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A pilot program to dispatch counselors and paramedics to mental health crises, instead of Oakland police officers is having trouble getting off the ground.

A California Highway Patrol officer and a suspect were struck by bullets Friday during a shootout in the San Joaquin Valley after a vehicle pursuit.

San Francisco police are asking the public's help in locating a 14-year-old girl who went missing earlier this week. 

Sgt. Ray Kelly said the plan is to vaccination all 1,650 employees who "have been on the front lines serving county residents during the pandemic." Incarcerated people will start to get the vaccines next week.

While the name and circumstances of the person who committed suicide are not known, it does end a 13-month stretch at the jail where no one committed suicide, the subject of a federal lawsuit against the Sheriff's Office. 

San Francisco supervisors and police representatives offer tips for safe Lunar New Year celebrations.

Police have made a second arrest in the kidnapping of a DoorDash driver's two children that resulted in an Amber Alert in San Francisco earlier this month. 

Private security guards are being deployed in Oakland Chinatown after a rash of robberies and assaults.

Traumatic injuries took the life a person found dead in a tent Sunday evening in Oakland's Mosswood Park, police said Tuesday. 

A store owner, who witnessed a robbery outside of their business, opened fire on a suspect in Oakland's Chinatown Monday evening, officials say. 

The news about the Bearcat's proposed retirement comes as good news to about 350 people who signed a petition requesting that the Oakland Police Commission get rid of the armored personnel carrier designed for military and law enforcement use.

San Francisco police arrested a Fresno man late Saturday for allegedly shooting two men during an incident that took place on Drumm Street near the Embarcadero Friday evening.

Oakland's new police chief announced with the mayor the city's plans to create two new positions to build connections with non-english speaking communities.

Three Bay Area men were arrested Thursday and more than $150,000 in merchandise was seized following the investigation of a large retail theft in Reno.

Six people shot in San Francisco's Bayview District Saturday evening are recovering at local hospitals and all are in stable condition.

PG&E customers will not lose utility service through June 30, 2021 because of a failure to pay their bill as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, following an extension Friday of the state's utility disconnection moratorium. 

A San Francisco neighborhood is shaken after a close call with a would-be theft was captured on surveillance cameras appearing to case vehicles outside a home in Bernal Heights.

Utilities will be allowed to buy extra energy and pass on the costs to customers in order to avoid a repeat of rolling blackouts that kicked in last summer when demand outpaced supply.