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The hiker was last seen leaving the Bear Valley Visitor Center at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday, according to park officials.

A Yosemite National Park ranger has shared a heartfelt, heartbreaking story about a young bear that was struck and killed by a vehicle and her grieving mother that spent hours by her side hoping to wake her up.

Los Angeles bomb technicians grossly miscalculated the weight of homemade fireworks last month when they detonated them in a containment chamber, causing a catastrophic explosion that injured 17 people and rocked a neighborhood, the police chief said Monday.

A fire spread to three homes in West Oakland near Chester and 9th streets Monday morning. Firefighters with Oakland Fire Department quickly responded to the scene. 

“The problem is we don't know who’s vaccinated and who’s not when you are indoors,” said Dr. John Swartzberg of U.C. Berkeley School of Public Health.

In Fremont, police say a 14 year old boy has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his mother to death. The father was also stabbed, but survived.

A.J. Gokcek’s son is entering his senior year at Palo Alto High, but a lawsuit filed earlier this month could overshadow progress toward his graduation.

Muggers attacked and robbed two Asian women in Oakland ChinatownFriday, the second attack against Asian victims in two days.

Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Sonoma counties and Berkeley issued the mask recommendation. Only Napa and Solano counties did not join.

The disagreements laid out Friday are around affordable housing, how to pay for offsite infrastructure, and sources for the Community Fund, which would set aside money for things like workforce development.

Sherman was belligerent, had been drinking heavily and spoke of killing himself when he left his home in the Seattle suburb of Maple Valley late Tuesday, according to police reports. His wife, Ashley Sherman, called 911 to try to have police stop him.