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Jurors in Redwood City are set to decide whether convicted kidnapper Cameron Hooker should be legally branded a sexually violent predator, a label that could keep him locked in state custody indefinitely instead of giving him any shot at parole. The San Mateo County Superior Court trial is scheduled to...

A road to some of the Bay Area’s most expensive real estate will flood when the seas rise. When the county said it might not fix it, homeowners threatened “billions in liability.”

On January 7, while driving in Minneapolis in her car on a snowy residential street, 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent for refusing to move her car to allow law enforcement to pass. The event has since sparked controversy nationwide, with protests...

(KRON) — A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run crash on the Embarcadero Road offramp of Highway 101 in Palo Alto Sunday, the California Highway Patrol told KRON4 News. The crash happened around 5:48 a.m. CHP officers, firefighters, paramedics and the Palo Alto Police Department responded to the crash. The victim...

The Greatest Show on Dirt will tackle a trio of California tracks in September including a new facility. The 2026 western swing for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series is set. After a weekend in Kansas that features trips to Belleville High Banks (Sept. 11) and...

Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Experts in California consumer law are warning car buyers about “yo-yo” scams, in which people take the car home but are called back to the lot a few days later to sign new financing paperwork, often at a higher rate.

PINION HILLS, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> At least one person was killed in a 3-vehicle crash that blocked Highway 138 for several hours Friday night. The collision was reported shortly before 8:30pm on January 23, 2026, on Hwy 138 near Mountain Road, just in front of Chevron gas station.

Backyard fire pits used to be a simple weekend upgrade, but they now sit at the intersection of wildfire risk, neighborhood tension, insurance anxiety and fast‑evolving local codes. Across the country, cities, homeowners associations and even state regulators are tightening rules on open flames faster than many...

From historic department stores to essential neighborhood pharmacies, here are the five major retail chains shrinking their California footprint as we head into February. As part of its "First Wave" of 2026 closures, Macy's has confirmed that two prominent California locations are in their final weeks of operation....

From the streets of San Francisco, there were calls of solidarity with Minneapolis, where a 37-year-old man was fatally shot by a federal agent Saturday. Protestors from across the Bay Area and beyond gathered within hours of the shooting of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital.