The mother of a 16-year-old fatally shot by Salinas police officers a year ago has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the department. In her federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, Ana Lorena Rodas says police misconduct led up to two officers reckless…

California Highway Patrol Officer Paul Shadwell approaches the passenger side of the parked Toyota sedan with his hands on his hips, saying something to the driver sitting inside. … Within eight seconds, Daniel Shaham emerges from the drivers side,…

The City of Santa Clara has settled a lawsuit alleging that its police department entered a home without a warrant and broke a womans ankle while detaining her under questionable circumstances in 2016 for $6.7 million. … Plaintiff’s attorney, Julia…

HALF MOON BAY — A man who was bitten by a police dog while trying to rescue a friend’s cat at a construction site two years ago was awarded $1.1 million Tuesday by a federal civil jury, which ruled that San Mateo County Sheriffs deputies used excess…

While Kayleigh Slushers mother faces a murder charge in criminal court, Kayleighs father is moving forward with a civil lawsuit filed against the City of Napa, County of Napa and several police officers and social workers alleging that their negligen…

OAKLAND A San Francisco man brutally beaten by Alameda County sheriffs deputies has settled his civil rights lawsuit for $5.5 million, his attorney said Friday. The November 12, 2015 beating of Stanislav Petrov led to the firings of three deputies, …

The city of Fresno has agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the parents of a Fresno man who was fatally shot by police four years ago. With the settlement comes major changes for the Fresno Police Department, …

An Oakland man filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday against the city of Concord, saying an offduty police officer deliberately rammed him and broke his arm during a road rage incident. Walther Weiland, 64, said Officer Kevin Mansourian cut hi…