Sonoma County is preparing staffing and training before winter rains, following Cloverdale's lead from weeks earlier.

A woman was pronounced dead at the scene after a driver fled the crash near North Capitol Avenue late Monday. CHP says the vehicle remains undescribed.

A 16-year-old runaway from Southern California had a lump on her forehead when officers found her in Jordan Sanders's car, police say.

A lion dance was planned for King Kitchen's grand opening, which ended a two-year drought of new restaurants in Oakland Chinatown.

A pre-dawn standoff on Lynde Street ended with the suspect surrendering after hours of police negotiations.

Sam Casillas faces a misdemeanor vandalism notice days before Pacifica's Nov. 3 council election.

A false gun report sent six armed officers into a packed San Jose auditorium Saturday night, one moviegoer calling it “so scary.”

The Eighth Rule packs about 40 seats inside the Westin St. Francis, with a $145 tasting menu and a Manhattan served over a basketball-shaped ice cube.

Three children, ages 3, 6 and 14, were found at the family's Vintage Lane home and placed into county care.

A union-backed measure would offer eligible UC support staff no-interest downpayment loans, expanding a benefit UC currently offers to faculty and managers.

Slimer floats overhead and a scorched Stay Puft looms at this downtown San Jose cocktail bar's spooky takeover.

The 1,850-square-foot clubhouse expansion and new dog run still need about $6 million before shovels hit dirt.

Six candidates are chasing two Antioch council seats as the city wrestles with a $15 million deficit and a rejected $34.9 million housing grant.