Aided By Rain, Bear Fire Containment Reaches 40 Percent
The Bear Fire in unincorporated Santa Cruz County has burned 320 acres and is 40 percent contained as of Friday morning.
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The Bear Fire in unincorporated Santa Cruz County has burned 320 acres and is 40 percent contained as of Friday morning.
A Bay Area inmate advocacy group announced Thursday that inmates in Santa Clara and Alameda county jails will restart a hunger strike.
A convicted felon and alleged gang member pleaded not guilty to charges of illegally possessing a firearm involving the filming of a rap music video.
Police in Oakland are searching for a suspect who attacked two men with a hammer near the Oakland Coliseum on Thursday night, police said.
A gas leak reported in Oakland's Jack London Square Friday morning was fixed in under 20 minutes, a PG&E spokeswoman said.
"ICE attacked the Sheriff's Office in the midst of the largest natural disaster this county has even experienced," Sheriff Rob Giordano said.
The bill would require social media companies to keep public files of election ads and meet the same disclaimer requirements as political broadcast and print advertising.
Prominent celebrity chefs including Jose Andres, Elizabeth Falkner and Carla Hall want the Supreme Court to rule against a Colorado baker who wouldn't make a cake for a same-sex couple's wedding...
Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch was ejected Thursday night after shoving an official when he ran onto the field during a scuffle against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Derek Carr threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Michael Crabtree on the final play after the game was extended by two straight defensive holding calls and the Raiders snapped a four-game losing streak with a 31-30 victory over the Chiefs.
A lawyer for a sex workers' advocacy group asked a federal appeals court in San Francisco Thursday to overturn a 145-year-old California law that criminalizes prostitution.
The costs to repair the nation's tallest dam after a nearly catastrophic failure of the spillways will top $500 million, nearly double the original estimate.
Two East Bay high school students have been arrested for an alleged "off-campus sexual assault" of a Carondelet student last month, the schools and Contra Costa Sheriff's Department confirmed Thursday.
More than 6,000 people in Sonoma County lost their homes and most are desperate to go back and sift through debris.
The victim was initially thought to be a surfer, firefighters said, but surfers at the scene have told them he was fully clothed.
