Firefighters Discover 200 Marijuana Plants In Burning Hayward Home
HAYWARD (CBS SF) — Firefighters who responded to a one-alarm house fire in unincorporated Hayward Wednesday night discovered a marijuana grow operation and more than 200 marijuana plants, a fire...
View Article2 Out Of 3 San Francisco Robberies Involve Cellphones
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Cellphone theft in San Francisco continues to grow, and thieves are trying bolder tactics to nab the gadgets, according to the San Francisco Police Department. Chief Greg Suhr...
View ArticleNew Bay Bridge To Feature Bike & Pedestrian Path
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — With the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge opening in less than two weeks, bridge officials on Thursday highlighted the bike and pedestrian path that will be part of the new...
View ArticleMotorcyclist Killed In Solo Crash Near I-580 In Richmond
RICHMOND (CBS SF) – A motorcyclist who was killed in a solo crash near an Interstate Highway 580 off-ramp in Richmond Thursday afternoon had already been injured in an earlier crash near Stinson Beach,...
View ArticleState Of Emergency Declared As Yosemite Wildfire Quadruples In Size
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (CBS/AP/BCN) – A wildfire outside Yosemite National Park nearly quadrupled in size Thursday, prompting officers to warn residents in a community nearby to evacuate their homes...
View ArticleSuspicious UPS Package Leads To Humboldt Pot Farms, 2 Arrests
SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) — The discovery of a large crate containing marijuana at the United Parcel Freight Service Center in Santa Rosa last week led to the arrest of three Humboldt County residents and...
View ArticleBurglars Posing As PG&E Workers Rob San Carlos Home
SAN CARLOS (CBS SF) — Burglars posing as PG&E workers robbed a home in San Carlos on Thursday, according to sheriff’s deputies. About noon on Thursday a residential burglary was reported in the...
View Article7 Violent Criminal Offenders Arrested In Alameda, Contra Costa Counties
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A total of seven known violent criminal offenders were arrested Thursday by nine law enforcement agencies that partnered in an ongoing effort to reduce gang violence in Alameda and...
View ArticleMountain Lion Spotted In Portola Valley Parking Lot
PORTOLA VALLEY (CBS SF) — A mountain lion was spotted in a parking lot Wednesday night in Portola Valley, San Mateo County emergency officials said. The cat was seen about 8 p.m. Wednesday in the...
View ArticleMan Shot In San Francisco’s Bayview District
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A man was shot in the back in San Francisco’s Bayview District on Thursday night, a police spokesman said Friday. The shooting was reported around 10:50 p.m. near Revere Avenue...
View ArticlePerson Hit, Killed On Highway 101 In San Mateo
SAN MATEO (CBS SF) — A man who was fatally struck on northbound U.S. Highway 101 in San Mateo late Thursday night has been identified by the San Mateo County coroner’s office as 37-year-old Foster City...
View ArticleSuspect Sketch Released Following Sex Assault On Santa Clara Street
SANTA CLARA (CBS SF) - Police have released a sketch of a man who sexually assaulted a female walking in Santa Clara early Wednesday morning in Santa Clara. The assault was reported around 12:10 a.m....
View ArticleOakland Ordered To Repay $170M In Redevelopment Assets
OAKLAND (KCBS) – A state audit has determined Oakland must return money and property inappropriately transferred from the city’s Redevelopment Agency before it was dissolved. When Governor Jerry Brown...
View ArticleVallejo Man Shot In Marin City
MARIN CITY (CBS SF) — A 21-year-old Vallejo man was shot at least twice in the chest as he sat in his car in Marin City on Thursday night, a Marin County sheriff’s lieutenant said. The victim was taken...
View ArticleOakland Zoo Opens Biodiversity Center
OAKLAND (KCBS) – A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Thursday for the Oakland Zoo’s new biodiversity center, which will serve as an education center, captive breeding facility, and place of conservation...
View ArticleMan Arrested In East Oakland Fatal Shooting
OAKLAND (CBS SF) - A man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in Oakland last weekend, police said Friday. Rasheed Strane, 23, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly killing 39-year-old...
View ArticleFormer Santa Cruz Surf Instructor Faces Child Sex Abuse Charges; 100′s Of...
SANTA CRUZ (CBS SF) — Prosecutors in Santa Cruz County have filed 28 criminal charges against a former surfing instructor in a child sex abuse and pornography case that police believe involved...
View Article2006 SUV Rampage Killer Ordered To Napa State Hospital
OAKLAND (CBS SF) - Omeed Popal, 36, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder on July 15 for using his black Honda Pilot to strike and kill 54-year-old Stephen Jay Wilson as he walked on Fremont Boulevard...
View ArticleFairfield Residents Wake To Find Prowler In Bedroom
FAIRFIELD (CBS) – Fairfield police are looking for a prowler who entered the bedrooms of two homes in late July and last Sunday. The incidents happened during the early morning hours in the area of...
View ArticleCelebrated Pied Piper Mural Makes Comeback At SF Palace Hotel
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The cocktails were flowing Thursday evening at San Francisco’s Palace Hotel in celebration of the return of the Pied Piper of Hamelin mural. “We’ve been waiting for quite a few...
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