Kenyans nervously await the decision by the International Criminal Court on whether the court will prosecute six influential Kenyans accused of helping to orchestrate violence following disputed elections in 2007. The upcoming decision dominated the front pages of Kenya's Sunday papers. Some say the case could set a precedent for how the international community deals with electoral violence in countries whose judicial systems are unable to cope. Read More

A Redwood City man has been sentenced to 70 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting four young girls while he was living in the home of two of the victims. Read More

A federal trial is beginning for two alleged MS-13 gang members accused in a fatal triple shooting in Daly City in 2009. Prosecutors say Luis “Killer” Herrera and Danilo “Triste” Velasquez were members of San Francisco’s notorious 20th Street MS-13 clique, which has been accused of multiple murders and other acts of violence. Herrera and Velasquez were arrested nearly five months after the Feb. 19, 2009, slaying of 21-year-old Moises Frias. Read More

Two Bay Area men were charged today with defrauding investors of nearly $8 million by claiming to offer extremely high returns as high as 6,300 percent. The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Jason G. Rivera, Jr. and Marc C. Harmon with violating U.S. securities laws and is seeking an order prohibiting them from future violations and a requirement that they return their ill-gotten gains and pay penalties, SEC officials said today. Read More