Former executive director of San Francisco city department arrested
A former executive director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission was arrested on Monday on suspicion of misusing millions of dollars. Sheryl Davis, the former director of the city department focused on civil rights and equity, is facing several felony charges after an 18-month investigation revealed that she...
Woman Rescued from Rip Current in San Francisco Says Stranger Who Called 911 Is...
“I want to say, thank you so much. Because I now have a future because of this person," the woman said
Oakland: Police, Volunteers Search East Oakland Park For Missing Coffeeshop Owner
Law enforcement and dozens of volunteers searched an Oakland park on Tuesday for a missing coffeeshop owner who hasn't been seen for about week. Amy Hillyard, 52, is the owner of the beloved Farley's coffee shops and was originally last seen at about 2 p.m. last Wednesday in the 500 block of Radnor Road in Oakland's...
West Berkeley fire torches 2 apartment buildings, displaces 10 families
An early-morning two-alarm fire torched two West Berkeley apartment buildings and forced 10 families out of their homes Tuesday. A 911 caller first reported the fire, on the 2300 block of Ninth Street, shortly before 3 a.m., Deputy Fire Chief Keith May told Berkeleyside in an email. When firefighters arrived,...
Boyfriend told police he was ‘dry-firing’ gun in accidental killing of girlfriend
SAN FRANCISCO - KTVU has learned that the man charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of his girlfriend in San Francisco's Sunset District last week told police he was "dry-firing" a gun that went off and shot her while she was showering. What we know:. The suspect, Nation...
As 3 Oakland homeless shelters close, city and residents question outcomes
On Tuesday, the first chilly morning in days, about 10 people lingered in anticipation outside of the tiny-home shelter where Third and Peralta streets converge in West Oakland. A dog named Bud chased a tennis ball around them. It was scheduled to be the last day for the shelter, which...
Bay Area double murder suspect charged with third murder in L.A. County
A Northern California man accused of killing his wife and her mother has been charged in connection with a third murder in Los Angeles County, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office announced. Police in Walnut Creek, a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, responded to a residence on...
Late-Night Oakland Liquor Store Shootout Lands Two In Federal School-Zone Hot Seat
Two Oakland men are now facing federal charges after what prosecutors describe as a chaotic late-night shootout outside a west Oakland liquor store that sits across the street from an elementary school. According to a recently filed complaint, the gunfire erupted in the Bottles & Liquor Market parking lot on Market...
San Leandro police chief investigated for hit and run: Here’s why she hasn’t been...
"Chief, you have to answer to the public, you realize that, right?" The ABC7 Eyewitness News I-Team questions San Leandro's police chief about why she left the scene of an off-duty accident in her unmarked police car.
A rowdy, 153-year-old Bay Area dive bar shuts down
A Contra Costa County city loses a longtime dive bar, plus more Bay Area restaurant closures.
