Violent Incidents Call WCAB Security Into Question

Nobody knows for sure whether James Hazen was carrying a concealed handgun back in February when he walked into the downtown Oakland workers' compensation court building after he told a friend he was going to shoot court employees. Police found a gun in his car when they pulled him over after he left the courtroom, much calmer thanks to polite court officers who let him vent his frustrations. But the incident exposes an Achilles' heel of the workers' compensation court system: Only one court -- San Francisco -- has a metal detector to keep out weapons and head off a violent act before it oc...