Guatemalan immigrant Isabel Bueso came to the U.S. for life-saving treatment for Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome, and after dodging a Trump-era effort to deport her, she will now be allowed to permanently remain in the U.S.
Portland-based Umpqua Bank may be the subject of a class-action lawsuit from jilted investors in a Ponzi-esque investment scheme masterminded by a now deceased Marin County real estate mogul.
There was confusion after police released their initial statements about a double-murder last week that claimed the lives of two young children in Hunters Point about the woman they arrested for the crime. But it's been confirmed that she was the mother of the children.
A five-year-old sexual misconduct allegation has roiled the appointment of interim Police Chief Jennifer Louis into the position permanently, and city council has plenty of questions on why this information never surfaced.
San Ramon police made quick work of identifying and locating a suspect last weekend following a Christmas Eve viral-video hate-crime incident at an In-N-Out restaurant, and a similar incident targeting AAPI victims the next day.
As Dungeness crab season has been delayed again for the seemingly umpteenth year in a row, two Bay Area fishermen say they have a new crab trap design that ensures the safety of whales, and could make Thanksgiving Dungeness crab a thing again.
A multiple-injury crash involving an overturned big rig shut down all NB lanes of I-880 in Oakland this a.m., one person died in an Excelsior house fire last night, and the ice-skating rink at Union Square may be closed due to rain today and tomorrow.
The team behind Bistro Don Giovanni is opening a new Italian seafood place in Napa, the Castro’s Rooster & Rice location has closed, and firefighters in Newark pulled out a man who fell into a four-story bin of hazardous gypsum powder and he did not survive.
The saga of million-dollar bribes, fake charities, and Photoshopped athletic photos known as the “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal will soon come to a close, as the scheme’s mastermind faces a Wednesday sentencing in federal court.
Renting an apartment in San Francisco remains slightly more affordable than it was three years ago, and a good bit cheaper than the high-water mark of 2015, but prices are on the rise.
A local doctor dedicated to debunking COVID-19 conspiracy theories is giving up that fight, on Twitter at least, claiming that misinformation is running wild on that platform. And the data backs up that claim.
Oakland police are investigating the possible murder of a toddler two days before Christmas, whose body was later found buried in a shallow grave in Napa County.
The downfallen crypto founder is stuck under house arrest in his parents’ house in Palo Alto, now a “heavily guarded fortress” with a $10,000-a-week security detail, but one person who’s been able to get into the house is 'Moneyball' author Michael Lewis.
In a "draft tentative ruling," a California appellate court is siding with NIMBY activists in Berkeley who have been squabbling with the University of California over its growth plans, and a plan to build student housing at People's Park.
A pedestrian was killed Wednesday in a hit-and-run at Bay and Stockton streets; Oakland police are investigating the death of a toddler whose body was found in Napa; and BART is experiencing rain-related delays.
A 19-year-old and a 20-year-old have been arrested in connection with a fatal Dec. 18 shooting at 24th and Mission; a dramatic car chase ended with lanes closed on I-80 in Vallejo; and Muni has announced free service all night on New Year's Eve.
Third Baptist Church pastor and SF NAACP president Amos Brown continues his campaign of calling attention to the state of the Fillmore District, in a new op-ed saying the neighborhood is experiencing “an explosion of homeless tent encampments, open drug use, and violence.”
A wild car chase tore through South San Francisco Tuesday afternoon, with the alleged car thief crashing into several cars and a police cruiser, yet this alleged car thief is a mere 15 years old.
It's going to be a soggy New Year's weekend in the Bay Area, as a couple more storms line up to drench us some more — and waterlogged ground is likely going to create some hazards and nuisances in the coming days.
Details are scarce, but a one-year-old and five-year-old were found dead in a Bayview home Friday morning, and the DA’s office just announced murder charges against a 34-year-old San Francisco woman in connection with the two children’s deaths.
In another pre-trial hearing in San Francisco Superior Court Wednesday morning, accused Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape again entered a plea of not guilty to the attempted murder charge against him, and he now won't be back in court for two months.
More charges were filed Tuesday in the case against Wesley Brownlee, the 43-year-old Stockton man accused in a string of killings in both Oakland and Stockton, and among them is one new name that had previously not been released.
Marin authorities have called off their search for a fisherman who disappeared on Sunday, a woman was fatally shot outside her Antioch home on Tuesday, and Southwest Airlines continues canceling hundreds of Bay Area flights.
What's shaping up to be the wettest last week of December in 17 years has brought three-mile-long traffic jams to the South Bay, 20-foot waves in the North Bay, and skiers getting turned away on the Tahoe slopes.
The New Year's Eve announcements are pouring in from Bay Area transit agencies, and Caltrain will be free from 8 p.m. onward Saturday night, while BART will run extra trains going well after 2 a.m.
