Crime & Courts
![A wall-sized painting by Christopher Wool was slashed twice in a Colorado gallery. A wall-sized painting by Christopher Wool was slashed twice in a Colorado gallery.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504203402/http://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/aspentimes-com-slashedart-atd-050417-4.jpg?w=620)
Video: Knife-wielding man destroys $3 million painting in gallery
A wall-sized painting by Christopher Wool was slashed twice in a Colorado gallery.
Crime
![SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police shot and killed a man who officers say was stabbing another man on the city's busy downtown Market Street on Wednesday. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police shot and killed a man who officers say was stabbing another man on the city's busy downtown Market Street on Wednesday.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504203402/http://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/policeshootingsanfrancis-2.jpg?w=620)
San Francisco police shoot, kill man on Market Street
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police shot and killed a man who officers say...
Crime Blotter
![Today's local police reports include the theft of a disabled person placard and a cell phone charger from a car. Today's local police reports include the theft of a disabled person placard and a cell phone charger from a car.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504203402/http://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20160511_100655_crimescene_tape_generic-31111.jpg?w=508)
Police blotter: Handicap placard stolen from car
Today’s local police reports include the theft of a disabled person placard and a cell...
Courts
![California's ban on displaying the Confederate flag doesn't apply to individuals even if they are on government property, state officials said this week in settling a free speech lawsuit.
California's ban on displaying the Confederate flag doesn't apply to individuals even if they are on government property, state officials said this week in settling a free speech lawsuit.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504203402/http://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/flag.jpg?w=620)
California Confederate flag ban excludes individuals, state decides
California’s ban on displaying the Confederate flag doesn’t apply to individuals even if they are...
Homicide
![Map of homicides reported in 2017 in the counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa. Map of homicides reported in 2017 in the counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504203402/http://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/homicidelist.jpg?w=541)
Bay Area homicides 2017: Map and details
Map of homicides reported in 2017 in the counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, San...
San Jose Police Department
![27-member graduating class the largest in past six academies, comes amid new contract peace. 27-member graduating class the largest in past six academies, comes amid new contract peace.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504203402/http://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sjm-sjpdgrad-0429-02.jpg?w=525)
San Jose: Largest police academy class in four years graduates
27-member graduating class the largest in past six academies, comes amid new contract peace.
Peninsula Crime
![Christopher Ricci, and his wife were "properly walking" in the bicycle lane of San Carlos Avenue the night of April 23, 2016, when Randall Rubingh swerved across the double-yellow lines in his Ford F-150 and hit Ricci, according to prosecutors. Christopher Ricci, and his wife were "properly walking" in the bicycle lane of San Carlos Avenue the night of April 23, 2016, when Randall Rubingh swerved across the double-yellow lines in his Ford F-150 and hit Ricci, according to prosecutors.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504203402/http://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cct-freois-0206-013111.jpg?w=620)
San Carlos man pleads no contest to vehicular manslaughter
Christopher Ricci, and his wife were “properly walking” in the bicycle lane of San Carlos...
Gun Control
![A group of California gun owners is challenging the state's ban on large capacity magazines, saying it violates their constitutional rights. A group of California gun owners is challenging the state's ban on large capacity magazines, saying it violates their constitutional rights.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504203402/http://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/guns.jpg?w=620)
California gun owners challenge state’s large magazine ban
A group of California gun owners is challenging the state’s ban on large capacity magazines,...