Suspect named in slaying of youth football coach in Oakland

Oakland police have identified a man who they say admitted to killing a father of three this week at Concordia Park. 

San Francisco teen missing for one week found safe in Pittsburg

A missing 14-year-old girl who left her San Francisco home last week was located Friday by an alert landscape worker with the City of Pittsburg.

‘The virus is not done with us’: CDC director says new variants of COVID-19 could stall progress in US

The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stressed Friday that the trajectory of the pandemic is still concerning, as emerging variants of COVID-19 could be stalling progress in beating the virus back.

DNA leads to arrest in San Mateo cold case rape, stabbing

Officers arrested 55-year-old John Harris, Jr. in Manteca in San Joaquin County near his work and booked him into San Mateo County Jail on one charge of attempted premeditated murder and one charge of aggravated mayhem, both of which carry possible life sentences.

Oakland A's plan for Howard Terminal ballpark takes leap forward

The 35,000 seat stadium would be built at Howard Terminal located in the city's entertainment district of Jack London Square. 

Woman dragged by car during purse theft

A woman in Oakland was dragged down the street by a car while thieves were stealing her purse Wednesday on International Boulevard and 9th Avenue.  

Investigators believe missing SF teen traveling with runaway from out of state

Investigators with the San Francisco Police Department said they obtained new information that Katlin Gallaread is possibly in the company of 16-year-old Tyler Sexton.

VIDEO: Victim wrestles belongings back from robber at Golden Gate Park

Forrest Lanning witnessed the incident around 1:08 p.m. in the area of Martin Luther King Drive and Kezar Drive and recorded video of the brazen crime. 

Latest coyote-bite victim speaks out, chalks it up to 'life experience'

​​​​​​​John Stevenson says he was taking a break from skateboarding in Lafayette when a coyote came out of nowhere and bit him in the thigh. He shot video after the attack showing the animal calming trotting away afterward.

Peninsula restaurant chain gives workers the day off to get vaccinated

A very small San Mateo restaurant chain closed up shop today, not to throw in the towel, but to go, en masse, to a COVID mass vaccination site.  

Lady Gaga dognapping: Surveillance video shows violent shooting of dog walker

Dramatic surveillance video shows a white sedan pull up next to Ryan Fischer as two men get out of the backseat and attempt to take the dogs.

1 suffers life-threatening injuries in San Jose shooting

Police responded around 11:18 a.m. to the 800 block of Deland Avenue where they located the victim. 

Tidal wave of COVID vaccines could soon hit market

As early as Friday, Johnson & Johnson could get authorization from the Federal Drug Administration to start distributing its single-dose COVID vaccine.

COVID vaccine eligibility now includes educators, food service workers in San Francisco

The move allows for more than 168,000 people who live or work in San Francisco to get vaccinated, in addition to the 210,000 healthcare workers and people 65 and older who are already eligible. 

Fauci: In country as ‘rich and sophisticated’ as US, 500,000 shouldn’t have died of COVID-19

In a recent interview, Dr. Anthony Fauci — the nation’s leading infectious disease expert — called the COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. “stunning in its magnitude” and said it should not have happened in such a “rich and sophisticated” country.

COVID-19 antibodies were present for up to 3 months in people infected with coronavirus, NIH study finds

NIH researchers have found some evidence that suggests people previously infected with COVID-19 may have lasting antibodies that help protect against reinfection, though the extent to which that protection holds up against emerging variants remains unclear.