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A suspected gang member has been charged with killing a University of Southern California music student during an off-campus robbery attempt who was the son of Oakland City Councilwoman Lynette Gibson McElhaney.
Young women from the Bay Area who have been spreading the gospel of soccer, education and empowerment to girls in poverty-stricken villages in South America are seeing the fruits of their labor multiply in unexpected ways.
A June brush fire in the Fremont hills that forced 30 residents from their homes was allegedly ignited by a flare fired off during a domestic dispute.
A 43-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with starting a vegetation fire in the Fremont hills above Niles on June 23, Fremont police announced Monday.
A motorcyclist who died Sunday afternoon after he crashed into a truck in unincorporated San Mateo County was identified by the San Mateo County coroner's office as Paul Neves, 35, of Fremont.
One person was injured Sunday night in a two-vehicle accident near Sunol in unincorporated Alameda County in which an SUV ended up on its roof blocking a lane of I-680, the CHP said.
Rallies are planned Tuesday around the Bay Area to protest conditions at controversial U.S. immigration detention centers.
The Lindsay Wildlife Experience in Walnut Creek is the oldest wild animal rehabilitation hospital in the nation. On Sunday, they celebrated a birthday for the worker who has been there the longest.
A wrong-way driver on Highway 24 near the Caldecott Tunnel early Sunday triggered a horrific head-on crash that left two people dead and five others injured
One man was killed late Saturday afternoon when a car veered out of control and into a utility pole in what Oakland police said appears to have been an illegal street race.
A group of animal rights activists protested outside the Alameda County Fair most of the day calling for an end to horse racing, on Saturday. Inside, racing fans, trainers and professionals had a different view of the industry.
Residents in the home and a neighboring house were evacuated safely thanks to the action of two off-duty police officers and one retired Alameda County Fire Department captain.
Two people were hospitalized in a fire Friday evening in Antioch, officials with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said.
California Senator Kamala Harris may be getting a boost after Thursday night's debate where she confronted front-runner Joe Biden on race relations.
At the Port of Oakland, officials are trying to save money by switching some of the cargo cranes to operate on a mix of electrical and diesel power.
