Overdose suspected in BART passenger's death on train

A dead passenger was found on a BART train at the Pleasant Hill station on Tuesday, the transit system's police said.

Top utility regulator tasked with overseeing PG&E resigns

Marybel Batjer announced her resignation in an email to staff at the California Public Utilities Commission. Newsom, a Democrat, appointed her to the job in 2019 as Pacific Gas & Electric was in bankruptcy proceedings, and her term was set to run through the end of 2026.

San Jose police officer pulls man from burning car

A San Jose police officer is being hailed as a hero after rescuing a man from a burning car.

PG&E's localized blackouts continue to anger customers

Since last July, there have been some 350 power outages, unplanned, unannounced, instantaneous blackouts.

Illegal Oakland sideshow draws 70 cars

Oakland police trying to track down people involved in an illegal sideshow with as many as 70 cars involved over the weekend.

Crews extinguish house fire in downtown San Jose

Investigators in San Jose are trying to determine the cause of an early morning house fire.

2 men killed in early morning Oakland shooting

Police are investigating after two men were fatally shot early Sunday morning near Oakland's Laurel District.

Homeless man found shot to death in San Jose

A homeless man was found dead with at least one gunshot wound along a creek trail near San Jose's Happy Hollow Park and Zoo on Saturday afternoon, police said.

Central Freeway ramp between I-80, Highway 101 reopens after repair work finishes early

Caltrans crews have finished up repairs and reopened San Francisco's Central Freeway ramp connecting westbound Interstate Highway 80 and northbound U.S. Highway 101.

Mill Valley teams up with Google researchers for large-scale evacuation drill

The city of Mill Valley partnered with a team of Google researchers that have been studying evacuation modeling in Mill Valley, an area prone to traffic congestion if there was a need for hundreds of cars to evacuate at once.