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40 years after the Fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War, the Bay Area's Vietnamese community of today looks nothing like the first wave of refugees who first arrived here.
Astronomers at the Lick Observatory atop Mount Hamilton have discovered three planets described as "supersized Earths" orbiting a star 54 light years away.
Maybe it's the abundance of amazing Sunday restaurant brunches, or the fact that people just can't find a parking spot, but the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose region is the least church going population in America, and also the most likely to have been to church and then decided not to go back.
For years now San Jose police officers have had to rely on an outdated laptop computer system in their patrol cars, but they won't have to put up with them much longer, thanks to a $1.6 million grant that the department received from the state.
San Jose's mayor says it's time to take a look at the water we flush down the toilet as a partial solution to California's drought.
A San Jose police officer faces nearly four years in jail if convicted on charges of marijuana possession with intent to sell after being arraigned Friday afternoon.
A Berkeley woman loves her new car, but has a big problem with her new randomly generated license plates ending in 666.
A tow truck with two young children inside ran into the back of a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority bus in San Jose Friday morning, according to a VTA spokeswoman.
If you want to come to the United States and get a job, it's a well-known secret that a student visa is the easy ticket in, and all you need is $20,000 to enroll in the right university.
A robust economy that has drawn in scores of workers to the San Francisco area has also put more stress on highways and city streets, securing the region a third place spot on the list of worst commutes in the country.
A Catholic priest in San Jose has been charged with fraud and tax evasion for allegedly diverting thousands of dollars in donations from parishioners into his personal bank account during a three-year period.
San Jose's Police Chief tackled a murder suspect attempting to make a bold escape Monday.
If you spend most of your weekends on Craigslist or elbowing your way through crowded open houses for overpriced rentals, this should come as no surprise: the San Francisco Bay Area is the worst place in the country to rent.
Four years after being brutally attacked, San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow made a big step forward in his recovery by throwing the ceremonial first pitch at a San Jose Giants minor league game Thursday night.
Stow, a lifelong Giants fan, has been on the road to recovery since a brutal attack outside Dodger Stadium in 2011.
Fire rips through a San Jose restaurant causing major damage and heartbreak.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 2.4 earthquake has struck in the South Bay.
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo acknowledges that just getting the Supreme Court to hear the case is a longshot, but he remains hopeful.
For Bay Area taxpayers who procrastinated until the April 15th deadline and won't file electronically, a handful of post offices will be open Wednesday evening.
San Jose police could soon be testing body worn cameras again after two previous roll outs never got beyond the pilot stage.
Ridership on Caltrain is at an all-time high, so the transit agency is investing in some hand-me-down train cars from Los Angeles to help handle all the passengers.
A suicidal person threatening to jump from a freeway overpass has been taken into custody Monday night, after disrupting traffic on Interstates 280 and 680 for several hours.
A man suspected of shooting the mother of his infant daughter to death on Tuesday in San Jose was arrested on Saturday in Monterey, police said Sunday.
The independent police auditor in San Jose has issued a yearly report on the city's police department. Chief among the recommendations is for the police department to change the way it internally investigates use-of-force incidents by officers.
A man in the passenger seat of a car allegedly shot dead his girlfriend while she was behind the wheel in San Jose - and in front of the couple's baby and the woman's teenage daughter - according to police and family members.
