Man convicted of sexually assaulting woman on San Francisco Muni bus
A San Francisco jury convicted a man for sexually assaulting a woman aboard a Muni bus last year, the District Attorney's Office said.
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A San Francisco jury convicted a man for sexually assaulting a woman aboard a Muni bus last year, the District Attorney's Office said.
Four women say Hollywood star Jared Leto committed sexual crimes against them when they were teenagers, in interviews with the BBC.
A serial killer convicted or linked to the sexual assault murders of three women in three states was charged in a 1992 cold case murder and rape in San Francisco, the District Attorney's Office said on Wednesday.
A man was charged with attempted rape and other charges after his arrest in connection with a sexual assault of a woman at her Berkeley apartment building last week.
A former officer for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was convicted of child sex crimes in Napa involving three family members after an eight-day trial, prosecutors announced Thursday.
A man who police dubbed the "Rideshare Rapist" for posing as a ride-hailing driver outside San Francisco nightclubs and preying on women who mistook him for their driver was convicted of multiple rapes, the district attorney announced Friday.
A man who San Francisco police called the "Rideshare Rapist" was convicted of multiple rapes between 2013 and 2018 of women leaving nightclubs and getting into his vehicle, thinking he was their driver.
A man accused in a 1989 cold case involving the rape and stabbing of a woman in her San Mateo home pleaded no contest to the charges and now faces life in prison, authorities said.
Two more former prison guards have been charged with sexually abusing female inmates at a federal prison in Dublin which became known as "the rape club," authorities announced Thursday.
British actor and comedian Russell Brand has been charged with multiple counts of rape and sexual assault, London police said.
French cinema icon Gérard Depardieu stands accused of sexually assaulting two women during the filming of Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters) in Paris.
A man was arrested as the suspect in a 2009 rape cold case in Sunnyvale, police announced Thursday.
Four British women who've accused Andrew Tate of rape are "in disbelief and feel retraumatized by the news" that he's been allowed to leave Romania for the U.S.
The cold case murder of a Berkeley woman in Tilden Regional Park has been solved using advanced DNA techniques, authorities announced Wednesday.
Police announced Wednesday that the suspect in the rape and murder of 32-year-old Maria Weidhofer in Tilden Regional Park in 1990 has been identified using advanced DNA techniques.
A judge has granted the release of former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield after his 2020 rape conviction was vacated by a California appeals court last December.
A San Francisco man was sentenced to 12 years and eight months in state prison for kidnapping and raping a woman in January 2024, according to Napa County prosecutors.
A judge in Napa County has sentenced a man convicted of raping multiple women to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
A judge ruled that a woman who says she was raped by Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs when she was 13 can proceed anonymously, for now, in her lawsuit against the rap moguls.
The attorney for former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield on Thursday said the Santa Clara County 6th District Court of Appeals has thrown out his 2020 rape conviction.
A Monterey County man was found guilty of eight felony counts related to the rape of and molestation of two girls who were minors when the abuse began.
A San Mateo County judge has ordered the Lyft driver charged with kidnapping and raping a female passenger to be held in jail at $500,000 bail.
A town in Santa Cruz County may soon be a convicted kidnapper and sexually violent predator's new home if a judge agrees that he be placed there.
Police in San Francisco on Monday afternoon arrested a well-known Mission District community leader who faces multiple sexual assault charges after being accused in a rape case that happened several years ago.
The paid caretaker of an elderly North Bay woman was arrested after raping the woman and assaulting her adult daughter who had arrived home to find the sexual assault in progress, authorities said Tuesday.
A reality TV personality and Texas political candidate was closely watching the civil trial against a former Northern California Wine Country mayor in preparation for her own courtroom battle.
A letter marked "return to sender" has been delivered to an Alameda church. But the date of the postmark has people scratching their heads, and it has begun a nationwide search for who to send it to.
A trespasser was reported at former Vice President Kamala Harris' Malibu, California, home.
A week of major delays on BART continued on Saturday as the agency reported a fire and power outage near the Coliseum station on Saturday afternoon.
Thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric customers across Northern California were without power on Saturday after the utility cut off the power because of the risk of wildfires.
A reality TV personality and Texas political candidate was closely watching the civil trial against a former Northern California Wine Country mayor in preparation for her own courtroom battle.
A letter marked "return to sender" has been delivered to an Alameda church. But the date of the postmark has people scratching their heads, and it has begun a nationwide search for who to send it to.
A trespasser was reported at former Vice President Kamala Harris' Malibu, California, home.
A week of major delays on BART continued on Saturday as the agency reported a fire and power outage near the Coliseum station on Saturday afternoon.
Thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric customers across Northern California were without power on Saturday after the utility cut off the power because of the risk of wildfires.
When San Francisco Fire Chief Dean Crispen comes to work, he is reminded to stay grounded. Inside department headquarters sits steel from the World Trade Center, where Crispen and other SFFD firefighters responded in the days following the attacks.
