Waymo in Wine Country? Self-driving cars also expanding to Sacramento, San Diego in 2026
Waymo, a Mountain View-based self-driving car company, says it has clearance from the Department of Motor Vehicles to expand operations in both Northern and Southern California with its eyes set on San Diego next.
Moms helping moms: grassroots movement helping families buy groceries
Callie Flores and her mom, Raquel Smith are thankful. Thankful to the moms who sent them a gift card, so they could buy a week's worth of groceries.
Food aid for Bay Area families at risk as government shutdown enters 25th day
Bay Area food banks are bracing for a surge in demand with CalFresh funding expected to run out in November.
Mountain View teens create fire retardant used in Calistoga
Two Mountain View teens created a non-toxic retardant that helped protect homes from wildfires like the Pickett Fire.
Blind woman part of record-setting hike up Kilimanjaro
Kristie Colton is blind and she’s joining a group of hikers from around the world to become the largest group of blind hikers to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in the fall.
Beloved Bay Area firefighter dies at age 36 after cancer battle
He was a deeply respected firefighter and beloved husband and father. A Bay Area fire department is mourning the loss of one of its own, a 36-year-firefighter who died after a battle with cancer.
Google to pay $50M to settle Black racial bias suit
Google is set to pay $50 million to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming it paid Black workers less.
'American Nightmare' attacker Matthew Muller sentenced to 2 life terms in South Bay home invasions
A Santa Clara County judge on Friday sentenced Matthew Muller, who kidnapped and sexually assaulted Denise Huskins in an ordeal that Vallejo police initially branded a hoax, to two consecutive life terms after he pleaded guilty to invading two South Bay homes many years ago.
Mountain View man arrested for child sex assault from the 80s, 90s
A Mountain View man has been arrested over alleged sex crimes against children dating from several decades ago, the Scotts Valley Police Department shared Thursday.
Bay Area man won $7.5 million from a lottery scratchers; says he won't be quitting his job
Joel McCauley picked up a California Lottery scratcher ticket on his way to work, as he often does. The Bay Area man recently hit the top prize of "an astonishing $7.5 million."
'American Nightmare' attacker Matthew Muller pleads guilty in South Bay home invasions
Matthew Muller, who kidnapped and sexually assaulted Denise Huskins in an ordeal that Vallejo police initially branded a hoax, faces life in prison after pleading guilty Friday to invading two South Bay homes years earlier.
Kohl's to close these 5 Bay Area stores by April 2025
Kohl’s is closing a total of 27 "underperforming" stores across the U.S. by April 2025.
Vallejo kidnapper Matthew Muller charged in 15-year-old South Bay attacks
Matthew Muller, the man who abducted Denise Huskins in Vallejo, sparking a case in which police initially accused her of staging her own kidnapping, has now been charged by Santa Clara prosecutors with breaking into women's homes in Palo Alto and Mountain View, stemming from cases 15 years ago.
Woman and child go missing from Mountain View
Police in Mountain View are asking the public's help in locating a woman and child who have gone missing.
Mountain View barber on the run, charged with sexual assaults of two men
Authorities are searching for the 34-year-old barber who they suspect of assaulting at least 20 men dating back to 2018.
Freak accident in Mountain View exposes MRI safety flaws
An incident of a wheelchair being flung into an MRI machine, narrowly missing the patient in the room, is raising concerns among safety advocates.
Water line breaks closes down Mountain View streets
Streets have been shut down in Mountain View Thursday afternoon due to a water main break, officials said.
House fire turns deadly in Mountain View, fire captain injured
A mobile home in Mountain View burned down in flames early Saturday, killing a resident and injuring a fire captain.
These 4 California suburbs listed among safest in U.S., and they're all in the Bay Area
Four California cities made a new ranking of America's safest suburbs, and all were in the Bay Area.
Info sought about man who allegedly exposed, touched himself at public library
Police are asking for the public's help to find more possible victims in an indecent exposure incident at a Mountain View library.