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On Tuesday morning in Manteca, 16-year-old high school student Mia Mirante walked back and forth in the cold fog, helping to load backpacks containing feminine hygiene bags into a van to be distributed to unsheltered women at the 2022 Point-in-Time Count. 

California showed signs it turned the corner on the omicron wave of the coronavirus pandemic, with infection rates falling and hospitalizations well short of the overwhelming deluge officials feared a few weeks ago.

A crucial letter that will help child tax credit recipients figure out how much money the IRS still owes them may contain incorrect information.

A man who was shot while attempting to help a robbery victim on New Year's Eve at the Sunvalley Shopping Center in Concord has died at a hospital, police said Thursday.

San Francisco police have linked another victim to the serial killer known as The Doodler, who targeted gay men decades ago.

Wednesday was the deadline for people to leave a homeless encampment in Concord that had been the source of numerous complaints by neighbors.

Schneider's success put her in the ranks of Ken Jennings, who's serving as guest host, and the quiz show's other all-time greats. It also made Schneider, a trans woman, a visible symbol of achievement for often-marginalized people.

Amy's Kitchen, the organic prepared foods company established 35 years ago in Petaluma, has found itself embedded in a labor dispute over workplace health and safety issues.

The LGBTQ+ neighborhood is known for its nightlife, but over the years the number of bars in the area has dwindled to fewer than 10.

A legally armed jewelry store owner in San Bruno thwarted a smash-and-grab robbery attempt by five men at his shop, authorities said.

The attorney for a whistleblower in a sex abuse coverup at San Jose State University announced Tuesday that the university had agreed to a $560,000 settlement of a civil lawsuit filed against the school and its former athletic director, Marie Tuite.

Under the ordinance, before filling out a three-day eviction notice, landlords must provide a tenant with a 10-day warning period that allows the tenant to correct the behavior that could lead to eviction.

The latest stolen French bulldog to reunite with its rightful owner was announced Tuesday by Alameda County Sheriff's Office. 

Yet another store in San Francisco, falling victim to thieves, who made off with thousands of dollars worth of antique jewelry and watches. The owner of Gaslight & Shadows Antiques says she’s just latest business on her street in the Richmond District to be targeted by crooks like these.

The California Department of Public Health confirmed that there are 11 cases of the new omicron subvariant in the state.

A proposed open air rock and gravel year near the Bay Bridge ports has raised concerns around pollution.

The 16-year-old sold the drugs to the girl in 2020. Dalilah Julianna Mederos Guerrero died shortly after consuming three-quarters of a single pill, prosecutors said. The girl became the youngest person to fatally overdose in the county that year, according to the DA.