October 2026
Richmond man allegedly stabs co-worker in Marin County strip mall
Police reported that Justin Amilcar Gutierrez-Navarette from Richmond allegedly stabbed a co-worker in San Rafael’s Northgate shopping center.
Major California tech conference canceled just 2 weeks before start date
The Grace Hopper Celebration, a massive conference in Anaheim that brings together thousands of women in tech each year, has been canceled.
Weeks after X2 closure, Six Flags shuts down ride after man plummets to his death
On Monday, a 42-year-old man died while riding Six Flags’ Goliath rollercoaster. Six Flags has since announced the ride’s temporary closure.
FBI arrests OpenAI engineer in SF over toilet paper-wrapped recording device
The FBI arrested 35-year-old Abdulrahman Alfozan on suspicion of bugging an executive conference room at an Open AI office in San Francisco.
Newsom backs measure to make future wealth taxes more difficult
Gov. Gavin Newsom just got behind Proposition 42, which, if passed, would act as a kill switch for the billionaire wealth tax.
ICE officer shot after passing out drunk on Fresno lawn, police say
An ICE officer passed out drunk in the front lawn of a Fresno home and was then shot by the homeowner after an altercation ensued, police said.
Bay Area scientists see rare shark entourage as El Niño looms
The California White Shark Project is back out on the water monitoring local shark populations, and expecting impacts from El Niño and warming waters.
He poisoned his Berkeley co-worker. Now he wants his conviction cleared.
A Berkeley engineer who poisoned his co-worker is now seeking to have his criminal record expunged.
Reality TV personality shot and killed in downtown Oakland
Mackayla Paige, known as “Kash” on Now That’s TV, died after a shooting early Sunday.
The last woman executed in California was the mother-in-law from hell
Elizabeth Ann Duncan was the last woman executed in California, and her murder case is like something straight out of a film noir.