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The recent news that a former athletic trainer at Fremont High School had been arrested and charged with murder has shocked some students. “I was just freaked out.” said Golden Beardsley, a junior volleyball player at the Sunnyvale school. Beardsley described herself as flabbergasted by the news. Her former athletic trainer, Allen Swadley, 32, of […]

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Fremont High School students struggle to cope after ex-trainer’s arrest

Once dubbed ‘murder capital,’ East Palo Alto marks two years without a homicide

Contra Costa County DA’s Office again sees increase in prosecution requests in 2025

Oakland police report broad declines in major crime, down nearly 30% in early 2026

DNA evidence links long-deceased suspect to San Rafael homicide case from 60 years ago

SF crime plunged 25% in 2025 as homicides fell to lowest level in 70 years, police say

‘He didn’t deserve this’: Grieving dad pleads for support in wake of Stockton mass killing

Arraignment delayed for man suspected of fatally stabbing social worker at SF hospital

Stockton neighborhood saw a downturn in deadly violence. Then came a mass shooting

US mass killings are down in 2025, but experts say it’s likely just a return to more typical levels

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