Northern California

Gunmen shoot into Calif. home, 10-year-old killed

3 days ago

Authorities were searching for at least two gunmen who walked up to the door of a Northern California home and opened fire, killing a 10-year-old girl and injuring her parents.

Search scaled back in California family slaying

6 days ago

A weeklong search for a Northern California man suspected of killing his wife and two young daughters is being scaled back.

Dogs join hunt for Calif. triple homicide suspect

9 days ago

Authorities hunting for a Northern California man suspected of killing of his wife and two young daughters have brought in dogs trained to search for cadavers.

Brother's arrest stuns Calif. town in girl's death

10 days ago

People in this quiet Northern California community expressed relief that there had been an arrest in the stabbing death of an 8-year-old girl, but they were stunned by the suspect: her 12-year-old...

N. Calif. officers seek triple homicide suspect

10 days ago

More than 70 law enforcement officers were part of the ongoing hunt Sunday for a Northern California man wanted in the killing of his wife and two young daughters.

Sheriff: Search for Calif. suspect like 'warfare'

13 days ago

Sheriff's SWAT teams are proceeding extremely carefully as they search a rural part of Northern California where an ex-convict suspected of fatally shooting his wife and two young daughters is...

Solar plane leaves Calif. on cross-country trip

19 days ago

A solar-powered airplane has taken off from Northern California on the first leg of a planned journey to several U.S. cities.

Sisters plead not guilty in Calif. swaddling case

22 days ago

Two sisters in Northern California facing charges that they endangered infants' lives by binding them too tightly in swaddling blankets have pleaded not guilty.

Feds blame crew for Baja fishing boat deaths

22 days ago

The U.S. Coast Guard says the owner and crew of a fishing boat that sank in the Sea of Cortez two years ago and killed eight Northern California men were negligent.

Calif. woman accused of tainting OJ at Starbucks

22 days ago

A woman in Northern California is facing attempted murder charges after authorities say she tried to sneak orange juice bottles spiked with rubbing alcohol inside a Starbucks.

Teacher accused of doping kids' drinks is released

69 days ago

A teacher at a Northern California preschool accused of putting sleeping pills into toddlers' sippy cups has been released from custody after being charged with child endangerment.

Appeals court upholds California terror conviction

70 days ago

A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a Northern California man who was sentenced to 24 years in prison for attending an al-Qaida training camp in Pakistan and plotting to attack...

Ex-California teacher accused of tying up toddler

71 days ago

Police are investigating allegations that a former teacher at a Northern California preschool tied up a 2-year-old girl for refusing to take a nap and later showed the photos to other teachers.

Stolen yacht runs aground at Pacifica; 3 arrested

78 days ago

Three people were arrested Monday after they stocked a stolen, 82-foot yacht with pizza and beer, and then ran the vessel aground on a Northern California beach, authorities said.

Police: MC Hammer pulled over for expired tags

86 days ago

A sheriff's department spokesman in Northern California says a Dublin police officer stopped and then arrested MC Hammer because the '90s rap star was driving a car with expired registration and...

MC Hammer: 'Not bitter' about arrest in Calif.

88 days ago

MC Hammer suggests he was a victim of racial profiling when he was stopped and arrested by police in the Northern California city of Dublin.

FBI ends search for 'Speed Freak Killers' victims

90 days ago

The abandoned well painstakingly excavated over the past six weeks in remote Northern California turned up no human remains, and the death-row inmate isn't talking anymore.

Bright streak of light reported over Calif.

95 days ago

A science institute in Northern California says it has received numerous reports of a bright streak of light over the San Francisco Bay area.

Arrest made in slaying of girl, 13, in California

103 days ago

Police said Friday they have arrested a barber in the death of a 13-year-old girl whose naked body was found last week in a Northern California park.

Missing girl found dead in California park

109 days ago

Police say a teenage girl reported missing Thursday has been found dead in a park in the Northern California city of Fairfield.

Officials probe use of helicopter at football game

110 days ago

California officials are investigating the unauthorized use of a state Department of Justice helicopter by an agent at a high school homecoming football game in Northern California.

Officials eye use of state helicopter at game

110 days ago

State officials are investigating the use of a Department of Justice helicopter at a high school homecoming football game in Northern California.

Woman swept away by 'sneaker' wave in N. Calif.

115 days ago

"Winter is an especially dangerous time (on beaches in Northern California), and sneaker waves can catch beach goers by surprise, washing them into the sea," the Coast Guard said in a statement.

I-5 in Northern Calif. reopens after crashes

155 days ago

Northbound lanes of Interstate 5 in far Northern California have reopened after a series of traffic collisions involving about 60 vehicles shut down the roadway.

King tides in Calif. used as climate change lesson

160 days ago

Environmental advocates in Northern California plan to take photographs of some of the highest tides of the year to draw attention to what climate change could do decades from now.

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