When otter hunters returned to Santa Barbara from California's most remote island in 1853, they carried more than cargo and a diverse crew. Also aboard was a 50-year-old woman—a passenger who spoke a ...

The disaster caused by a predicted large earthquake in the Pacific Northwest could be compounded by shaking along the San Andreas fault in California, scientists warned. By Sarah Scoles In the world’s ...

Four people have been found dead in a million-dollar home in San Francisco as police investigate their "suspicious" deaths. The gruesome scene was discovered at 1:23 p.m. Wednesday when officers ...

Four people were found dead on Wednesday in a home located in San Francisco’s Westwood Highlands neighborhood, officials said. Officers arrived at the home on the 900 block of Monterey Boulevard, ...

In a contraption of his own making, Glenn Curtiss took to the skies in 1911, boldly becoming the first American to fly a seaplane in a quick trip from Coronado’s North Island to San Diego Bay. The ...

Four family members, identified as Thomas Ocheltree, Paula Truong, Alexandra and Mackenzie Ocheltree, were found dead inside their Westwood Highlands home in San Francisco. Police are investigating ...

SAN DIEGO — A western lowland gorilla broke a tempered glass panel at the San Diego Zoo, a spokesperson with the zoo confirmed. The incident happened on Saturday when Denny, a 10-year-old western ...

The manager of San Francisco’s legendary strip club, the Condor Club, was shot and killed last week, police confirmed. On Friday, Oct. 3, close to 6.30 a.m., a resident in Santa Rosa reported a body ...

The maligned sculpture — “weird,” “odd,” “bizarre” — is no longer a working fountain or a skateboarding mecca. But its supporters consider it an important city symbol. The maligned sculpture — “weird, ...

Police are investigating the deaths of a family of four found inside their Westwood Highlands home in San Francisco as suspicious. Sources tell KTVU it appears to be a possible murder-suicide.