HOUSING IN AMERICA'S MOST EXPENSIVE AREA IS ABOUT TO GET EVEN PRICIER

For all the talk of the U.S. tax overhaul hitting wealthy blue-state real estate, the San Francisco Bay area is set for more home-price gains... READ MORE›

SHAKING, NO DAMAGE IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA QUAKE

About 2 miles 3 kilometers from Berkeley, just across the bay from San Francisco, according to the U.S. Geological Survey... READ MORE›

4.4 MAGNITUDE HITS BAY AREA TWO MILES AWAY FROM BERKELEY

San Francisco earthquake latest 4.4 magnitude hits Bay Area two miles away from Berkeley... READ MORE›

MEDLEY OF AGENCIES TASKED WITH ENFORCING CALIFORNIA'S MARIJUANA LAWS

California's Fish and Wildlife Department created a marijuana enforcement team three years ago to stem illegal gardens in the state's forests... READ MORE›

NOTED FILIPINO ESCAPEE FROM WORLD WAR II BATAAN DEATH MARCH DIES AT 100

A San Francisco Bay Area man who survived the infamous 1942 Bataan Death March and symbolized the thousands of unheralded Filipinos who fought alongside Am... READ MORE›

CREWS STRUGGLE TO KEEP FLAMES FROM CALIFORNIA NEIGHBORHOODS AS WILDFIRES SPREAD

The fifth-largest wildfire in California history expanded, ripping through dry brush atop a coastal ridge while crews struggled to keep flames from roaring... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIANS SPED THROUGH FLAMES TO ESCAPE FOR A THIRD TIME

Thousands of homes remain threatened by at least four major Southern California wildfires that have destroyed structures and sent residents fleeing... READ MORE›

ASIAN-AMERICAN CHEFS ARE CHANGING OUR PALATE

California Today Asian-American Chefs Are Changing Our Palate... READ MORE›

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BEYONCE HONORS BLACK PANTHER PARTY DURING HALFTIME SHOW

Beyonce just had beautiful black women dressed as black panthers performing halftime at the Super Bowl... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 14 DEAD IN SAN BERNARDINO SHOOTING NO MOTIVEKNOWN

... They came prepared to do what they did, as if they were on a mission, San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said... READ MORE›

CODERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE: CAN SILICON VALLEY WORKERS CURB THE POWER OF BIG TECH?

Together, Google and Facebook receive around 70 percent of advertising revenue worldwide... READ MORE›

AMERICAN WOMAN AMONG THE DEAD

Nohemi Gonzalez, from El Monte, California, was a junior studying design, according to a statement from Cal State Long Beach sent to CNN... READ MORE›

IRISH AMONG SIX DEAD IN CALIFORNIA BALCONY COLLAPSE

The police chief said it took patrolmen about two minutes to arrive on the scene... READ MORE›

DEATH TOLL IN CALIFORNIA WAREHOUSE FIRE RISES TO 30

The death toll from a blaze that gutted a California warehouse during a rave party has climbed to 30 and is expected to rise, officials said... READ MORE›

DOZENS FEARED DEAD IN CLUB NIGHT BLAZE

Oakland fire chief Teresa Deloche-Reed said between 50 and 100 people were thought to have been inside the venue... READ MORE›

SAN FRANCISCO GOES FROM FIRST TO WORST IN U.S. HOME-PRICE GAUGE

In April, the median price for all home sales in San Francisco County was 1.3 million, down 4 percent from a year earlier... READ MORE›

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF LUIS GONGORA

There are estimated to be 50,000 Yucatecan migrants in the San Francisco Bay Area, 90 percent of them undocumented, 80 percent of them Mayan-speaking, and 70 percent of them male... READ MORE›

THE CHEAPEST CITIES TO BASE YOUR TECH STARTUP

Goodbye San Francisco and New York. Hello Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham... READ MORE›

HYPERLOOP COMMUTING COULD GET YOU FROM VANCOUVER TO TORONTO IN ABOUT 3 HOURS

This is the sign-in screen for the app, says Lloyd Marino, who is designing some of the interactive tools for Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Customers... READ MORE›

U.S., APPLE RATCHET UP RHETORIC IN FIGHT OVER ENCRYPTION

Another senior Apple executive said Congress is the right place for a debate over encryption, not a courtroom... READ MORE›

CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION APPROACHES PIVOTAL SHOWDOWN WITH OIL INDUSTRY

California Democrats push to curb emissions and promote clean energy would alter how the state does business and change the way residents live... READ MORE›

BEYONCE'S SUPER BOWL PERFORMANCE: WHY WAS IT SO SIGNIFICANT?

