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The chief of Emergency Medical Services for the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District was arrested Sunday on suspicion of illegal possession of controlled substances, fire officials said Tuesday.
A 14-year-old Napa middle school student has been taken into custody for allegedly planning a mass shooting at their school and a nearby high school, according to Napa police and school officials.
California prosecutors have filed 28 additional charges against a man police say is the so-called NorCal Rapist, bringing the number of alleged victims to seven in six counties.
Four people were wounded by gunfire in an apparent shootout Saturday night during the filming of a rap video in Fairfield, police said.
Spike strips put the brakes on a reckless driving suspect who led Petaluma officers on a chase early Sunday morning on and off Highway 101.
A SWAT team of police officers shot and killed a heavily-armed man on a shooting rampage at a Santa Clara Rotten Robbie store, early Saturday morning.
Police have yet to make an arrest in the fatal shooting of three men Friday night in West Oakland.
Three men are dead following a shooting Friday night in West Oakland, police said.
The body of a dead woman was discovered among the debris left over from a pallet fire that was extinguished Friday morning behind a Safeway store in the Rodeo-area of unincorporated Contra Costa County.
Father Aidan McAleenan, pastor of St. Columba Church, a North Oakland Catholic church known for social activism, said the city could be doing more to expand its central crime-fighting strategy, Operation Ceasefire.
A man accused of forcing his way into a 99-year-old woman's apartment in San Francisco's Chinatown on Monday and trying to sexually assault her made his first appearance in court Thursday afternoon.
The body of 23-year-old Karina Banta of Hayward was found Monday afternoon at a landfill on Altamont Pass Road near Livermore. Authorities consider the death suspicious.
A California parole panel on Thursday recommended for the first time that Charles Manson follower Robert Beausoleil be freed after serving nearly a half-century in prison for murder.
The Tenderloin, a neighborhood with a reputation of dark deeds and deals happening on dark corners, suddenly has a fresh infusion of safety in the form of new LED streetlights.
Oakland's homicide rate is at its lowest level since 1999. The city's end-of-year crime report shows that there were 68 homicides in Oakland in 2018.
Workers discovered a human body Monday afternoon among the piles of debris dumped at the Altamont Landfill.
Police have arrested the suspect in a brutal beating in San Francisco's Tenderloin District on Friday evening that left the victim with life-threatening injuries.
A San Quentin inmate who had walked away from the prison on Wednesday and carjacked his way to the Central Coast, is back behind bars in San Luis Obispo.
The man suspected of gunning down Newman police officer Cpl. Ronil Singh during an early morning traffic stop was taken into custody Friday in the farm community of Lamont.
Five hours before he was killed by a suspect during a traffic stop, a photo was posted on social media of Newman police officer Cpl. Ronil Singh, his wife, child and K-9 partner Sam in front of the family Christmas tree.
Authorities have identified the suspect in the fatal shooting of a police officer in the town of Newman as an undocumented immigrant who appears to have Bay Area ties, the Stanislaus County Sheriff said Thursday.
An Alameda County Superior Court judge Thursday suspended criminal proceedings against a transient charged with murder for the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Nia Wilson at the MacArthur BART station in July, saying he finds there is "substantial evidence" the man is mentally incompetent to stand trial.
Authorities on Thursday were continuing the statewide search for the suspect who fatally shot a Stanislaus County police officer during a traffic stop in Newman early Wednesday.
A Stanislaus County police officer was fatally shot during a traffic stop in Newman early Wednesday, triggering massive manhunt for the gunman throughout Northern California.
An Oakland police vehicle was stolen from the Oakland Coliseum during Monday night's Raiders game and was later recovered with minor damage
