Concord nursing facility worker charged with sexually abusing 85-year-old resident
By Carlos E. Castañeda A worker at a Concord nursing home was arrested and charged with sexually abusing an elderly resident, Attorney General Rob…
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San Jose police arrest man suspected in at least 6 armed robberies
By Tim Fang A South Bay man has been arrested following a string of armed robberies that targeted San Jose businesses over the last several weeks,…
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The family of Meredith Kercher isn’t laughing about Amanda Knox’s comedy show
By Barbie Nadeau, Ivana Scatola, CNN (CNN) — A new comedy show by Amanda Knox is hurtful rather than funny, the sister of the British student…
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South Bay leaders announce plan to impede construction of ICE facilities using bureaucratic red tape
By John Ramos A recent effort by the federal government to build a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in southern Santa Clara County…
Continue ReadingNew York City homeowners file lawsuit challenging rollout of Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax
By Katherine Koretski, CNN (CNN) — A group of New York City homeowners sued Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city’s finance director over the…
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Truck hits, kills e-scooter rider in downtown San Francisco on Market Street
By Carlos E. Castañeda A truck struck and killed a woman on an electric scooter in downtown San Francisco on Friday morning, police said. The…
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Watch: Scene of fatal crash involving e-scooter rider on San Francisco’s Market Street
A woman on an electric scooter was struck and killed by a commercial vehicle in downtown San Francisco on Friday morning, police…
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Weekend heat advisory for Bay Area inland locations, flood advisory for low-lying areas
By Tim Fang The National Weather Service has issued multiple weather advisories for the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Coast for the second…
Continue Reading12-year-old girl among those killed in Thailand’s deadliest school shooting in years
By Kocha Olarn, Sophie Tanno, Helen Regan, and Angie Puranasamriddhi, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — A 12-year-old girl has been confirmed dead in a…
Continue ReadingTwo of Nolan Wells’ friends returned to island where teen went missing on July 4 boat trip, attorneys say
By Jessie Yeung, Sarah Dewberry, Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — More than a month after the body of Nolan Wells was found along the shoreline of…
Continue ReadingHow the right wing decided to care about women’s basketball in Indiana
By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Last week, Celeste Keaton, a co-owner of the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, joined a group of angry fans confronting two…
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Alleged Bay Area fentanyl dealer charged with murder in 2024 overdose death
By Tim Fang Nearly two years after a drug overdose death in Contra Costa County, authorities have arrested and charged the suspected dealer with…
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia turns to Muslim military heavyweights in landmark defense pact as Iran war closes in
By Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia has drawn two of the Muslim world’s most formidable military powers into its defense as the Iran…
Continue ReadingDanish high schoolers will have to verbally defend written assignments, in government move to combat AI cheating
By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — High school students in Denmark will be required to verbally defend their written assignments as part of…
Continue ReadingWhy is there fighting in Yemen and what does it mean for the Iran war?
By Nadeen Ebrahim, Anna Cooban, CNN (CNN) — The Middle East war is widening as Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels launch a spate of attacks on…
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68-year-old man fatally stabbed outside Martinez home, suspect sought
By Tim Fang Authorities in Contra Costa County are searching for a suspect after a man was found fatally stabbed outside a home in Martinez on…
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Fairfield woman hasn’t been seen in 3 weeks, police ask for help
By Cecilio Padilla Authorities are asking for help finding a Fairfield woman who was last seen three weeks ago. Chantel Brooks, 36, was last seen…
Continue ReadingDozens of decomposing bodies found at Chicago funeral home, authorities say
By Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — An investigation is underway after dozens of decomposing human remains were found at a Chicago funeral home,…
Continue ReadingA chilling costume and an eerie warning: A teen dressed as a clown is suspected of stabbing an elderly man to death
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — It looked like a scene from a horror film: A figure dressed in a baggy black and red clown outfit, their face…
Continue ReadingUS citizen flown out of Antarctica in daring mid-winter rescue mission
By Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — A US expeditioner in Antarctica was rescued last month in a daring mid-winter medical evacuation by an Australian…
Continue ReadingTaiwan’s leader boards armored vehicle to escape mock ‘decapitation strike’
By Wayne Chang, Brad Lendon, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan’s president and top officials late Wednesday practiced how they would respond…
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California boy with rare disorder gets unforgettable birthday surprise from basketball community
By Itay Hod Three-year-old Leo Davies of San Anselmo loves basketball. Though “love” might not be a big enough word. Put a game on…
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San Anselmo community surprises young basketball fan after mom’s heartfelt online request
The mother of a 3-year-old boy who spent much of his life in hospitals had one simple wish for his birthday: for him to watch a basketball game. A…
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Friend remembers Northern California Gann Fire victim who stayed behind, refusing to leave her dogs
By Madisen Keavy A longtime German shepherd breeder is believed by friends to be the woman found dead inside a home in Northern California’s…
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Reportaje Especial: “El Sabor de la Tradición”
Oswaldo Rivas Reportaje Especial: “El Sabor de la…
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Officials make arrest in Foster City condo complex fire; cause determined to be barbecue