After an intensely political new music video, Beyonce paid tribute to historical black figures in her Super Bowl show... READ MORE›

'NOT MY PRESIDENT': PROTESTERS TAKE TO US STREETS OVER TRUMP VICTORY

Wednesday's demonstrations followed a night of protests around the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere in the country in response to Trump's political upset... READ MORE›

SAN FRANCISCO COULD BE HIT BY MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE 'ANY DAY NOW', SAYS USGS SCIENTIST

The San Francisco Bay Area could be struck by a major earthquake any day now, says a scientist with the US Geological Survey... READ MORE›

NEW YORK'S $15 MINIMUM WAGE WOULD BE THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD

San Francisco Los Angeles and Seattle have all approved a 15 minimum wage for all employees in the three cities... READ MORE›

N.Y. JUDGE BACKS APPLE IN ENCRYPTION FIGHT WITH GOVERNMENT

In both cases, the government relies on the All Writs Act, a broad 1789 law which enables judges to require actions necessary to enforce their own orders... READ MORE›

MANAGER DEFLECTS BLAME AFTER FIRE TURNS OAKLAND ARTISTS' COLONY INTO 'MASS GRAVE'

Of the 36 bodies found, 26 have been identified and their families notified, Alameda County Sheriff's Deputy Tya Modeste said... READ MORE›

WINE COUNTRY WILDFIRES TORCH CALIFORNIA HOMES

Smoke was thick in San Francisco, 60 miles 96 kilometers south of the Sonoma County fire... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA FIRES: DEADLIEST WEEK IN HISTORY KILLS 31 AS BLAZE RAGES ON

Northern California's wildfires have now killed 31 people, making this the deadliest week of wildfires in state history... READ MORE›

'GLEE' STAR MARK SALLING ARRESTED ON CHILD-PORN CHARGE

Former Glee actor Mark Salling was arrested Tuesday at his Los Angeles home on a charge of possession of child pornography, Los Angeles police confirmed... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA'S DRIVE TO SAVE WATER IS KILLING TREES, HURTING UTILITIES AND RAISING TAXES

We don't want that to happen, said Gomberg of the state water resources control board... READ MORE›

Watenpaugh is being held in Shasta County Jail, Redding, on charges of animal cruelty, domestic violence, false imprisonment and stalking... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA IS SUFFERING ITS DRIEST SPELL FOR AT LEAST 1,200 YEARS AND IS NOW 100 PER CENT IN DROUGHT

California is suffering its driest spell for at least 1,200 years and is now 100 per cent in drought... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA NEARS DEAL FOR 15 STATE MINIMUM WAGE

A measure to impose a 15 statewide minimum wage in New York is under negotiation in Albany... READ MORE›

CLIMATE EXPERTS URGE LEADING SCIENTISTS' ASSOCIATION

Exxon is under criminal investigation in New York and California for misleading investors and the public about the dangers of climate change... READ MORE›

U.S. SHUTS DOWN SILK ROAD 2.0 WEBSITE, CHARGES ALLEGED OWNER

Blake Benthall, 26, was arrested on Wednesday in San Francisco and was expected to make an initial court appearance in federal court there later on Thursday... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: SAN BERNARDINO VICTIMS TO OPPOSE APPLE ON IPHONE ENCRYPTION

Larson said he was contacted a week ago by the Justice Department and local prosecutors about representing the victims, prior to the dispute becoming public... READ MORE›

COLLEGE STUDENT FROM CALIFORNIA STUDYING ABROAD KILLED IN PARIS ATTACKS

California State University, Long Beach, officials said they could not say at which restaurant Gonzalez was killed... READ MORE›