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All lanes of westbound state Highway 24 in Oakland have reopened after a fatal crash blocked the roadway for more than an hour during Friday's morning commute, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Trains are experiencing major delays this morning due to an equipment problem in the Transbay Tube, BART officials said.
KPIX 5 and KCBS are teaming up to host the CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee, an event to determine the Bay Area representative to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Police and residents in Fremont credit the increased use of home surveillance cameras for a sharp drop in burglaries. The cameras have become so popular that Thursday's police workshop on surveillance was moved to a larger venue.
An Antioch business owner accused of trying to hire a hit man to attack a former employee allegedly plotted to have the man's genitals and tongue cut off as part of a brutal torture plan, a prosecutor said Thursday.
Drivers in California can legally read a map on their hand-held cellphones while behind the wheel, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
California's attorney general on Thursday appealed a federal court decision that overturned San Diego County's concealed weapons restrictions.
A state lawmaker said a fix is needed to address the inaccurate provider lists offered by some of the insurance companies selling insurance on Covered California, the state's insurance exchange.
Five San Francisco police officers and one former officer have been indicted on charges of civil rights violations related to alleged illegal searches and theft of property seized from people arrested, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
A SUV carrying two adults and two children was shot at on Interstate 580 in Castro Valley Thursday afternoon, prompting authorities to close the freeway at the height of rush hour.
The city that's home to the Tesla electric car factory is also leading by example in the use of electric vehicles.
Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer asked the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday to initiate a formal investigation into what has caused polio-like paralysis in about 20 children in California over the past 18 months.
Officials at a Morgan Hill high school acted appropriately when they ordered students wearing American flag T-shirts to turn the garments inside out during the Mexican independence celebration Cinco de Mayo, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
A California man with delusions of joining the Taliban has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for trying to blow up a bank with a car bomb he thought would go off but was actually made up of inert materials supplied by the FBI.
Wells Fargo & Co. is cutting 700 jobs from its home lending business as mortgage refinancing slows down.
