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A 47-year-old man was arrested Sunday night for allegedly calling police dispatch and saying he was going to kill a police officer sitting in a car nearby in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood, according to police.
For the second time this year, state officials announced that they are running low on the number of green HOV stickers that allow drivers of plug-in hybrids to use the carpool lane solo.
A California lawmaker is pushing legislation that she said would protect workers on Thanksgiving.
Fourteen demonstrators were arrested Wednesday for refusing to leave the Alameda County Courthouse. They were calling on the DA to drop charges against the "Black Friday 14" protesters who crippled BART service on the last Black Friday.
The undercover FBI agent at the center of an organized crime investigation in San Francisco's Chinatown testified Monday that he did not always tell a key defendant why he was paying him and discussed investing in the defendant's book project.
Eleven protesters and journalists who were injured during police brutality demonstrations in Berkeley late last year announced Monday morning that they will file a federal civil rights lawsuit for injuries suffered during the aggressive police response.
A newly-approved drug being hailed as a major advance in treatment of cystic fibrosis comes with a punishing price tag: about $710 per patient per day.
Former Black Panther Party leader Elaine Brown has filed a claim against the City of Oakland alleging that she was assaulted last month by Councilwoman Desley Brooks at a restaurant in downtown Oakland.
Stanford University officials say students who staged a weeklong sit-in outside the campus administration office to demand the university divest in fossil fuel companies ended their demonstration after meeting with the school's president.
Earlier this month, Alameda approved a temporary stop to rent hikes and evictions. But three days after lawmakers passed the bill, a new landlord used a loophole to evict all 31 families in an apartment complex.
An ordinance requiring anyone storing a gun in a vehicle to secure it in a lockbox, including on and off-duty law enforcement personnel, is set to come before the Board of Supervisors next month.
The public comment period for a proposal to require permits for fires at San Francisco's Ocean Beach and impose seasonal restrictions has been extended by two weeks to early December, according to the National Park Service.
More Mexicans are leaving the United States than migrating into the country, marking a reversal of one of the most significant immigration trends in U.S. history.
Oakland city leaders are seeking help from the state after a sideshow involving hundreds of cars last weekend got out of control.
Inmates at the Santa Clara County Jail have filed a class-action lawsuit, alleging that they were forced to live in "inhumane conditions."
