Passenger detained at LAX after opening emergency exit door of plane

A passenger onboard a flight from Los Angeles to Seattle was detained Saturday morning after opening an emergency exit door.

'My heart is crushed': Wife of late Bay Area radio host 'JV' pens emotional letter

Natasha Yi, wife of popular Bay Area radio host Jeffrey 'JV' Vandergrift penned a heartbreaking letter, two days after he husband's body was discovered at Pier 39 in San Francisco 

Body of Jeffrey 'JV' Vandergrift, popular San Francisco radio host, found

A body found at Pier 39 in San Francisco late Wednesday has been identified by the medical examiner as popular radio host Jeffrey Vandergrift, 55 – and the news sent shock waves through the Bay Area. 

California man arrested 10 times in 31 days

Keith Chastain, 38, faces 18 felonies and 15 misdemeanors from those arrests and charges include stealing 6 vehicles, DUI, vandalism, fraud, possession of a controlled substance, and more.

Shocking images show pure power of historic Bay Area bomb cyclone

A deadly storm whipped through the Bay Area on Tuesday afternoon and brought record-breaking winds and heavy rain with it. 

Mexican man pleads guilty in deadly smuggling crash that killed 13 near U.S.-Mexico border

Jose Cruz Noguez pleaded guilty Tuesday to coordinating a smuggling effort that left 13 people dead when a Ford Expedition carrying 25 people was broadsided by a tractor-trailer in Imperial County in 2021.

San Jose leader of White supremacist group threatens Brooklyn journalist

The San Jose leader of a White supremacist group who goes by "King ov (sic) Wrath" was arrested Tuesday for allegedly threatening a journalist in Brooklyn, New York, the Department of Justice Announced. 

All LAUSD schools closed as thousands of employees continue 3-day strike

Los Angeles Unifed campuses will be closed Tuesday and likely through Thursday as service workers begin a planned strike -- leaving more than 400,000 students without classes.

Dog reunited with owner 2,000 miles away thanks to microchip

When veterinarians in Ohio located the dog's microchip, it showed that she belonged to a man named Jordan, a truck driver based in California.

California bill could lead to a ban on Skittles and other popular candies

A first-of-its-kind bill in California could lead to the ban of popular candies like Skittles, Nerds, and Hot Tamales due to certain additives considered dangerous and toxic.  

California deputy faces DUI charge after car runs Navy gate

An off-duty San Diego County deputy has been arrested on suspicion of driving past security at the main gate of a California Navy base while under the influence, prompting guards to open fire and the base to be put on lockdown briefly.

California bill to protect doctors who mail abortion pills

Sen. Nancy Skinner's bill would not let California extradite doctors who are facing charges in another state for providing abortion medication

What’s the next step for Black reparations in San Francisco?

The state of California and the cities of Boston and San Francisco are among jurisdictions trying to atone not just for chattel slavery, but for decades of racist policies and laws that systemically denied Black Americans access to property, education and the ability to build generational wealth.

Man crushed to death stealing catalytic converter in Oakland

A Vacaville man was killed while allegedly stealing a catalytic converter in Oakland, according to police and media reports.

San Francisco board open to reparations with $5M payouts

Payments of $5 million to every eligible Black adult, the elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for 250 years and homes in San Francisco for just $1 a family.

Jury awards $8.25M to Black mother, daughters handcuffed outside Castro Valley Starbucks

A federal jury awarded a mother and her two daughters $8.25 million after they were unlawfully searched and handcuffed by Alameda County sheriff's deputies outside a Castro Valley Starbucks on their way to taking one of the young women to a college math test in Berkeley.