Alameda County prosecutors allege a Hayward officer accepted cash and free access to sex workers; the DA has taken over the criminal probe while HPD opens an internal review.

A Napa County judge sentenced Gabriel James Chavez to 10 years after his no-contest plea in the June 8, 2024 Lake Berryessa brawl that killed a Vallejo man.

An Alameda judge vacated Franklin Lynch’s conviction and death sentence after finding prosecutors’ racially biased jury tactics. The ruling grows out of a wider county review that has already altered many capital cases.

San José police announced Wednesday they arrested a suspect in a 2019 cold-case homicide, posting the news on X. Details remain limited while detectives continue the probe.

A 34-year-old Newark woman and her dog were struck and killed Monday night on Cedar Boulevard near Joaquin Murieta Avenue as investigators probe the collision.

A traffic stop outside MacArthur BART led officers to seize crack, meth, heroin, pills and a loaded pistol; two people were arrested and face felony counts, per court records.

The family of Jose de Jesus Mendez‑Rios sued Richmond and two officers, calling the Feb. 4, 2025 shooting a "preventable tragedy" amid an ongoing state AB 1506 review.

A solo-vehicle crash on westbound I-580 near the Isabel Avenue offramp in Livermore left one driver dead; CHP says speed may have been a factor.

An early‑morning fire damaged the McDermott Fire Station and a water tender in Bonny Doon; CAL FIRE says the cause is under investigation. Crews held the blaze to the apparatus and performed searches of the building.

Attorneys filed a claim accusing city agencies of moving too slowly after a sheriff’s deputy allegedly sexually assaulted a transgender inmate in a downtown jail. The deputy was fired, but prosecutors have not filed charges six months later.

Tenderloin officers arrested a man after witnessing a possible aggravated assault near 7th and Market that left a woman with life‑threatening injuries, SFPD says.

A 21-year-old was arrested after police say a stolen car reached about 130 mph during a pursuit from Napa that ended in Vallejo; he faces felony and misdemeanor charges.

A 52-year-old woman suffered life‑threatening injuries after an electric scooter struck her at Market and Fourth; police say the rider fled and remains at large.