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By Richard Ramos A Powerball ticket sold in the Sacramento area matched all five of the winning white-ball numbers Wednesday night, earning the…

By Ashley Sharp This school year, for the first time, comes a statewide crackdown in classrooms on cell phones in California. Some schools across the…

By CBS Bay Area A Martinez man accused of fatally stabbing a 68-year-old man during an attempted burglary appeared in court Wednesday, where a judge…

By Darrielle Fair A California bill, known as Leno’s Law, aimed at easing smog-check requirements for older collector cars is advancing through…

By CBS Bay Area Last summer, both elevators inside Oakland’s La Peralta apartment building were out of service for 52 straight days. Now, the…

By Jose Fabian A Fremont resident died Wednesday in an apartment building fire, officials said. Crews were called around 9:20 a.m. to an apartment on…

By Carlos E. Castañeda Two people were stabbed, one fatally, in Richmond on Tuesday evening and a suspect was arrested hours after the incident,…

By Carlos E. Castañeda A San Francisco jury convicted a man of sexually assaulting a woman aboard a Muni bus last year after all other passenges had…

By Tim Fang An East Bay man was arrested and is facing multiple felony charges for his alleged role in a multi-state identity theft scheme,…

By Chelsea Hylton Nick Reiner has been indicted on murder charges in the killings of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, inside their Brentwood home…

By Carlos E. Castañeda A weather system off of Southern California was increasing the chances of lightning and wind gusts in the Central Coast,…

By Tim Fang A jury in San Mateo County awarded $33 million to twin girls after their parents were killed in a street racing crash in Redwood City…

By Tim Fang Looming thunderstorms forecast for Wednesday afternoon could pose challenges for firefighters in California’s Big Sur, officials…

By Jose Fabian BART service was partially shut down Tuesday due to a PG&E power outage, the transportation agency said. Trains were not running…

By John Ramos The hundreds of thousands of homeowners who are now getting their insurance through the California FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance…

By CBS Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO — Portsmouth Square has long been known as the “living room” of San Francisco’s Chinatown, a…

By Brady Halbleib Wagering on wildfires — that’s what some people are doing on prediction markets. People are betting on when a wildfire…

By Richard Ramos A 47-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of intentionally starting the Fred Mountain Fire, one of two wildfires that have…

By CBS Bay Area A Bay Area woman originally from Russia hopes to be released on bond this week after being detained last month by U.S. Immigration…

By CBS Bay Area California Highway Patrol investigators are looking for witnesses to a crash that killed a bicyclist on an Interstate 80 off-ramp in…

By Tim Fang Police in San Francisco on Tuesday announced the arrests of three East Bay residents suspected of multiple home and auto burglaries…

By Carlos E. Castañeda A Gilroy resident and San Benito County probation employee has been charged with possessing sexually explicit images of a…

By Carlos E. Castañeda Sunnyvale police raided smoke shops across the city and seized thousands of illegal products over the past two months, the…

By Tim Fang Authorities in Monterey County said they have recovered the body of a swimmer who went missing at Lake San Antonio over the weekend. Park…

By Tim Fang Authorities in the East Bay said they have uncovered nearly 1,000 suspected victims of identity theft during an investigation into stolen…

By CBS Bay Area For Kiki Lopez, self-care is important.  “I look at myself as my role model,” she told CBS News Bay Area, as she was…

By Brady Halbleib More than a year after the Del Oro High School girls softball team traded their smartphones for basic flip phones as part of a…