Crime And Public Safety
San Mateo, Burlingame police shoot, injure man brandishing a gun
Officers involved placed on administrative leave as District Attorney conducts investigation.
3 Bay Area real estate professionals sentenced to prison in $55 million fraud scheme
The scheme was carried out from 2018 to 2022, which involved submitting fake income documents.
One juvenile dead, three others injured after South Bay pursuit of stolen car ends in crash
The pursuit started in Cupertino about 3:05 a.m. and ended with the crash in Saratoga.
At least 6 cars destroyed in Sherman Oaks carport fire early Thanksgiving morning
It took 45 firefighters 43 minutes to extinguish the blaze in the carport of an apartment complex.
Holiday an occasion to share grief, community after East Bay tragedy
Community members say all three who died and a fourth who was injured were alumni of Piedmont High School.
Big-rig crash on Bay Bridge snarls traffic
Four lanes of the lower deck of the Bay Bridge were closed for almost four hours Thursday morning after a truck jackknifed.
Dead body discovered off of exit on I-880
The CHP received the first reports about the body about 5:30 a.m.
Jury finds East Bay siblings guilty of charges in 2021 slaying of missing Carmel teen
After a five-week Solano County Superior Court trial and three days of deliberations, a jury on Tuesday found the Quintanilla siblings guilty of respective charges related to the Oct. 30, 2021, gunshot slaying of a 19-year-old woman in Fairfield. Seated at the defense table in Department 11, Jessica Yesenia Quintanilla, 24, of Pittsburg, held her []
Judge rules against blocking UC Santa Cruz pro-Palestinian protester evictions, cites safety concerns
A Santa Cruz judge denied Tuesday a court injunction seeking to temporarily halt UC Santa Cruz's practice of mass banning of students and faculty members without individual fact-finding hearings.
Unidentified body recovered near Santa Cruz County beach
Emergency responders retrieved the body of an unresponsive man from the ocean north of Davenport Beach over the weekend.
Pedestrian and dog killed in Santa Cruz County hit-and-run ID’d
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's-Coroner's Office has identified a pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday.
‘Cat up a tree’ call leads to capture and relocation of California mountain lion
The mountain lion was captured and eventually relocated to a remote forest area after a family noticed their dog had chased a “cat” up a tree.
Vacant California home where 12-year-old boy was killed had recent history of trespassing reports
The property owners — who plan to tear down and redevelop the site — have repeatedly boarded it up and tried to keep it secure
DUI suspected in fiery crash that killed 3, including 2 boys, on California freeway
The driver of a car that caught fire was arrested.
22 riders stuck on Knott’s Berry Farm thrill ride for 2 hours
The Sol Spin ride that looks like a flying blender strands riders six stories in the air when it suddenly stops working.
Man, 61, suspected of booby-trapping Santa Monica home with jury-rigged shotguns
A shotgun was discovered mounted on top of a workbench, with a spring-loaded firing pin with a wire attached. Another shotgun was mounted next to a gate.
Yoga teacher going to prison for defrauding Malibu eye doctor with $60M fortune
Anna Rene Moore and then-boyfriend Anthony David Flores moved in to the doctor's beachfront home and slowly took control of his life, prosecutors said.
Man gets life in prison for killing ex-girlfriend during custody exchange at Hawthorne police station
28-year-old Brenda Renteria was fatally shot on April 7, 2019.