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Israelis gathered on Wednesday to commemorate the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack that killed 1,200 people, saw 251 taken hostage, and sparked a devastating war in Gaza that has left much of the territory in ruins and its 2 million people living in dire conditions.
A once sleepy immigration court in Concord is now bustling with new activity following the official closure of San Francisco’s immigration court in September.
Republicans are entering the final month of the midterm campaign increasingly anxious that the $1 billion at their disposal may not be enough to fend off sweeping losses as the party reckons with President Donald Trump ‘s unpopularity, persistent cost concerns and the fallout from the war in Iran .
A little more than a month after a San Carlos man was killed by a wrong-way driver in a fiery crash, his community came together to celebrate what would have been his 59th birthday.
A road project in Danville is showcasing a more earth-friendly way to fix California’s aging infrastructure, utilizing a process that developers say could reduce environmental impacts and cut costs to repair more roads for less.
California’s troubled Next Generation 911 upgrade is now embroiled in a lawsuit. A contractor that the state fired, NGA 911, is suing the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) demanding to be reinstated on the project and full payment from the agency.
Three friends of Nolan Wells, a Black college student who went missing from a Mississippi island during a Fourth of July celebration and was later found dead, are suing NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens for defamation.
San Jose has threatened to close a food pantry over code violations, but Mayor Matt Mahan said Tuesday he’s working on a solution that would keep the operation running and quell the code concerns.
The cost of diesel fuel is hovering around record levels, especially in California.
A man accused of killing his wife in Morgan Hill and then driving her to a San Jose hospital where he allegedly confessed to the crime has had previous run-ins with the law.
Eva Marie Saint, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning star best known for playing a New Jersey dockworker’s grieving sister in the Elia Kazan drama “On the Waterfront” and an elegant government agent in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller “North by Northwest,” died Tuesday. She was 102.
Barbed wire, yellow caution tape and “no trespassing” signs. Attorneys for the estate of Dolly Parton claim that Bryan Seaver, the late country music icon’s nephew, used these items to barricade his property in an attempt to avoid being served with a lawsuit accusing him of threatening to destroy Parton’s legacy .
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is awake and speaking at a hospital, her lawyers said Tuesday, six days after the state’s failed attempt to execute her by lethal injection left her unconscious and on a ventilator.
Two shootings and one car crash within minutes of each other rocked Vallejo on Tuesday morning, leaving two people dead and two others injured.
A group of candidates running for Berkeley City Council came together Tuesday morning to rally against surveillance technology outside City Hall.
Even before the first winter storm of the year, Sonoma County is declaring a local emergency in anticipation of above-average flooding expected from this season’s El Niño weather pattern.
Soap opera star Robert Kelker-Kelly has died, according to a Missouri medical examiner’s office. He was 62.
Dr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning early Monday that he had won a Nobel Prize for medicine for helping to open a new field of brain science called optogenetics.
A woman was struck and killed in a suspected hit-and-run collision on southbound Interstate 680 in San Jose late Monday night, according to the California Highway Patrol.
At least one person was killed early Tuesday morning on westbound state Route 92 in San Mateo after a vehicle collision, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The Oakland City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on a 45-day moratorium on new data centers amid concerns about noise and impacts on the electrical grid and water systems.
President Donald Trump sparked backlash from local and state leaders in California after saying at a campaign rally that Iran can “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego as a “small price to pay for keeping the world safe.”
Plague had not been detected among close contacts of a worker in an anti-plague laboratory in Siberia who died last week, with 60% of the identified group tested so far, officials in Russia said Tuesday.
The pilot who tried to bring down an Israel-bound flight had been planning a 9/11-style attack by crashing into the country’s main airport in Tel Aviv, a Middle Eastern official has told NBC News.
It’s official: Skydance-owned Paramount completed its blockbuster $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday.
Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that scientists believe offer clues to how the universe evolved.
As ballots officially begin arriving to California voters with the midterm election weeks away, the two Democrats running to succeed Nancy Pelosi in Congress faced off for their second debate in less than a week in San Francisco.
Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful “The PTL Club” TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died. He was 86.
A federal bankruptcy judge has rejected a plan from the Diocese of Oakland that would resolve nearly 350 sexual abuse claims and chart a path out of Chapter 11.
The Pentagon says President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the former Army major convicted in the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood.
Fleet Week officially kicked off Sunday in San Francisco with full pomp and circumstance, returning to normal after a government shutdown forced a heavily scaled-back event last year.
Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is now the largest in the U.S. in three decades. On Monday, the state surpassed South Carolina’s outbreak from earlier this year, which topped out at 997.
La Raza Historical Society is documenting and archiving the rich history of Silicon Valley.
The White House prohibited Politico on Monday from traveling on Air Force One with President Donald Trump as he heads to Nebraska for a campaign rally.
