James Torrez

The shooting death of legendary football Coach John Beam at Laney College last week prompted the Alameda County District Attorney on Monday to announce she would seek to resurrect mandatory minimum sentences for gun-related convictions, reversing a trend by the ousted DA.

The US Department of Justice announced the agency would investigate the protests ahead of the Turning Point USA event at UC Berkeley, where at least three arrests were made and fights broke out.

Some of the nation’s most vulnerable people depend on SNAP, including more than half a million residents in the San Francisco Bay Area. Nearly 40% of recipients are children, 20% are seniors, and about 10% are people with disabilities.

Salesforce’s annual Dreamforce conference wrapped up this week, but CEO Marc Benioff is facing new controversy following a report that he offered to help the federal government hire immigration enforcement agents.

A three-alarm fire raged in San Francisco's Marina district early Wednesday morning, injuring three firefighters who were taken to the hospital, the department said.

A San Francisco chef is preserving the Latin and Caribbean roots of his newly-acquired restaurant, located in a space dates back nearly a century.

Lightning lit up the skies Wednesday night throughout the Bay Area, and firefighters in Brentwood said one such strike caused a house fire when the electricity hit a weather vane on top of the roof. 

NASA on Wednesday launched three satellites into space, and one of them was controlled by scientists from UC Berkeley. 

DID YOU FEEL IT? The USGS reports the earthquake hit at 2:56 a.m. with an epicenter in Berkeley.

Walnut Creek police on Friday arrested a 43-year-old man after two women's bodies were found inside a home that neighbors said had seen previous domestic disturbances.