Jurors get shocking blow-by-blow of Rodeo crash that killed 6-year-old boy and his mother

Jurors get shocking blow-by-blow of Rodeo crash that killed 6-year-old boy and his mother

MARTINEZ — A 21-year-old Vallejo man was driving a stolen SUV more than 100 miles per hour with a Hercules police officer chasing him when he ran a red light and crashed into a car containing three family members, killing a woman, her 6-year-old son, and injuring the boy’s mother, according to police testimony at … Read more

San Francisco man gets 4 years in federal prison for gun arrest in the Tenderloin

San Francisco man gets 4 years in federal prison for gun arrest in the Tenderloin

SAN FRANCISCO — A city resident has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for having a gun in his car during a 2021 traffic stop in the Tenderloin neighborhood, a charge that was filed only after he was arrested in a 2022 police chase, court records show. Demarco Ransom, 35, was sentenced in … Read more

Hayward man sentenced to 16 years for killing driver in two-car crash

Hayward man sentenced to 16 years for killing driver in two-car crash

OAKLAND — A Hayward man was sentenced to 16 years in prison for causing a crash that killed a 26-year-old man, court records show. Kenneth Santos, 30, pleaded no contest last October to a vehicular manslaughter charge with a prior strike offense. He was sentenced Thursday to 16 years in state prison and more than … Read more