A man who was arrested after a massive fire at a condominium complex on the Peninsula last month will not be charged, prosecutors said.
Amid rising rents and evictions, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie declared a rent emergency Thursday, proposing several tenant protection measures. But many say there is more work to do.
Less than 10% of plastic ever gets recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, where it eventually breaks down into microplastics that get into the air, soil, and water.
They're loud, playful and one of San Francisco's most recognizable icons. But this summer, sea lions along the Central California coast are also signaling a troubling change in the ocean.
A letter marked "return to sender" has been delivered to an Alameda church. But the date of the postmark has people scratching their heads, and it has begun a nationwide search for who to send it to.
A week of major delays on BART continued on Saturday as the agency reported a fire and power outage near the Coliseum station on Saturday afternoon.
BART says services this weekend between the Warm Springs and Union City stations will not operate to replace aging infrastructure.
Nearly four months after a horrific crash that killed three people in East Oakland, Deshawn Murphy Sr. remains hospitalized, unable to walk, eat or speak as he works to recover from severe injuries.
At least 18 businesses in Pleasanton were burglarized early Thursday morning in a smash-and-grab spree that primarily targeted restaurants, according to police.
The Los Gatos community came together Friday night to remember two residents taken in the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
Perched on a cliff overlooking the Pacific, Nepenthe has been a fixture along Big Sur's Highway 1 for more than seven decades.
A San Francisco Bay Area woman who is accused of intentionally running over her friend with her vehicle has been charged in connection with a deadly stabbing of another person she knew, authorities said.
Residents of a duplex are safe after a fire broke out in a San Jose neighborhood early Thursday morning.
A passenger in a vehicle that was stopped by police in Santa Clara over the weekend died after suffering a medical emergency during the stop, police said.
A reality TV personality and Texas political candidate was closely watching the civil trial against a former Northern California Wine Country mayor in preparation for her own courtroom battle.
A Sonoma County jury found former Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli liable for sexually assaulting seven women, bringing a verdict Friday in a civil case that stemmed from allegations that first became public more than five years ago.
The Lucas Fire burning near the Mendocino-Lake County line grew to over 4,000 acres on Saturday and evacuation orders remained in place.
A vegetation fire broke out in Napa County near Lake Berryessa on Wednesday, prompting an evacuation warning that was later lifted.
The National Park Service is looking for a residential volunteer to help staff the historic Point Reyes Lighthouse this fall and winter, with free housing included.
Jackson Merrill and Fernando Tatis Jr. each hit solo homers, Mason Miller pitched a flawless ninth inning and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 7-6.
Breanna Stewart scored 16 points and Kahleah Copper added 13 to help the U.S. beat Spain 76-66, advancing to the championship game of the women's FIBA World Cup.
Mike Evans, Demarcus Robinson and Deebo Samuel caught touchdown passes from Brock Purdy, and the San Francisco 49ers routed the Los Angeles Rams 27-7 in the first NFL regular-season game in Australia.
The longest road trip in NFL history has brought the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams to Australia's sports capital for a season opener in front of more than 100,000 football-hungry fans packed into the Southern Hemisphere's largest stadium.
Shay Whitcomb's RBI double capped a six-run rally with two out in the eighth inning as the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 on Wednesday to complete a series sweep.
A man who was arrested after a massive fire at a condominium complex on the Peninsula last month will not be charged, prosecutors said.
The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three other alleged 9/11 plotters is scheduled to begin in June 2028.
A driver accused of fleeing from Alameda County sheriff's deputies ended up driving the wrong way on Interstate 580, crashing into another vehicle and triggering a temporary freeway shutdown before the driver and passenger were arrested, officials said.
A San Francisco Bay Area woman who is accused of intentionally running over her friend with her vehicle has been charged in connection with a deadly stabbing of another person she knew, authorities said.
Residents of a duplex are safe after a fire broke out in a San Jose neighborhood early Thursday morning.
The development of AI "doesn't look that different from say, 'Terminator,' or from science fiction films," Jacob Coxon said.
Anthropic said it blocked scientists who used its Claude AI models "in ways that could support biological weapons development."
"What happens inside frontier AI companies now clearly affects everyone outside of them," an expert said following the hack on Hugging Face by AI agents being tested by OpenAI.
Anthropic announced a fourth cybersecurity incident in which Claude gained access to the open internet during testing.
Apple introduced the iPhone 18 at its annual tech showcase and unveiled its first foldable phone.
Officials in the East Bay city of Berkeley have issued a warning to residents and doctors amid a rising number of bats that have tested positive for rabies.
Patients taking the first-of-a-kind pill, called daraxonrasib, lived for a median of 13.2 months compared with 6.7 months for chemotherapy recipients, studies showed.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
Multiple unpermitted street food vendors in Fairfield were cited for violations last week after inspections found them selling food unsafe for public consumption, authorities said.
