fired at a pair of plainclothes police officers. The officers were investigating a homicide case in East Oakland when a car occupied by three men open-fired on the policemen before speeding away from the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and 55th Street. The driver of the vehicle crashed, allowing...

ALAMO SQUARE—Bianca Lopez, of Fremont, was arrested in connection with a hit-and-run crash in Alamo Square earlier this month. Lopez, 25, allegedly fled the scene of several crashes in what amounted to a brief rampage on the evening of April 2. The first crash occurred near the crossing of Scott and Fell Streets when the driver of a black Jeep Cherokee...

SAN FRANCISCO—A Discovery Bay teenager confessed to stabbing a nine-year-old boy to death. William Shultz, 18, confessed that he stabbed Jordon Almgren while he slept because he wanted to know what it felt like to take a life before the impending end of the world. The revelation came to light during a jailhouse interview with the Contra Costa times, one in which...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Monday, April 27 a fatal stabbing in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood sparked a San Francisco Police Department manhunt for a killer. The stabbing took place at approximately 6:49 p.m. on the 400 block of Minna Street. The victim, an unidentified man in his 30s or 40s was examined and pronounced dead at the scene by San Francisco Medical...

HOLLYWOOD HILLS—Singer and actress Zooey Deschanel has officially listed her Hollywood Hills home for $2.195 million. Deschanel originally purchased the home in 2009 for $1.65 million from two-time Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo. The 1930s ranch home rests on 2,957 square feet, with 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, and a guest cottage. The house features French doors, vaulted wooden ceilings, wood-burning fireplaces, and...

NEPAL—Documentary filmmaker Tom Taplin, of Santa Monica, was killed by an avalanche on Mount Everest following Saturday's gargantuan magnitude 7.8 earthquake. Taplin, an avid mountaineer, had traveled to the mountain to film a documentary chronicling the lives of the community of climbers at Everest's basecamp. Taplin, 61, had been living on the mountain for four weeks prior to Saturday's quake. He...

NEW YORK—The 2015 nominees for the Tony Awards were announced on Tuesday, April 28 and leading the pack of all nominees was the musical “An American In Paris” which nabbed 12 nominations including Best Musical. Vying against “Paris” is “Fun Home” which also picked up a total of 12 nominations this year. Announcing this year’s nominees were actor Bruce Willis...