A sudden power outage hit Nob Hill; the fire department urged residents to keep refrigerator doors closed and to check PG&E for restoration updates.

A shots-fired call on Cadloni Lane on April 4 led to a pursuit and crash near Alameda Street; police recovered an unserialized handgun and booked a suspect.

Two boats collided in the San Joaquin Delta during the Student Angler Federation's California Open Challenge, sending three people to hospitals and prompting an investigation.

Paris prosecutors summoned Elon Musk for questioning as an investigation widened to include sexually explicit deepfakes and alleged child sexual‑abuse imagery on X.

Two people were killed and a third was wounded in an Oakland shooting on April 19. Police are investigating and details remain limited.

A Marin County judge handed a two‑year jail term after prosecutors say a man used a Greenbrae resident’s identity in a mortgage fraud scheme that drained six figures.

A shooting in Oakland’s Millsmont neighborhood left one person dead and two critically injured Saturday night, officials said.

A 17-year-old was booked into juvenile hall after officers found a loaded Ruger hidden beneath a passenger seat during a traffic stop on Marlow Road. Police say the firearm had been reported lost and wasn’t registered to anyone in the car.

Embers from a fireplace sparked a small blaze inside the city's alarm office; with no running water, staff used broken battery‑jar water to douse the flames, the city says.

A late‑afternoon crash on Highway 1 near Sea Ranch killed one person and forced the coastal highway to close in both directions.

A 1906 fire‑alarm operator reported batteries, circuits and wires failing during the Great Quake. The city reposted the account on April 18 as a warning about system resilience.

A judge this week suspended state prison time and handed probation to the driver who killed Carly Howard in a 2025 DUI crash, prompting outrage from prosecutors and the victim’s family.

East Palo Alto has reached two consecutive years with no homicides, a milestone city leaders credit to community programs and policing reforms. Officials say they will keep investing in prevention.