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A man who sexually abused a young female relative and kept her largely confined to their Richmond home for more than a decade pleaded guilty Wednesday to rape charges and will soon face sentencing.
It has been 25 years since 13-year-old Ilene Misheloff was kidnapped while walking home from school in Dublin and her family is holding an annual candlelight vigil, walk and service this evening to mark the somber anniversary.
A 24-year-old man found guilty of voluntary manslaughter last year for a 2009 fatal shooting over a parking dispute in East Palo Alto was sentenced to more than 10 years in state prison on Wednesday, according to San Mateo County prosecutors.
Although the investigation is ongoing, police said it appears the fire at Sims Metal Management in December was intentionally set.
A Sunnyvale sex offender who served eight years in prison for sexual abuse of a child in 1989 was arrested last Thursday in Livermore for allegedly molesting a 6-year-old girl, a police spokesman said.
Police in Fremont were warning residents of a scam that has been ongoing since early 2013.
Santa Rosa police are looking for a man who robbed a bank on Wednesday afternoon.
A raid on a San Jose tattoo parlor that federal agents say was the front for drug operation has resulted in the arrest of about 20 suspects Thursday, according to authorities.
An after school counselor at a middle school in San Jose is under arrest, after authorities said he sold marijuana to students.
An injured poodle puppy rescued from a recycling conveyor belt in San Francisco last month will be adopted by a Recology employee, San Francisco Animal Care and Control officials said Wednesday.
The 14-year-old Oakland boy suspected in the fatal shooting of his 17-year-old sister last week, turned himself in to police while accompanied by family members.
The Santa Rosa Police Department has completed its investigation of the Oct. 22 shooting of 13-year-old Andy Lopez by Sonoma County Sheriff's Deputy Erick Gelhaus.
An 81-year-old woman remains hospitalized after she was shot by an armed intruder in her home in Oakland's Dimond District on Tuesday.
One of two twin brothers arrested in the stabbing death of a 22-year-old man at a birthday party in San Jose early Sunday was charged Wednesday with murder with a weapon enhancement, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.
The pair of pit bulls that attacked two men in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on Tuesday night, prompting police to shoot and kill one of the dogs, had been in the custody of the city last month, San Francisco Animal Care and Control officials said Wednesday.
A Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputy who allegedly was living with known criminals at his home was arrested on drug charges in San Jose, according to authorities.
Three men are suspected of committing two residential burglaries in Mill Valley Tuesday morning, a Marin County sheriff's lieutenant said.
A man stabbed a 17-year-old boy outside of a Concord apartment complex Wednesday morning, a police lieutenant said.
Police were looking for man who shot and wounded an elderly woman during an apparent home invasion robbery in Oakland Tuesday morning.
BB guns and pellet guns would have to look clearly different from those that fire bullets to be sold in California under a bill approved Tuesday by the state Senate in response to several recent shooting tragedies involving children.
A trial began in Redwood City Tuesday morning for a man accused of participating in the stabbing murder of a 15-year-old boy in Daly City in 2001.
Security changes are being made at the College of Marin after a man was kidnapped from campus and sexually assaulted late last week, a college officials said.
A 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of homicide after a woman was found dead on a sidewalk in San Francisco's Mission District on Monday morning, police said Tuesday.
A 25-year-old Alameda man was shot and killed outside a Walgreens store in East Oakland on Monday night, a police sergeant said Tuesday morning.
A 14-year-old Oakland boy who is suspected of killing his 17-year-old sister on Thursday after they got into a dispute about laundry is still at large, police said Monday.
