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Oakland police are investigating a homicide that happened on Thursday in its Brookfield Village area. 

The Orinda Theatre will be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays because the owners say their soaring Pacific Gas & Electric bills make it too expensive to open the cinema on those days. 

A pedestrian was struck and killed on Highway 101 in San Jose early Thursday morning, the California Highway Patrol said. 

Workers wrapped up the installation of a brand-new aluminum fence at the entrance to Book Concern Lofts in San Francisco's Tenderloin on Wednesday.

The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office arrested two robbery suspects this week in connection to a January incident at a Cupertino Target that involved Stanley cups. 

Floyd Mitchell was introduced Wednesday as Oakland's new police chief.

Napa police say the lululemon merchandise stolen on Monday was actually valued at $23,000 instead of $2,500 and that three of the four suspects booked are juveniles.

The catastrophic collapse of a major bridge in Baltimore has drawn attention to the structural integrity of Bay Area bridges and the potential for a similar incident locally.

Two homes in San Jose caught fire on Tuesday morning, fire officials said.

Joseph has been with San Jose Police since 1994 and Asst. Police Chief since March 2021.

Investigators responded to the scene of a crash in Oakland on Monday, where officials say a car connected to a Lululemon theft in Napa was pursued before crashing. Four suspects have been detained.

Police in Oakland are investigating the battery of a 65-year-old woman at a laundromat that happened earlier this month. 

A pedestrian was injured Saturday afternoon by a vehicle that crashed into a San Francisco bus shelter. 

A man who was swinging a golf club at people along San Francisco's Pier 14 on Saturday jumped into the bay while police negotiated with him. He was rescued and taken to a hospital, officials say. 

Small business owners in Redwood City are frustrated over a new project starting this month that would rid Woodside Road of street parking to make way for cyclists. 

A juvenile homicide suspect who evaded Vallejo police and killed an innocent driver during a pursuit last summer was arrested this week, officials say. 

Oakland's new police chief is Floyd Mitchell, who was head of the Lubbock, Texas police last year, Mayor Sheng Thao announced Friday.

Family and friends of Alex Nieto gathered at Bernal Hill on Thursday, to mark the 10th anniversary of the fatal SFPD shooting of the 28-year-old security guard, who was armed with a stun gun when police confronted him.

An unhoused mother in Oakland straddled with thousands of dollars in fees to reclaim her vehicle towed during last month's storms, is set to get it back on Friday, according to police.