A piglet that ran wildly among cars and brought traffic to a halt in the Mission District last has traded in city life for the country.

Mysterious containers left on the side of Canada Road in unincorporated San Mateo County on Thursday have prompted a hazardous materials response, a Cal Fire battalion chief said.

Saturday will be breezy with rain and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs will be near 60. South winds will be 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 50 mph.

Lafayette police Thursday arrested two Fairfield residents on suspicion of committing two Lafayette home invasion robberies on Oct. 31 and Nov. 26.

Youth climate strikes are planned Friday in Santa Rosa and Sonoma.

A 35-year-old Oakland man was shot and killed in Antioch late Wednesday night, according to police.

Two associates of the Nuestra Familia prison gang pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose Tuesday to taking part in a racketeering conspiracy that included the attempted murder of a disobedient gang member when they were in Monterey County Jail in 2013.

Stormy weather caused a landslide affecting about 30 feet of hillside along a main thoroughfare in San Bruno, city officials said Tuesday.

About 100 activists seeking affordable housing for seniors took over the office of San Francisco Mayor London Breed late Wednesday afternoon.

Stormy weather caused a landslide affecting about 30 feet of hillside along a main thoroughfare in San Bruno, city officials said Tuesday. Laura Sambol reports.

All lanes of northbound Interstate Highway 280 in San Jose have reopened after a multi-vehicle collision Wednesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Two Vallejo men were arrested Monday on suspicion of robbing the Lululemon store in Montgomery Village in Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa police said.

San Francisco’s Outdoor Public Warning System, which sounds off during a weekly test every Tuesday at noon, will be going on a two-year hiatus, the city’s Department of Emergency Management said.

Widespread rain will fall through midday Wednesday mainly south of San Francisco, according to the National Weather Service.

Fremont police said Tuesday that they believe that the suspect in a hit-and-run collision that killed a 72-year-old woman and her dog on Friday night was driving a light-colored Buick LeSabre from model years 1997 to 1999.

Members of several community and environmental organizations announced Tuesday they’re calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to adopt stricter air pollution standards for industrial plants that create plastic.

A defense attorney told jurors on Tuesday that an Oakland man should be found not guilty of two counts of murder because he’s “a good citizen” with a wife and child who acted in self-defense when he and another man fired shots that killed two men in East Oakland in 2015.

Beginning early next year, Santa Clara County and Stanford Health Care will staff a 24-hour Sexual Assault Forensic Exam team and provide rape crisis advocates in Palo Alto.

Fremont police said Tuesday that they believe that the suspect in a hit-and-run collision that killed a 72-year-old woman and her dog on Friday night was driving a light-colored Buick LeSabre from model years 1997 to 1999. Laura Sambol reports.

Landlords in San Jose may soon face new penalties for breaking certain rules. The San Jose City Council on Tuesday will decide whether to approve new landlord fines, which are designed to encourage property owners to follow the law when it comes to how they treat their tenants.