- Six adults were shot at an Oakland high school in a mass shooting that left two victims with life-threatening injuries. By Sarah Ravani, Rachel Swan and Kevin Fagan
- The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office says it’s in the process of retesting dozens of employees who failed psychological evaluations with the intent of bringing them back on duty. By Annie Vainshtein and Joshua Sharpe
- Police had believed he had changed clothes and snuck out. They were wrong. By Michael Cabanatuan and Jessica Flores
- The shooting came on the same day that Oakland Police Chief LeRonne L. Armstrong announced that eight officers were permanently assigned to the Criminal Investigation Division in an attempt to reduce the rampant gun violence. By Sam Whiting
- After a Chronicle column last week described a man allegedly stalking and grabbing women on the street, more victims have come forward. The same man was arrested for trespassing into a stranger’s house and giving police a false name, but he got... By Heather Knight
- San Francisco police said Monday that two homicides occurred in San Francisco over the recent days — one near BART and the cable car turnaround, the other on Third Street in the Bayview. By Michael Cabanatuan
- A 37-year-old man was arrested in Northern California for allegedly threatening to kill police officers and planning a “Las Vegas style” mass shooting, authorities said. By Jessica Flores
- The San Francisco district attorney chose the head of her agency’s post-conviction unit to be on the case review panel begun by Chesa Boudin. By Joshua Sharpe
- Two new state laws make it illegal for recyclers and brokers to buy catalytic converters from anyone but licensed commercial dismantlers or vehicle owners. By Michael Cabanatuan
- A father and son were stabbed to death early Sunday in Hayward, police said. Police found them, unconscious, after responding to a 911 call of an altercation. By Michael Cabanatuan
- Vallejo police are investigating a Saturday morning shooting that killed a 21-year-old man from San Francisco. By Ricardo Cano
- Yet another fatal shooting in Oakland left a man dead Friday night, a spokesperson for the Oakland Police Department said. By Jordan Parker
- Berkeley police say two incidents in which an adult female tired to lure juveniles into her car are related. In each incident, the intended victims, a 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, fled the suspect. By Michael Cabanatuan
- Plus: Is this $175 ramen tasting menu worth it? By Kellie Hwang
- A San Francisco judge notoriously dismissed the case of a man accused of stalking a teenager. Now, the man is back — and numerous women say he’s followed and grabbed them, too. The man admitted to The Chronicle he follows women he finds... By Heather Knight
- A San Francisco judge notoriously dismissed the case of a man accused of stalking a teenager. Now, the man is back — and numerous women say he’s followed and grabbed them, too. The man admitted to The Chronicle he follows women he finds... By Heather Knight
- A man was arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman when he shoved her into the street without provocation, the San Francisco Police Department said Thursday. By Jordan Parker
- Break-ins, drug dealing and violence has Lower Polk residents and business owners at wits’ end, as the city and police scramble to get on top of the issues. By J.K. Dineen
- Cesia Medina-Zuniga, 26, allegedly commuted “regularly” from her home in Oakland to the Tenderloin District in San Francisco to sell narcotics since 2019, officials said. By Jordan Parker
- California will soon be the only state in the nation to have a governmental office committed to preventing gun violence, state officials said Wednesday. By Annie Vainshtein
- A motorist in an allegedly stolen Ford Mustang ran out of gas on the San Mateo Bridge early Wednesday morning and attempted to flee on foot when he was struck and killed by another vehicle, officials said. By Sam Whiting
- Alameda County sheriff’s deputies are investigating an online threat of gun violence at Castro Valley High School but have not identified the sender or found any evidence of a plan to carry out the threat, authorities said. By Michael Cabanatuan
- James “Robbie” Robinson was “this handsome, swashbuckling Polk Street bartender at the dawn of the LGBT movement.” But at age 87, he got scammed out of his life’s savings. Here’s what happened and how to avoid it happening to you. By Heather Knight
- Approved in a 7-4 vote Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors, the policy reflects a compromise between Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Aaron Peskin. By J.D. Morris
- Less than 24 hours after three homicides occurred in Oakland in the span of an hour, gunfire erupted once again outside of City Hall on Tuesday afternoon as some council members and other city staff had logged on for a remote City Council meeting. By Sarah Ravani
- A day after three homicides occurred in the span of an hour, Oakland leaders raised the alarm on the state of violence in the city. A few hours later, two people were shot outside City Hall, disrupting the City Council meeting inside. By Rachel Swan and Sarah Ravani
