FBI data show Bay Area romance-scam losses jumped in 2025, with San Francisco reporting $6.34M. Victims say AI-made profiles and fake crypto platforms were the lure.

San José police credit their Real Time Intelligence Center and camera network with tracking and arresting a suspect in an attempted bank robbery earlier this month.

The Santa Clara County SAFE Task Force is seeking 46‑year‑old Renato Rashidally, wanted for failing to register as a sex offender; authorities say he frequents San Jose and Gilroy.

San José police say 11 people were arrested in a chat operation tied to child sexual exploitation. Investigators with the ICAC task force say the probe is active.

Two fires during battery tests at Tesla's Palo Alto engineering campus were traced to thermal runaway in experimental lithium‑ion cells, and the city ordered hazmat cleanup.

A judge denied a mental‑health diversion request in the Happy Happy Daycare case, clearing the way for a jury trial next week in the deaths of two toddlers. Families urged the court not to divert the case.

A Hayward resident was among five people sentenced after a DoorDash phantom‑orders scheme that cost the company more than $2.5 million.

Jurors were shown Las Vegas group texts and pool‑party footage as prosecutors laid out evidence in the trial of Shannon O’Connor, the so‑called Los Gatos “party mom.”

A Salinas woman survived a stabbing after fleeing a moving SUV onto northbound Highway 101 near Boronda Road; CHP detectives have linked a 19-year-old to the attack.

San José police announced a citywide patrol redistricting Tuesday via the department’s media account on X; the post linked to more information.

A Seahawks fan from Puyallup was seriously injured when an Uber she rode in rolled near Palo Alto; she says the driver suffered a stroke and she was pinned inside the vehicle.

Keion White was wounded in a late-night shooting at a Mission District nightclub following an altercation tied to rapper Lil Baby’s entourage. The incident echoes a troubling pattern after another 49ers player was shot in San Francisco less than two years ago.

Richard Tillman pleaded guilty Feb. 9 in San Jose federal court to setting a car alight inside the Almaden Valley post office last July. Sentencing is scheduled for April 27, 2026.