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Negotiated Justice: When alleged sex offenders plea down to non-sex crimes
An alleged rape victim from San Mateo County is questioning the justice system after she says her rapist was offered and accepted a plea deal for a non-sex crime.
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Landlords say they're dropping eviction pursuit of elderly SF tenant and other tenants following NBC Bay Area story
One day following an NBC Bay Area story on the possible eviction of Helen Byrne, 94, from her San Francisco apartment of eight decades, the property’s owners say they now plan to allow Byrne and the building’s other tenants to remain in their homes.
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94-year-old SF woman fighting eviction after 8 decades in same apartment
After real estate investors bought their building, Helen Byrne and her neighbors are at risk of being forced out of their rent-controlled apartments.
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Reckoning
NBC Bay Area investigates into a new wave of lawsuits accusing Catholic clergy of sexually abusing children.
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Driverless Cruise car accused of almost hitting kids in two separate close calls one day apart
The California DMV is investigating allegations a driverless Cruise vehicle nearly hit a 7-year-old boy after failing to yield to him and his family while they crossed the street in San Francisco last year, according to DMV records obtained by the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit.
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Waymo's driverless cars surpass 7 million miles, but are they safer than human drivers?
Google’s sister company, Waymo, unveils new research showing a lower crash rate for its driverless vehicles compared to human drivers in San Francisco and Phoenix.
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Months after bias findings, Santa Clara Co. won't release records on outgoing DA chief investigator
It’s been seven months since Santa Clara County’s Equal Opportunity Division (EOD) found the District Attorney’s chief investigator made a series of discriminatory workplace remarks about women, Black people, and transgender people, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.
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Driverless cars immune from traffic tickets in California under current laws
An NBC Bay Area investigation reveals autonomous vehicles in California cannot be cited for moving traffic violations since transportation laws require tickets to be issued to actual “drivers.”
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Former Palo Alto PD officer pleads guilty to misdemeanors after slamming man's head into car windshield
A former Palo Alto police officer pled guilty to two criminal charges Tuesday stemming from the violent arrest of a resident.
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SF Sanitation and Streets Commission chair removed over rodents and code violations in apartment building
The chair of the San Francisco Sanitation and Streets Commission was removed last week, just days after NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit inquired about potentially dangerous conditions inside apartment buildings he owned.