With the two killings, Oakland police have now investigated 31 homicides in the city this year.  Last year at this time ...

As public frustration intensifies over street homelessness, Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging local governments across California ...

Rain was falling Monday morning in the Bay Area but was expected to be short-lived. After a warm weekend, cooler temperatures ...

A body washed up at Its Beach in Santa Cruz Friday, almost a week after a swimmer disappeared beneath the waves after ...

One of the nation’s top real estate firms has paid hundreds of millions to buy two big Campbell apartment complexes.

SAN FERNANDO — At least 10 people in the U.S. have been sickened in a listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat food products, ...

Stock markets rose sharply as the globe’s two major economic powers took a step back from a clash that has unsettled the ...

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats.

The crime was reported around 12:40 p.m. on May 2 in a residence on the 3000 block of 26th Street, near Garfield Square Park.

These craggy islands 27 miles from the Golden Gate are home to hundreds of thousands of birds and marine mammals — and a ...

DEAR VIVIAN: The rapper in question is a California towhee, and they have a well-earned reputation for tap-tap-tapping on ...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. abruptly announced his retirement at the end of the season Tuesday, a decision that will cost NASCAR its most popular driver as the series scrambles to rebuild ...