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A top ethics official at the the Vatican calls the decision of a former San Francisco woman who to end her own life rather than play out her battle with terminal brain cancer "reprehensible."
Authorities have arrested the CEO of a construction company in the death of a carpenter who was buried alive by a dirt wall at a Milpitas' construction site.
A passenger riding in a Lyft car service vehicle died following a crash in Roseville this weekend.
"One Day Your Life Will Flash Before Your Eyes; Make Sure It's Worth Watching" -- Brain cancer victim Brittany Maynard writes her own obituary, released after her death on November 1st.
Police identified the 20-year-old old Oakland man under arrest in connection with what appears to have been a road rage shooting death in Oakland on Sunday.
Homicide investigators have made an arrest in the fatal shooting on Sunday of a 30-year-old woman in an apparent road rage incident, Oakland police said Wednesday.
Three Sheriff's Department staff members are being punished after the death of a patient found in a stairwell at San Francisco General Hospital last year.
About 200 demonstrators took to the streets in downtown Oakland on Wednesday as part of a rally and march against police brutality. The event coincided with the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of 13-year-old Andy Lopez from Santa Rosa, by a sheriff's deputy.
The Sonoma County coroner's office has identified a man who was found dead Tuesday night at a park in Petaluma as 56-year-old Gregory Sigman.
The National Park Service says a 47-year-old San Jose man rock-climbing in Utah's Zion National Park died over the weekend after falling in a canyon.
The revered fashion icon passed away at his home in Connecticut surrounded by family and friends...
An inmate booked into the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility in Santa Rosa on Friday was found dead Saturday night in a unit for inmates going through drug withdrawals, the sheriff's office reported Sunday.
It could be the fear of a hemorrhagic fever escaping from Africa, attacking the very heartland of America. It could be pictures of victims bleeding from every part of their body, writing in pain. The disease is fearsome, but beyond the sensational headlines, a little perspective may help calm fears.
The beloved comedienne, best known for her outrageous characters, passed away...
Thomas Eric Duncan was pronounced dead at 7:51 a.m. at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where he was admitted Sept. 28 and had been kept in isolation, according to spokesman Wendell Watson.
Vacaville police are investigating the fatal shooting of a high school student early Monday morning.
Oakland police are investigating a fatal shooting Wednesday morning.
Billy Crystal hosted the tribute to the late actor and comedian, attended by family, friends and Hollywood colleagues…
A 23-year-old man who was critically injured in a stabbing in Concord over the weekend has died, police said Tuesday evening.
Following her father's suicide last month, she's shared a new picture of him and thanked supporters for their words of comfort
Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies have arrested a man in connection with the killing last month of a woman whose body was set on fire near a reservoir west of Morgan Hill.
An Oakland woman has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and child abuse for the death in May of her 2-year-old son, who ingested cocaine while in her care.
A South San Francisco man was arrested Thursday morning after he beat another man to death at a gym where they were both members.
In honor of the 44th anniversary of his death Thursday, a likeness of rocker Jimi Hendrix was unveiled for the first time at Madame Tussauds gallery in San Francisco.
7-foot-2-inch Richard Kiel played the steel-toothed villain who tussled with Roger Moore's Bond in "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker"
