Why San Quentin didn't hand out rapper E-40's hand sanitizer donation

KTVU has learned that the hand sanitizer has not made it outside of its boxes and certainly not into the hands of incarcerated people. 

18-year-old arrested in elderly pedestrian's stabbing

Palo Alto police announced the arrest of an 18-year-old man in the stabbing of an elderly pedestrian last Friday. 

CDC warns 2020 could be peak year for polio-like virus that is affecting mostly children

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning for parents and medical officials to be on the lookout for a possible peak in acute flaccid myelitis, a polio-like paralytic illness most often seen in children.

'Back the Blue' mural in Tampa vandalized by 2 separate people, city says

Tampa police are looking for the people who defaced a mural painted on the roadway in front of the Tampa Police Department's downtown headquarters.

TikTok announces new rules to curb misinformation ahead of 2020 election

The Chinese-owned video platform announced new steps to combat misinformation and foreign interference ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

5 juniors from California to Texas named National Student Poets

This year’s poets are Isabella Ramirez, from Lake Worth; Ethan Wang, from Katy, Texas; Manasi Garg, from Saratoga; Madelyn Dietz, from St. Paul, Minn.; and Anthony Wiles, from Sewickley, Pennsylvania. Each receives a $5,000 cash award.

Florists add much needed color to seniors' lives in dark times

With the Coronavirus draining much of the joy and color from the world these days, a small group of florists in San Ramon are trying to put some of it back, for people who perhaps need it most--those who are tucked away in senior care homes.

Frank Ocean’s brother killed along with CSUN athlete Ezekial Bishop in fiery crash in Thousand Oaks

Friends and family are grieving after Frank Ocean’s 18-year-old brother Ryan Moore Breaux was killed alongside Cal State Northridge track and field athlete Ezekial Bishop, 20, in a fiery, single-vehicle crash in Thousand Oaks over the weekend. 

Bloody brawl breaks out after woman throws coffee in man’s face for not wearing mask

A bloody brawl broke out in Manhattan Beach after a couple confronted two men for not wearing masks, causing an argument that turned violent when the woman threw coffee into the face of one of the men.

Woman killed, three others shot at large mansion party in California

A woman was killed and three others were injured in a shooting Tuesday morning at a large party taking place at a mansion in Beverly Crest where police had earlier responded to multiple calls of disturbing the peace.

Missing sailors rescued from deserted island after US military spots SOS signal

The men had been missing in the Micronesia archipelago near the Philippines for three days before their internationally recognized distress signal, which originated from Morse code, was spotted Sunday on the uninhabited Pikelot Island by searchers on Australian and U.S. aircraft. 

Burger King employee killed after customer complains about long drive-thru line

An arrest affidavit from the Orange County Sheriff's Office said that the victim was working in the drive-through line at the Burger King prior to the shooting. The line was particularly long when one customer became irate and threatened to bring her 'man' to the restaurant.