Napa police are investigating the death of a 13‑month‑old girl after she was taken to Queen of the Valley and pronounced dead. Detectives are asking the public for tips.

A fatal crash at the Bay Bridge toll plaza shut lanes and snarled the Thursday morning commute. CHP investigators are on scene.

AT&T has taken its landline fight to the FCC and federal court while pledging $19 billion to speed a switch from copper to fiber; regulators and residents warn losing landlines could endanger emergency access.

A Facebook reel shows a neighbor praising San José's 'accountability' as Mayor Matt Mahan restates his pitch to bring that approach to Sacramento.

Intuit will cut about 17% of its global staff — roughly 3,000 jobs — saying the move will simplify operations and speed its push into AI. The reductions include office closures and a July 31 exit date for affected U.S. staff.

A San Jose woman searching for a missing dog was targeted with an AI-generated photo and an urgent demand for payment. The city shelter urges verification via PetCompass.

CRT East officers recovered multiple firearms during two East Oakland contacts, including one assault-style weapon.

The Registrar posted Ballot Drop Stop visits May 18–22 at libraries, senior centers and community sites across the East Bay. Check ACVOTE for exact times.

Barton Health is proposing a new Stateline, Nev., hospital to move inpatient beds off its South Lake Tahoe campus while keeping outpatient care in California.

Plainclothes officers arrested three suspected pickpocketers in Chinatown after tracking a vehicle into the neighborhood. Police say stolen items and more than $14,000 in cash were recovered.

OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy has joined Anthropic’s pretraining team, returning to frontier LLM research and bolstering the San Francisco lab’s technical bench.

A Menlo College student faces felony charges after prosecutors say he assaulted a 12-year-old in his dorm room. The case returns to court Thursday, May 21, 2026.

An eight‑acre Los Altos Hills estate at 27500 La Vida Real is listed near $37M, featuring a retractable‑roof pool and infrastructure built for heavy tech use. The asking price underscores tight high‑end inventory in the Bay Area.