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Caltrans engineers said on Tuesday that they believe water found at the base of a dozen giant steel rods at the base of the new Bay Bridge tower does not pose a major long-term problem but a series of tests will still be conducted over the next several weeks.
Murder charges against a South Bay man and his brother in a 1989 cold case in which the man's wife was found strangled and wrapped in a quilt have been dismissed over an affair betweeen the lead prosecutor and the lab technician who was one of the main prosecution witnesses.
A new law signed by California Governor Jerry Brown lays out new safety requirements for limo companies.
A man was arrested in East San Jose after on Tuesday after he assaulted two people with a knife and barricaded himself inside an apartment, police said.
A man was killed in front of his San Jose home in what may be a case of mistaken identity.
University of California President Janet Napolitano says she is examining whether the public college system has been admitting too many out-of-state and international students.
A bold pick-pocket was caught on surveillance video sneaking a wallet from an unsuspecting diner's purse in a Walnut Creek restaurant Monday.
Santa Clara police were investigating a series of street robberies this month apparently targeting people of Indian descent, police said Tuesday.
Bryan Stow, the Giants fan beaten in a Dodger Stadium parking lot on Opening Day 2011, is filing another lawsuit against the Los Angeles franchise, the Los Angeles Times reports.
The Bay Area is about to be rolled over by an October heat wave and blown dry by the infamous Diablo winds creating the conditions for extreme fire danger. That has many in the East Bay hills nervous as some residents say they have been waiting for federal money for years to remove combustible eucalyptus trees in the area.
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California will become the first state that allows family members to ask a judge to remove firearms from a relative who appears to pose a threat.
A person in Dallas has been confirmed as having the Ebola virus, according to health officials.
Wildfires, countless acres of decimated farmland, at least a dozen communities running out of water within days, and massive fish kills are just the beginning, as the short-term climate shows no signs of a return of moisture.
