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The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office is getting help from the FBI and retired employees to look into the nearly 100 jail complaints it has received since three deputies allegedly killed an inmate in August, a sheriff's spokesman said Thursday.
About 80 workers and activists rallied outside of the Exploratorium Thursday on San Francisco's Pier 15 to protest a round of layoffs that will take place at the museum next week.
California is dropping out of a multistate investigation to conduct its own probe into Volkswagen's admission that it rigged diesel emissions technology to pass U.S. smog tests.
Caltrain service has resumed with delays of up to about 30 minutes after a train struck a vehicle in Burlingame Thursday afternoon.
Snubbing your partner by using a cell phone could be damaging your relationship, and leading to depression.
Californians cut water use by 27 percent in August, marking the third consecutive month that residents and businesses surpassed the 25 percent conservation goal set by Gov. Jerry Brown to deal with the relentless drought, officials said Thursday.
At least 300,000 Bay Area residents could be eligible for help under a California law that went into effect Thursday to cut old ticket fines and reinstate lost driver's licenses, according to a legal service and advocacy group.
As you search for the best community for your loved one who requires senior living or Alzheimer's care, be sure to seek out memory care. Memory care involves many techniques that can keep your loved one happier and healthier. Even when our cognitive faculties begin to go, we retain the ability to feel joy – and we often can get that experience from music. Music can help people living with dementia access memories, emotions and connections that are difficult for them to grasp otherwise.
A former San Francisco police officer has been charged with embezzlement and grand theft stemming from allegations that he took money from a LGBT police officer organization more than a year ago, San Francisco police chief Greg Suhr said Thursday.
Firefighters were called in to help a person trapped under a tree Thursday afternoon in Point Lobos State Reserve in Monterey County, Cal Fire officials said.
A Suisun City adult is Solano County's first confirmed case of West Nile virus this year, county public health officials announced Thursday.
Bedbugs have invaded a second public library in Palo Alto prompting the city to inspect all of its libraries.
Petaluma police cited one of two men last week who claimed they were soliciting donations to a for-profit company that sends care packages to U.S. troops overseas.
Steve Kerr, the rookie head coach who guided the Golden State Warriors to the NBA title, is taking a leave of absence from the team to recover from back surgery, the team announced Thursday.
A new report finds that dirty cooling towers were to blame for an outbreak of Legionnaire's Disease that has sickened dozens of inmates and at least four employees at San Quentin State Prison.
