San Jose mayor pushes for mandatory booster; could be 1st in California

In what could be an unprecedented move in California, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said he wants to make all city employees and visitors who enter city-owned facilities, to have a booster shot or third round of vaccinations. There will surely be pushback to the plan.

California man gets prison for threats over 2020 election

Robert Lemke, a resident of Bay Point in the San Francisco Bay Area, pleaded guilty in October to one count of making threatening interstate communications.

Woman dies, 3 children hospitalized after possible carbon monoxide poisoning in Pittsburg

A mother is dead and her three children, and their father, were hospitalized after Pittsburg police say they all may have been exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide.

Elizabeth Holmes jurors hear different interpretations on her downfall

Jurors in the case of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on Thursday heard starkly different interpretations of her motives and actions as her long-running criminal trial nears the finish line.

3 arrested in deaths of 2 women who were drugged during night out in Los Angeles and later died: Police

David Pearce, Michael Ansbach and Brandt Osborn are charged in the deaths of Christy Giles-Cilliers and her close friend, Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola. The two women went for a night out in Los Angeles in November and never came home.

Elizabeth Holmes: How the evidence stacks up against Theranos founder ahead of closing statements

Attorneys will begin their closing arguments Thursday in the federal fraud trial against Elizabeth Holmes. While there were more than 900 exhibits and testimony from 32 witness, several key points stand out.

Here's why California's population growth is slowing

The study from the California Policy Lab in Berkeley shows that fewer people are moving to the Golden State. The rate is down 38% since the start of the pandemic and, it's even higher in the Bay Area where there was a drop of 45%.

Santa Clara County sheriff accused of corrupt misconduct by civil grand jury

Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith was formally accused of "willful and corrupt misconduct" by a civil grand jury that had investigated the embattled official.

San Francisco mayor proposes broader police access to surveillance video in light of mass retail thefts

Mayor London Breed announced a proposal Tuesday to lift the limits on San Francisco officers watching live surveillance feeds from cameras around city, allowing them to tap into video whenever a crime has occurred. Privacy advocates are concerned.

There's a plan to stop the humming sound on the Golden Gate Bridge

The plan calls for attaching U-shaped clips to all 12,000 slats on the railings. It would cost $450,000 and could be finished by the end of next year if approved.

California's statewide indoor mask mandate kicks off as virus cases rise

The mandate requires everyone in California to mask up indoors, regardless of vaccination status, from December 15 through January 15.

Man to be reunited with rare violin stolen in Martinez 35 years ago

The family of Loal Davis was calling it a wonderful gift just in time for Christmas, as they were set to reunite the lifelong musician with a long-lost and treasured heirloom -- an intricately designed antique violin, stolen decades ago.