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CALIFORNIA – A California man has been charged in a federal indictment with sex trafficking a 17-year-old girl by force, fraud, or coercion, prosecutors announced. According to court documents, Kenyin McGee, 27, of Oakland, met and recruited the minor online in late 2020, then bought her a bus ticket in early 2021 to...

The Oakland Police Department recovered more than 50 firearms and made several arrests between March 5 and March 19, 2026 as part of efforts to reduce violent crime. Officers made multiple arrests for firearm violations across the city.

A simple ice cream visit turns into a viral moment for Alysa Liu.

A police officer was charged with taking bribes, including cash and access to sex workers, to protect the operators of a brothel in Hayward, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office said.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A gray whale that was found dead in the San Francisco Bay this week had injuries consistent with a vessel strike, officials with The Marine Mammal Center announced Thursday in an update. The 42-foot-long adult female gray whale was initially found floating dead near the Golden Gate Bridge on...

The SF Public Defender's Office filed a complaint this week with the city's Department of Police Accountability in connection with an August 2025 incident in which they say two men were wrongfully detained and abused at the hands of police in the Hunters Point neighborhood. According to the complaint, SFPD...

The annual bar crawl began in 1999 and is “part pub crawl and part street theater with participants wearing thrift store wedding dresses”

California is home to some of the best prime rib in the country, from old-school San Francisco institutions to sleek Beverly Hills dining rooms. Whether you love the drama of tableside carving or just want a thick, juicy slab of beef with creamy horseradish, this state delivers. Prime rib has...

The Marin County coroner has identified the man who died after his vehicle plunged into the water in Sausalito, and authorities said the incident does not appear to have been intentional.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As Californians reel from César Chávez’s sex abuse allegations, city leaders across the state say they are considering removing his iconography from their cities by changing street names, libraries and monuments named after the labor...