Santa Rosa CHP says a driver was arrested after allegedly brandishing a handgun on US‑101 near Petaluma Blvd N; officers recovered a loaded, unregistered firearm.

Alberto Tamez Jr., convicted in the 1974 Nipomo killing, became eligible for immediate release after Gov. Newsom declined to act on a December parole grant.

A 51-year-old woman was ejected and killed in a single-vehicle crash at G Street and Drake Street in Antioch; police say speed and possible impairment may be factors.

A jury convicted Derek Rayo and Kelly Richardson of murder after prosecutors said their 19‑month‑old daughter, Winter, died from a fentanyl overdose. The case ties into broader prosecutions of dealers in infant overdoses.

A Santa Rosa man was arrested after Rohnert Park police say he struck an In‑N‑Out manager and later refused to exit his car during a Cotati standoff.

Deputies say a Navarro cannabis grow included forced labor and poor living conditions; officers seized hundreds of plants, processed product and a butane oil lab. A Boonville man was identified as a suspect.

A federal judge restricted a Bay Area attorney’s courtroom access after filings say he called an opposing counsel a rapist and a pedophile and referenced the man’s daughter. The judge is allowing him to stay on the case under tight limits.

A jury convicted Colin Jackson for his role in a Bay Area auto‑insurance fraud ring that investigators say cost insurers more than $1.5 million. The verdict is part of Operation Hammer Down.

A man from one of Louisiana's smallest towns allegedly made himself a very busy poacher — stripping Florida waterways of nearly 1,800 protected turtles over two years and selling them into an international pipeline that ran straight through San Francisco. The Bay Area connection is still very much an open thread.

Police and fire crews are on scene in the 600 block of Enright Avenue after the Santa Clara Police Department reported an "active crime scene that includes a structure fire."

Two Oakland residents were arrested after police say they kidnapped a woman's seven-month-old and forced the mother into commercial sex; the infant was recovered unharmed.

A welfare check at the San Leandro Marina ended in a fatal police shooting Friday; three officers have been placed on leave as investigators open probes.

A Vallejo woman on a scooter died after falling into traffic on Sonoma Boulevard. Vallejo police say the driver stayed and investigators are seeking witnesses.