Crews Contain Brush Fire In Martinez
Fire crews have contained a brush fire near Martinez Friday that threatened some homes in the area, according to a spokesman with the Contra Costa Fire Protection District.
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Fire crews have contained a brush fire near Martinez Friday that threatened some homes in the area, according to a spokesman with the Contra Costa Fire Protection District.
A motorcyclist died early Friday after colliding with a truck, according to Pittsburg police.
Fire crews in Contra Costa County responded to dozens of fires, at least some sparked by Fourth of July fireworks through the night and into Friday.
A 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit Searles Valley early Friday morning, one of a swarm of hundreds of aftershocks in the wake of Thursday's massive 6.4 magnitude earthquake in the same area.
No injuries were reported after a sedan crashed into a Starbucks coffee shop in San Lorenzo early Friday, leaving the building with major damage.
A Daly City senior care facility owes 48 of its workers more than $639,000 because the state found it committed wage theft, the California Labor Commissioner's Office announced Wednesday.
A motorcyclist suffered major injuries in a crash Thursday at a motocross track near Brentwood in Contra Costa County.
A Sonoma County deputy shot a suspect in multiple assaults including ones on peace officers Thursday night in Bodega Bay, sheriff's officials said.
The Bay Area could be just months away from getting a ShakeAlert early-warning system which alerts users via a smartphone app after a quake strikes that shock waves are headed their way.
Across San Jose the sky was brightened by illegal fireworks Thursday despite a renewed push from city leaders to crack down on the Fourth of July tradition.
San Leandro police spokesman Lt. Robert McManus said the fireworks likely would have been sold on the streets or in local parks had police not intercepted them.
The head of California's Earthquake Authority said the quake that hit the state on Thursday is "an important reminder that all of California is earthquake country."
Forget flags and fireworks -- the focus of the Fourth in Healdsburg this year was a giant hammer, back from who-knows-where.
All across the Bay Area there are communities that promise a "zero tolerance" policy on illegal fireworks. In San Bruno, it seems, they really mean it.
A suspect in an assault at a San Francisco Municipal Railway station was killed Thursday evening in highway collision, police said.
