24-year-old Oakland man killed in two-vehicle accident

Police were called shortly before 9:30 p.m. to the collision scene at intersection of Hegenberger and Hamilton Street.

Man killed after being struck by vehicle in San Francisco

The collision was reported about 3:15 a.m. at the intersection of 19th Avenue and Junipero Serra Boulevard, Sgt. Michael Andraychak said. The man was struck by a red Toyota Prius traveling southbound on 19th Avenue.

Unique Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook settlement of a class-action lawsuit

Privacy advocates hail Illinois' strict biometric privacy law as the nation's strongest form of protection in the commercial use of such data, and it has survived ongoing efforts by the tech industry and other businesses to weaken it.

EMT student, BART police help save man overdosing at Civic Center Station

Nicholas Stallcup was waiting for a friend to catch an 11:30 p.m. train from the Civic Center Station to the MacArthur Station when he descended the station stairwell to find a man on the floor, police said.

Victims: PG&E still has rickety power line near Paradise

Pacific Gas & Electric is still operating a rickety power line near the one that ignited a 2018 wildfire that wiped out the Northern California city of Paradise and killed 85 people, according to an expert inspection conducted as part of a legal claim.

Oakland police seek 76-year-old missing, at-risk man

Willie Benton was last seen Monday at his home in the 9400 block of Golf Links Road and is considered at risk because he suffers from Alzheimer's disease, according to police.

iPhone home repair service now available in select cities

The tech giant Apple has launched in-home repair services for iPhones and some of its other devices.

PG&E clears another bankruptcy hurdle with debt refinancing

The San Francisco company pledged to bring in new directors, without specifying how many, but hasn't said if it will tweak its financial plan.

State Sen. Scott Wiener to propose law to have state take over PG&E

State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, announced Monday he plans to propose a law to have the state take over PG&E and run it as a publicly owned utility.

Apple temporarily closes stores in China amid virus outbreak

The iPhone maker said in a statement it was closing stores, corporate offices and contact centers in China until Feb. 9 “out of an abundance of caution and based on the latest advice from leading health experts."

Oakland police seek assistance in armed robbery investigation

Officers responded to the robbery report at 12:30 a.m. in the neighborhood off Keller Avenue in the hills, where a woman was robbed of her purse and cellphone at gunpoint.