Joseph Wade — the detective covering the theft of an $11,000 Château Pétrus and other expensive wines from the cellar of an Atherton home — is also working on a case in nearby East Palo Alto, Silicon Valley's most impoverished and dangerous neighborhood.

"An 18-year-old girl was shot point-blank in the head and I received no calls about it," he said. "The wine theft? A gazillion. It kind of shows you where people's values lie." [New York Times]