Oakland firefighter drowns while swimming off San Diego beach
An Oakland firefighter who lived with his family in Sacramento drowned early Thursday morning while swimming in the ocean off a San Diego beach, fire officials said.
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An Oakland firefighter who lived with his family in Sacramento drowned early Thursday morning while swimming in the ocean off a San Diego beach, fire officials said.
A group of wildfires sparked by lightning were burning in Central California Thursday, prompting mandatory evacuations in Fresno County, fire officials said.
A debris fire spread to vegetation in South San Jose Wednesday, Cal Fire reported.
A power outage in Sonoma County Wednesday morning had more than 17,000 PG&E customers without power, authorities said.
Tesla has been ordered to correct ongoing air quality violations at its electric vehicle manufacturing plant in Fremont, regulators said Tuesday.
Francis Zamora, the chief spokesman for Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, has resigned a day after the embattled mayor's attorney stepped down.
Thao gave her first public comments on Monday following the FBI raid on her home, denying any wrongdoing and saying she is not a target of the investigation.
A Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail vehicle derailed Monday in San Jose, temporarily blocking traffic on state Highway 87 in both directions, officials said.
A box truck carrying a load of avocados overturned on northbound U.S. Highway 101 in San Mateo Monday morning, blocking several lanes of traffic.
Following Thursday's FBI raid on her home, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao has hired a criminal defense attorney who says it is not clear that she is even the subject of the investigation.
The Oakland NAACP is calling on Mayor Sheng Thao to resign following the raids on her home and on properties associated with a politically influential family.
FBI agents conducted an early-morning raid on the home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Thursday morning, one of several raids on other properties in the city.
A woman and her two adult children were arrested in connection with two separate stolen vehicle cases that also involved police chases, authorities said Thursday.
Jury deliberations began Tuesday afternoon in San Francisco in the state trial of David DePape, the man already convicted and sentenced in federal court for the brutal attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi.
A 16-year-old girl escaped after being kidnapped and assaulted in South San Francisco and a suspect was arrested, police said Tuesday.