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Northern California saw the first measurable rain in weeks on Wednesday, the start of a series of storm systems expected to bring a "firehose of moisture" to the Bay Area and Central Coast into next week and possibly disrupt Christmas travel plans, the National Weather Service said.
A vehicle broke free from a tow truck on Interstate Highway 580 in Castro Valley and onto the BART tracks on Tuesday, blocking highway traffic and BART service on the Blue Line between the Castro Valley and Dublin/Pleasanton stations.
Protesters chained themselves together in front of a federal immigration services building in San Francisco on Tuesday morning, prompting authorities to shut down the building for the day.
Oakland police were seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect in an October carjacking and assault that left an elderly victim severely hurt, and they have released a surveillance image of the suspect.
After one of the driest Decembers in decades, Northern and Central California began to see rain again on Tuesday as a strengthening series of storms was set to soak the region, forecasters said.
A man suspected of fatally shooting his wife at their Vallejo home was tracked to Pennsylvania and arrested, authorities said.
A judge on Friday approved prosecutors' motion to dismiss the case against a San Leandro police officer accused of shooting and killing a man in a Walmart in 2020.
Both directions of Vasco Road between Livermore and Brentwood were closed Friday afternoon following multiple crashes and heavy fog, the California Highway Patrol said.
A multi-agency crackdown on organized retail theft led by Santa Rosa police at several businesses on Thursday resulted in 17 arrests, the department said.
A large fire burned at a six-story residential building in San Francisco's Tenderloin District early Friday morning, leaving dozens displaced, officials said.
A federal grand jury indicted nine people on multiple charges in connection with armed burglaries at an Oakland marijuana grow facility that led to the death of police Officer Tuan Le, authorities said Thursday.
A gas explosion and fire near Hayward and Interstate Highway 238 Thursday morning injured multiple people and destroyed or damaged at least three structures, authorities said.
A former finance manager for a Bay Area charity that serves youth was sentenced to 27 months in prison for embezzling over $1.6 million from the organization, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Multiple suspects, including two 16-year-olds and a 14-year-old, were arrested in a weeks-long operation in San Jose targeting gang activity, police said Wednesday.
Dangerous surf conditions are forecast along Northern and Central California beaches for the next several days, prompting an alert from the National Weather Service.