‘Stop AAPI Hate’ tracking project gets $1.4 million state funding boost
Organizations tracking anti-Asian violence and racism since the Covid-19 pandemic began last March received a $1.4 million funding boost with Monday’s passage of Assembly Bill 85. Assemblyman Phil Ting...Read More
Suspect in custody after fatal SoMa stabbing
Police are investigating a stabbing that killed a 24-year-old man Monday night in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood. Around 8:30 p.m., officers responded to the corner of Otis...Read More
Investigators determine space heater caused deadly boat fire
A fire that killed a man and caused his boat to sink at the Bethel Island Marina earlier this month was caused by the improper use of a portable...Read More
Council considers approval of controversial 1,500-home Pittsburg development
The Pittsburg City Council is considering approval Monday of a controversial 1,500-home project proposed for the city’s southern hills. The Faria/Southwest Hills project, approved by the city’s Planning Commission...Read More
Covid-19: A look at hardest hit states as nation mourns 500,000 lives lost
The U.S hit an expected but still grim milestone Monday afternoon as the Covid-19 death toll exceeded 500,000. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris planned a Monday...Read More
Five people fall ill after faulty water heater sets off carbon monoxide alarm
Five people were being treated at Kaiser on Sunday afternoon, after a faulty water heater set off the family’s carbon monoxide alarm in Vallejo. Firefighters responded to a 911...Read More
Visitacion Valley victim takes self to hospital with gunshot wound
A shooting in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley neighborhood on Saturday afternoon sent a person to the hospital, according to police. Officers responded around 3:45 p.m. to a ShotSpotter gunshot...Read More
Weather service warns Tuesday will bring high winds across Bay Area
The National Weather Service is forecasting windy weather coming to the Bay Area later this week that could topple trees and cause power outages. With recent rain in the...Read More
Magnitude 3.8 earthquake hits near Gilroy
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck at 5:38 p.m. Sunday 5.5 miles east-northeast of Gilroy and 11.2 miles east-southeast of Morgan Hill, according to the United States Geological Survey. The...Read More
Sheriff’s office calls on public help to find missing 11-year-old girl
The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating an 11-year-old girl who ran away from her mother Friday evening in unincorporated Redwood City. Emely...Read More
Two first responders suffer injuries in Antioch drive-by shooting
A Stockton man was arrested in Richmond late Saturday for suspicion of attempted murder in the drive-by shooting incident that injured a firefighter and a paramedic in Antioch. The...Read More
Investigation leads to seven arrests across two counties, 19-pound meth seizure
An investigation by the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration led to the arrests of seven people and seizure of about 19 pounds of methamphetamine...Read More
San Jose shooting victim dies in city’s fifth homicide of year
One of San Jose’s three unrelated shootings this morning is now a homicide investigation, according to police late Saturday afternoon. On its Twitter page, police said the shooting, in...Read More
Feds add charges to case against former Stanford researcher with Chinese military ties
In July of 2020, federal prosecutors brought criminal visa fraud charges against a Stanford University medical researcher who was allegedly a secret member of the Chinese military. On Thursday,...Read More
Market fire spreads to upstairs apartment units, displacing eight
Eight people were displaced from apartments above a neighborhood market that burned Saturday morning in San Jose, fire officials said. Neighbors spotted smoke about 6:45 a.m. coming from the...Read More
Three separate Saturday morning shootings rattle San Jose
A third injury shooting investigation is underway Saturday morning in San Jose, where police responded to two unrelated shootings earlier in the day. Police said shortly after 8 a.m....Read More
Police save vaccine batch after high-speed pursuit of robbery suspects
Police arrested a man and a teen boy suspected of robbing a woman at a bank’s ATM Wednesday afternoon and helped to save a batch of COVID-19 vaccines in...Read More
Covid-19: Counties expand vaccine eligibility, Newsom battles Legislature on school proposal
A number of key developments emerged this week on vaccine and school reopening fronts throughout California and in the Bay Area, though the school issue is far from settled. ...Read More
Twenty-seven California counties get green light for outdoor youth sports
Outdoor youth sports will soon be allowed to resume in California counties that meet a threshold for coronavirus cases, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday. Outdoor sports like football and...Read More
Detective digs up old fingerprint evidence leading to arrest in 1979 homicide
A 41-year-old cold case homicide suspect is in custody after a Sunnyvale police detective dug up old fingerprint evidence left at the scene of the crime. Since 2018, Detective...Read More