East Palo Alto marks zero homicides in 2025 as city sheds violent past

East Palo Alto recorded zero homicides in 2025, a milestone city leaders say reflects years of progress for a community once labeled one of the most violent in the nation.

Man harasses woman, attacks Good Samaritan at San Carlos Caltrain station

The search continued Wednesday for a man caught on video harassing a woman at the San Carlos Caltrain station and attacking a Good Samaritan who came to her aid.

Good Samaritans step up during Menlo Park house fire

Cell phone video captured the dramatic scene as the good Samaritans banged on the doors and windows of the burning home.

‘Looked like a lagoon’: Menlo Park residents wake up to flooded streets

Streets in Menlo Park were flooded early Wednesday morning, prompting police and fire crews to go door to door warning residents to shelter in place and prepare for possible evacuations in a neighborhood near the Meta campus.

Woman saved from burning car after it plows into Redwood City ACE Hardware store

Officials in Redwood City say a female driver plowed into the front of the Hassett ACE Hardware store in the Woodside Plaza Shopping Center on Monday night. 

2 heroes take action in Redwood City saving woman from burning car
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Two employees of an ACE Hardware Store in Redwood City took action to pull an elderly driver from her burning car. This, after police say she confused the gas pedal for the brake and plowed into the store, sparking a fire.

Playhouse building competition raises $40K for longstanding, well-known Bay Area nonprofit

It was like a Santa's workshop on Thursday at the Cow Palace in Daly City, where dozens of volunteers were busy building playhouses, raising $40,000 for a longstanding, well-known Bay Area nonprofit.

Daly City passes resolution as tenants describe unsafe living conditions

Daly City tenants packed City Hall to demand stronger renter protections as the City Council passed a resolution supporting housing stability and studying a future anti-harassment ordinance.

New ferries coming to both Bay Area ferry systems for fun, commuting, and disasters

While mass transit continues its slow recovery from pre-pandemic days, the aging of buses, trains and ferries is looking up as more new equipment hits the road rails and waves. The freeways are not free of more and more vehicles, while ferries face little traffic even at the peaks of terrestrial transit.

Man drowns in Pescadero; 8th drowning along California coast this year

The drowning is the eighth along the California coast in the past year — and the fourth in the last month on either the Monterey or Humboldt County coastlines.

High tides, coastal flooding, dangerous surf across Bay Area

High tides, coastal flooding and dangerous surf conditions are expected across the Bay Area beginning Tuesday, prompting a coastal flood advisory that will remain in effect through Sunday, forecasters said.

Minors among arrests in $6,000 Lululemon theft in San Mateo

A 19-year-old man and three minors were arrested after allegedly stealing $6,000 in merchandise from a San Mateo Lululemon.