After weeks of uncertainty, students at Richmond's John F. Kennedy High School will start their classes on schedule after weeks after toxic chemicals were found underneath the campus.
A trespasser was reported at former Vice President Kamala Harris' Malibu, California, home.
A California law aimed at phasing out the sale of certain single-use propane cylinders will not take effect as planned after the Trump administration determined the state law is preempted by federal regulations.
Amid rising rents and evictions, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie declared a rent emergency Thursday, proposing several tenant protection measures. But many say there is more work to do.
The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three other alleged 9/11 plotters is scheduled to begin in June 2028.
Four former presidents were at the World Trade Center memorial site for 9/11 commemorations, while President Trump spoke at the Pentagon.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in supporting a federal lawsuit challenging Idaho's law that bars transgender students from using school restrooms and other sex-separated facilities that align with their gender identity.
Berlin police did not identify the suspect, who is still at large, by name but said that he was already known to police and is from Berlin.
LGBTQ+ communities have significantly higher rates of unemployment than the general population. Kelsi Thorud reports on how the City of Oakland is empowering LGBTQ+ job seekers during Pride Month.
The fallout over the opposition by a handful of San Francisco Giants players against the team's Pride Night celebrations has prompted an investigation of Major League Baseball by the Trump administration.
Major League Baseball has warned players about writing on their uniforms after San Francisco starter Landen Roupp and two other pitchers added Bible verses to their Pride Night caps on Friday night.
Celine Dion's return to the stage underscored a remarkable comeback after stiff-person syndrome, an incurable condition that causes stiffness and cramps, forced her to cancel shows and cast years of uncertainty over whether she would ever perform again.
Dolly Parton died in Nashville on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 — a shock to fans around the world who weren't aware of her illness.
A special exhibition honoring the legacy of the Grateful Dead opens in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, which will include one of the most recognized symbols of the counterculture era of the early 60s.
While performing in St. Louis on Saturday night, Lionel Richie appeared at one point to lean on a piano for support, according to video from the show.
Fans of some of Hollywood's most iconic movies lined up outside legendary filmmaker Phil Tippett's Berkeley studio Friday, hoping to take home a piece of movie history.
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oakland Unified School District has seen an alarming spike in the number of unhoused students in the school system who deal with a host of challenges far beyond what most children face.
Meteorologist and CBS News Bay Area's resident pilot Lt. Jessica Burch got a treat during Fleet Week, taking to the skies with one of the Blue Angels.
A Bay Area man discovered his devastating loss left him with a new opportunity to rethink how he lives -- follow his journey in virtual reality, 360-degree video.
A groundbreaking medical study involving the UCSF Medical Center has shown some colorectal cancer patients can safely skip radiation treatment and enjoy a potentially higher quality of life.
Every day, San Francisco bar pilot Captain Zach Kellerman goes through what might just be the world's most dangerous commute.
Members of the 1960s counterculture group The Merry Pranksters reunited at with their famed "Further" psychedelic bus at the Grateful Dead exhibity in San Francisco on Saturday. Brian Hackney reports.
For the third year in a row, a night markey lit up the streets of Oakland's Chinatown as part of a larger effort to breathe new life into one of the city's most historic districts. Brad Hamilton reports.
A reality TV personality and Texas political candidate closely viewed the civil trial against former Windsor mayor Dominic Foppoli ahead of her own lawsuit. Da Lin reports.
A letter marked "return to sender" has been delivered to an Alameda church. But the date of the postmark has people scratching their heads and it has begun a nationwide search for who to send it to. John Ramos reports.
Meteorologist Darren Peck says the marine layer over the weekend will keep temperatures below averages.
In 2025, KPIX is moving to a new community service award: the CBS News Bay Area Icon Award. Submit nominations for an outstanding community hero at kpix.com/icon.
It's the most wonderful time of the year for a South Bay woman who has played Mrs. Claus for more than 40 years for the children of North San Jose's Alviso District.
For residents of the Oakland Hills, the prospect of another wildfire always remains a concern. This week's Jefferson Awards winner has made it his mission to make the hills and other high-risk areas safer.
In East Palo Alto -- where state education numbers show more than nine in ten public school students are low income and more than half are English learners -- many are finding hope and connection at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula.
This week's Jefferson Award winner is Army veteran who continues to live a life of service into his 80s, by feeding hundreds of San Francisco families a week.
A Bay Area man who overcame tremendous obstacles to excel in school has made it his mission to gear up other students for success in the classroom and in life.
For Students Rising Above scholar Josh Collins it took moving across the country to realize the value of his Bay Area family.
Samir Hooker had to grow up fast after his stepfather was shot dead 12 years ago. Now he is watching over his mom and sister while attending UC Berkeley.
It's hard enough to graduate from one of the most prestigious schools in the country when you're the first in your family to go to college. Imagine doing that while you're also trying to protect your parents from being deported?
Some students who are the first in their families to go to college face the challenge of balancing a rigorous academic load while still working to help support their family back home.