Crime and Public Safety

A woman was convicted of stealing $60,000 worth of merchandise from the Target in San Francisco's Stonestown Galleria via the store's self-checkout system.

The body of a man with gunshot wounds was found hidden under dirt and debris near BART's Hayward yard four days after witnesses saw -- but didn't report -- a shooting, police said.   

A 45-year-old woman was arrested and more than a dozen gaming machines, cash and suspected narcotics were seized in a raid on an illegal gambling establishment in the Tenderloin, San Francisco police said Friday.   

Oakland police are asking for the public's help in two unsolved homicides dating three to four years ago.

Eleven South Bay men have been accused of racketeering conspiracy involving a series of murders, shootings, and drug and gun distribution linked to the Nortenos street gang, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California.   

A standoff with several law enforcement agencies in Fairfield has ended with the suspect transported to the hospital with gunshot wounds, according to authorities. It's believed the wounds were self-inflicted.

A fire that destroyed a popular barbecue restaurant in West Oakland last year appears to be a case of arson, investigators said.

Two San Jose police officers were wounded by gunfire while responding to a disturbance at a hotel on Thursday night.

The victims of a deadly shooting inside a Livermore hotel room have been identified by officials while authorities continue searching for their killer.

A California woman who got out of jail scot-free after stabbing her boyfriend 108 times in a marijuana-induced psychosis is appealing her slap-on-the-wrist conviction, arguing that she was tricked into using the drug to begin with.

Federal authorities are searching for two suspects in the robbery of a U.S. postal worker in Oakland.

Frightening moments for an Oakland daycare center. The incident happened last Thursday morning when there were children inside the facility. Surveillance video shows two suspects, one armed with a gun, pulling up in front of the center and stealing a car from the driveway.

Oakland city leadership said crime is going down in the Town. However, some Oakland residents don't feel any safer.

A Sonoma County Jail inmate awaiting trial for murder was found dead in his cell on Wednesday, according to the Sheriff's Office.     

A Mill Valley teacher facing child sex crime charges was found dead Wednesday after authorities recovered his body from the waters off Drakes Beach.

Authorities are searching for a gunman who allegedly carried out a fatal shooting at a Livermore hotel that left two people dead.

A 36-year-old Sonoma man accused of stealing an ambulance and kidnapping a medic was arrested on Wednesday, after leading police on a chase, investigators said.

Roughly 700 pounds of fentanyl have been seized and 500 arrests made since the CHP and National Guard were deployed to San Francisco a year ago.