Costa County

Patient advocates looking to reform the maligned Medical Board of California were dealt a blow this week as the legislature passed a bill to renew the watchdog agency for four more years without significant change. The board was created to protect patients from dangerous doctors, but as the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit reported, patients can wait years for the...

The Army veteran accused of intentionally crashing into a group of pedestrians in Sunnyvale, injuring eight people, is scheduled to appear in Santa Clara County Court Thursday.

A GoFundMe donation page has raised over $250,000 for a 13-year-old girl in critical condition after being targeted by a driver in an alleged hate crime last week in Sunnyvale.

The FBI San Francisco Field Office has opened a hate crime investigation into the Sunnyvale plowing that injured eight people Tuesday, the government office said Saturday.

As officials scour over the last of the charred wreckage from the Ghost Ship warehouse fire that killed at least 36 people, questions are mounting over the future of remaining underground art venues and live-work spaces in the Bay Area.

The man investigators say caused a fatal crash that shattered a North Bay family in 2017 has been sentenced on Friday to 135 years to life in prison on four counts of murder.

He’s been called one of the most extreme DUI offenders and is heading to prison for the rest of his life. Fred Lowe was sentenced to 135 years in prison for the deadly DUI crash that killed four members of the same family, including two boys. Jodi Hernandez reports.

Medical advancements are making it easier for medically fragile children to leave the hospital. But coming home is proving more difficult than their families have ever imagined. The Investigative Unit examines the lack of critical homecare for really sick Bay Area kids and takes their struggles to the head of the department in charge of helping millions of disabled and...

Fears about voter fraud have spread like wildfire this election cycle, and the thought that dead people could cast a vote has only fanned the flames.

In a push to clear out shelters before July 4, one of the busiest intake days of the year, Contra Costa County Animal Services has waived all pet adoption fees through July 8.

Following a prolonged struggle to keep up with streaming services and digital downloads, the last video rental store in Contra Costa County is shuttering for good after 34 years of business. Take One Video’s last day is Jan. 20.

Martinez voters said they were frustrated and angry with Contra Costa County election officials for the lack of organization and space at a central polling place on Tuesday.

Richmond voters took to the polls on Tuesday and told the mayor, city council and several landlord groups that they want and need rent control.

Devastated Richmond youth turned to the streets on Wednesday following the historic upset that saw Republican Nominee Donald Trump win the 2016 Presidential Election. Too young to vote at the polls, many said it was the only way to have their voices heard.