Benicia police

A series of thefts in the North Bay is leaving gas tanks on empty and drivers fired up.

A series of thefts in Solano County is leaving gas tanks on empty and drivers fired up. Jodi Hernandez reports.

A drug store robbery in Benicia turned even more dangerous Thursday when the thieves took off and police chased them into a Pleasant Hill neighborhood.

A drug store robbery in Benicia turned even more dangerous Thursday when the thieves took off and police chased them into a Pleasant Hill neighborhood. Three suspects, two men and a woman, were arrested in the robbery. Jodi Hernandez reports.

The Benicia Police Department arrested a man who fled from officers in an “erratic and dangerous manner” after residents reported a suspicious vehicle Wednesday morning.

The Benicia Police Department is sought the public’s help in identifying a man who fled from officers in an “erratic and dangerous manner” after residents reported a suspicious vehicle Wednesday morning.

The Benicia Unified School District is concerned about a game high school students have been playing for years, a game called “La Migra” or Border Patrol.

Police said a bomb squad safely disposed of a possible live grenade Sunday evening near the Benicia Capitol building.

A Benicia home for sale was broken into and burglarized over the weekend, and police are saying it’s a growing trend in the East Bay city.

The Benicia police and fire departments helped rescue a man who drove his vehicle into the Carquinez Strait Friday afternoon.

About 30 volunteers on Friday searched for a San Jose State University student who was last seen near the Benicia-Martinez Bridge a day prior.

Benicia police nabbed a suspected thief and recovered more than $25,000 worth of stolen jewelry over the weekend, the deparment said in a Facebook post Tuesday.

An eager and injured beaver paid a visit to an East Bay elementary school on Thursday, and the school staff was able to get the wild animal the help it needed.

A male suspect robbed a taco truck parked in Benicia at gunpoint Wednesday afternoon before hopping in the passenger seat of a car and fleeing the scene, police said.

A 4-year-old boy was killed and another boy was injured in Benicia on Sunday night after a car backed up into them, according to the Benicia Police Department.

A 4-year-old boy was killed and a 13-year-old boy was injured in Benicia on Sunday night after a car backed up into them, according to the Benicia Police Department. Marianne Favro reports.

A 60-year-old woman who allegedly intentionally ran over her estranged husband and his two friends in downtown Martinez Monday morning before jumping to her death from the Benicia-Martinez Bridge has been identified as Kimberly Goldman, according to the Contra Costa County coroner’s office.

A woman who apparently purposefully ran down three pedestrians, including her estranged husband, in Martinez Monday morning jumped to her death from the Benicia-Martinez Bridge a short time later, according to police.

A woman who apparently purposefully ran down three pedestrians, including her estranged husband, in Martinez Monday morning jumped to her death from the Benicia-Martinez Bridge a short time later, according to police. Elyce Kirchner reports.

A 25-year-old woman was killed after she drove her vehicle into a Benicia home late Friday night, police said Saturday.