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Two Bay Area cities have been identified as being among the best U.S. cities to visit by Condé Nast Traveler in its annual Readers’ Choice Awards.

Police arrested 19-year-old Julian Gacutan in Oakland for his alleged role in a violent Sept. 5 takeover robbery at Kim Hung Jewelry in San Jose.

A person was found dead Thursday morning on the campus of Independence High School in San Jose, police said.

California's governor is busy signing bills into laws, from banning police masks to creating Diwali as a state holiday, from California State University admissions to making sure landlords provide basic appliances. Here is a look at some of the new legislation:

A Vallejo family is feeling very concerned after their father was arrested by immigration agents while returning home from a job site in Bay Point.

The San Francisco nonprofit allows artists with disabilities to thrive in a studio environment with their peers while also connecting them to artist communities.

Jonathan Rinderknecht, the 29-year-old man charged with starting what became the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, California, was in federal court in Orlando on Thursday. 

A federal judge partially granted a temporary restraining order halting President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois after hearing arguments challenging the legality of the action.

The campaign to recall Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton has ended.

One year ago, an abandoned Bull Terrier was left for dead, chained to a fence along Tampa's Interestate 75 as storm surges from Hurricane Milton rushed around the poor pup.

Cities and counties are struggling with a state mandate to build some 2.5 million housing units buy 2031, with some towns rebelling under the load. Mill Valley, a town of 14,000 people have to come up with a whole lot of homes and soon.

The San Jose Police Department says three adults were injured when two vehicles crashed in San Jose on Wednesday. Two of the people have life-threatening injuries, officials say. 

A former house cleaner is among three people suspected in a violent home invasion in Sonoma. Investigators said the robbery happened at a home where the woman was previously hired to clean.

Santa Rosa's Fire Department announced it has purchased new equipment and increased staffing to protect the community from future wildfires, as firefighters marked the 8th anniversary of the deadly 2017 Tubbs Fire.

A suspect was injured in an exchange of gunfire with officers from the Hayward Police Department on Wednesday, police say. Now he's been charged with multiple counts of murder. 

Four people were found dead Wednesday inside a home in San Francisco’s Westwood Highlands neighborhood in a possible murder-suicide, according to sources.