1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1384+ words) Dominic Foppoli, the former Windsor mayor and once a rising star in Sonoma County politics, on Friday, Sept. 11, was ordered to pay more than $13 million in damages to seven women who sued him over claims that he sexually assaulted each…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (531+ words) Fremont and Union City quietly ended their use of a $2.6 million police dispatch system after the newly acquired software “experienced unexpected instability” during service calls. Fremont, which contracts with Union City to provide dispatch services, used computer-aided dispatch software (CAD)…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (415+ words) Q: My dog, Stewie, was healthy before I booked a pet sitter through Rover, a pet care service. While he was under the sitter’s exclusive care, he ingested a foreign object and became critically ill. I have Ring camera footage showing…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (270+ words) SAN JOSE — A woman has been arrested on suspicion of hate crimes and stalking in San Jose, police said. Officers were initially called to the 6400 block of Aspen Creek on Sunday for a report of a “hate-motivated incident,” according to…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (335+ words) OAKLAND — Thirteen felony charges, including attempted murder, were filed Wednesday against an ex-convict in two Oakland shootings last month — one where he allegedly fired at police officers and another where a man was wounded multiple times weeks earlier, according to…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (256+ words) REDWOOD CITY – A man arrested last month after a grill he left on on his balcony was suspected to have been the origin of a massive six-alarm fire that destroyed much of his Foster City condominium complex and displaced nearly…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (396+ words) SAN LEANDRO — What started as a routine traffic stop Thursday morning ended with two fleeing suspects being arrested after their vehicle crashed while going the wrong way on Interstate 580, authorities said. Both suspects suffered non-life threatening injuries, as did the…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (454+ words) Two Oakland Police Department officers with the agency’s helicopter unit were arraigned Thursday on several federal charges, including conspiring to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration. Brandon Mart and David Mac pleaded not guilty during their first appearance in an Oakland…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (156+ words) SAN JOSE — A man died Wednesday night after being shot in an area just south of the city’s downtown district, authorities said. The incident occurred around 10:20 p.m. in the area of Oak Street and Palm Street, according to a…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (743+ words) SAN JOSE — A South Bay woman has been officially charged with a second murder count that backs suspicions from victim families who believed she killed two of her close friends within hours of each other late last month, strangling and…...