Newsom, at a press conference about historic preservation in the Tenderloin on Wednesday, said his interest in single-room-occupancy hotels as a supervisor first brought him in touch with the man who...

-- Salmon fishermen can dust off their poles, sponge off their boats and get ready to hook some chinook for the first time in three...

Now that the state's list of persistently lowest-achieving schools is final, nine campuses in Contra Costa County are under an intense spotlight focused on student achievement.Inclusion on the list...

Sgt. Ronnie Lopez said a person walking along a roadway in the area called police to report what appeared to be bones. When officers responded they found the remains were attached to what Lopez...

Short sales are when a homeowner sells for less than what is owed to the bank. The bill makes clear that home sellers do not have to count as income the money their lenders forgive on outstanding...

(2/15/2010) In many other states, U.S. Senate candidate Chuck DeVore could be a rising political star, aligning himself with the budding tea party movement and the growing animosity toward...

San Francisco courtrooms Thursday, bringing to nearly 60 the number of cases thrown out over the past two days because of accusations of evidence tampering in the city's crime...

Ty Abbott #3 of the Arizona State Sun Devils and Jeremy Green #45 of the Stanford Cardinal fight for a loose ball in the first half Thursday...

WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama is planning to nominate Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to take over as vice chairman of central bank in...

Zoo officials say the anteater was born Tuesday morning, the first of its kind to be born in the zoo's 83-year history. A second anteater was born a few hours later, but died a short while later. ...

BARSTOW, Calif. (AP) ― Barstow police have released a composite sketch to help identify a woman whose head was found in a backpack in the San Bernardino County...

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and...

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) ― Marine mammal experts say dozens of hungry and sick sea lion pups have washed up on Southern California beaches this winter and many have died at rescue...

Anna Duckworth is the general assignment reporter for CBS 5 Eyewitness News Early Edition. She also reports for CBS 5 eyewitness News at Noon. Before joining CBS 5, Anna worked at KRON4 in San...

(03-11) 19:14 PST CONCORD -- Concord on Thursday recorded its first homicide of the year when one man stabbed another in broad daylight in a residential...

(03-11) 19:11 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco's police chief said Thursday said he hopes drug evidence testing will resume as soon as today with the help of outside agencies, even as prosecutors...

(03-11) 18:33 PST OAKLAND -- The Oakland mother accused of suffocating her 2-year-old daughter suffered from mood swings and depression, her mother said Thursday. Tiffany Lopez, 19, was arrested...

SAN RAFAEL - A 13-year-old Santa Cruz boy remains missing after running away from a residential school in San Rafael nearly two weeks ago.Though investigators say he might be headed to Santa Cruz,...

Tapping into public resentment toward government pay perks, state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, has introduced legislation that would put limits on the retirement benefits of government workers.The...

Q: You recently wrote that we should "all do at least one courteous thing a day when behind the wheel. That can be using your blinkers...." I'm not sure using your blinkers, which is the law, should...

Amid the urban jungle that is San Francisco sits an oasis of green. Under eucalyptus trees and where old highway on and off ramps once stood, community organizers are building on a vision, an urban...

Graduation season is around the corner and this year it will be particularly special for San Jose State students sent to internment camps during World War II. 68 years later, San Jose State is...

According to Jock O'Connell, an international trade adviser at the University of California Center Sacramento, the value of shipments exported from California in January increased by 18.5 percent...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) ― Huntington Beach police say they are receiving some calls from the public after releasing more than 100 photos apparently taken by convicted serial killer...

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Federal inspectors investigating problems at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center issued an "immediate jeopardy warning" last week after finding two...

Robert Lyles is a general assignment reporter for CBS 5 (KPIX-TV). Prior to coming to CBS 5, he spent the last 10 years as a general assignment reporter and/or weather anchor at various television...

John Tran, 37, is charged with having used fraud to take money from the accounts of elderly bank customers at a Wells Fargo branch in San Jose that he managed. He was arrested on March 10, 2010 after...

A Toyota executive said Thursday the company is "mystified" by a report that a California man's Prius gas pedal became stuck and caused the car to speed out of control on a California freeway. James...

Sharp political mind; experienced gubernatorial candidate who finished fifth in the 2003 California recall, ahead of Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt and ex-child star Gary Coleman;...

On Valentine's Day, couples cozied up at the Franklin Square Wine Bar for a romantic night out, not suspecting that a day later the diminutive enoteca would shut down. Customers responded to the news...

SANTA CRUZ — Whether because of the trees, the trails, the ocean views or wildlife, UC Santa Cruz has been named one of the world's most beautiful colleges by Forbes Magazine.The school joins...

OAKLAND — Oakland City Council members Ignacio De La Fuente and Rebecca Kaplan have proposed redirecting $225,000 earmarked for public campaign financing to educate voters on Oakland's new...

A Piedmont cancer doctor whose arrest at a Petaluma sex sting house in 2006 aired on a popular cable TV crime show will spend two months in jail, serve three years probation and register as a sex...

SANTA CRUZ — The attorney for a Watsonville man whose home was raided by the Sheriff's Office SWAT team in December claims the marijuana, guns and cash found on the property were seized during...

OAKLAND — Two of Hayward's high schools were removed Thursday from the state's "persistently lowest-achieving schools" list, meaning they will avoid drastic interventions prescribed by the...

The trial date for James Mitchell, the pornography scion charged with murdering his estranged girlfriend in Novato, was pushed back five months Thursday after the suspect dismissed his defense...

(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,Ffile)File - In this June 14, 2004 file photo, Michael Newdow looks down at the fax copy of the Supreme Court's ruling preserving the phrase "one nation under God" in the...

(2/10/2010) Responding to voter anger about the state's political gridlock, Democrats in the California Legislature and an independent group proposed major reforms Thursday to the way state...

Complete College Basketball Coverage Jerome Randle scored 22 points without missing a shot in the first half, and top-seeded California easily advanced to the Pac-10 tournament semifinals with a...

$72 million makeover has turned the zoo into greenest of its kind in America.   The Happy Hollow Zoo has 11 new exhibits, four more acres and two new rides for children. "We have our brand...

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Police say three armed men broke into an apartment near the University of California, Los Angeles campus and robbed six students during a study...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ― California residents who sell their homes in "short sales" would avoid a tax bite under a bill approved by the state...

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and...