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As California lawmakers consider a bill allowing terminally ill patients to obtain life-ending medication, a new KPIX 5 / SurveyUSA poll found strong support of the bill among Bay Area residents.
Lawmakers in Sacramento will introduce right-to-die legislation on Wednesday, which would allow doctors to prescribe life-ending medication to terminally ill patients. The debate has been reignited by the recent case of a woman who left the Bay Area for Oregon to end her life.
A Hayward artist unveiled his stunning tribute to the late actor Robin Williams using 600 re-purposed Rubik's Cubes.
An 80-year-old man accused of murdering his wife in their Los Gatos home last month told his son he stabbed her to end her pain from recent surgery and then tried to kill himself, according to a police detective.
The estate of Marin resident Robin Williams will be split between his three children and his third wife, Susan Schneider, according to the London Daily Mail.
A battle with Parkinson's disease-related dementia likely precipitated the Suicide of comedian Robin Williams, according to TMZ.
The Marin County coroner says comedian Robin Williams' autopsy showed no alcohol or illegal drugs in his system at the time of his death.
A 16-year-old boy was struck and killed by a Caltrain early Tuesday morning in an apparent suicide. The unidentified victim was a student at Gunn High School.
"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.
Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old woman battling stage 4 brain cancer, says she crossed something off her self-described bucket last week, just days before she plans to take her own life.
National estimates show a third of older Americans living in nursing homes suffer from depression, and 60% don't receive any visitors. But this week's Jefferson Award winner has created a one-of-a-kind program to lift their spirits.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed legislation known as Audrie's Law reforming juvenile sex crime laws and named after 15-year-old sexual assault victim Audrie Pott, according to a state senator's spokesman.
California will become the first state that allows family members to ask a judge to remove firearms from a relative who appears to pose a threat.
Following her father's suicide last month, she's shared a new picture of him and thanked supporters for their words of comfort
"Almost 40,000 people a year kill themselves in America," Rollins notes. "In my opinion, that is 40,000 people who blew it.
The Marin County coroner's office has identified the men who were found dead in two backyards in Mill Valley this week as Theodore Charles Rodden, 61, of Mill Valley and Andreas Kreiden, 41, of Calistoga.
The late actor and comedian Robin Williams has been cremated and his ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay, according to a death certificate obtained by CBS News.
In the wake of actor Robin Williams untimely death, Dr. Alex Zaphiris, who specializes in treatment for addiction, examines how common addiction and depression are and what resources are available to treat these diseases.
Williams passing has shed light on his overall health; both mental and physical.
The family of actor and comedian Robin Williams says the funnyman was privately dealing with the early stages of Parkinson's Disease, which he was "not yet ready to share publicly," prior to his death from apparent hanging by suicide Monday.
Sheriff's officials in Marin County defended their decision to release details about how actor Robin Williams killed himself, saying state law requires they be disclosed to the public.
Robin Williams' three children — Zak, Zelda and Cody Williams — and Williams' former wife Marsha Garces Williams, who is Zelda and Cody's mother, released statements Tuesday about the actor's death.
The death of beloved actor and comedian Robin Williams is bringing attention to the issue of depression and the link between humor and grief.
Actor and comedian Robin Williams died after hanging himself with a belt in his unincorporated home, according to a preliminary investigation by the Marin County Sheriff's Office.
The Marin County Sheriff's Office will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. Tuesday to announce an official investigation into the cause of Robin Williams' death.
