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A San Leandro community is mourning the loss of a military veteran who died following a house fire Wednesday night. The victim, identified as Mike Morgan, a man in his seventies, was rescued from his home on Carmel Court but later died at the hospital. Isaac Vuong, a 22-year-old volunteer reservist with the Alameda Cou

A Milpitas man is among those missing following the catastrophic floods and mudslides along the Nepal-Tibet border. Floods and mudslides along the Nepal-Tibet border have buried homes, swept away roads and left entire communities under debris. More than 1,000 people were reported missing; among them was 48-year-old Pra

Jose Jesus Rodriguez, 34, was charged by Alameda County prosecutors with murder, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon in a spree of random stabbings in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood.

A 17-year-old faces charges in connection with a shooting that killed one person and injured six others at a pop-up birthday party near Morgan Hill.

The Bay Area will get its best chance at measurable rainfall in nearly two months on Friday as a second surge of moisture from former Tropical Storm Iselle moves in.

A man in his 70s was found deceased on the sidewalk near a Berkeley homeless camp Wednesday night, authorities report. The man was reported to be unresponsive in a sleeping bag or blankets at about 8:20 p.m., Berkeley police said in response to a Scanner inquiry. Arriving paramedics quickly declared the man deceased in

America’s happiest city isn’t a tropical escape. A new ranking points to a surprising combination of health, stability and community.

The Bay Area Air District Hearing Board has ordered Newby Island Landfill to significantly increase air monitoring, reduce emissions and take major steps to cut the odors that have plagued Milpitas and northern San Jose for years. The order comes after regulators found the 342-acre facility was improperly measuring its

Hercules Police Department Detectives recently participated in a multi-agency operation hosted by Walnut Creek PD and the Contra Costa County Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, targeting adults who used social media to target children for sexual exploitation. (See related article) During the operation,

Perhaps you’re in the market for an Imperial Walker? Or the head of a wampa, the furry white creature that menaced Luke Skywalker on the ice planet of Hoth?. Friday might be your lucky day. After four decades in West Berkeley, legendary effects pioneer Phil Tippett is shutting down...