Police call on public to help find woman missing from Oakland since Saturday
A woman is missing from Oakland, and police on Thursday asked the public for help locating her. Adrianne Abraham, 32, was last seen at 7 a.m. Saturday in the...Read More
Magnitude 5.9 quake among 21 Mono County earthquakes in under one hour
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck near the Nevada-California border in Mono County Thursday afternoon. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the quake hit at 3:49 p.m. about 3 miles southwest...Read More
Charges allege ex-Public Works official concealed income from embroiled nonprofit
A former bureau manager for San Francisco’s Department of Public Works is facing several charges for allegedly failing to disclose more than a quarter million dollars in outside income,...Read More
Contra Costa Water District asks customers to cut usage by 10 percent
The Contra Costa Water District has called a Stage 1 water shortage and is asking customers to voluntarily cut water use by 10 percent. The district’s board of directors...Read More
Police arrest suspect in 1999 murder of Salinas auto dealership owner
A man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the cold case homicide of an auto dealership owner in Salinas in 1999, police said. Elias Gutierrez Diaz, 39, died in...Read More
Convictions, indictments mount in biotech trade secret theft case
A federal investigation of the theft of biotech trade secrets has resulted in the convictions of two people and in charges against two others. A former principal scientist at...Read More
Magnitude 3.6 magnitude earthquake strikes Lake Berryessa area
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck Napa County just after midnight Thursday. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the quake at 12:36 a.m. along Hardin Creek, about 7.5 miles southeast of...Read More
Santa Rosa installs backup batteries to keep traffic signals on during power outages
The city of Santa Rosa is installing backup batteries at 170 intersections, so that traffic signals keep working during power outages. The effort, made possible by a $1.4 million...Read More