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A 21-year-old Oakland man led Stanislaus County sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed pursuit through Modesto, escaped officers and then fled a second police vehicle, authorities said. He then was arrested when a police dog found him hiding in a backyard. Ricardo Villalvazo was booked into the Stanislaus County Public Saf

Authorities in Contra Costa County are searching for a suspect after a man was found fatally stabbed outside a home in Martinez on Thursday.

A California Highway Patrol crime suppression team spotted a reported stolen vehicle on International Boulevard near 79th Avenue Wednesday evening, setting off a chase through Oakland city streets that ended hours later with three people barricaded inside a vacant home and one loaded firearm tossed aside. By the time i

A 21-year-old San Jose man was shot and killed just before 1 AM on May 2 outside an apartment complex on Summerside Drive, and the man accused of pulling the trigger was, at that very moment, walking free while awaiting trial on an entirely separate murder charge out of Oakland. San Jose police say Micheal Teghen Amuch

California's unemployment rate remains among the highest in the nation as more residents turn to state benefits for financial support — but some say they're struggling to get help from the agency responsible for processing those claims.

A California woman in her 30s is in critical condition after two young brothers aged four and seven took their sleeping parents’ car for a fun spin and struck her as she walked her dog, local authorities reported. The incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. near the intersection of 35th Avenue and Mangels Avenue. The two

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. - A U.S. Postal Service worker returning from a break in San Leandro was punched without warning by a stranger, according to authorities. The assault happened around 3 p.m. July 27 on the back dock of the Estudillo Station Post Office at 1319 Washington Ave., according to the U.S. Postal Inspection

(KRON) — A suspected drug dealer was charged with murder Thursday in Contra Costa County. Ulzii Orshikh Batsukh, 26, of Alameda, is accused of selling narcotics laced with fentanyl that killed a 20-year-old Orinda resident in 2024. Thomas Griffin Wilson died Sept. 21, 2024, and the cause of death was later determined t

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, has stepped up its surveillance of thousands of immigrants in the Bay Area, utilizing new technology to do so. Mission Local reports the increased surveillance is part of the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, enacted about 20 years ago. In the San Francisco “area of.

As students return to school, public school districts across California are implementing new policies limiting cellphone use under a state law that took effect this summer. Here's what schools in the Bay Area are doing.