Eek! Rat pop-up bar headed for San Francisco

Eek! A new pop-up in San Francisco will feature something most people don’t want to see when they go out to a restaurant: Rats.

Walnut Creek Police investigate Sunday afternoon officer-involved shooting

Walnut Creek police say they are investigating an officer-involved shooting in the area of Orchard Lane and Arlene Lane, a neighborhood of single-family houses about a half-mile south of Kaiser Permanente Medical Center. No other details, including whether anyone was killed or injured, were released.

Google, others suffer nearly 5-hour service outage Sunday

Google is saying users of YouTube and other services are seeing errors or slow performance due to high levels of network congestions in the eastern United States. YouTube, Google Cloud and G Suite services are affected, but Google said it believes it has identified the cause of the congestion and expects to return to normal service shortly. The company first identified the issue on its Google...

New Haven Teachers counter-offer school district, district says new offer is more expensive

The union representing teachers in South Hayward and Union City has lowered their offer from a 7% pay hike over two years to a 6% pay hike over the same time. Teachers also want a percentage of their pay for the days they were on strike. They also want a chance for retiring teachers to get a full year of credit toward their retirement. The district is offering a 2% raise, starting January...

Small plane makes emergency landing on Ocean City, NJ beach

Officials say a small single-engine plane conducted an emergency landing on a beach in Ocean City, NJ, Saturday morning. The incident occurred around 8:30 a.m. on 49th Street. “I was afraid maybe the whole thing was going to flip. It just went up on the one wing,” Joan Samonisky stated.

Rare sighting of Baird's Beaked Whales in Monterey Bay caught on drone video

Drone footage from Monterey Bay Whale Watch shows a rarely seen species of whale swimming in formation in the Monterey Bay Area. The video of Baird's Beaked Whales was taken on Wednesday, May 29, and the group who shot the footage calls it the "best drone video of this species ever recorded." Marine Biologist Nancy Black tells KTVU that the Monterey Bay Whale...

With Biden absent, his rivals pounce at San Francisco Democratic gathering

Democratic presidential hopefuls took rival Joe Biden's absence at a California state party gathering Saturday as a chance to take subtle digs at the former vice president and craft themselves as better positioned to bring Democrats into the future.

Family of man killed by Taser-wielding deputies after he was jaywalking sues San Mateo County

The family of Chinedu Okobi, who was killed in a confrontation with San Mateo County Sheriff's deputies last October when they attempted to stop him for jaywalking, filed a lawsuit Friday against the county, alleging his wrongful death.

Protester jumps on stage, grabs microphone from Kamala Harris during SF Democratic Convention

During a discussion at the California Democratic Convention with Sen. Kamala Harris, a protester jumped on stage and grabbed Harris' microphone, Saturday. The protester was identified as Aidan Cook from animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere.

Ph.D thesis stolen in Santa Rosa remains missing

The Bay Area man whose doctoral thesis was stolen from his car says he isn't bitter, but really wants his research returned.

Woman taking photos dies after fall down Lake Tahoe waterfall

Authorities say a woman plunged to her death down a Northern California waterfall after she slipped and lost her footing while taking photos. The North Tahoe Fire Protection District said in a statement that the woman died Friday at Eagle Falls in Emerald Bay State Park. The approximately 50-foot-tall (15-meter) falls overlook Lake Tahoe.

Suspended student arrested for bringing replica glock to Santa Rosa H.S.

Santa Rosa High School's graduation ceremony for 423 seniors will continue Friday evening despite the morning lockdown of the school after a student was arrested for bringing a replica gun on campus. 

SF police obtained search warrant on freelance videographer's cell phone

San Francisco police obtained a search warrant in violation of the Shield Law in order to review a freelance videographer's cell phone to see who he was talking to and texting with and where he was going, according to his attorneys and documents provided to KTVU.

Daughter of farmworkers becomes class valedictorian at Polk County school

Brenda Alvarez-Lagunas just made a meteoric jump: She went from being the daughter of farmworkers to becoming the number-one student in the class of 2019 at Mulberry High School.

Teacher takes in sick student to help him get kidney transplant

A teacher in Colorado is going to extraordinary lengths to help his sick student get a kidney transplant: He's going through the process of adopting him.

California Dems in crisis as presidential hopefuls descend in San Francisco

Democratic presidential hopefuls are descending on California this week for an annual convention of the state party as it faces a #MeToo firestorm.

8 are great: National Spelling Bee ends with 'octo-champs'

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) -- The Scripps National Spelling Bee was broken Thursday night, brought to its knees by eight spellers who were too poised, too prepared and too savvy for any word thrown their way.