FBI and security leaders from 5 countries hold historic tech meeting in Palo Alto

The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Christopher Wray, was in Palo Alto on Tuesday, meeting with heads of intelligence agencies from Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

5,000-year-old wine found in queen’s tomb has clue about ancient Egyptian rulers

An archaeological team in Egypt found hundreds of wine jars in a queen’s tomb, among other goods, that offer new clues that challenge the way we know the ancient kingdom’s history.

Biden to travel to Israel amid concern that Israel-Hamas conflict could expand

President Joe Biden will travel to Israel on Wednesday to show support for the U.S. ally as concerns increase that the raging Israel-Hamas war could expand into a larger regional conflict.

Stand with Israel rally in San Francisco denounces violence along the Israeli-Gaza border

Sunday afternoon a group assembled at Civic Center plaza to show unity with Israel and denounce the violence that continues to take lives along the Israeli-Gaza border. 

Bay Area residents stuck in Israel begin returning home

Americans previously stuck in Israel are starting to return to the U.S. after flights were grounded there due to terrorist attacks about a week ago. Americans are being evacuated out of Israel to Germany and Greece, and then flown to American soil, the State Department said.

Joran van der Sloot to plead guilty in Natalee Holloway extortion case, court papers show

Joran van der Sloot tried to get money from Natalee Holloway's mother to learn the location of her daughter's body in 2010, according to U.S. prosecutors. He's expected to plead guilty to extortion next week.

Palestinians flee within Gaza after Israel orders mass evacuation and stages brief ground incursions

Palestinians scrambled to flee northern Gaza on Saturday after Israel ordered nearly half the population to flee south and carried out limited ground forays ahead of an  expected land offensive , as the war appeared set to escalate a week after Hamas'  bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel.  

'We’re gonna love harder than all the haters out there': SF congregants gather for Sabbath

One wick at a time, a small group of faithful gathered to light candles at the Congregation Chevra Thilim in San Francisco, as Jewish people around the world do each Friday before sundown to usher in the Sabbath.

Competing rallies in San Francisco over Israel-Hamas war

Organizers of a rally in the city's South of Market neighborhood by self-proclaimed anti-Zionist Jews who say they are opposed to Israeli air strikes and bombings in Gaza.

Some Hebrew schools close, others stay open with police nearby amid 'Day of Jihad' threat

In the wake of a reported "Day of Jihad" threat by a former Hamas leader, less than a week after a surprise attack in Israel, there was a wide range of responses by Bay Area Hebrew schools.