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This weekend, plenty of pumpkin patches premiere in California and across the nation. KTVU had the pleasure of pursuing them from Petaluma to Napa.

The San Ramon Police Department has shared surveillance video from the interior of Heller Jewelers as more than 20 smash-and-grab suspects, some of whom are armed with firearms, enter and begin ransacking the store with items like hammers and pickaxes. 

A man has been charged with double murder in the stabbing deaths of his wife and her mother in Walnut Creek.

At just seven years old, Varun Turaga from Pleasanton is preparing to compete in the world chess championship.

A 12-foot statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands appeared on the National Mall this week, put up by an anonymous group to mark “Friendship Month."

A Bay Area neighborhood is dealing with a very aggressive squirrel that has sent at least two people to the hospital.

Tuesday will be the hottest day of the week, with highs ranging from the low 80s to 102 well inland.

Scientists have conducted breakthrough research that could lead to a universal cancer vaccine, revolutionizing how the disease is treated.

A former Menlo-Atherton High School student who was attending another school at the time allegedly made posts on social media referencing a "possible threat," police said.

One person is dead and two people have been arrested after a shooting at the Augusta Mall.

The son of a woman murdered in 1997 is asking Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to stop the execution of Geoffrey Todd West, saying he forgives his mother’s killer and does not want the state to take his life, according to the Associated Press.

Police said the death is being investigated as “an industrial incident."

A missing girl from New York was found last week in a Chicago suburb with two men who authorities said were in the country illegally.

Manny Yekutiel , owner of Manny's Cafe in San Francisco, officially announced on Monday that he is running for District 8 Supervisor which represents the Castro and other neighborhoods when its current Supervisor, Rafael Mandelman terms out in January 2027. He is being endorsed by Mandalman. He spoke with KTVU's Amber Lee in a one-on-one interview about his plans and priorities. So far, Yekutiel is the only person who's officially announced his candidacy for the seat. There is at least one other person who's considering entering the race.

FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency arrested the man accused of shooting into an ABC news station in Sacramento. The man is now facing multiple federal charges.

Hundreds gathered Monday night at Wilcox High School to honor 16-year-old Isaiah Mendoza, a standout athlete and student who was killed in a car crash over the weekend.

SMART Train's extension to Healdsburg is on-track to open in about three years' time.