Redwood City Ca

Each girl went to the Department of Motor Vehicles in Redwood City hoping to walk away with a license. A trip to the DMV is such a teenage rite of passage -- like a first date or graduation -- that most teens think they know what to expect. But DMV tester Calvin Hoang Cat subjected 14 young test takers to the unexpected. Cat groped, fondled and hugged the girls while they were behind the wheel. Then he told many that they flunked.

An 18-year-old, apparently overcome by fumes, fell into a vat of sulfuric acid and died, police said. His body was discovered by his father Sunday at a circuit-board factory where they both worked. The San Mateo County coroner's office identified the victim as Fernando Jimenez Gonzalez of Redwood City. Jimenez Gonzalez had been submerging circuit boards in the vat at Coastal Circuits, police said.

REDWOOD CITY Modesto police said Friday that Scott Peterson's lawyer tried to trick the jury into believing authorities conspired to hide a sympathetic witness when, in fact, police detailed the account in reports given to the defense.

At his re-arraignment Thursday, a prominent child psychiatrist pleaded not guilty to molesting patients after a judge ruled that there was enough evidence for him to stand trial. Dr. William Ayres, 75, pleaded not guilty to 20 counts of lewd and lascivious behavior on a child under 14 between 1988 and 1996. The charges involve seven alleged victims.

Scott Peterson's defense lawyers want to seat a new jury in another county to weigh whether Peterson should die for the murders of his pregnant wife and her fetus, according to a motion filed Wednesday in San Mateo County Superior Court. The details will not be made public until after Judge Alfred A. Delucchi reviews the file Monday before the scheduled start of the penalty phase. Peterson, 32, was convicted Friday of killing Laci Peterson and the fetus.

A noted child psychiatrist was ordered Wednesday not to contact dozens of former patients he allegedly molested and was barred from practicing medicine as prosecutors said they planned to file more charges against him. Dr. William Ayres, 75, the former head of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, was told not to contact at least 30 suspected victims, including some whose allegations fall outside the statute of limitations.

A retired woman accused of lying to get on the jury for Scott Peterson's double-murder trial was excused Tuesday after a judge met with lawyers behind closed doors. Judge Alfred A. Delucchi dismissed the unidentified Redwood City woman after a brief meeting in his chambers. Defense lawyer Mark Geragos two weeks ago accused the retired secretary of bragging to her friends on a bus trip to Reno, Nev.

A child psychiatrist has reached a confidential lawsuit settlement with a former patient who accused the defendant of molesting him when he was a 13-year-old boy in the late 1970s. The settlement involving William Ayres, a past president of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, was submitted to San Mateo County Presiding Judge George Miram on Tuesday, the day after a civil trial had been scheduled to begin.

A woman was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment after police found a dead newborn baby wrapped in plastic bags inside a trash bin at her apartment complex, authorities said Thursday. Hilda J. Figueroa, 29, of Redwood City was being held at the San Mateo County Jail, according to Redwood City police. Police said they went to San Mateo General Hospital early Wednesday after Figueroa told doctors there that she had had a miscarriage.

A teenager pleaded not guilty Friday to charges stemming from the death of two members of the Tongan royal family and their driver when her car slammed into their sport utility vehicle. Edith Delgado, 18, of Redwood City was held in lieu of $3-million bail after arraignment in San Mateo County Superior Court on three counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.

A noted child psychiatrist was ordered Wednesday not to contact dozens of former patients he allegedly molested and was barred from practicing medicine as prosecutors said they planned to file more charges against him. Dr. William Ayres, 75, the former head of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, was told not to contact at least 30 suspected victims, including some whose allegations fall outside the statute of limitations.

A teenager pleaded not guilty Friday to charges stemming from the death of two members of the Tongan royal family and their driver when her car slammed into their sport utility vehicle. Edith Delgado, 18, of Redwood City was held in lieu of $3-million bail after arraignment in San Mateo County Superior Court on three counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.

A middle school teacher accused of molesting 11 children and secretly videotaping female students changing clothes has pleaded not guilty to the charges, prosecutors said. Neal Sato, 34, entered the plea Thursday in San Mateo County Superior Court to 14 counts of child molestation and one count of possessing child pornography.

A woman was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment after police found a dead newborn baby wrapped in plastic bags inside a trash bin at her apartment complex, authorities said Thursday. Hilda J. Figueroa, 29, of Redwood City was being held at the San Mateo County Jail, according to Redwood City police. Police said they went to San Mateo General Hospital early Wednesday after Figueroa told doctors there that she had had a miscarriage.

Each girl went to the Department of Motor Vehicles in Redwood City hoping to walk away with a license. A trip to the DMV is such a teenage rite of passage -- like a first date or graduation -- that most teens think they know what to expect. But DMV tester Calvin Hoang Cat subjected 14 young test takers to the unexpected. Cat groped, fondled and hugged the girls while they were behind the wheel. Then he told many that they flunked.

A child psychiatrist has reached a confidential lawsuit settlement with a former patient who accused the defendant of molesting him when he was a 13-year-old boy in the late 1970s. The settlement involving William Ayres, a past president of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, was submitted to San Mateo County Presiding Judge George Miram on Tuesday, the day after a civil trial had been scheduled to begin.

Ensnarled in rush-hour traffic on one of this city's busiest thoroughfares, the sedan zipped up the shoulder past a few dozen cars. A no-brainer, a slam-dunk ticket, Officer Sean Hart thought as he flipped on the lights in his black-and-white and pulled over the driver. Hart could have almost predicted the reaction. "I do this all the time without getting a ticket," the driver told him curtly. "You're just pulling me over now because you've got that quota system."

A middle school teacher accused of molesting 11 children and secretly videotaping female students changing clothes has pleaded not guilty to the charges, prosecutors said. Neal Sato, 34, entered the plea Thursday in San Mateo County Superior Court to 14 counts of child molestation and one count of possessing child pornography.

Scott Peterson's defense lawyers want to seat a new jury in another county to weigh whether Peterson should die for the murders of his pregnant wife and her fetus, according to a motion filed Wednesday in San Mateo County Superior Court. The details will not be made public until after Judge Alfred A. Delucchi reviews the file Monday before the scheduled start of the penalty phase. Peterson, 32, was convicted Friday of killing Laci Peterson and the fetus.

REDWOOD CITY Modesto police said Friday that Scott Peterson's lawyer tried to trick the jury into believing authorities conspired to hide a sympathetic witness when, in fact, police detailed the account in reports given to the defense.