Closer Will Smith named sole Giants All-Star
Major League Baseball announced Sunday that San Francisco closer Will Smith will make his first All-Star Game appearance.
Bay Area rallies to ‘Close the Camps’
Rallies are planned Tuesday around the Bay Area to protest conditions at controversial U.S. immigration detention centers. Protesters will gather in San Francisco, Walnut Creek …
Officials investigate suspicious homeless camp fire
Fire crews on Sunday morning extinguished a suspicious blaze that burned a homeless camp near Fremont’s Niles neighborhood. No injuries were reported in the fire, …
Pillar pounds D-Backs, Posey finds his groove in Sunday win
Ace Madison Bumgarner (W, 5-7, 4.02 ERA) made his 13th quality start of the season Sunday afternoon at Oracle Park, tossing seven dominant innings against …
Second person dies after Highway 24 wrong-way crash
A second person has died following an early morning wrong-way crash early Sunday on state Highway 24 in Orinda.
Man dies in fatal Western Addition shooting
A man was fatally shot early Sunday in San Francisco’s Western Addition neighborhood.
Giants halfway to nowhere as they slide into second half
The Giants have played exactly 82 games, and it’s not an especially encouraging view just beyond the halfway mark.
Emergency order would cap Vallejo rent increases at 10 percent
The Vallejo City Council is set to ratify an emergency ordinance this week that prohibits landlords from raising rents more than 10 percent.
Greinke outlasts Pomeranz, Giants bullpen falters in 4-3 loss
The usually-reliable San Francisco bullpen sprung a leak, putting a damper on Drew Pomeranz’s gem.
Bicyclist helicoptered to hospital after trail accident
A man was hospitalized Saturday after an apparent bicycle accident on a trail in eastern Contra Costa County.
Quakes erupt, silence Galaxy in 3-0 ‘California Clasico’ win
The Valeri Qazaishvili resurgence continued Saturday night, along with an insane rate of scoring.
One dead in Oakland street racing crash
One man was killed late Saturday afternoon when a car veered out of control and into a utility pole in what Oakland police said appears …
After months of unpaid suspension, Larry Baer returns to Giants front office
The Giants board of directors announced Saturday the team’s CEO and president Larry Baer will return to the organization Tuesday.
Homeless debris catches fire, slows Highway 101 traffic
San Jose firefighters put out a fire Saturday afternoon at the City of San Jose Mabury Road corporation yard.
Crawford collects hit No. 1,000 as Giants top D-Backs
A spirited performance from rookie Shaun Anderson seemed nearly an afterthought Friday night
Two people suffer smoke inhalation in Antioch apartment fire
Two people were hospitalized in a fire Friday evening in Antioch, officials with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said. The fire was reported …
Union City BART reopens after fatal pedestrian collision
The Union City BART station has reopened following a fatal pedestrian collision Friday morning, BART officials said. A man died after being hit by a …
Four-alarm construction site fire prompts nearby evacuations
Santa Clara fire crews are battling a four-alarm blaze at an apartment building construction site at the corner of El Camino Real and Scott Boulevard, …
Second person struck by SMART train in two days
A person was hit Friday morning by a Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit train in Rohnert Park, the second pedestrian incident in two days on the …
Bacteria lands four Bay Area beaches on ‘most polluted’ list
Four Bay Area beaches ranked among the most polluted in California.
Giants mystified by rookie Alex Young in debut win
An uneducated bystander could have been forgiven for thinking the Giants were facing not a rookie making his major league debut.
One night, three separate Oakland shootings
Three men were wounded in three separate shootings in different parts of Oakland on Wednesday night but all of them are in stable condition, police …
DMV shuts down half day to prepare for REAL ID rush
As more Californians head to their local Department of Motor of Vehicles field office to apply for a REAL ID card, the department is stepping …
San Jose house fire displaces six people
Six people have been displaced after a house fire in San Jose’s Cambrian Park neighborhood Thursday afternoon. The fire was reported at 14272 Bercaw Lane …
Murder-suicide shines light on domestic violence as identities released
Five people who died in a South San Jose murder-suicide Sunday were identified Thursday by the Santa Clara County medical examiner’s office. The victims were …
Total Sonoma County homeless population declines, increases among younger people
The number of homeless people in Sonoma County declined 1.5 percent during the past year, according to the results of a point-in-time count in January. …
Crews fight Cambrian Park two-alarm house fire
San Jose firefighters are responding to a two-alarm house fire in the Cambrian Park neighborhood Thursday afternoon. The fire was reported at 14272 Bercaw Lane …
Trump threatens census delay after Supreme Court blocks citizenship question
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked for now a plan by the administration of President Donald Trump to include a citizenship question on the …
Burglary suspect flees police in RV, ends up in jail
A 34-year-old woman was arrested after fleeing the scene of a burglary in Concord and then leading authorities on a pursuit in a recreational vehicle …