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Suicide, Castro homicide a 'tragic love story'

Suicide, Castro homicide a 'tragic love story'

Robert "Bobby" Christopher, 56, and David Wehrer, 27, believed their love for each other would help them conquer drugs. But they were too deep into their addictions, friends say, and something went terribly wrong.

Man kills wife, attempts suicide -- son calls 911

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.

Officer fatally shoots man armed with hatchet

An Oakland police officer shoots and kill a man armed with a hatchet at an East Oakland liquor store.

Man's body found dead in San Mateo bushes

A 41-year-old man is found dead in bushes near Borel Square shopping center in what police believe is a homicide.

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New look at law could help immigrant's case

Mario Sanchez was 22 and living in poverty in La Palma, Mexico, helping to support his parents and five brothers and sisters, when he...

Chronicle 8.3.09 4:00 AM

Schwarzenegger stepped in a pile of politics

It's a basic tenet of politics: When you get into a pissing contest with a skunk, you wind up smelling as bad as the skunk. Arnold...

Chronicle 8.2.09 4:00 AM

Oakland budget feats buried by parking rage

Over the past year, Oakland's city councillors slashed the size of city government, cut 350 city employees, sliced their own budgets...

Chronicle 8.2.09 4:00 AM

Oakland police among highest paid

True to his word, Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums delivered the goods this week when the federal government announced the recipients of $1...

Chronicle 7.31.09 4:00 AM

Conviction upheld in fatal shooting near UC

A state appeals court has upheld the manslaughter conviction of a Hayward man sentenced to 24 years in prison for fatally shooting a...

Chronicle 7.29.09 6:42 PM

Court won't lower Mehserle's bail

The state Supreme Court has refused to lower the $3 million bail for Johannes Mehserle, the former BART policeman charged with fatally...

Chronicle 7.30.09 1:22 PM

Arsons spread: 4 more cars torched in S.F.

Four more cars were set ablaze overnight in San Francisco, bringing the number of arson attacks since this weekend to a dozen...

Chronicle 7.29.09 2:44 PM