A Northern California bus driver involved in a crash that killed 11 people last year has been sentenced to more than 26 years in prison.
A small Northern California city has banned medical marijuana growing and dispensing, a move opponents say will bring lawsuits.
California Lt. Gov. John Garamendi has won a special election to a Northern California congressional seat, keeping the district in Democratic hands.
Officials at a high school where a student was gang-raped in a courtyard are moving to tighten campus security with the long-stalled purchase of surveillance cameras, powerful lighting and new fencing.
A former executive of a Northern California investment firm has agreed to plead guilty to defrauding about 150 investors, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge reopened Monday, but transportation engineers said their work may not be finished.
Wearing bulletproof vests, three teen suspects appeared for the first time in court Thursday on charges of gang raping a 15-year-old girl outside a high school dance while as many as two dozen people watched without calling police.
A 70-foot, female blue whale that officials believe was struck by a ship has washed ashore on the Northern California coast in what scientists are calling a rare occurrence.
In an Oct. 18 story, The Associated Press, relying on a news release from the California Department of Public Heath, reported a recall of Del Monte brand cantaloupes sold in northern California and Nevada.
A Northern California man accused of sending threatening e-mails to President Barack Obama and other officials has pleaded not guilty to federal charges.
An earthquake has rattled parts of Alameda County in Northern California.
The driver of a bus that crashed in Northern California last year, killing 11 people, has been convicted of 11 counts of gross vehicular manslaughter.
Northern California investigators probing two old kidnapping cases say some of the bone fragments found on the property of a man charged in a separate abduction are likely from animals.
A trial date could be set for a Northern California woman charged with kidnapping, raping and killing an 8-year-old Tracy girl whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase.
Police say a 2-year-old Northern California girl is dead after her 8-year-old brother accidentally shot her.
The lawyer for a Northern California woman found alive 18 years after she was kidnapped said Thursday his client initially had mixed emotions surrounding the arrest of her alleged captors but now "fully understands that some terrible things were done to her."
Funeral plans are being finalized in California for a Yale graduate student found dead in her lab building on what would have been her wedding day.
Authorities investigating two missing girl cases said Thursday that cadaver dogs picked up a scent that could indicate buried remains in the backyard of a Northern California couple already charged in a kidnapping.
The copilot of a helicopter ferrying firefighters implored "Fly darlin', fly darlin', fly darlin', fly darlin ...'" as the chopper lost power and fell out of the air in a rugged area of Northern California last year, according to a cockpit voice recording transcript released Wednesday. Nine of 13 people aboard were killed.
Signs of disturbed soil and the discovery of bone fragments on the property where Jaycee Dugard was held captive for 18 years could indicate something is buried on a site where authorities have been searching and cadaver dogs earlier picked up a scent.
Two members of an elite skydiving team were killed when their parachutes got entangled at 6,000 feet during a group jump in Northern California.
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has issued a temporary restraining order against a Northern California man accused of stalking "The Hills" star Audrina Partridge.
Prosecutors said Thursday they will seek the death penalty for a Northern California woman charged with kidnapping, raping and killing an 8-year-old girl whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase.
A Northern California teenager who was mentioned in President Barack Obama's education speech said Tuesday the experience has been "pretty cool."
The family of a Northern California community college football player critically injured in a helmet-to-helmet hit during a game says he is expected to survive but could be paralyzed.
A 70-foot, female blue whale that officials believe was struck by a ship has washed ashore on the Northern California coast in what scientists are calling a rare occurrence.
The first effort in a generation to fix California's all-important water policy appears to be stalled by the only commodity that seems more valuable: money.
I have been gone for a few days, on the road to Northern California. Did anyone miss me?
A three year old girl was kidnapped from her home in Northern California by a man her arents had only met a few days ago at a party. He broke into the home and snatched the little girl. Her screams awoken her parents.
"You may think California officials frown on cell phones in cars these days, given the state's recent ban on the hand-held version of said instruments. Not entirely so.
San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer, Carl Nolte, reported on Saturday, September 20, 2008, that "Archaeologists are using cutting-edge technology - including ground radar and laser scanning - to uncover vanished walls and dwellings of the original Spanish Presidio of San Francis …
IT'S A COOL, SUNNY mid-winter morning at northern California's Año Nuevo State Reserve, an ideal day for watching a wildlife spectacle.
One of California's largest law firms has filed a civil case seeking to put an allegedly fake legal-aid operation out of business in Northern California. Legal experts said the lawsuit tries to address a growing problem statewide.
Happy Halloween!
The Wikimedia Foundation, the force behind the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia, is moving its headquarters to San Francisco this winter, further solidifying the Bay Area's position as the epicenter of the Web 2.0 movement, which focuses on collaboration, community and user- …
Farmers in and around Northern California are starting to feel the pinch from tighter border security and visa requirements, NBC11's Daniel Garza reported Monday.
The California Legislative Black Caucus decided yesterday to endorse Sen. Barack Obama"s presidential bid, giving him organizing ability and a political boost in the biggest prize on the primary map.
State lawmakers have agreed to push legislation next year to double fines for speeding motorists along San Francisco s 19th Avenue, where many pedestrians have been injured or killed after being struck by vehicles along the busy thoroughfare.The measure will be sponsored by state …
Northern California's Napa Valley is a wine-loving duffer's dream: miles of world-class vineyards and wineries complemented by just enough fine golf courses to prevent an all-out bender.
Americans love their credit cards. But at more and more gas stations, it pays to be part of the cash crowd.
I love this man. a true anarchist architect. gotta check this out.
Devastating over 1 million oak trees across Northern California in the past 10 years, Sudden Oak Death is a killer with no cure. But biologists now are looking to the trees' genetics for a solution.
Great Course they are playing on this week with the Nationwide. Always interesting to see guys with PGA Tour experience, Bjornstad, Oresti, etc. at or near the top of the leaderboard
There's a big mystery in the Northern California woods. Is a Bigfoot living in a national forest? John Iander of CBS station KOVR-TV in Sacramento, Calif., reports that a California couple has found big prints in the woods and experts are saying it may not be a hoax.
Info for planning your visit to Redwoods National Park, including maps, activities and contact info
Info for visitors to Mendocino, California (from the Mendocino Chamber of Commerce website)