Monday August 3, 2009 Updated 2:33 AM PDT
Authorities are trying to figure out why a resident of unincorporated area near San Pablo fatally shot his wife before turning the gun on himself.
An Oakland police officer shoots and kill a man armed with a hatchet at an East Oakland liquor store.
A 41-year-old man is found dead in bushes near Borel Square shopping center in what police believe is a homicide.
You know there's a lot of mayhem in the Bay Area, so we've created a new blog to go behind the headlines (and behind the yellow tape as well).
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