Social worker in critical condition after being stabbed by patient at SF General Hospital:...
The victim, a 31-year-old University of California San Francisco social worker, was attacked by a suspect wielding a kitchen knife and suffered multiple stab wounds in the attack, according to the San Francisco Sheriff's Office.
One of Alcatraz’s last living inmates reflects on his life on ‘the rock’
At 92 years old, Bill Baker has lived a long life — but he often speaks only about a small portion of it from more than 70 years ago. “I'm good at answering questions,” he said. “That's what I do, and I can answer questions all day long.” For more than 10 years now, that’s been his main occupation, but he was in a...
Another S.F. protester charged with assault after downtown confrontations with ICE
U.S. prosecutors charged a man with assaulting an ICE officer, marking at least the second criminal case to stem from clashes between protesters and federal agents in San Francisco this summer.
Richmond residents on the lookout for ICE: ‘Being out on patrol … that’s something...
It’s 7 a.m. on a Friday morning and Carolina Avelar is behind the wheel of her Chevy Volt, squinting through the glare of early light. Avelar, 27, is on lookout in Richmond’s busiest commercial streets for signs of Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity. She’s done the weekday morning shift for months.
Calif. loves gas stoves. Stanford keeps flagging the health hazards.
A new study adds evidence against the favorite appliance.
Charges filed after stabbing of Berkeley High student
A homeless man who attacked a Berkeley High student Wednesday for no reason has been charged with felony assault and child abuse, according to court records and police. Suspect Denarian Shipp had already been arrested by BART police that day on suspicion of battery, resulting from a fight on a BART train. He was...
Bay Area Marine, 21, dies in tactical vehicle accident during training at Camp Pendleton
Pfc. Tanner F. Rubio, a 21-year-old Marine from Dixon in Northern California, died Wednesday in a tactical vehicle mishap during training at Camp Pendleton.
Police: Hayward boyfriend attempted to cover up homicide
(KRON) — A Hayward man is accused of strangling his girlfriend to death before he allegedly tried covering his crime up by telling a bogus story to 911 dispatchers, investigators said. Susana Vallejos, 46, of Lathrop, Calif., died inside her boyfriend’s Hayward home at 1015 Highland Blvd., Hayward Police Department...
San Leandro man shot to death in Oakland, police say
(KRON) — A man from San Leandro was shot to death on the 5900 block of Market Street in Oakland Thursday. The Oakland Police Department responded to a shooting shortly after 10 p.m. Officers arrived and found the victim suffering from at least one gunshot wound. The man was taken to a local hospital, where […]
Woman killed in El Cerrito pedestrian-vehicle crash identified
(KRON) — A Richmond woman died Thursday weeks after being struck by a vehicle in El Cerrito, according to police. The Contra Costa County Coroner’s Office identified the woman as 66-year-old Donna Revecho. Revecho was hit by a vehicle on November 15 around 2:19 p.m. on San Pablo Avenue at Waldo Avenue, the El Cerrito...
