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  1. A Nerd Amongst Nerds, But Not A Killer

    “Among Hans’ many talents, are social talents among that group?” Beverly Palmer, sitting up at the witness stand during her cross-examination, laughed at the defense attorney’s question. A few feet away, her son – a computer whiz on trial for the alleged murder of his estranged wife – watched.


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  2. Prosecutor Quizzes Reiser Boy

    OAKLAND, CA-Rory Reiser climbed down from the witness stand at the Alameda Superior Court to roll-up into a ball, demonstrating the human shape the eight-year-old boy believes he saw his father carrying in a bag down a staircase the night his mother disappeared.


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  3. Best Show in Town: The Reiser Trial

    OAKLAND-A somber jury looks up at a Google Earth map, zoomed out to a view of the globe from space. Nina Reiser “disappeared from the face of this Earth” on September 3, 2006, lead prosecutor Paul Hora tells the jurors. He then zooms into the Oakland Hills home of Hans Reiser – the famous computer programmer accused of murdering his estranged ex-wife.


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  4. Heroin ring busted in Oakland after two years of investigation

    OAKLAND–Federal and local law enforcement officials simultaneously raided 26 locations in Oakland early Wednesday, arresting 30 people and confiscating an estimated $1 million in drugs. The raids were the result of a two-year joint operation involving the Oakland Police and the FBI, IRS, DEA and San Francisco Police, culminating in the indictment of numerous members of a local heroin ring.


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  5. Private security patrols College Avenue

    Rockridge shoppers are used to private security guards patrolling College Avenue during the heights of the holiday frenzy. But this year, the security patrols came out a lot earlier. The Rockridge District Association hired two private guards in late August to patrol College Avenue by bike from Alcatraz Avenue to Broadway, five afternoons a week.


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