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Police in San Jose on Wednesday arrested a middle school teacher in connection with a February robbery and found him in possession of a firearm at the school where he worked when he was taken into custody.
The case of a missing San Francisco man and a headless torso found inside a fish tank in his home took another turn Wednesday as court documents revealed his stolen credit card was used to buy a BMW in the East Bay.
A 63-year-old woman convicted of vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving for the 2013 death of a 16-year-old boy wept Wednesday after a San Francisco Superior Court judge sentenced her to six years in state prison.
Within seconds, a gang of four suspects raced through a Walnut Creek Apple Store, ripping several IPhones and laptop computers from security tethers and racing out the doors.
California will become the first state to eliminate bail for suspects awaiting trial under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Jerry Brown.
A man who fled the country after allegedly killing a 6-year-old girl while street racing in Menlo Park in 2009 has been arrested.
Bay Area-based EA Sports has announced it will cancel three remaining Madden Classic qualifier events to review safety protocols after a deadly shooting last weekend at an event in Florida.
Police in the South Bay are investigating the shocking vandalism of a San Jose monument dedicated to local Vietnam War veterans over the weekend.
It was one of the darkest days in San Francisco history -- November 27, 1978 -- when recently resigned Supervisor Dan White entered City Hall and assassinated Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk in their offices.
A six-year-old in Washington state was hospitalized with a broken arm and badly injured eye after he was reportedly attacked by a group of children bullying his friend.
"Who steals a cheese grader?" burglary victim Mason Tackett asked. "He's got the works…Lysol… he stole an empty bottle of spray," he continued.
One person was dead and another wounded in a Sunday night shooting -- the latest incident of deadly violence over the weekend on Oakland streets.
BART police released surveillance photos Sunday of a man who they suspect stabbed another passenger aboard a transit train.
When Mollie Tibbetts went for a jog and never returned, her death realized the worst fears of many runners, especially women, who lace up their sneakers unsure of what they may face on the road.
Shootings early Sunday morning left two men dead and injured three other people, police said.
A suspected drunk driver was arrested early Saturday after police found him sleeping in a car stopped at a Petaluma intersection.
A 16-year-old died and an 18-year-old was in critical condition after a shooting near Armijo High School in Fairfield on Friday.
Indicted Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter has suggested that his wife was to blame for misuse of campaign funds after the couple was indicted on using up to $250,000 for trips, clothing purchases and school tuition.
A former police officer suspected of being California's elusive Golden State Killer was arraigned Thursday on 13-new rape-related charges along with 13 slayings spanning five counties, a 15-minute-long recitation of offenses that one family member called "very, very intense."
Christopher Watts, who is charged with killing his family and dumping their bodies at an oil worksite, taped a video presentation six years ago about saving or abandoning relationships.
Two convicted robbers have been charged with special circumstances murder for the death of the owner of a Vietnamese restaurant in Alameda during an attempted robbery in April, prosecutors said Thursday.
The U.S. Department Of State has issued a level two travel advisory after eight bodies were found in the resort city of Cancun.
Police say a male SJSU student was kidnapped at gunpoint at a 7-Eleven across from campus then forced to withdraw money from several ATMs before being released.
In the most Republican congressional district in Southern California, a 60-count indictment against Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife, accusing them of dipping into campaign cash to bankroll their lifestyle, gives Democrats hope of an upset.
A new study indicates that a six-year-old strategy to reduce group-related gun violence in Oakland has resulted in a 32 percent reduction in gun homicides and a 43 percent decrease in gang-involved shootings.
