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A masked intruder has Pleasanton on edge after a string of residential break-ins turned violent, leaving a teenager pepper-sprayed and a local couple injured inside their own home, according to police. Investigators say the trouble started last Friday on Hansen Drive, when someone entered a house and pepper-sprayed a...

(KRON) — A 35-year-old South San Francisco man faces multiple charges after police said he threatened a Home Depot Pro security guard in an incident last month by saying he was going to “beat him” with an axe and subsequently “bury” him, according to Colma police. Police said officers responded around 1:30 p.m. on...

LOS ANGELES — California Superintendent of Public Instruction and gubernatorial candidate Tony Thurmond called on the federal government Friday to return and release a 6-year-old deaf student who was deported without critical medical devices and without due process. According to the family’s attorney, Nikolas De...

A Bay Area business owner is in legal hot water after an attempted squatter removal went wrong in January. He and two of the contractors he hired are facing several felony charges. The owner maintains that he is innocent, and he shouldn't be held criminally liable for the actions of...

One Marin County city has had nearly 100 car sales involving buyers claiming to use the vehicle in Montana, investigators said.

Grocery Outlet, the Emeryville-based discount grocery chain, will close 36 underperforming stores after reporting a $218.2 million fourth-quarter loss.

Last year, Oakland’s city auditor warned that Oakland is seriously understaffing its 911 dispatch center. The report echoed multiple other audits and investigations going back nearly a decade, showing that OPD’s emergency call center has lacked adequate staffing, undermining its ability to quickly pick up calls and...

MARIN, Calif. (KRON) — Drivers filling up at a Marin County gas station said prices are downright “outrageous.” Prices at the pump continued climbing Friday in the Bay Area, and AAA says they are recording enormous spikes statewide. At one Chevron gas station in Marin County, prices jumped 40 cents within hours, from...

Fire crews rescued a mountain biker on Friday who crashed in a remote area of a regional park in Contra Costa County, fire officials said.

The Berkeley Unified School District board approved the potential elimination or reduction in work for more than 120 classified employees within the district, as well as reassignment for 231 certificated employees. The notices target service provider staff such as safety officers, afterschool supervisors and...