#bay-area-crime

#bay-area-crime

With billionaire 'AI Czar' David Sacks at his side, President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that charges the US attorney general with going after any state laws pertaining to AI regulation. The order could make it difficult for California to enact its own regulations of the industry. [Chronicle] A Vallejo woman was found fatally shot in her apartment after failing to show up for work on Tuesday.

Four Bay Area men have been charged in a 19-felony complaint with crimes related to their alleged participation in a series of home burglaries and robberies that netted hundreds of thousands of dollars in valuables and cash, court records show. Randy Taylor, 27, of Fairfield, Terrell Mackey, 30, of San Francisco, Armani McFarland, 31, of Antioch, and Dajuan Menifee, 27, of San Francisco, were charged on Nov. 10 with a mix of burglary and robbery counts.

The group, consisting of boys aged 14 to 16, is linked to a series of burglaries and car thefts across the Bay Area, beginning on Christmas Eve.

Valdovinos' lawyer stated he is on an "outstanding trajectory," acknowledging that his "personal history and substance abuse shaped his adulthood," indicating underlying issues.