Woman killed, three others shot at large mansion party in California

A woman was killed and three others were injured in a shooting Tuesday morning at a large party taking place at a mansion in Beverly Crest where police had earlier responded to multiple calls of disturbing the peace.

Esper pays tribute to 9 service members killed in training accident

The nine service members killed when a Marine landing craft sank in hundreds of feet of water off the California coast last week during a training exercise have been identified, military officials announced on Monday.

Woman arrested for 1988 killing of her newborn baby in Castro Valley

According to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, Lesa Lopez, who was 20 years old at the time of the incident, told investigators that she had hid her pregnancy from family and friends. 

Marines in training exercise accident off California coast ID’d

The Marines involved in an accident off the California coast last week that killed one and resulted in an unsuccessful search for seven others and a sailor were identified early Monday in a statement that said an investigation is underway.

Missing Marines, sailor presumed dead; search ends, Corps says

A search for seven missing Marines and one Navy sailor, who went missing during a training exercise off the California coast last week, has ended, Marine Corps officials announced early Sunday.

LAPD video shows protester with hands up being shot with less-than-lethal round

Los Angeles police released body-worn camera footage Friday that shows a protester with his hands up as he is shot in the head with a less-than-lethal round when officers tried to contain demonstrations against police brutality in May.

Vallejo police chief launches 3rd-party investigation of 'badge bending' allegations

Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams on Friday launched a third-party investigation of allegations that some officers "bent badges" to mark each time they shot and killed someone while on duty.

1 Marine dead, 8 missing, 2 injured following training mishap off San Clemente Island coast

Search and rescue efforts were underway Friday after one Marine died and eight other service members remain missing after what officials described as a training exercise mishap off the Southern California Coast, where the vehicle sank after taking on water. Two service members were also injured in the incident. 

Scientist charged with visa fraud arrested after she left Chinese consulate in San Francisco

Juan Tang, who has a doctorate in cellular biology, entered the United States on Dec. 27, 2019, to work at the University of California, Davis as a visiting researcher in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Alexandra Negin, an assistant federal public defender, said in the filing Wednesday asking the court for her release on bail.

Bay Area couple of 35 years dies weeks apart from COVID-19

The husband of a Yountville retirement facility nurse, who died of COVID-19, has now died from complications of the disease himself just weeks after his wife's death. 

Morning 4.2-magnitude earthquake strikes San Fernando Valley, waking SoCal residents

Many Southern California residents were woken up by a jolt early Thursday morning as a preliminary 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck the San Fernando Valley followed by a series of aftershocks, the U.S. Geological Survey said. 

Woman solicits donations for cancer on social media, but authorities say she never had Hodgkin's

A Gilroy woman has been charged with soliciting more than $60,000 in donations she asked for on Facebook and her blog to help pay for cancer treatments she did not need or receive, and then used the money for herself, according to federal prosecutors and the Internal Revenue Service.

Bay Area couple battling HOA over BLM, anti-Trump signs

One message supports the Black Lives Matter movement. The other says, "Trump Is A Donkey's Rear End."

Charges dropped against man accused of assaulting realtor during open house; ruled mentally incompetent

After being ruled mentally incompetent, all charges have been dropped against a man after he was caught on video allegedly assaulting and groping a local realtor during her open house last fall.

101-year-old vet leads caravan of 101 cars through Bay Area to commemorate end of WWII

Grand Marshall Sidney Walton, a 101-year-old WWII veteran, will be out in front of 101 vehicles that will travel 101 miles at 101 km/hr along U.S. Highway 101 from San Jose to Sausalito to mark the historic date.