A Bay Area man who had been reported missing by his family was arrested Monday after scaling a fence outside the White House and claiming God told him to punch the President in the face.

The man busted for eating a sandwich at the Pleasant Hill BART station last week has taken a first step in moving toward suing the transit agency.

A man frustrated with cars racing by his Oakland home opened fire with an assault rifle at passing cars, killing a woman who was just passing by in her car, according to authorities.

The man who was shot dead by a Napa County sheriff's deputy after he fired at her point blank during a traffic stop was a Mexican national in the country illegally after being deported multiple...

Ride-hailing service Lyft has also banned a woman caught on camera coughing on and assaulting an Uber driver who refused service in San Francisco, the company announced Tuesday.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and the governors of Oregon and Washington on Friday issued a Multi-State Commitment promising to defend access to reproductive health care, including abortion and contraceptives.

Governor Gavin Newsom has reversed a recommendation to grant parole to Manson cult follower, Leslie Van Houten, who was convicted in the 1969 murder of grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife at their...

California has become the first state in the nation to require all workers in health care settings to be fully vaccinated against COVID.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday nominated Patricia Guerrero to be the state's next chief justice, picking the daughter of Mexican immigrants to lead the nation's largest judicial system.

Oakland police are investigating an act of vandalism that left a ceramic bust of Breonna Taylor severely damaged and a community outraged.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday morning announced that the state would mandate that all California school employees receive the COVID vaccine or submit to weekly testing.

Start-up mobility company Cangoroo announced plans to deploy hundreds of pogo sticks in select cities including San Francisco to compete with electric scooters as a transportation option.

All across the Bay Area this weekend, the warm fall weather will bring out many thousands of male tarantula spiders looking for females partners.

John and Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris disappeared from Alcatraz Island in 1962 and have never been found. But now a letter has surfaced.

A rare August storm system rolled through the San Francisco Bay Area early Sunday, packing a combination of dry lightning and high winds that triggered wildfires throughout the region.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new bill Friday that increases pay for low-income residents serving on jury duty.

Steph Curry shook off an injured foot to score 43 points and Andrew Wiggins added 17 points and 16 rebounds Friday night, lifting the Golden State Warriors to a 107-97 NBA Finals Game 4 win.

According to court documents, the Bay Area woman accused of starting the Fawn Fire in Shasta County last week was attempting to boil bear urine so she could drink it when she allegedly set off the...

Solid8 CEO Michael Lofthouse has resigned from the San Francisco Bay Area tech startup in the wake of the outcry triggered after he was videotapped delivering vulgar and racist comments toward an...

Facebook fired a senior engineer this week who collected evidence showing the social media company giving preferential treatment to right wing accounts.

The end of 2020 will mark the end of an era in San Francisco when the iconic Cliff House perched above the Pacific at the far western edge of the city closes permanently.

Golden State star Klay Thompson scored 30 points and Kevon Looney grabbed 22 rebounds, 11 on the offensive glass, Friday night to lead the Warriors to a 110-96 victory over Memphis to advance to the...

Joining the many U.S. cities where demonstrations for abortion rights took place Saturday, thousands of people marched in San Francisco in the Women's March for Our Reproductive Rights rally

At a funeral held for Cpl. Ronil Singh, mourners remembered the 33-year-old officer as a hard-working immigrant and a hero who made the ultimate sacrifice for his adopted country.

Two longtime nuns at St. James Catholic School allegedly embezzled as much as $500,000 in tuition, fees and donations, perhaps spending some of the money on trips and gambling at casinos.

A group of South Bay Trump supporters who were caught in an angry crowd during a 2016 protest scored a court victory Friday when a panel of judges ruled their lawsuit against San Jose police can go...

California would be the first state to require gun owners to buy liability insurance to cover the negligent or accidental use of their firearms, if lawmakers approve a measure from a Bay Area...

People who live near the Sanchez Street steps in San Francisco remain in shock after a car possibly involved in a carjacking plunged off the steps last weekend. Meanwhile, a neighbor captured a photo...

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office is investigating a group of men who disrupted a drag queen storytelling event on Saturday with homophobic and transphobic slurs.

Two San Francisco supervisors announced Thursday that they support a growing movement to remove Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's name from the city-operated public hospital.

KPIX reporter Betty Yu is speaking out after racist remarks about her were posted by conservative YouTube host Steven Crowder.

The Livermore police chief called on Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price to file more serious charges against a suspect accused of attacking two women during a robbery — all while wearing...

Steph Curry scored 31 points and had 11 assists Sunday night leading the Golden State Warriors to the brink of their sixth NBA Finals in eight years with 109-100 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.

On Saturday at Point Reyes, dozens of volunteers trekked 6 miles round-trip, carrying gallons of water, to replenish a watering hole used by tule elk trying to survive the drought.

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced Monday she's working to reverse plans to divert funding from the police department to social services and hire more officers to stem this year's spike in deadly...

Dozens of Alameda County sheriff's deputies have been taken off active duty after an internal audit revealed they were wrongfully hired after they score below passing grades on psychological exams,...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced the launch of the state's new "Californians For All" initiative and website aimed at organizing volunteers and donations in the effort to provide...

A new poll shows Sen. Bernie Sanders expanding his lead over his rivals in California, a little more than a month before the state's Democratic presidential primary.

San Francisco business owners and merchants plan to carry a coffin down Geary Boulevard on Monday in memory of Thom's Natural Foods, one of the latest businesses in the area that has closed due to...

Disability rights activists and advocates for Britney Spears backed a California proposal Wednesday to provide more protections for those under court-ordered conservatorships, while promoting...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for a federal investigation Friday of the Vallejo police killing of Sean Monterrosa following word this week that evidence in the case had been destroyed.

Four men wanted in Vallejo for stealing about $1 million worth of merchandise from Ross and another $500,000 from another retail store were arrested in Fairfield after police said two of them were...

A child who was abducted in a carjacking in Oakland on Saturday evening has been located and the suspect is in custody