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California's Assembly speaker and other key lawmakers on Monday backed making it illegal statewide for police to use a type of neck hold that blocks the flow of blood to the brain, as Gov. Newsom proposed last week.
Public defenders around the Bay Area held protests on Monday, as part of a nationwide day of solidarity involving at least 70 other public defender offices in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
A mountain lion was captured on video strolling through a residential neighborhood in Daly City overnight.
Firefighters were battling a three-alarm structure fire in Oakland Monday afternoon.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Steven Carrillo, who allegedly killed a Santa Cruz deputy and wounded two others with gunfire and improvised explosives in a weekend ambush in the Santa Cruz Mountains, was captured by a local resident who wrestled him to the ground and disarmed him of an AR-15, pipe bomb and pistol in a life-or-death confrontation.
Oakland native, Grammy award-winning Motown artist Bonnie Pointer, of the Pointer Sisters died Monday morning, according to a report. She was 69.
After being closed for nearly three months due to the coronavirus pandemic, Yosemite National Park is set to reopen to the general public.
Ferry service will resume from Richmond next week after being suspended in March due to shelter orders amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
San Jose Water is reminding businesses and other properties preparing to reopen as novel coronavirus restrictions ease of the importance of first flushing water pipes.
California's Department of Education released a detailed guide Monday for the safe reopening of schools in the age of face masks and physical distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
The Mountain View Police Department joined several other California law enforcement agencies Monday in prohibiting its officers from using chokeholds to subdue suspects.
A Black Lives Matter mural stretching for three blocks was among artwork that popped up in Downtown Oakland over the weekend, amid ongoing calls seeking justice for George Floyd.
A 29-year-old Cotati man has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and hit-and-run after allegedly striking an 11-year-old boy with his truck in Rohnert Park and then fleeing the scene, according to the city's Department of Public Safety.
Mayor Sam Liccardo has rejected calls to defund his city's Police Department, insisting that it would "undermine substantive efforts at police reform" and harm the very communities who most need protection.
Hundreds of community members came together Sunday in Oakland's Chinatown to clean up damage from looters and vandals during recent unrest.
