State confiscates $56.5M in black market cannabis
Editor's note: This story has been updated since its initial publication. (The Center Square) - California officials announced this week that state law enforcement seized $56.5 million of illegally-grown marijuana plants in November, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom's office. State agencies conducted three raids in...
California house explosion caught on doorbell video
An explosion and fire in Hayward California njured multiple people and destroyed or damaged at least three structures, authorities said. Security camera video from a neighbor across the street showed construction vehicles in front of the address as a large explosion destroyed much of the main structure.
Redwood City woman slain in murder-suicide identified
(KRON) — Law enforcement officials released the identities of a husband and wife who died in a murder-suicide in Redwood City. According to police, 36-year-old Denise Alessan Madrigal Martinez was slain by her husband last weekend. The husband was identified by police as Armando Madrigal Barajas Jr., 36. The couple,...
Santa Clara County Becomes Bay Area’s First ‘ICE-Free Zone’
Santa Clara County has created the Bay Area's first "ICE-free zone," restricting federal immigration officers from using county properties for enforcement operations. The ordinance aims to limit federal immigration raids, though it allows arrests with judicial warrants.
San Jose family charged, 18 women rescued after $1M brothel network busted
Members of a San Jose family have been charged with multiple felonies, and more than a dozen women were rescued after authorities said they busted an alleged $1 million network of brothels.
Rain, snow returning to California. Here’s when a flurry of storms could hit
California’s dry spell is set to end as the National Weather Service has predicted a series of storms from the Bay Area to Sierra Nevada in the second half of December.
Man with two-foot-long machete arrested at San Jose business
(KRON) — The San Jose Police Department said officers responded to a report Wednesday evening where a man was seen brandishing a two-foot-long machete inside a San Jose business. SJPD said in a social media post Thursday that its Real Time Intelligence Center (RTIC) used a nearby public safety camera to track the...
Teen crews behind the surge in Bay Area home burglaries, police say. They’re targeting...
A wave of residential break-ins by groups of juveniles across four cities in the East Bay has prompted police to issue an unusually broad warning to homeowners.
The world’s largest beer company is shuttering its last Bay Area facility
Anheuser-Busch, the largest beer company in the U.S. and the maker of Budweiser, will close its last Bay Area brewing facility after nearly 50 years.
East Bay woman who embezzled $1.6 million from youth charity sentenced to prison
A former finance manager for a Bay Area charity that serves youth was sentenced to 27 months in prison for embezzling over $1.6 million from the organization, prosecutors said Wednesday.
