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Bakersfield police say they arrested a vice principal for taking a gun on to the campus of his junior high school, but later released him after determining he broke no laws.
The app allows riders to report crime or any suspicious activity in stations and on trains in a safe and discreet manner.
Two people were shot at a Fairfield bus stop Thursday afternoon, a police spokesman said.
An HIV-positive man in San Diego is facing charges of intentionally infecting at least two dozen other men with the virus that causes AIDS.
Prosecutors have charged a Danville middle school teacher for allegedly possessing more than 600 child pornography videos and images, the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office announced Thursday.
The head football coach at Vanden High School in Fairfield has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling thousands of dollars from athletic fundraising events, Fairfield police said.
The CEO of the company that provides concessions for both the 49ers and Giants said he was "ashamed and deeply embarrassed" after he was caught on camera in what investigators say is the act of kicking and abusing a dog inside an elevator.
A Daly City dentist accused of participating in a conspiracy with indicted state Sen. Leland Yee to import illegal weapons from the Philippines died early Tuesday, his attorney said Wednesday.
California prosecutors say platinum-selling rapper Young Jeezy has pleaded not guilty to possessing an illegal assault weapon during an investigation into a fatal shooting at a rap concert.
Two boys were arrested Tuesday in connection with the burglaries of several homes in South San Jose near Almaden Expressway, including one where a resident found their dog had been killed.
A 30-year-old man was arrested in Richmond on Monday after allegedly attempting to withdraw money from a bank using the identity of a Southern rapper, a police spokeswoman said Tuesday.
A security guard was arrested Monday at his home in unincorporated Prunedale in Monterey County on suspicion of multiple counts of child sexual abuse, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office.
San Jose is seeing an increase in violent crime this year even as homicides are on the decline.
Police are seeking two suspects who stole photography equipment at gunpoint from a pair of Dutch tourists late Sunday night as they were taking photos of San Francisco's famously crooked Lombard Street.
A 19-year-old man was arrested and jailed Saturday in the alleged sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl in Morgan Hill, police said today.
A bill requiring new smartphones sold in California to have the so-called 'kill switch' anti-theft technology was signed into law Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown.
A woman armed with a gun was arrested late Monday morning after a 14-hour standoff at an unoccupied house in Oakland's Montclair district.
A burglary suspect in Richmond was locked up twice early Monday morning when a homeowner allegedly saw him breaking into a tool shed and trapped him inside until police arrived to arrest him.
Thieves are dispensing with the usual smash-and-grab technique and using a high-tech means to break into cars to steal items inside.
Antioch police are asking anyone with information about a deadly early morning shooting to come forward.
An East Palo Alto woman convicted of second-degree murder and vehicular manslaughter with intoxication and felony evading charges in connection with a fatal 2011 drunk driving crash was sentenced to 15 years to life in state prison Friday.
A 38-year-old man has died as a result of injuries suffered during a shooting after a Wiz Khalifa concert at Mountain View's Shoreline Amphitheatre on Friday night.
Two Fairfield police officers are facing felony charges and could face prison time, for allegedly looking for love through a police database.
Friends and family of the man shot and killed by San Francisco police in March hosted a sunrise ceremony in the Bernal Heights neighborhood Friday morning to honor Alejandro Nieto.
