A Fairfield police drone streamed live footage of a May 19 grass fire, giving firefighters an early view before engines arrived.

A months-long Vallejo probe led to five arrests and seizures including three kilograms of cocaine, $85,396 in suspected proceeds and large amounts of marijuana.

Police arrested a suspect in a 2024 Mission District homicide; new reporting says searches recovered firearms and ammunition.

A fire at a Hayward convalescent home sent 18 residents outside Tuesday; crews contained the blaze and no injuries were reported.

Officer Brian Jimenez-Gomez, 25, was booked and charged with one felony count of possessing child sexual abuse material; the DA says there are no known local victims.

A jury found Tanginoa Pahulu Tangi guilty of attempted murder and related weapons charges in a targeted Oakley shooting; sentencing will be scheduled in Pittsburg.

A Vacaville man was given a 15‑year federal sentence after pleading guilty to meth distribution and a firearm charge. Authorities say multiple arrests turned up hundreds of grams of meth and a loaded Glock.

A judge gave Rene Vega life plus 14 years after his conviction in a 2022 AMPM attack in Tracy that left a clerk with catastrophic injuries.

San Mateo officers used a patrol AED to restore a man's pulse on a Coyote Point trail; the department urges CPR training.

Officers grabbing coffee in downtown Salinas heard faint calls and helped free a man stuck inside a wall between Brewjee Coffee and Maya Cinemas; he was booked on suspicion of burglary.

San Quentin has been converted into a rehabilitation campus and CDCR moved more than 500 condemned inmates to prisons across California.

Plainclothes officers arrested three suspected pickpocketers in Chinatown after tracking a vehicle into the neighborhood. Police say stolen items and more than $14,000 in cash were recovered.

San Mateo deputies arrested a 72‑year‑old Peninsula massage therapist after a three‑month probe that uncovered alleged sexual batteries. Detectives are asking for more victims to come forward.