Authorities in San Mateo County have made an arrest in connection with a massive fire that heavily damaged a condominium complex in Foster City over…
Continue ReadingTeen kills classmates, teachers, and his grandparents in Thai gun rampage, police say
By Helen Regan, Kocha Olarn, Angie Puranasamriddhi, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — A teenage gunman went on a rampage at his high school in Thailand on…
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Flood of plastic toothpaste tubes in landfills prompts alternative, zero-waste solutions
By Anne Makovec In the United States, we brush more than 14 million gallons of toothpaste on our teeth every single year. That’s roughly four…
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Millions of toothpaste tubes end up in landfills. Here’s why they’re hard to recycle
People in the U.S. use some four to six tubes of toothpaste per person each year, with billions of plastic tubes ending up in…
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Earth, Wind & Fire’s concert with Lionel Richie at Chase Center postponed because of band member’s medical emergency
By Richard Ramos The Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire concert scheduled for Thursday night at San Francisco’s Chase Center was…
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California joins coalition challenging Idaho transgender bathroom law
By Darrielle Fair California Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in supporting a federal lawsuit challenging…
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Judge weighs key privacy question in lawsuit over San Jose’s license plate reader cameras
By CBS Bay Area A lawsuit challenging San Jose’s use of automated license plate reader cameras is still alive, after a Santa Clara County judge…
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San Jose automated license plate reader cameras facing major court test
A lawsuit challenging San Jose’s use of automated license plate reader cameras marks the first major legal test of a crime-fighting tool now used in…
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Richmond’s Kennedy High School shut down after toxic chemical found during renovation work
By CBS Bay Area The Richmond community is looking for answers after testing found a chemical called PCE underneath the Kennedy High School campus,…
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Toxic chemical found at Kennedy High School in Richmond forces campus closure
A toxic chemical found underneath Kennedy High School in Richmond during campus renovation work has forced the closure of the campus just two weeks…
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Students from closed San Jose schools begin school year at new campus
Families in the San Jose Unified School District began the new school year on Thursday, with thousands of students in a different environment after…
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Oakland crash involving child driver critically injures pedestrian
A child under 10 years old was behind the wheel of a car in Oakland that crashed and struck a woman walking her dog in Oakland, leaving the…
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia braces for attacks on ports and airports by Iraqi militias working with Iran-backed Houthis
By Nic Robertson, Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia is bracing for a “multiple coordinated attacks” by Iraqi militias factions and…
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City of Pittsburg says it fell victim to $913K phishing scam based in Nigeria
By Tim Fang Officials in the City of Pittsburg disclosed that it lost nearly $1 million in a phishing incident earlier this year, adding that most of…
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United flight from San Francisco to Los Cabos, Mexico returns to SFO after tire damaged during takeoff
By Carlos E. Castañeda A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Los Cabos, Mexico had to return to SFO after sustaining damage to a tire…
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Fairfield bicyclist dies after being hit on I-80 off-ramp at Airbase Parkway
By Cecilio Padilla A bicyclist died after being struck by a pickup truck on an Interstate 80 off-ramp in Fairfield late Thursday morning. Just before…
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Watch: View of United Airlines plane that returned to SFO after tire damaged during takeoff
United Airlines flight 1189 from San Francisco to Los Cabos, Mexico, returned to SFO Thursday morning after a tire was damaged during…
Continue ReadingAlleged arsonist admits to starting one Spokane wildfire and more than two dozen others since last year, prosecutors say
By Emma Tucker, CNN The alleged arsonist in the first of three devastating wildfires in Washington state that have been burning over the past several…
Continue ReadingUS-backed democracy talks start in Venezuela without Nobel laureate Machado
By Anabella González, Germán Padinger, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The Venezuelan government met with opposition figures in Caracas on Thursday…
Continue ReadingReturning flames, fed-up health workers, skydiver’s delivery: Catch up on the day’s stories
By Gina Park, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Should you always brace your core? If you’ve spent any time in a gym, you’ve probably heard that…
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Pair arrested after deadly San Jose triple-shooting
By Tim Fang Police in San Jose on Thursday announced the arrests of two people in connection with a shooting that killed one person and wounded two…
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Child driving car hits, critically injures woman walking dog in Oakland; driver, child passenger also hurt
By Carlos E. Castañeda A child under 10 years old was behind the wheel of a car in Oakland on Thursday when it crashed and hit a woman walking her…
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Teamsters sue California DMV over driverless truck rules
By Cecilio Padilla Teamsters California announced that it is suing the state Department of Motor Vehicles over new regulations allowing companies to…
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Watch: View above crash involving child driver, pedestrian in Oakland neighborhood
A child under 10 years old was driving a car in Oakland on Thursday when it crashed and hit a woman walking her dog, leaving her critically injured,…
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Feds, Oakland police announce surge in firearm arrests, charges and seizures
The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Oakland Police Department, and other law enforcement partners announced results of a surge in firearm enforcement…
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