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A 51-year-old Vacaville man died in a vehicle collision Saturday afternoon near the intersection of Peabody Road and Foxboro Parkway, the crash shutting down traffic in the area for several hours, the Vacaville police reported. The Solano County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified the victim as Gary Copeland. Lt. Bryan...

VACAVILLE, Calif. — Vacaville Police Department said they've put a name to a face caught on video lurking around a home last Monday. On June 18, police released video surveillance that showed a man lurking around a home in the 400 block of Lovers Lane and peeking into a window. The video shows the man crawling away on his hands and knees after doing so.

The San Francisco Walgreens shoplifter defended by one CBS anchor last week as probably just stealing something he needed has reportedly been arrested and linked to at least seven different shoplifting incidents. The man, identified by police as Jean Lugo-Romero, was the alleged perpetrator of a shoplifting incident on June...

Kris Cosca, superintendent of the Novato Unified School District, has resigned his position effective June 30, according to a statement issued by the district on Monday. “It has been a privilege to serve the students, families and staff of the Novato Unified School District and to work in a wonderful community so supportive of their schools,” Cosca said in the statement, issued jointly by district board president Ross Millerick and Mary Jane Burke, Marin’s superintendent of schools.

OAKLAND — A Martinez resident who worked as a hospital quality control director and a lecturer at a California State University was arrested after authorities allegedly found child porn on his Gmail accounts and talked to an 11-year-old girl who reported he molested her. David McConnell, 42, was charged in...

SOLANO COUNTY, Calif. — A 17-year-old girl died Sunday after being struck by a big rig in Solano County, according to the California Highway Patrol. Just before 1 a.m., a big rig was traveling westbound on Interstate 80 at Dixon Avenue, approaching a separate crash in the roadway, officials said.

A supervisor with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been charged with battery following an alleged attack on a housing activist in Sausalito. Marty Plisch, 55, pleaded not guilty on June 14 to the misdemeanor for allegedly striking Robbie Powelson in the chest with an oar. A status hearing is set for July 7.

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco police are searching for the driver of a vehicle who struck and injured a pedestrian at Fisherman's Wharf on Monday. Police said the driver fled, leaving the woman suffering from injuries near Beach Street and Columbus Avenue around 5 p.m. A source told KTVU the victim is an employee at the Argonaut Hotel. On Tuesday morning, police said her injuries were no longer life threatening.

A planned summer rideout on Father’s Day never materialized and authorities are hoping one never will after issuing a stern warning last week to potential organizers. Antioch police and Mayor Lamar Thorpe held a news conference last week to warn anyone planning on participating in a rideout of off-road vehicles to think twice about the consequences, which could include citations and heavy impound fees.

A power outage early Monday evening in Napa – the city’s second in six hours – cut off service to 3,058 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. customers, but service was restored to all but a handful of customers in a little more than an hour, the utility reported. The outage...