Novato police are looking for the driver who struck an 8-year-old bicyclist at Vineyard Road and Sutro Avenue. Authorities urge anyone with video or witness information to contact them.

Three people were arrested in north Napa after officers recovered a pried-open safe and tools investigators say may link the case to an organized burglary crew.

A Butte County jury convicted a Butte College campus officer of possession and distribution of child pornography. Sentencing is set for June 24, 2026.

Sonoma County's DA says a Santa Rosa SWAT officer was justified in the fatal August Keegan Drive shooting of Matteo Ramirez‑Santos; criminal probe ends while reviews continue.

A Vallejo traffic stop on April 8 produced a stolen vehicle, a loaded unregistered handgun and suspected meth, heroin and fentanyl; three people were arrested.

Pedro Y. Campos was sentenced to eight years after a jury convicted him on three felony counts of lewd acts on a child. The verdict ends a weeklong trial in Napa County.

Sealed court disclosures in the federal Hells Angels case have defense teams pushing for hearings that could threaten major convictions. Judges will soon weigh whether the material warrants new trials.

A 78-year-old Redwood Valley resident died after being bitten on April 8; a county coroner later ruled the death accidental as rattlesnake calls spike statewide.

Witness testimony at a preliminary hearing described a fight and about five gunshots before two young women were shot on Riverside Drive last April.

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 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.

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

A 37-year-old man from Yukon, Oklahoma, was found dead at the base of a Fort Bragg cliff after a roughly 70-foot fall. Officials say an autopsy lists blunt force injuries and submersion; investigators do not suspect foul play.