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PG&E said it has received dozens of reports of the emerging SmartMeter scam, aimed at robbing customers of hundreds, even thousands of dollars.

A woman is suing the San Francisco Fire Department claiming a firefighter injected her with a sedative against her will while she was protesting abortion rights at a Warriors game this summer.  

Dolores Canales and Jack Morris were both in prison for decades. Their love intensified over hunger strikes challenging California's use of solitary confinement. Now, the two won't ever be alone again.

A lawsuit has been filed against a Northern California county alleging the sheriff and other officials engaged in a racial targeting campaign to threaten and intimidate Asian Americans in an effort to "isolate them and drive them out of the region."

The murky and muddy mystery about what's in the Oakland Estuary water has been solved. Tests show harmful algae blooms or "red tides" are present in the estuary, as well as the Bay side of Alameda, and in Lake Merritt.

Visitors to Lake Merritt were being warned to be careful when near the water, especially with pets and young children, as the water was being tested for possible toxic algae bloom.

The city of Oakland has been awarded a $1 million grant to establish an electric bike "library" that would make some 500 e-bikes available to residents, particularly in low-income communities.

Scientists are testing the brown, murky water in the Oakland Estuary to determine if there's something harmful in it, following complaints and health fears.

A puppy was found wandering among the debris left by the raging McKinney Fire in Northern California, which had been hanging out near a home destroyed by the blaze.

Neighbors describe seeing unusually brown or rust-colored water in the Oakland estuary for days, despite the changing tides.