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.

Feds, local investigators working on SF Chinese consulate investigation

Local and federal officials are working to unravel the events that led up to a man crashing a car into the San Francisco Chinese consulate.

White House condemns a violent crash at the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco

The White House on Tuesday condemned a violent crash at the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco where a man rammed a car into the lobby, creating a chaotic scene that ended with police shooting the driver, who later died at the hospital.

Israel and Saudi Arabia: Why the Saudi response to Hamas attack matters to US

The Hamas attack on Israel is threatening to delay - or even derail - the yearslong push by the U.S. to improve relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Here's why.

Parents say Berkeley-born son's arm blown off before being taken hostage in Israel

The parents of a Berkeley-born 23-year-old spoke publicly Tuesday in Israel hoping that their son would return home safely after his arm was blown off and he was taken hostage.