As Americans grapple with record-high gas prices, Amazon is offering Prime members a little more relief at the pump just in time for the holiday travel season.
A former Ohio music pastor and “American Idol” contestant has been sentenced to life without possibility of parole for killing his wife in their Dayton-area home earlier this year.
The death of a 28-year-old woman who worked in an anti-plague laboratory in Russia is raising concerns about what caused her illness.
A couple found shot to death outside their Oakland Hills home last week has been identified as Michelle Min and Bryan Walker, police officials announced Monday.
The start of the NFL season hasn’t gone according to plan for a handful of teams.
A Morgan Hill man is in custody following a disturbing murder investigation after police say he killed his wife and drove her body to a San Jose hospital.
Monday marks the first day of early voting in California for November’s midterm election.
Sea levels along the West Coast will begin to rise by up to a foot this month as a series of pulses of warm water called Kelvin waves hit the shoreline and move north, sparking concerns about beach erosion and flooding in areas already impacted by climate change and El Niño.
Much of the Bay Area is facing hot weather through Thursday, with moderate to major heat risks expected across inland communities, the National Weather Service said Monday.
Moviegoers were left frightened Saturday night after police responded with guns drawn to the AMC Saratoga 14 theater in San Jose.
A multiple-vehicle crash early Monday morning killed at least one person and temporarily shut down three northbound lanes on Interstate Highway 280 in San Jose, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Sunday evening, six jets flying in formation soared through the sky in the East Bay. These U.S. Navy Blue Angels jets traveled from Colorado for San Francisco’s Fleet Week.
Police in Marin County are investigating after antisemitic graffiti was posted at a school in San Anselmo, the Central Marin Police Authority said Sunday.
NOTE: The video in the player above is from a previous story. Dennis Hastert, the nation’s longest-serving Republican House speaker, who helped turn much of President George W. Bush’s agenda into law before his own political legacy was forever fouled by allegations that he molested high school athletes when he was a…
The Supreme Court’s new term begins Monday with cases on climate change , religious rights and President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration high on the agenda.
The death of a worker at an anti-plague laboratory in Russia has prompted officials to put at least one hospital facility under quarantine and nearly 200 people reportedly under medical observation as of Monday.
The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells.
Nuts are one of the most popular snack foods, and for good reason. They’re delicious, nutrient-dense and portable. Plus, there’s dozens of varieties to choose from.
A Cornell University student gave campus police leads in the alleged rape of Jane Doe in 2024 but expressed dismay over how the authorities handled the case.
Despite near-record temperatures in Santa Clara, the 49ers remained undefeated with a win over the Broncos on Sunday.
A 14-year-old Monterey County girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been rescued in Mexico and her father, who is suspected of sexually abusing her, has been arrested, authorities said.
A man died after a shooting in San Francisco Sunday afternoon, the police department said.
Police said they are investigating a report of what appears to be a hand grenade that was discovered in the water at Cooley Landing.
Gabby Williams had 25 points, 11 rebounds and five assists, Kiah Stokes added 14 rebounds and three blocked shots, and the Golden State Valkyries took Game 1 of the WNBA semifinals by beating the defending champion Las Vegas Aces 71-60 on Sunday.
A motorcyclist died following a crash in San Jose Sunday morning, the police department said.
Early indications suggest the Flydubai co-pilot accused of attacking his captain and trying to seize control of an Israel-bound plane acted alone, rather than as part of a larger organization or on behalf of a foreign government, multiple U.S. officials briefed on the investigation and a former Israeli security…
The woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Cornell University fraternity members has received threats pressuring her to drop her lawsuit, her attorney said Sunday.
Soccer fans heading to the sold-out Club América versus Chivas match at the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday gathered at the Fruitvale Transit Village for a lively pre-game celebration known as the Fiesta Futbolera.
If Bay Area residents thought the weekend was hot, brace for it. The National Weather Service has extended a heat advisory for most of the region to last at least through Wednesday.
President Donald Trump promised on Friday to give $90 rebate checks to offset premiums for millions of U.S. seniors on Medicare, his latest pledge to send money to Americans ahead of the midterm elections.
The search has been suspended for six people aboard a plane that went missing off Nantucket over the weekend, the Coast Guard announced Sunday night.
Cavan Sullivan became the youngest player to score a goal in U.S. men’s national team history, fellow teenager Julian Hall added another goal, and the Americans cruised to a 3-0 victory over Mexico on Saturday night in an international friendly that was the 80th match between the rivals.
Higher-than-normal temperatures were recorded in San Francisco on Saturday. San Francisco rarely sees temperatures in the 80s, but on Saturday, some neighbors saw temperatures reach the 90s. These temperatures forced some people to re-think their outdoor plans.
