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California has a new way to police drivers, and it doesn’t involve patrol cars or flashing lights. Instead, a growing network of automated cameras is watching intersections, school zones, and major roadways, quietly recording violations and mailing citations directly to vehicle owners. No traffic stop. No officer....

SHOPPERS are finding a way around a state’s bag ban, but plenty of customers are still being hit with surprise charges at checkout. The split means some people can still leave stores with plastic bags, while others are being told to pay for paper instead. The loophole is in...

A San Francisco home where four family members died in a murder-suicide last fall has been listed for $1.5 million.

In Bruce Jenkins’ experience, there was never a teammate quite like fellow San Francisco Chronicle columnist Scott Ostler, who retired last week.

NEVADA COUNTY, California - The body of a 19-year-old Petaluma man was recovered from the Truckee River by rescue divers on Monday after he went missing while swimming on Saturday, officials say. What we know:. The search for the victim, Brian Marcellino Gallardo, began on Saturday, according to the Nevada...

Ann Nomura was driving to work at a nursing home in Hayward on March 4 when an Alameda County Sheriff’s patrol car appeared in her review mirror, lights lit. She pulled over near the Hayward City Hall, annoyed that she might be late. But irritation turned to confusion when...

(KRON) — A meteor was caught on camera as it streaked across the Bay Area sky on Sunday night. Doorbell and household surveillance cameras captured it, appearing like a fireball against the night sky. According to NASA, it was first spotted above Chowchilla, in Madera County. The meteor moved south at a speed of...

Alameda Police Department (APD) detectives have arrested a former employee of local nonprofit Girls Inc. of the Island City in connection with an embezzlement scheme involving a loss of more than $460,000, according to an APD report on Facebook and confirmed by the organization’s CEO, Jennifer M. Pigza.

Neighbors shocked over Lafayette homicide. A 35-year-old man was arrested.

An 80-year-old driver in San Francisco was sentenced to two years of probation, 200 hours of community service, and a three-year license suspension after pleading no contest to four felony counts of gross vehicular manslaughter. Four people were standing at a bus stop in San Francisco, waiting for a normal...