Jurors aren't often treated to live music. But as an unusual murder trial began Monday in Martinez, a witness raised a solid gold flute to her lips, inhaled deeply, and launched into a 30-second ...

A prostitute who advertised himself on Craigslist was convicted of first-degree murder Monday for killing a retired Bank of America executive who had hired him, then setting the victim's Bay Point ...

A murder trial dubbed "The Case of the Golden Flute" is coming to an end with a Contra Costa County prosecutor saying the motive was greed and hate. It was nearly two years ago that retired bank ...