1+ week, 4+ day ago   (721+ words) A Newport Beach surgeon once accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a series of women recently had his medical license revoked, state records show, years after his headline-grabbing criminal proceedings concluded with him admitting to drastically pared-back charges. Grant Robicheaux’s…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (174+ words) MILPITAS — A 32-year-old woman was arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run collision Friday in Milpitas, police said. The collision was reported just after 12 p.m. in the parking lot of the Mill Creek Apartments, located at 440 Dixon Landing Road, according…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (902+ words) MARTINEZ — Despite public demands to fully end communication with federal immigration officials, Contra Costa County Sheriff David Livingston said his decision to continue to alerting ICE of inmates’ release dates is rooted in an obligation to public safety. The Sheriff’s…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (223+ words) RICHMOND — A 33-year-old mother who already had lost two of her children and brother in a suspected arson fire Tuesday died Saturday from her injuries, authorities said. The blaze — one of two that were two houses and 30 minutes apart in…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (292+ words) This weekend’s 43rd Palo Alto Festival of the Arts will turn University Avenue into an open-air gallery with 250 fine-arts booths plus an Italian chalk art zone, a children’s Chalk-A-Lot area and — new this year — live demonstrations of oil painting, calligraphy and…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (489+ words) A man facing the possibility of standing trial in San Bernardino for second-degree murder in the death of his 4-year-old son 16 years ago agreed to an unusual plea bargain in an unusual case on Wednesday, Aug. 19. As a result, 49-year-old…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (359+ words) Three Bay Area public high schools cracked California’s top 10 in U.S. News & World Report’s new 2026-27 rankings, helping the San Jose metropolitan area lead the nation in the share of schools placing among the country’s top quarter. Dr. T.J. Owens…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (793+ words) Early city data shows motorists slowing down along some of Oakland’s most dangerous streets, prompting the city’s transportation director to explore whether red-light cameras should return. Oakland Department of Transportation Director Josh Rowan said this week that the reintroduction of…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (726+ words) Re: “Research center may get new zoning” (Page B1, Aug. 15). Your article describes San José’s proposed rezoning of the former IBM Almaden Research Center as bringing its zoning into conformity with the General Plan. But this is no routine cleanup. When…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (219+ words) HAYWARD — A Sacramento man has been arrested and charged with attempting to kill his pregnant girlfriend after the two argued about him smoking marijuana near her, according to court records. The 18-year-old suspect allegedly fired a pistol three times at…...