San Jose police arrest suspect in hit-and-run that left woman dead

Police were called on Monday to Santa Clara and Cahill streets to investigate a deadly hit-and-run involving a car and scooter.

San Jose police arrest 2 allegedly hiding out in cavern

Two people were arrested in San Jose on Thursday after allegedly being found hiding in a cavern with illicit drugs.

Father walking with son stabbed to death outside school; SFPD arrest suspect

A father walking with his son was stabbed to death outside Commodore Sloat Elementary School, the San Francisco mayor and police said on Friday, and a suspect was arrested within 48 hours.

BART pays $6.75M after shooting woman, making false assertions

BART has agreed to pay $6.75 million to a 33-year-old woman whom they shot in the back and then made false assertions about her driving recklessly and assaulting an officer, the transit agency and plaintiff's attorneys announced on Friday. 

East Palo Alto councilman stripped of board appointments over language

East Palo Alto City Councilmember Carlos Romero was reprimanded Wednesday during a rushed special meeting that ended with him being removed from all boards and commissions he was appointed to.

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Today will see fog then son.

Suspect arrested in Dublin narcotics bust, jailed for numerous felonies including child endangerment

Weapons, three kilograms of cocaine, $15,900, drug paraphernalia and evidence consistent with the manufacturing of cocaine were seized from a home in Dublin on Thursday, officials with the Alameda County Sheriff's Department say.

Suspects scatter after Milpitas jewelry store owner fires warning gunshots

Business owners in two Bay Area cities used weapons to open fire at would-be robbers. Experts say the reliance on firearms is a reaction to an increasingly violent American culture.

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Tonight through Friday, the upper level low that enables showers to the north and east of the Bay Area will diminish and move off to the east, with a ridge setting up behind the low pressure system. This will shut off our rain chances for the rest of the week and contribute to warming temperatures and drier humidity's. Highs in the inland valleys will rise to the mid and upper 80s and up to near 90 in the warmest locations. The rest of the region remains relatively stable. A late summer heat wave begins Sunday through Thursday with the hottest day on Tuesday. Expect near 80 at the coast and 100 inland.

Pickett Fire is out but rain danger lies ahead

Even though there's plenty of peak fire season left, towns that experienced wildfires this year, have to be thinking about what comes next. "Next" could very well be dirt and debris laden water and mud.

Cake lovers unite: Massive Bay Area cake party to return

A popular cake-lovers’ extravaganza is set to return, and it will not only offer a chance for Bay Area cake lovers to converge, but it will be held at a new and much-anticipated waterfront park.

Pedestrian struck and killed in Downtown Oakland

Oakland police said it is currently not known whether drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash.

Surviving suspects booked for homicide in Oakland Cash for Gold gun battle

Oakland police on Thursday addressed what occurred at Eddy Cash 4 Gold, where a shop owner exchanged gunfire with five attempted robbery suspects and two of them died. 

Newsom’s bid to fast-track Delta tunnel stalls again

In a blow to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ambitions to replumb the Delta, California lawmakers once again punted on his plan to fast-track a deeply controversial $20 billion tunnel project that would funnel more water to the south.

Father of 19-year-old killed in Oakland warns young people to stay off streets

The father of a 19-year-old killed this past weekend in downtown Oakland hopes his son's death will serve as a life lesson for other young people to stay off the streets and for parents to be involved in their children's lives.