A Concord dealer was sentenced to 21 months and ordered to repay roughly $1.07M after prosecutors say he sold fake Willie Mays memorabilia and defrauded collectors.

AC Transit raises local cash fares to $3 on Wednesday as the agency works to close a multi‑year funding gap.

Production and bottling staff at Rodney Strong have launched a rare union drive in Healdsburg, citing layoffs and rising costs. The push follows a May win at a Gallo plant and could reshape labor in wine country.

Stripe and Visa are among more than 100 firms backing Open USD, a dollar‑pegged stablecoin from the Open Standard coalition. The move aims to bake programmable dollars into card, treasury and on‑chain flows.

San Francisco firefighters pulled one adult and two dogs from a one‑alarm blaze in the Mission District; crews remain on scene as paramedics treat those rescued.

Three people were arrested after an assault investigation near Stockton, and officers recovered a loaded .22‑caliber revolver during a traffic stop.

The Archdiocese of San Francisco agreed to pay $395M and adopt transparency and child‑protection reforms to resolve more than 500 historic abuse claims.

Stanford opposed a federal National Register nomination for the former Sigma Chi house at 550 Lasuen Mall even after state and federal reviewers signaled its significance.

Jaime Garcia Zamora was sentenced to 17 years after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in a Gerber shooting that left one man dead.

UC Berkeley researchers used AI to uncover a previously unseen ECG marker in lead aVL that flags a higher sudden‑death risk and may change who gets monitored.

Lincoln police say about 40–50 vehicles took over Venture Drive for donuts and speed contests; officers cited four people and impounded three cars. Drones and multiple agencies helped break up the event.

SFFD posted footage of a Fort Point kite-surf rescue; rescue swimmers and boats guided a kite surfer away from the breakers beneath the Golden Gate.

Dozens of dead honeybees on an Oakland porch sparked 'zombee' chatter. Scientists say testing and reporting are needed to know whether parasitic flies or other stressors are to blame.