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Clinton Yoshio Koga, of Brentwood, had been fishing with friends on the day of his disappearance.

California state water officials tramped through the snow in the Sierra Nevada on Wednesday to take official measurements.

The motive remains a mystery.  

A 5-year-old was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday after surviving a mountain lion attack.

The preliminary investigation indicated the teen was not a target and she was likely caught in crossfire.

One person was injured and in stable condition after a series of crashes on U.S. 101 in San Francisco, officials said. 

A man was found dead on Monday with a gunshot would inside a car parked in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood, officials said. 

The 18-year-old was reported missing in early January.

The San Francisco Police Department said it was alerted of the incident by a ShotSpotter.

A former Sebastopol mayor pleaded no contest to six counts of child sex crimes.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over U.S. airspace for a couple days, but the Pentagon decided not […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — The Oakland Fire Department responded to a three-alarm fire at 6831 Aitken Drive, OFD said Thursday afternoon. Three homes were impacted by the fire, […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A documentary series airing Friday on Hulu takes a closer look at several controversial deaths involving Kern County law enforcement. "Killing County," which has […]

Finally, some good news about your home heating bill. California’s largest natural gas utility says bills should be significantly lower this month due to market forces. A regulatory […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) – San Jose’s new mayor Matt Mahan wants to end homelessness in the city — calling it a humanitarian crisis. At his inauguration Wednesday, […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A shooting suspect that barricaded himself in a Hood River home for nine hours was brought into custody by law enforcement Thursday evening. About […]

VALLEJO, Calif. (KRON) – Black history is honored every day at a Vallejo fine arts gallery and bookstore. The owner there highlights local artists and sells literature you […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — Sheng Thao is embroiled in her first controversy since she was sworn in as mayor of Oakland. Shortly after taking office, Thao placed the […]

PLEASANTON, Calif. (KRON) — A loose cow collided with a Tesla, backing up traffic in a Pleasanton neighborhood Wednesday evening, according to Pleasanton Police Department. Several calls were […]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A man entered a San Francisco Jewish Synagogue on Wednesday night and fired possible blanks, according to the San Francisco Police Department. SFPD is […]

OPINION: Without dedicated operations funding, some of the state’s largest transit agencies will have to reduce service, lay off staff, and defer maintenance and modernization […]

Come March 28, Vito Imbascani is scheduled to be sworn in as the new chairman of the $12 billion California stem cell agency – an […]

POLITICAL PULSE: In the wake of two mass shootings that claimed the lives of 18 people and left ten others wounded, Gov. Newsom, along with […]

CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: In the wake of the horrific January 21 shooting that killed 11 people in Monterey Park, Gov. Newsom visited hospitalized survivors.  His […]

OPINION: The domestic maritime industry must continue to play a leading role in helping California and the U.S. reach net-zero emissions. American companies and government […]

When Roger Niello left the California Assembly in 2010, he figured his time in elected office had run its course. After all, the year before […]

One method to help ascertain the legislative intent behind a specified measure is a letter that is published in the Assembly Daily Journal or the Senate Daily Journal by […]

According to a statewide survey from the Public Policy Institute of California, 69 percent of those polled – 71 percent of likely voters – say […]

OPINION: Education in California is experiencing a once-in-a-generation transformation, as tens of thousands of parents make crucial decisions about how and where their children learn.

California prison spending for 2023-24 in the proposed $297 billion state budget is up to $14.5 billion – even as the prisoner population drops.

A teenager was killed and another person was hospitalized after a deadly shooting at a Montclair shopping mall on Thursday night. The victims are a 15-year-old […]

Officials with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday announced charges against the 25-year-old man found with high-powered rifles, shotguns, handguns and a “large […]

A motorist captured video Thursday afternoon of what appeared to be a Tesla driver asleep behind the wheel while in traffic on a Southern California freeway. […]

New software powered by artificial intelligence is the latest technology shaking up school campuses. In November, a San Francisco-based research laboratory called OpenAI launched ChatGPT, which […]

First responders on Thursday battled a massive water main break in Hollywood that led to the evacuation of several homes before it was brought under control. […]

Police are searching for a suspect after two people were struck and killed by a driver in Montclair on Thursday. The victims were a Hispanic man […]

Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia says his office will begin auditing the Los Angeles Police Department's use of helicopters. Mejia announced plans for the audit […]

Authorities are searching for a man who dropped off human remains at the San Bernardino Police station on Thursday. The man was seen entering the station […]

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is sharing safety tips for online sellers after a person was robbed at gunpoint while trying to sell a used […]

(KTXL) — A birthday parade will be held on Feb. 5 in Willits, California, for the oldest living person in the U.S. Born in 1908, Edie […]

Davon Dunn, 30, also known as "Lil Kant," admitted to striking two women he forced to engage in prostitution, and taking one woman to and […]

Desmond Alejandro William was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in 2019 death of Sean Paul Snellman, 40

The heist happened at a 7-Eleven late afternoon Jan. 19; San Diego police did not say how much money she took

Cyberdefense and analysis will be first bachelor's degree program offered

The bequest — most of whose funds remain undesignated — instantly lands the late Jay Kahn on the list of largest donors in San Diego […]

Stolen items will be put on display on Friday and Saturday in Kearny Mesa; officials hope to reunite items with their rightful owners

Mall owner is seeking a land-use change that will allow for additional development, including residential units, on the nearly 20-acre property.

Former Capt. David Haas admitted to accepting lavish hotel stays, prostitutes, other perks in exchange for steering ships to Leonard Francis' ports

The attack occurred just before 11:30 p.m. at a trolley station in downtown on C Street near the courthouse.