- University of California police say that an aggravated assault with rocks occurred near the Cal campus Monday morning. Police say the attack was an anti-Asian hate crime but have provided few details. By Michael Cabanatuan
- A former San Quentin prison guard and three associates have pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle cell phones to a Death Row inmate in exchange for $11,500 in bribes to the guard. By Bob Egelko
- Multiracial people are a growing demographic in San Francisco and, according to the SFNext poll conducted for The Chronicle, the most critical of city government, education and policing institutions. By Justin Phillips
- Investigators believe Judith Goodner had a romantic relationship with Ruben Ortiz and that she brought him to her home shortly before the shooting. By Jordan Parker
- The man who rammed his car into a Castro Valley Trader Joe’s on Thursday, injuring 8 people, is a 90-year-old Hayward resident. By Rachel Swan
- The boy, who has not been identified, is the city’s 49th traffic fatality this year. By Rachel Swan
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Joette Smith was found slain in a Santa Cruz County river 39 years ago. DNA helped solve the mysteryThe killing in 1983 rattled the small town of Ben Lomond, a community just a few miles north of Felton. Sheriff’s deputies found Smith — the 33-year-old owner of a well-known restaurant in town called Buffalo Gals — floating dead in the river and... By Annie Vainshtein
- In addition to finding rainbow fentanyl in the East Bay, Shannon said it’s also found in San Francisco, specifically in the Tenderloin, where it’s commonly referred to as “Skittles.” By Sarah Ravani
- The incident, which led to a dramatic high-speed chase, is the latest example of surging catalytic converter thefts in the Bay Area. By Rachel Swan
- San Francisco homicide detectives are investigating the death of a 21-year-old man who was shot in the area of Turk and Buchanan streets. By Megan Cassidy
- The owners and an employee at a San Francisco plastering company and its sister construction firm were charged with multiple felonies for allegedly engaging in a years-long tax and insurance fraud scheme, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced. By Sam Whiting
- San Francisco police said thieves made off with multiple catalytic converters taken from the Police Department’s own vehicles this week. By Annie Vainshtein
- Questions remain about whether Alameda County child service workers missed chances to save Sophia Mason from a tragic outcome. By Joshua Sharpe
- The SFNext poll suggests that Asian Americans’ widespread dissatisfaction that helped fuel this year’s recalls of three school board members and District Attorney Chesa Boudin was not an aberration. By Roland Li
- A new San Francisco Chronicle poll shows residents are deeply frustrated and saddened by our city. So why stay? Answers to what makes them proud about life in San Francisco were telling, too. By Heather Knight
- A 12-year-old child accidentally fired a gun that shot and injured a classmate at a school in East Oakland last month, police said. By Sarah Ravani
- Faced with a looming threat that Castro business owners will stop paying taxes if the city doesn’t clean up the neighborhood, Mayor London Breed pledged Tuesday to coordinate city efforts and if necessary use police to ensure that people who... By Mallory Moench
- Three months after San Francisco created a new law to crack down on illegal street vending, the city finally started enforcing it Tuesday. Outreach and threats to seize goods from vendors without permits seemed to be having the intended effect in... By Mallory Moench
- The man accused of nearly beheading his ex-girlfriend with a “samurai sword,” according to prosecutors, will face a mental competency assessment ahead of his next court appearance next month. By Annie Vainshtein
- Jose Rafael Solano Landaeta, 33, appeared in San Mateo County Superior Court Monday afternoon with his lawyer, Robert Cummings, who raised concerns about whether the defendant was competent to stand trial in the slaying of Karina Marie Castro, 27,... By Annie Vainshtein
- The revelations about the arrests land as gun crimes are spiking in Oakland, and several mayoral candidates have vowed to deal with the increase in firearms and crime that started during the pandemic. By Sarah Ravani
- Three months after San Francisco created a new law to crack down on illegal street vending, the city is about to finally fully enforce it. But it’s unclear if the new rules will meaningfully address the problem or create a game of cat and mouse... By Mallory Moench
- Three people were injured, two critically, following a shootout during an alleged robbery at an “indoor marijuana cultivation” in San Leandro Sunday morning, officials said. By Claire Hao
- Two California Highway Patrol officers were injured early Sunday by a suspected drunk driver who struck their patrol vehicle in Solano County during a traffic stop. By Joel Umanzor