A crash sparked a fire at CaliBunga Waterpark in San Jose on Saturday, the fire department said.
A man was arrested in connection with a hit-and-run that turned into a crime spree in San Mateo early Saturday morning, according to the police department.
President Donald Trump is promising more payments to voters just ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections — this time, to more than 20 million seniors, giving them $90 each to help pay for Medicare premiums.
A man from Florida was arrested after allegedly stabbing another man in Brentwood on Friday night, according to the police department.
A six-story apartment complex in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood was evacuated Saturday after a lithium-ion battery caught fire.
A man died after a shooting in San Francisco early Saturday morning, the police department said.
The Environment American Research and Policy Center is looking for volunteers for a project aimed at protecting wildlife movement.
The head of Tennessee’s prison system is resigning, Gov. Bill Lee announced Saturday, the first major shake-up since the stunning failed execution of Christa Pike landed her on a ventilator at a hospital.
The U.S. Coast Guard says crews have found a debris field confirmed to be from the missing medical transport aircraft that was carrying six people from Bermuda to Boston when it lost contact with the Federal Aviation Administration early Saturday, prompting a massive search off Nantucket, Massachusetts.
A Flydubai pilot attacked his flight captain using a crash ax and tried to take control of the aircraft’s controls in an attempted terrorist attack, an official with the United Arab Emirates said Saturday.
The Google Maps red pin for the Hōlei Sea Arch, a rugged, 90-footbow formed by 550-year-old lava flows and the prolonged sculpture of the salty Pacific, now states, “Permanently closed.”
The Group of Seven wealthy democracies said Friday that they plan to release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel products in the coming weeks, starting with “substantial” amounts of diesel after the fuel recently hit record high prices in the United States.
Skyline High in Oakland is ending its varsity football season early after the school says it no longer has enough players available.
Gabby Williams scored 19 points and hit a go-ahead 17-footer with 1:17 remaining, and the Golden State Valkyries won a late replay review to finish a rally from 16 points down and beat the Dallas Wings 77-73 on Friday night in a wild deciding Game 3 of their first-round WNBA playoff series.
Electric vehicles are jumping to the top of the list for a growing number of car shoppers.
A North Bay newspaper says Flock cameras operated by the Marin County Sheriff’s Department were accessed thousands of times by out of state and federal agencies. Critics say that’s exactly the scenario they’ve been warning about.
A San Jose food pantry said it might have to close after the city gave it an order to stop handing out food because it is blocking parts of a public sidewalk.
A judge announced Friday he will not recuse himself from a retrial for the man accused in the death of Morgan Hill teenager Sierra LaMar .
When Michael Goessling, 59, heard his biological father’s voice for the first time last year, he swore he recognized it.
Sen. Alex Padilla of California made an impromptu visit to San Francisco International Airport’s immigration holding facility Thursday night in response to constituents’ concerns that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been using the facility more frequently in recent months at the direction of the Trump…
A deadly crash involving multiple vehicles on Interstate 80 in Berkeley is under investigation, according to the California Highway Patrol.
As San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood undergoes a metamorphosis from gritty industrial hub to hip cutting-edge neighborhood, a new museum has popped up to remind the neighborhood of its past.
Police bodycam footage released Friday shows the moment officers located and arrested Luigi Mangione at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s in connection with the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan.
A 61-year-old man and 63-year-old woman were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds outside their Oakland Hills home late Friday morning, according to police.
To become California’s next governor, Republican Steve Hilton must conjure up a feat of political wizardry, the equivalent of pulling voters out of thin air in a state that hasn’t elected a Republican to any statewide office in two decades.
A new plan aims to revitalize and develop a 100-acre stretch of the East Oakland shoreline.
The NFL suspended San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York for six games Friday following his arrest earlier this year in a prostitution sting in Ohio.
It’s October and time for flu shots. Medical experts urge getting a flu vaccination soon, before influenza starts spreading widely — and to get up to date on protection against other fall respiratory viruses, too. Updated COVID-19 shots are available now, plus shots for people especially vulnerable to another winter…
Jim Carrey is officially a married man once again. The “Truman Show” star tied the knot with longtime partner Min Ah in a private Los Angeles ceremony in September, according to a spokesperson for the actor.
A family of three and their dog were displaced after a fire heavily damaged two townhomes in San Jose early Friday morning.
The Indian airline captain who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight described Friday how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed him and the plane began a steep descent.
Thursday night in San Francisco, the two top candidates fighting for the California District 11 congressional seat met for a debate at the KQED headquarters.
It’s that time of year again. San Francisco Fleet Week is back. The fall tradition will be highlighted by the Blue Angels screaming across the skies, but there are plenty of other events to experience. Check out the guide below to learn more about Fleet Week events.