Hayward CA

On March 3, 2026, around 9:05 PM, Fremont Police and Fremont Fire Department responded to a small fire in the bike lane of a bridge near Niles Boulevard and Linda Drive. Firefighters quickly extinguished the flames, which involved burning wood. During the response, the remains of a dog were discovered in the...

Police warned of door-to-door home repair scammers in the East Bay posing as contractors and pressuring victims for large upfront cash payments, sometimes stealing up to $450,000.

An Oakland man expecting to walk out of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in early January instead found law enforcement officers waiting at the front gate with a criminal complaint, authorities say. The man, identified in court records as Dajean Evans, is accused of the May 25, 2022, shooting death of 49‑year‑old...

A self-described, extra-legal "squatter removal service" was allegedly being run by a sword-wielding, San Francisco-based guy who, along with two associates, now faces assault, burglary, and false imprisonment charges in San Mateo County. The charges, as KPIX reports, stem from a January 6 incident in which...

Law enforcement agencies in California disrupted an organized diesel theft ring tied to gas station thefts and black market resale. The investigation uncovered thefts across several counties totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars in stolen fuel. Similar diesel theft operations have recently been discovered on the...

Blink and you might miss it—but this tiny steam train delivers one of the most magical rides in California. Hidden among towering trees, it feels like stepping straight into a storybook. Deep inside Tilden Regional Park, the charming Redwood Valley Railway sends pint-sized steam trains chugging through groves of...

Two San Jose homes turned into evidence warehouses after Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies say they uncovered a stash of stolen merchandise tied to a pair of suspected serial shoplifters. Retail investigators had been tracking the duo, who authorities allege hit Bay Area stores nearly every day and funnelled some...

San Jose California Highway Patrol officers arrested a woman on Saturday after a violent crash that left her vehicle split in half. Officers responded after a call came in around 8 p.m., reporting the crash of a 2012 Ford Fusion into a tree on Interstate 280 south of Winchester, CHP officer Ross Lee told SFGATE in a...

Doctors are warning people to stay vigilant as a seasonal flu virus that can lead to pneumonia and bronchitis spreads in California wastewater and around the country. High levels of human metapneumovirus - also known as HMPV - have been detected across dozens of Northern California cities, according to the public...

The ceiling of a two-story building partially collapsed in Berkeley on Thursday morning sending at least one woman to the hospital, authorities report. Shortly before publication time, several other people were still being assessed at the scene. The woman, who is in her 60s, was able to talk but could not walk on her...