CHP officer killed, 2 injured by alleged drunk driver; man arrested on suspicion of murder

A Southern California man was arrested on suspicion of murder and driving drunk in the death of a motorcycle officer with the California Highway Patrol, officials said Sunday.

Mother and son, 3, attacked by pit bull terriers in Vallejo

A 47-year-old mother and her 3-year-old son were hospitalized Friday after being attacked by dogs in their care.

UCSF staff puts on prom for pediatric patients

Lauryn Gaines' smile and laughter is contagious. The 17-year-old is preparing for her first prom, but behind the laughter is pain. Gaines has sickle cell anemia.

'MAGA' hat-wearing suspect appears in court on charges of SF sword attack

A 30-year-old San Francisco man who allegedly used a sword to slash the hand of another man who knocked his "Make America Great Again" hat off his head made his first appearance in court Friday.

Alameda based Coast Guard crew seizes 14,300 pounds of cocaine

More than 14,300 pounds (6,486 kilograms) of cocaine seized in the Eastern Pacific has been brought to San Diego aboard a Coast Guard cutter.

Unprecedented hiatus of major California earthquakes could mean flurry of big ones this century

Scientists studying California’s earthquake patterns said there have been no massive ground-rupturing quakes along that states’ three major faults since 1919 – an “exceptional hiatus” that has seen no precedent in the past 1,000 years.

Boy, 14, arrested after carjacking, punching 72-year-old man unloading groceries in San Jose: police

San Jose police have arrested a 14-year-old boy who officers said repeatedly punched a 72-year-old man and carjacked his Nissan Sentra as the man was unloading groceries in his driveway. The attack was captured on surveillance video. 

First parent agrees to plead guilty in college admissions scandal, others proclaim innocence

A Bay Area-based packaged food entrepreneur became the first parent charged in the college admissions scandal to agree to plead guilty, according to a court filing Wednesday, while another couple declared their innocence, saying they had no idea their son's SAT test had been altered in any way.

$25,000 reward for information in homicide of anti-gun violence activist: SFPD

San Francisco police are offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever killed Joseph Taeotui, a gun violence activist shot last summer in front of his home in the Bayview Hunters point neighborhood.

14-year-old says he is Illinois boy who went missing in 2011

A 14-year-old boy who said he escaped from two kidnappers in Ohio told authorities he is from Illinois, where he went missing nearly eight years ago when his mother apparently took her own life.

San Jose State loses historic track to make way for parking

A historic track where two of San Jose State’s most famous Olympians trained will soon be no more. The university said Bud Winter Field on the South Campus will be turned into a new parking garage.

Elderly man bullied in Palo Alto for wearing 'MAGA' hat

New questions have arisen about how far freedom of expression extends, and when is reaction, overreaction? This, after an elderly man was bullied for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat in Palo Alto.

Man arrested for assaulting Walnut Creek woman with stun gun, intent to rape

A Newark man has been charged for assault with intent to rape, attempted kidnapping and possession of child pornography after assaulting a woman with a stun gun. Police responded around 7:20 a.m. March 26 to the report of a 911 call from a woman who reported an assault.

Ghost Ship trial begins with debate over semantics; Oakland's mayor among many subpoenaed

The trial for two men charged in connection with the Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse fire got underway Tuesday morning, where both prosecutors and defense attorneys argued which witnesses and evidence should or should not be presented to the jury, leading to some controversial subjects.

'Horrible case of vandalism': Someone trashed Oakland elementary school over spring break

Teachers and students on Tuesday were greeted at Manzanita Community School in Oakland with a disturbing disarray of paint-smeared walls, strewn books and broken computers --  the day after a more-than weeklong spring break.

Brunei invokes laws allowing stoning for gay sex, adultery

SINGAPORE (AP) - New Islamic criminal laws that took effect in Brunei on Wednesday, punishing gay sex and adultery by stoning offenders to death, have triggered an outcry from countries, rights groups and celebrities far beyond the tiny Southeast Asian nation's shores.

Priest charged with 30 felony counts of child abuse after teen says he was molested

 A Catholic priest at a church in Fremont has been charged with 30 felony counts of lewd acts upon a child for allegedly molesting a boy over about 18 months in 2016 and 2017, Alameda County prosecutors said Tuesday.