Last year, Oakland voters recalled Mayor Barbara Lee’s predecessor, Sheng Thao, in large part over boiling frustrations about ...

A 15-year-old Novato boy was arrested for allegedly stealing another teen’s private photographs as part of an extortion ...

Nearly all of the Bay Area's most populous cities saw decreases in reported crime last year, a Chronicle analysis of new ...

According to experts, turkeys are not native to California. The closest example was a species called Meleagris Californica ...

A man was stabbed after police said an argument broke out in a GameStop over Pokemon cards. Here's what we know.

Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte announced that lenders may start using VantageScore, a rival to the Fair ...

Top California Democrats say they’ve averted a worst-case scenario for struggling Bay Area transit agencies — but only for ...

John Ramos reports on the Lexington Fire that burned in 1985 in the Santa Clara hills, which was the largest wildfire ever ...

Kevin Tang's Concentra Biosciences lines up deal for flailing cancer cell therapy company Cargo Therapeutics — potentially ...

California has seen a spate of accidental fireworks explosions leading up to the Fourth of July with a Thursday morning ...

The question arises: can a Texas-like disaster occur here in California? The Bay Area's rain and snow season, October to ...

More than 16 years after a newborn girl was found dead in a Bay Area dumpster, police have announced a Colorado woman has ...