California

The man who allegedly shot himself Friday after leading police on an 80-mile chase through three counties was still in critical condition Tuesday afternoon, the Solano County District Attorney's Office said. 

Flames tore through an Oakland apartment building on Tuesday afternoon.

San Francisco city leaders have released new data on the number of tents and structures on city streets, showing a drop in tents and homeless encampments in the city. But are there really less people on the streets?

San Jose police said the driver of a truck ran a red light Tuesday morning, killing a bicyclist in a city already plagued with traffic fatalities.

San Francisco police on Tuesday stopped a hit-and-run driver who reportedly hit two people, including a 14-year-old girl, in a pursuit through the city before crashing.

Oakland's newly hired police chief will officially start on Saturday.

An 11-year-old girl died days after she and three other children were hit by the driver of a silver Mazda pickup in a suspected DUI case in Cupertino, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office said on Monday. 

A small community news organization called Lookout Santa Cruz won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize on Monday in the breaking news category for its coverage of the catastrophic January 2023 floods in Santa Cruz County.

City Manager Dee Williams-Ridley has announced her resignation, Berkeleyside reported. 

One year after its launch, the city of Antioch is applauding the success of a special emergency response team.

A 14-year-old student said he witnessed a disturbing incident on a Muni bus when a male passenger went on a racist rant and pulled out a Taser on a bus filled with people.

A North Carolina family is now relieved after their loved one disappeared following an audition for a band in San Francisco but then was found safe.

Racism and police brutality came back to haunt Antioch police on Monday, as four murder suspects struck a plea deal eliminating possible murder convictions and knocking their charges down to manslaughter and other lesser charges.

State lawmakers held a hearing on Monday on SB 915, a bill aimed at giving local governments greater control over the operation of driverless vehicles in California cities.

An Alameda County Sheriff's Office dispatcher was killed by an alleged drunk driver in San Leandro while on her way to work, according to police.

A man suspected of firing a gun from his vehicle in Oakland in March has been arrested by California Highway Patrol, the agency said Monday.

Self-checkout lanes are increasingly utilized, lessening the need for more costly employee-staffed checkout stands.

Police combed through a neighborhood in Antioch for several hours on Monday, hunting for a homicide suspect.

A closer look at the California tourist spending numbers shows the short answer for the spending spike is inflation.