Berkeley homeless people are thankful for a different type of shelter gets them off the streets

MILPITAS, Calif. - Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17) led a town hall on Saturday in Milpitas to address AAPI hate crimes and mental health in the Bay Area's Asian American community following back-to-back mass shootings; first in Monterey Park then Half Moon Bay. Many of the victims in both mass shootings...

SAN FRANCISCO - You’re supposed to be quiet at the public library and for the most part, those rules are respected. But a group of dedicated lovers of the U.S. Postal Service, who interact artfully with one another, are allowed to be quite rambunctious at the San Francisco Public Library’s main branch at least once a month.

San Francisco police recovered several pounds of narcotics, thousands of dollars, a ghost gun and additional pieces of evidence in an Oakland home Wednesday evening, officials said. A majority of the narcotics found was fentanyl and was “earmarked" for the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco.

BENICIA, Calif. - A pedestrian bridge in Benicia was demolished Friday causing some parents to fear their children won’t have a safe path to get to school. The City of Benicia said a commercial truck crashed into the walking bridge over Military West on Tuesday, damaging it beyond repair. It continued to deteriorate and pose a serious safety risk.

A San Francisco advocacy group is calling on city leaders to take action to address the drug sales and overdose crisis on city streets. Allie Rasmus reports.

The Half Moon Bay farmworkers who survived the mass shooting, and who had friends and family who died, have not spoken publicly until now. They can't process what happened to their friends and family. James Torrez reports.

Neighbors on one block in San Francisco's Mission District say thieves have repeatedly stolen catalytic converters in the past four months. One couple says their catalytic converter was stolen in October and they're still waiting for a replacement.

SAN FRANCISCO - People in one San Francisco neighborhood say they're fed up after being targeted by catalytic converter thieves, over and over again. The owners of the Toyota Prius cars parked along Shotwell Street in the Mission District say thieves have stolen catalytic converters four times in less than four months.

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco advocacy group is calling on city leaders to take action to address the drug sales and overdose crisis on city streets. More than 100 people came to a community meeting on Wednesday night to discuss possible solutions. TogetherSF Action says about two people die...

OAKLAND, Calif. - A West Oakland convenience store owner is fed up after his shop was ransacked early Thursday for the fourth time in just three months. Ahmed Abdullah told KTVU the problem has become so bad he wants to close shop, and he’s already lost one insurance carrier over the costs of the break-ins.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Two Santa Rosa police officers were broadsided hours apart, including one by a drunk driver, officials said. On Wednesday around 7 p.m. a Santa Rosa police department detective was driving downtown in an SRPD vehicle westbound on Fourth Street and was making a southbound turn onto E Street when a Nissan Titan truck ran a red light and broadsided the car.

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - The mass shooting in Half Moon Bay – San Mateo County's deadliest massacre – was so devastating that even President Joe Biden weighed in, praying for the families of the seven farmworkers killed in another "senseless act of gun violence." But the deaths...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - A San Jose DoorDash driver was attacked by a driver with a machete in a bizarre episode of road rage. Jerry Gonzales said he was making a delivery Monday night near Blossom Hill Road and Snell Avenue when he was approached from behind by a driver flashing his brights.

OAKLAND, Calif. - A residential fire in Oakland hills causes "significant destruction" of a home, officials said. The fire started around 4:15 p.m. Thursday and appears to be accidental, according to the Oakland Police Department. The original blaze was considered a "three-alarm" fire and three other homes were impacted. The...

OAKLAND, Calif. - The giraffes and otters were spotted craning necks on Friday, looking just about as excited as their human visitors, now that the Oakland Zoo is back open after a massive sinkhole forced its closure. A boy named Everett Villa his sights on seeing a panda; he was...

TOMALES, Calif. - A missing kayaker was found dead Wednesday in the waters of Tomales Bay. Clinton Yoshio Koga, a 39-year-old from Brentwood, was located by a dive team around 4:15 p.m., approximately 100 yards from the shore of Lawson's Landing. He had gone missing Jan. 27 while fishing with his friends.

SAN FRANCISCO - A 5-year-old boy who was attacked by a mountain lion while hiking in rural Northern California with his mother and grandfather has been released from a hospital, authorities said Wednesday. The boy had raced ahead of the adults on a trail in San Mateo County, south of...

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency is set to consider expanding the number of Lyft bike rental locations. Some local bike rental companies worry about how the proposed expansion will impact their business. There are a number of bike rental companies, such as Blazing Saddles, in the Fisherman's...

Pamela Price is Alameda County's first Black district attorney. Price spoke with KTVU's Alex Savidge about her background as an activist and civil rights attorney. She said she's committed to reforming the criminal justice system.

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco police on Friday announced they arrested a man who allegedly fired blank rounds at a Jewish synagogue in the Richmond District on Wednesday. Officials say the suspect, one day earlier, had brandished a handgun at Balboa Theatre, about 10 blocks away on Balboa Street. KTVU...