Cecil H. Steppe, longtime county administrator and community builder, and M.C. Madhavan, SDSU professor emeritus, are still active and involved on their 90th birthdays

China said Friday it was looking into reports that a Chinese spy balloon has been flying in U.S. airspace and urged calm, adding that […]

“I was proud to be Mexican. I was proud of my dad’s family. Like, I was Daddy’s little girl as a little girl.” In […]

There’s some new developments in the bizarre case of a missing German Shephard in Palo Alto that NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit first reported. […]

MSNBC anchor Yasmin Vossoughian is urging others to listen to their body after her bout with the common cold led to heart inflammation that an […]

The San Francisco Police Department is looking for a man, after officers said he pulled out a gun and fired “possible blanks” inside a […]

Farmworkers who worked with the suspected gunman in the Half Moon Bay mass shooting are speaking out. Several farmworkers who worked with the man […]

Home sales have been slowing down in the Bay Area for months, but there is a house on the Peninsula that suggests the market […]

A few San Francisco residents in the Bernal Heights area have been told the benches they’ve set up outside their homes are violating city […]

A food delivery driver in San Jose said a minor traffic dispute earlier this week turned into a serious case of road rage when […]

Oakland firefighters contained a three-alarm fire that happened in the hills near Shepherd Canyon Road Thursday evening. The fire broke out shortly after 4 […]

That Tina Fey should be able to write for the stage, and should keep writing for the stage and screen and wherever she pleases, goes without saying.

It looks like rain for Saturday’s Lunar New Year Parade, a man fired shots in an SF synagogue but they ended up being blanks, and Friends of the Urban Forest are having a fruit tree giveaway.

A Lyon Street house that made for a very depressing segment on A&E’s ‘Hoarders’ just sold for $1.2 million ($500,000 over its asking price), even though it still very much looked and smelled like a house that had been featured on ‘Hoarders.’

A 28-year-old Turlock woman who was killed on I-580 earlier this week while traveling home from a spontaneous trip to San Francisco leaves behind three children, and her family is seeking help with funeral expenses and money for the kids.

There was some breaking news Thursday via a source with insider IKEA knowledge that the mall complex on SF's Market Street between Fifth and Sixth streets is going to come alive sooner than we'd last heard.

PG&E had tried to get out of any criminal charges over four deaths in the 2020 Zogg Fire, but a Shasta County judge has just ruled that the utility can be taken to trial for involuntary manslaughter and a slew of other charges.

Reminding us again of how close we are to the countryside, a member of the livestock community in Pleasanton got loose Wednesday night and wandered onto some busy streets in the city, at one point having a "cow-llision" with a Tesla.

A Wednesday night cable car derailment appears to have left two Muni operators injured, and while details are scarce, the derailment may have been caused by a hit-and-run motorist.

Nancy Pelosi has made a rare endorsement in a Democrat v. Democrat race; there was a second major crash on southbound 101 in SF last night; and a former reality TV star has filed suit against Windsor's former mayor for sexual assault and battery.

VP Kamala Harris spoke today at the funeral for Tyre Nichols in Memphis, federal regulators have once again granted a reprieve to Laguna Honda Hospital from having to move patients, and one SF property owner tried to use that 'builder's remedy' clause but it didn't actual kick in.

Celebrities born on this day, today's birthday horoscope and numbers and the daily horoscope for each zodiac sign.

Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon, an Oakley native, has been charged in a warrant with a misdemeanor count of aggravated menacing

Firefighters were working to extinguish a three-alarm fire at an Oakland hills home that caused at least minor damage to three other homes Thursday, authorities said.

Jose Rafael Solano Landaeta is accused of the vicious daylight attack on Karina Castro in September.

"You can't just build a stadium in a park any more," said a founder of the African-American Sports and Entertainment Group. "We want Oakland to be in the 21st century, rather than be stuck in the 20th."

East Bay Times Letters to the Editor for Feb. 3, 2023

Mercury News Letters to the Editor for Feb. 3, 2022

Key part of state water supply was 22% full 16 months ago, now is 65% full

NHL All-Star Game: Erik Karlsson is enjoying the best individual season of his career. So what does the future hold?

Expect a wet weekend in the Bay Area, as a lingering rain storm rolls in on Saturday.

A construction project on the Interstate 5 will close two lanes in both directions on Thursday and Friday nights.

Zachary Zernik, 22, of Thousand Oaks was found dead in the Santa Monica Mountains in Ventura County on Thursday morning. He had been missing since Saturday.

The man is accused of repeatedly trying to break into Keanu Reeves' home and leaving behind a DNA kit and an alarming note, claiming they are […]

The California Highway Patrol is asking for the public's help in finding the gunman who killed Carl Flenoy on the La Tijera Boulevard offramp.

Los Angeles County has reported four cases of an extensively drug-resistant bacterial infection that has caused blindness, hospitalization and one death nationwide.

Jennifer Lopez is asking $42.5 million for her Bel-Air compound, a private retreat with multiple homes and amenities sprawled across eight acres.

SoCalGas customers and others could get climate credits early after natural gas prices soared last month.

Neighbors told officers the man had made bizarre threats and asked one woman if she had anyone who needed killing.

Los Angeles police announced a reward of up to $50,000 for information that leads to the driver of a blue Dodge Ram truck that ran over […]

Transitioning out of the COVID emergency phase could eventually spell the end of universal access to free vaccines, treatments and tests.