Union City police gave the baby a name, Matea Esperanza, after her death, and posthumously adopted her. Onduto was identified as Matea’s mother through genetic genealogy, the same technique famously ...

The Duke of Sussex is facing controversy over his African conservation charity and allegations of poor treatment of local populations.

Two days after suspect arrests, police say they found the body of an unhoused man reported missing in June amid a bloody crime scene near Coyote Creek.

Frank Abagnale, a former con artist turned fraud prevention expert, spoke recently at the Lesher Center for the Arts.

SAN FRANCISCO – Plenty of laughs and smiles were shared when Steph Curry ran out of the Chase Center tunnel while wearing a ...

Following several investigations, a special election, and a formal recommendation for her removal from office, San Mateo County supervisors will vote Tuesday to force out Sheriff Christina Corpus.

Today marks a new day for affordable housing and public transportation in California,” said bill author Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat.

Recent reports of fusion research labs achieving just a few moments of more energy created than the energy expended to spark fusion indicate that productive sustainability is decades away. And by then ...

A group of 20 RVs face eviction from the VTA’s Almaden Station parking lot, marking the fourth location the makeshift ...

Several California cities, including Los Angeles, Berkeley, and San Francisco, banned declawing until 2009 when former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill supported by medical organizations, ...

A condo in Saratoga that sold for $2 million tops the list of the most affordable real estate sales in Saratoga in the past ...

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