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Residents and San Mateo County leaders will hoist the Transgender Flag Wednesday to mark the Transgender Day of Remembrance, county officials said.

San Francisco would be left with few options to relocate inmates housed at the Hall of Justice’s seventh-floor jail once the building closes in 2021, city officials concluded at a hearing Friday.

The daughter of a 91-year-old man arrested last September for allegedly killing his stepdaughter says he’s dying in jail while he awaits trial.

The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office is revising its use of force policy, including use of Taser stun guns, following outcry over the death of Chinedu Okobi by Tasers last October.

The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office is revising its use of force policy, including for Taser stun guns, following outcry over the death of Chinedu Okobi by Tasers last October. Marianne Favro reports.

A motorcyclist was gravely injured Wednesday in a collision with a fire truck in Orange.

Chunks of concrete on a sidewalk prompted San Francisco police and Caltrans to shut down a stretch of roadway underneath Interstate 80 heading towards the Bay Bridge Tuesday.

Chunks of concrete on a sidewalk prompted San Francisco police and Caltrans to shut down a stretch of roadway underneath Interstate 80 heading towards the Bay Bridge Tuesday. Cheryl Hurd reports.

The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit’s probe of the deaths of two suspects — who died separately in San Francisco after being given a common sedative to control them — has led to a state investigation.

The San Francisco Sheriff’s Department on Thursday said an investigation into allegations of abuse at the hands of deputies at San Francisco jails is currently underway.

A man accused of murdering a 22-year-old In-N-Out employee in East Los Angeles during a street robbery was behind bars Monday awaiting arraignment, along with his alleged accomplice.

A bomb threat prompted a shelter in place order Thursday afternoon in San Francisco’s South of Market district, officials say.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved rewards Wednesday in hopes of tracking down the killer of a 22-year-old man who may have been shot for a six-pack of beer in East Los Angeles and for information that helps authorities build a case in a fatal hit-and-run case in the unincorporated community of Florence-Firestone.

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon Wednesday announced that a $2 million grant awarded to his office by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation will go toward efforts to reduce the city’s jail population.

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon Wednesday announced that a $2 million grant awarded to his office by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation will go toward efforts to reduce the city’s jail population.

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted 5-0 to ban sales of flavored tobacco products including e-cigarette juices and menthol cigarettes.

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted 5-0 to ban sales of flavored tobacco products including e-cigarette juices and menthol cigarettes.

San Francisco’s District Attorney said on Friday that he feels the need to reiterate that hate crimes won’t be tolerated, and undocumented immigrants will be protected.

A judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence to proceed with domestic violence charges against Reuben Foster. He no longer faces those charges, seemingly clearing way for his return to the 49ers.

The fate of a 64-year-old man jailed for nearly a year on a six-figure bail for stealing $5 and a bottle of cologne has the potential to change California law.