SFPD kicks off holiday toy drive
The San Francisco Police Department’s 2016 Holiday Toy Drive kicked off Thursday.
Appeals court dismisses challenge against California egg law
A federal appeals court in San Francisco Thursday dismissed a challenge by six states to a California law that requires that eggs sold in California to be produced in compliance with the state’s standards for humane housing of hens.
UC Santa Cruz assault classified as hate crime
A case involving a student subjected to homophobic slurs and struck in the head by a rock at the University of California at Santa Cruz last week has been classified as a hate crime, school police said Thursday.
Man sues police for blinding him in one eye
A South Bay man is suing San Jose police for blinding him in one eye by shooting him with rubber bullets while he was threatening to kill himself last year.
2 men injured, displaced by house fire
Two men were injured when their house caught fire in San Francisco’s Outer Mission neighborhood Friday.
Bay Area council on Islamic-American relations denounces hate crime
The Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is denouncing an apparent hate crime on Monday in which a woman was targeted for an auto break-in at a Fremont park because she was wearing a headscarf.
10 people displaced by SJ apartment fire
Two people were rescued and a firefighter was injured in a fire that displaced 10 people at an apartment complex in San Jose Thursday morning.
Two crashes cleared on I-880
Both crashes causing major blockages on Interstate Highway 880 Thursday morning have cleared.