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A Contra Costa jury began deliberation Thursday in the trial of an Antioch man charged with two felonies for shooting at three teenage boys outside his house, and whose attorney mounted a defense based in part on California's so-called "stand your ground" law.
Rhainell Madrona, 57, in the wake of repeated acts of vandalism and burglaries against his Pine Street house, fired one shot from his driveway around 11 p.m. on Oct. 26, 2012, grazing one of three 15-year-old boys who were in the...

Police followed a Martinez hip-hop musician into a Valero gas station, surrounded his car with guns drawn, ordered him out, and Tased him in the back without provocation while he held his arms in the air.
So attests Eric Gilson, 36, who has filed a claim -- a precursor to a lawsuit -- against the city and its police department over a October 11 contretemps on Center Boulevard.
Gilson, whose professional name is Rico Rossi, said police used excessive force then charged him with...