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Meth Pipe, Sex Toys Found in Room of Priest Accused of Raping Seminarian at Livermore Church
A glass meth pipe and thong underwear found in a locked closet, a blindfold found inside a nightstand drawer, and sex toys found behind a mirror on the floor. Those are just a few of the items Livermore police detectives removed from the living quarters of Father Van Dinh inside the rectory of St. Michael Catholic Church as they investigated...
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Big Demand, Potential For Fast Money and No Regulations Make Sober Homes a Wild West
Insiders tell NBC Bay Area that the sober living business is in desperate need of oversight. After getting treatment for drug addiction, sober homes are places, usually single-family homes, people can live together and support each other’s efforts to quit drugs and alcohol. But there’s no government oversight, no inspection, no licensing at all in California. State regulators can only...
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Police Reports Raise Questions about Nebraska Athletic Department's Account of Maurice Washington Investigation
A police report obtained by NBC Bay Area seemingly contradicts statements by Nebraska Athletic Department officials this week that they only knew police in California were trying to contact Washington, and little else beyond that.
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University of Nebraska Football Player Maurice Washington Faces ‘Revenge Porn,' Child Porn Charges Over Video of Bay Area Teen
A star football player from the Bay Area, now a running back for the University of Nebraska, faces criminal charges under California’s relatively new “revenge porn” law in connection to a video of a 15-year-old Bay Area teen allegedly being sexually assaulted, according to court records obtained by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit.
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Playground Death Raises Safety Concerns at Newark Preschool
An East Bay family filed a wrongful death lawsuit earlier this month after their three-year-old daughter was crushed by a play structure at Park Side Preschool. State inspectors issued two violations to the preschool noting the swing was improperly installed.
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Palo Alto Unified School District Says It's Now Keeping Better Track of Student Mental Health Data
The Palo Alto Unified School District says it’s now keeping better track of when its students are hospitalized for mental health issues and has put other measures in place to help ensure students get help before reaching a crisis point. The district was previously unable to provide that data to NBC Bay Area for a story that aired early last...
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District Attorney's Office Again Declines to File Charges Against Former Presentation High School Coach Accused of Sexual Abuse
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office is again declining to file charges against a former water polo coach at a prestigious San Jose Catholic school for girls accused of sexually molesting a student in 2013. In March of last year, Grace Leonis told NBC Bay Area she was just 14, a freshman at Presentation High School, when her 24-year-old...
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Saigon to Silicon Valley: Investigative Reporter Vicky Nguyen's Personal Story
The personal journey of investigative reporter Vicky Nguyen’s family from Saigon, to Malaysia, then finally the United States.
