At a special ceremony in the South Bay Thursday, victim advocates recognized the unsung heroes who stepped up and came to the rescue of people in dire situations.

It took six years to see an independent police auditor report on the incident where a team of Palo Alto police officers came to the home of Gustavo Alvarez — suspected of driving on a suspended license.

An explosive civil lawsuit has been filed in the case of a San Jose teacher who was recently arrested for sexual assault of a minor.

The Home Depot fire in San Jose devastated the area. But the man accused of deliberately setting the fire has not even entered a plea in the case.

The Bay Area plays a key role in the world of Olympic table tennis. One major reason is 888 Table Tennis Center in Burlingame.

The process of recounting votes in the tied race between two political heavyweights looking to replace the retiring Anna Eshoo in Congress is about to begin.

A San Jose business is speaking out after being burglarized for the third time this year and the eighth time since it opened its doors over two years ago.

The owner of mushroom farms in Half Moon Bay where seven farmworkers were killed last year is being sued by the family of one of the slain workers and his brother, who survived the mass shooting.

A neighborhood in Pacifica is recovering after a daylong drama. A domestic violence shooting ended with a woman being shot to death by police in her own car.

California will soon begin requiring fast food restaurants to raise their minimum wage from $16 to $20 an hour. But restaurants say a higher wage could mean fewer workers.