The intensity of this week's atmospheric river storm has caused great damage across the North Bay, with roads flooded, trees knocked down and some without power. The storm is expected to hit the rest of the region on Friday. Here's the latest storm-related issues reported in the Bay Area:. Safari...

A third day of an atmospheric river storm has inundated Northern California and the Bay Area, prompting a series of warnings and advisories about local flooding. The National Weather Service issued a flood warning in Sonoma County for the Russian River at Johnsons Beach in Guerneville from 2 p.m. Friday until further notice. The warning also applies to the communities of Forestville, Monte Rio, and other areas near the river west of Guerneville. The river was expected to rise above flood stage late Friday evening and continue rising to 32.5 feet just after midnight. North of the Bay Area,...

Police in Redwood City arrested a middle-school student Thursday suspected in a robbery that may be tied to an attempted homicide. On Sept. 25, a person was shot near the intersection of Adams and Jackson streets in Redwood City. The victim survived the shooting and 18-year-old Payton Russi was arrested the following day on suspicion of the crime, according to police. Though the firearm used in the case remains outstanding, police believe additional suspects were involved in events leading up to the shooting. One of these suspects is a minor attending McKinley Institute of Technology in Redwood City which...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A developer in Mountain View is planning to build hundreds of homes in the East Whisman neighborhood that will include 150 affordable apartments, with half of them slated for families – a prospect that normally would give the city a lot to cheer about.

Sunnyvale is taking steps to make its downtown more inviting for residents and visitors alike by beautifying its most historic block. The Sunnyvale City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved concept plans to turn the historic Murphy Avenue block of downtown into a permanent pedestrian mall, with Councilmember Russ Melton absent. The plans include more bike parking near Washington and Evelyn avenues, as well as handrails and sloped paths for better accessibility.

In a recent operation by Petaluma Police, two individuals were apprehended for a spree of thefts, including an incident at the Petaluma Factory Outlets. Tracy Blanchard, a 48-year-old San Francisco resident, and Nichole Borquez, a 34-year-old from San Jose, were the suspects caught in the act. According to the Petaluma Police Department's social media post, the incident occurred on November 7.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced the appointment of two Superior Court judges in Santa Clara County, Jon Heaberlin and Meghan Piano. The new judges were among 10 Superior Court judges and two Court of Appeal justices appointed statewide. Heaberlin has served as a commissioner at the county Superior Court...

A proposal to build low-income housing on parking lots is roiling Menlo Park.

A federal judge in Colorado is considering whether to ban a San José State volleyball player from next week’s Mountain West Conference tournament, the latest turn in a case that has thrust the university into a nationwide debate over transgender athletes in women’s sports. The suit filed...

San Mateo County lawmakers are placing new pressure on Sheriff Christina Corpus to step down following a damaging report alleging widespread misconduct by the Sheriff's Office, which includes reference to a series of text messages. The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors says a private company has concluded four text messages in which a homophobic slur was used were sent by Corpus. "We were able to obtain the cellphone from the witness who received the texts and have that cellphone looked at forensically and what [forensic tech company] Cellebrite has concluded is that, in fact, those texts were sent...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The family of a South Bay teen who died by suicide earlier this month after being bullied by classmates held a funeral service for the 14-year-old on Wednesday with the help of the community. Loved ones laid Jose Emiliano Zamora to rest, a Santa Clara High...

Since August, local judges have been nullifying murderers’ death sentences one by one. But there’s a problem: The law the judges have been relying on to reduce those death sentences doesn’t apply to death sentences. And that’s not the only problem. It’s easy for judges to...

Eight minors from across the Bay Area, one of them only 12 years old, have been arrested and charged for 23 separate Walgreens robberies in which their estimated alleged stolen loot totaled $84,000 worth. It is stunning to think that one gang of Bay Area burglars could be behind 23...

Christmas in the Park is returning to Downtown San Jose, but organizers are concerned about its future. The 44-year-old tradition has lost major sponsors, leaving the nonprofit organization running the event $100,00 short for next year's event. "We've had three major donors who've been with us for a number of...

San Jose, CA — According to NBC Bay Area, authorities have located the driver suspected to have been involved in a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run on Monday evening, November 18, 2024. Emergency responders arrived at the scene at Bird and Coe Avenues around 8:45 PM after reports of a man...

Caltrans has announced a temporary hold on the Interstate 880 Capital Preventive Maintenance project due to weather concerns. The initiative, spearheading improvements along a stretch of I-880 from Fremont Boulevard south to the Alameda County/Santa Clara County line, aims to extend pavement life and enhance ride quality over 90 lane miles.

SAN JOSE — Construction of a new state-of-the-art Kaiser Permanente hospital in San Jose is underway following a groundbreaking for an ultra-modern complex to replace its aging medical center nearby. The hospital is being built at the corner of Hospital Parkway and International Circle on the same Santa Teresa...

People living in RVs along Almaden Expressway are worried they’ll be thrown onto the streets when San Jose begins its tow-away zone program next year. Under a new pilot program, the city will choose up to 30 temporary tow-away zones and 10 permanent sites to clear RVs for street sweeping and cleanup by the end... The post San Jose tow-away zones threaten RV residents appeared first on San José Spotlight .

SALINAS, Calif. — The City of Salinas has selected its next police chief nearly 10 months after the previous chief left. Carlos Acosta, a captain with the San Jose Police Department will serve as the next Salinas police chief. Acosta has been a member of the San Jose Police...

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo will absorb Cal Maritime, a struggling public university in Vallejo. The Cal State Board of Trustees voted Thursday to merge the two schools, saying it was the only way to save the Bay Area school from closure. Top administrators at both schools backed the move....