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Surmiche “Memi” Vaughn had doubts about opening up her home to a stranger who had been formerly incarcerated. “ I was super skeptical,” she said. At the time, Vaughn was a single mother of twins who were headed to college, and wanted her kids to graduate with no student debt. She said her father suggested she sign up...

San Francisco has purchased new PFAS-free gear for all 1,100 firefighters in an effort to prevent the risk of cancer.

On the first day of December, filmmaker and activist Kevin Epps sat stoically in a San Francisco courtroom, trying to remain calm and composed as Jalea Hale, 23, a young woman he once considered part of his extended family, testified under oath about what she perceived to be his murderous intent to kill her...

Two people are missing after an explosion in the San Francisco area ... and a doorbell camera captured the moment of the scary blast.

Inside and outside of his job at San Francisco General Hospital, Alberto Rangel approached life with optimism — and trust that even the most uncertain moments would work out.

The Bay Area has its first official “ICE-free zone.” The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed an ordinance on Tuesday, immediately creating it. Supervisors say it will limit federal immigration officers from carrying out raids on municipal property. The new law does not prevent agents from...

A 48-year-old man suspected in an Ingleside hit-and-run that killed an 88-year-old woman in October has been charged with murder, San Francisco prosecutors said.

Federal prosecutors have charged nine people in a series of armed burglaries at an Oakland marijuana grow facility that ended with the fatal shooting of undercover police officer Tuan Le.

The network included at least 10 locations across the Bay Area, Santa Clara County prosecutors said.

A wave of residential break-ins by groups of juveniles across four cities in the East Bay has prompted police to issue an unusually broad warning to homeowners.