A Napa couple pleaded not guilty to murder and child-abuse charges after their 3-year-old son died of fentanyl; prosecutors say toxicology and scene evidence will be central at a Jan. 25, 2027 trial.

NapaSan will raise sewer charges about 3% a year through 2030, pushing a typical single‑family annual bill from $738.60 toward about $856.

Cupertino will poll residents on a possible increase to the utility users tax as officials weigh budget pressures and rising service costs. The poll will inform whether a November measure is viable.

The Parks and Recreation Commission voted 4–1 to demand a new tree‑mitigation plan after city documents showed dozens of trees — including heritage specimens — would be cut for the new Public Safety Building.

A Mountain View trailer is winning fans with hand‑chopped Adana kebab and a focused Turkish menu.

Uber is backing a ballot initiative that would force crash victims to keep 75% of recoveries — a move lawyers and doctors say could shrink access to counsel and care.

A Science Advances analysis led by Stanford and UCSF estimates California likely missed about 11,600 COVID deaths in 2020–21, part of a U.S. undercount of roughly 150,000.

Neighbors lit candles in West Portal Thursday to mark two years since a family of four was killed at a bus stop. The vigil came a day before the driver’s sentencing.

A surfer was bitten at Big River Beach in Mendocino. Nearby beaches were closed as a precaution.

A Mendocino County man received a 10.5-year federal sentence after convictions for coercing a minor and child pornography, the FBI says.

A ransomware attack discovered Thursday knocked many Foster City systems offline; emergency response remains functional as officials work with outside cybersecurity experts.

A Lathrop tax preparer was sentenced to 18 months and ordered to repay $1.23M after prosecutors say she filed more than 1,000 fake returns that cheated the IRS.

SDNY unsealed an indictment saying three people conspired to funnel billions of U.S.-built AI servers to China, using staged audits and fake hardware.