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Dustin Crawford, once sentenced for stabbing a neighbor, is accused of targeting the same prosecutor who took his 2016 plea.
Real Estate & Development in ...
The old 8th Street substation offers 12 megawatts of pre-built power — a rare prize as San Francisco AI leasing hits record highs.
Jose Amaya-Ramos was gunned down waiting for food on Foothill Boulevard in a 2022 holdup that netted just $110. His accused killer now faces trial.
William Brumfield, once known as Richard Thorne, ran an insular Berkeley cult for decades before his 2026 arrest.
Arts & Culture in ...
Some 250 artist booths, a chalk-painting expo and a street piano hit University Avenue this weekend, drawing an estimated 60,000 visitors.
Science, Tech & Medicine in ...
The Rivian spinout now has Amazon and DoorDash backing its push into driverless quads and pods on city streets.
Network Bio pairs Duke, Mass General Brigham and CU Anschutz biobank data with an NVIDIA partnership to hunt disease signals in blood.
A rescue swimmer pulled an unresponsive person from the surf at Duncan's Landing, a Sonoma Coast spot long known for deadly sneaker waves.
A state appeals court says a San Mateo judge wrongly let prosecutors strike a Black juror, forcing a full do-over of Dwayne Robinson's case.
A sheriff’s airplane tracked a swapped getaway car from the San Mateo Bridge to Oakland before four suspects were caught without a single chase.
Community & Society in ...
The free 37th annual festival spans Franklin Street with three stages, lion dances, and a ping-pong tournament at the Shoong Family Chinese Cultural Center.
Officials are chasing federal dollars to expand a camera network that already spans seven cities — even as a Pismo Beach man faces felony charges for tearing three of them down.
A SWAT-backed raid in Petaluma turned up a ghost assault rifle, four other guns and a stripped stolen car tied to an April gunpoint confrontation.
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