Vallejo police shooting town hall triggers accountability questions

Vallejo police held a town hall meeting Wednesday night over a November 20 shooting of a teen armed robbery suspect by an officer, but they didn’t release any new information.

Bay Area prepares for next round of rain, coastal flood risk

The Bay Area spent Tuesday afternoon preparing for another round of rain after a soaking wet couple of days.

Family mistakenly buys $10K in Disney+ gift cards thinking they were good for purchases in theme parks

A Midwest family’s Walt Disney World vacation almost took a very disappointing turn after they realized $10,000 worth of gift cards they purchased for the trip were not actually for the park.

Death of San Jose infant was a homicide, coroner determines

The death of a 2-month-old baby in April was a homicide, the San Jose police department announced Tuesday.

Oakland Police Commission selects 3 police chief candidates

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao received a list of three candidates for the city's next police chief. The candidates were brought forward last week by the Police Commission. The question is, who is on the list?

18,000 PG&E customers lose power over equipment failure

Thousands of PG&E customers in the San Jose area lost power on Monday afternoon, according to PG&E.

5-year-old killed, 11-year-old seriously injured in Martinez DUI

A deadly crash in Martinez took the life of a young child and left another injured early Sunday morning, according to California Highway Patrol.

1 dies, 1 injured on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge

Westbound lanes on Interstate 580 on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge reopened late Sunday night after a fatal crash.

1 killed in afternoon DUI crash in Santa Rosa

Authorities are investigating a fatal DUI crash in Santa Rosa on Saturday evening. 

Jury convicts man for vehicle theft, biting police officer

A man was convicted for vehicle theft and of biting a police officer who was trying to arrest him in July 2021 in One Maritime Plaza in downtown San Francisco.   

Person in custody after fires snarl traffic on San Jose freeways

A person is in custody over their possible role in vegetation fires that created a traffic headache along freeways in San Jose on Thursday.

New movie has social media scratching heads over 'Texas and California' alliance

"Civil War," being produced by A24, is about a dystopian future of the U.S. with at least 19 states, including Texas and California, seceding from the country and rallying against the federal government. However, it isn't the premise of the film that has people scratching their heads.

PG&E asks for another rate hike due to climate change

Climate change has aggravated inflation, but nowhere more than with Pacific Gas & Electric, the first major utility to deal with far more effects of extreme weather related to fire and floods. 

Tesla unveils 2023 updates with automated 911 calls, custom horn sounds

Tesla has introduced its 2023 updates, featuring automated 911 calls and unique customizable horn sounds, such as a screaming goat, when locking doors.

Amazon brings back its delivery driver thank-you program

Launched a year ago, the “thank my driver" program lets consumers tip their delivery driver using an Amazon device.