ALAMEDA COUNTY’S NEW district attorney is rejecting her predecessor’s recommendations to resentence people on death row — recommendations triggered by a ...

SITUATED A STONE’S THROW AWAY from the upscale Santana Row and Westfield Valley Fair shopping centers, the celebrated Agrihood Sustainable Community was ...

THE FAMILY OF an Oakland school employee killed by a suspect fleeing from the California Highway Patrol last week said Monday he saved his girlfriend’s ...

Mayor Daniel Lurie has signed legislation allowing the city to accept private donations to replace aging fire engines, trucks and ambulances in the San ...

The student suspected of fatally stabbing San Jose teacher Diane Peterson nearly 50 years ago carried a knife inscribed with “Teacher Dear,” authorities ...

Three people suspected of stealing or damaging roughly $4,000 worth of produce in San Joaquin County were arrested this week, the Sheriff’s Office said.

A LACK OF QUALIFIED CONTRACT WORKERS, inadequate training and supervision, and contractors exceeding the timing of a work permit were among factors ...

The Contra Costa County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who was killed in an industrial accident earlier this month in Brentwood. Telesforo ...