Northern California

Authorities are investigating a shooting and hit-and-run early morning Sept. 17, on a highway in Castro Valley, according to the California Highway Patrol. No one was injured in the shooting, which happened shortly after midnight on Interstate Highway 238, CHP officials said. The incident began when a white Ford Taurus station wagon that was driving […]

Officers have arrested a man in connection with a June homicide in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood, police said on Sept. 13. On June 4, officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 1500 block of Oakdale Avenue around 11:10 a.m. There, they found 26-year-old Jevon Cael suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced […]

Vallejo police have identified a woman who died in a solo vehicle crash on Sept. 8 night as Shanequia Shamburger. Shamburger, 25, of Vallejo, was speeding in a 2017 Nissan Sentra north on Sonoma Boulevard north of Ryder Street when the Nissan struck a tree off the road around 11:20 p.m., police Lt. Michael Nichelini […]

A man struck in a hit-and-run last month in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood died from his injuries shortly afterward, the city’s medical examiner’s office confirmed on Sept. 13. The victim has been identified as 57-year-old Edison Rivera, according to the medical examiner’s office. According to police, on Aug. 18, Rivera was standing in the roadway […]

Oakland police on Sept. 13, released the names of nine homicide victims, some dating back to July. In most cases, police didn’t list the ages of the victims or say where they lived. In the most recent case, police identified Michael Grant as the man who was fatally shot in the 2400 block of Salisbury […]

A Solano County Superior Court jury on Sept. 12, convicted a 25-year-old man of vehicle theft and of leaving the scene of a collision, according to prosecutors. Dustin Daffern, of Vallejo, was walking on Sonoma Boulevard at Yolano Drive on June 29 when he drove away in a 2005 Chrysler Crossfire that was left unattended briefly […]

An alleged serial armed robbery suspect was arrested on Sept. 12, in South San Francisco following 10 or more robberies at businesses in San Mateo County between June and September, police said. San Bruno man Blake Townsend, 28, was arrested after officers were sent at 1 p.m. to the 700 block of El Camino Real […]

San Jose State University officials will be giving an award to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties for its support of the university’s students. The officials made the announcement on Sept. 12. During the past two years, the food bank has supplied $430,000 in groceries to San Jose State […]

Imports through the Port of Oakland were up 9.2 percent in August from a year ago and the best August in the port’s 91-year history, port officials said on Sept. 13. Workers handled the equivalent 85,166 loaded 20-foot import containers, marking a strong start to the peak shipping season when U.S. retailers begin stocking up […]

Police in San Jose is investigating a residential burglary that occurred on Sept. 13, after a man came home and found five suspects burglarizing his home. On Sept. 13, around 2:46 p.m., officers with the San Jose Police Department responded to a call about a residential burglary in progress in the 6600 block of Marymonte […]

A Redwood City man has been arrested in connection with several crimes related committing lewd acts with minors. Angel Leopoldo Gutierrez Monney, 31, was arrested on suspicion of committing lewd acts with a child under 14 years old, sending harmful material to a minor, and contacting a minor with intent to commit a felony, according […]

Police in Gilroy are investigating an indecent exposure incident that occurred on Sept. 13. A man approached two young juvenile females who were walking home from school around 3 p.m., exposed his genitalia to the girls, offered them money for sex and ordered them into his car, according to the Gilroy Police Department. The incident […]

Police are searching for a suspect who allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint near Palo Alto High School in the early morning of Sept. 9. A man in his 50s was walking north on the 900 block of El Camino Real adjacent to the school’s parking lot shortly after midnight when the suspect approached him […]

Berkeley police said they are still trying to find the suspects who fatally shot a 35-year-old Chilean native in Berkeley eight years ago on Sept. 12. Adolfo Ignacio Celedon Bravo, nicknamed “Fito,” was shot and killed at the corner of Adeline and Emerson streets at 3:41 a.m. on Sept. 12, 2010, which was his 35th […]

The 152-acre Irving Fire burning at Samuel P. Taylor State Park northwest of Lagunitas in Marin County was 90 percent contained on the morning Sept. 13, county fire officials said. Crews were removing or extinguishing burning material near the fire control lines and monitoring hot spots on Sept. 13. Marin County Fire Department officials said the […]

Following an outpouring of response from advocates, politicians and the media, organizers of a privately funded homeless encampment in San Jose say law enforcement officials have backed off on enforcing a 72-hour notice to vacate the camp. Hope Village sits in an empty parking lot boxed off by Mineta San Jose International Airport, the Guadalupe […]

A Hawaiian Airlines flight was diverted this morning to Oakland International Airport about an hour after it departed San Jose for Hawaii, airlines officials said. Hawaiian Airlines Flight 43 departed Mineta San Jose International Airport shortly after 9 a.m. About an hour later a cockpit gauge indicated a possible discrepancy in the distribution of fuel […]

A Los Angeles limousine company has sued Uber Technologies Inc. in federal court in San Francisco for unfair competition, alleging that the ride-hailing company saves up to $500 million per year and hurts its rivals by failing to classify its drivers as employees. Diva Limousine Ltd. argues in the suit filed on Sept. 10 that […]

William Melvin Edwards Jr., an alleged gang member, has been charged with conspiracy and murder in the shooting death of Taison Calderon-Lopez, June 1, in North Richmond, according to the Contra Costa County district attorney. Sheriff’s deputies responded to an address in the 500 block of Grove Avenue at 6:28 a.m. to reports of a […]

The East Bay Community Law Center said on Sept. 12 that it is seeking to convince Alameda County officials to eliminate administrative fees for people who are convicted of crimes. The law center, a Berkeley-based legal services provider that serves low-income residents in the county, says Alameda County will become only the second county in […]