Tesla settles $1M penalty for air quality violations at Fremont factory

Officials from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District said Friday that Tesla, Inc., has agreed to pay a $1 million penalty and install a solar roof project to settle air quality violations at its Fremont automobile factory.

Person dies in San Jose triple shooting

(BCN) – A man hospitalized after a shooting Saturday night has died, San Jose police said Sunday morning.

Eight people wounded in five separate Oakland shootings

Oakland police are investigating five shootings that injured eight people late Friday and early Saturday, including one near Lake Merritt that left four people wounded.

Motorcyclist killed after collision with maintenance truck along I-880 in Hayward

A man driving a motorcycle south on I-880 in Hayward died early Saturday when his bike hit the rear truck in a slow-moving caravan sweeping the roadway.

Online speech shield under fire as Trump Facebook ban stays

Beneath Facebook's decision on whether to continue Donald Trump's suspension from its platform is a far more complex question: Do the protections carved out for companies 25 years ago make sense when some of them have become global powerhouses?

Plainclothes San Francisco police officers shoot car burglary suspect

Plainclothes San Francisco police officers Friday shot and wounded a man who they called a known auto burglary suspect as two others fled the scene in the city's South of Market neighborhood, a police spokesman said.

Cal Fire concerned about a possible early start to wildfire season as red flag warning hits parts of the Bay Area
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KTVU's Cristina Rendon spoke with Jonathan Cox with Cal Fire regarding the red flag warnings in effect in portions of the Bay Area beginning at 11 p.m. Friday, and lasting until Monday.

Driver in custody after striking SJ police officer with car

Police reported that the officer, who was working at the time, was hit while standing outside of his marked cruiser.

Tesla cameras capture moment trailing car crashes into 18-wheeler

The cameras on a Tesla captured the moment a car crashed into a semi-truck in North Carolina. No one suffered life-threatening injuries, but a few people were hospitalized, authorities said.

Twitter introduces Tip Jar, allowing users to send money to others

Twitter on Thursday unveiled a brand new feature called Tip Jar, which allows users to send money through the app to creators.

Wildfire victims see little to no compensation from PG&E settlement trust

A trust approved by a federal judge to help compensate victims of deadly California wildfires sparked by Pacific Gas & Electric equipment paid survivors just $7 million while racking up $51 million in overhead in its first year of operation.

Man struck and killed by hit-and-run driver while riding electric unicycle identified

A man who died after falling off an electric unicycle and being struck by a hit-and-run driver in San Jose on Tuesday night has been identified by the Santa Clara County medical examiner's office as 52-year-old David Jones.

Facebook's oversight board: Watchdog or distraction?

Facebook's most prominent critics — including misinformation researchers, academics and activists — are notably missing from the roster of their oversight board.

Santa Rita Jail's medical provider is target of lawsuits, complaints about lack of care

Five years since Alameda County dumped Santa Rita Jail's healthcare provider, Corizon Health, and hired Wellpath to take over, claims of medical mistakes or a lack of oversight have persisted, calling into question what, if anything, has changed.

San Jose police seek suspect who attacked two women last week

The San Jose Police Department is asking the public to help identify and locate a suspect who attacked and injured two women on the same evening last week.

Police say knife attack on 2 Asian women in San Francisco was unprovoked

Police believe the suspect in the case, 54-year-old Patrick Thompson of San Francisco, randomly attacked the two women, who are 64 and 85 years-old.

Police arrest homicide suspect connected to Tenderloin triple shooting last week

San Francisco police arrested a man Tuesday in connection with a triple shooting last week in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood that left one man dead and two others injured.