A Marina botanica owner was arrested and charged after a woman says she was sexually assaulted during a 'spiritual cleansing' appointment. City code enforcement is also probing the shop.

City attorneys filed suit to close a Tenderloin corner store after officials say a November inspection turned up meth, cannabis and a ghost gun. The action is part of a broader campaign targeting problem bodegas.

An early‑morning crash on Kasson Road near Durham Ferry Road killed at least one person and forced a closure that snarled the Tracy‑area commute.

DA Brooke Jenkins announced on X that Darvaughn Young faces a felony DUI charge tied to an incident on the Bay Bridge. Details from the filing remain limited.

San Francisco oversight board president William Palmer has been repeatedly booked into the jail his panel monitors while facing multiple allegations and a city records probe.

A Madera resident pleaded guilty after officers found about 86.5 pounds of pure meth and roughly 4,700 counterfeit M30 pills that tested positive for carfentanil.

A community complaint and drone deployment led Redwood City police to arrest a man suspected of selling meth and fentanyl near the downtown library.

A jury convicted Jeffrey Choy in the 2022 point‑blank shooting of a Mountain View police officer. The officer survived and has returned to duty.

Contra Costa Health says the blaze at the Martinez Refining Company was extinguished and hazmat crews are monitoring air around the plant.

A Redwood City man was sentenced to five years after convictions in two separate child molestation cases. The judge also ordered restitution and sex-offender registration.

San Luis Obispo County investigators executed a search warrant Wednesday at an Arroyo Grande home tied to the Kristin Smart case. Officials released few details as the probe continues.

A 21-year-old man from Pescadero was killed after his motorcycle struck a pickup on Empire Grade near UC Santa Cruz; CHP says the crash remains under investigation.

CHP says a Dublin driver admitted firing less‑lethal rounds; Flock camera data and a Tracy CHP stop led to the arrest and seizure of the weapon.