Pleasanton Police Arrest Bank Robbery Suspect After Traffic Stop
An Oakland man was arrested Wednesday morning in connection with a Pleasanton bank robbery from earlier this month, Pleasanton police said.
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An Oakland man was arrested Wednesday morning in connection with a Pleasanton bank robbery from earlier this month, Pleasanton police said.
Wells Fargo has agreed to pay $175 million, the second largest housing discrimination settlement ever.
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The five largest mortgage lenders have reached a $26 billion settlement with 49 states, including California, over foreclosure abuses that took place after the housing bubble burst, federal officials announced Thursday.
Banks vying for the chance to manage San Francisco's municipal accounts will have to answer hard questions about how they have handled foreclosures, said City Treasurer Jose Cisneros.
California and New York have agreed to sign the proposed settlement between U.S. states and the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses, according to a source close to the negotiations.
As recently as two weeks ago, California Attorney General Kamala Harris rejected the plan, saying banks were asking to be absolved from any further action, something she described as too lenient.
A growing number of elderly protesters are joining the Occupy Movement. One Vietnam vet from San Francisco's Bayview District fights with them against his own possible eviction.
Occupy SF joined forces with other community activists to protest bank foreclosures in the city's hard-hit Excelsior District.
It was a slow-moving Occupy Wall Street protest, but it was an effective one. A dozen senior citizens calling themselves "the wild old women" succeeded in closing a Bank of America branch in Bernal Heights Thursday.
Police in Walnut Creek are searching for a suspect who repeatedly vandalized two banks, scrawling the word "Foreclosure" over a Bank of America branch and a Chase bank branch over the last two weeks.
The man accused of fatally shooting Vallejo police Officer James Capoot during a chase that followed a bank robbery last week made his first appearance in Solano County Superior Court Monday afternoon.
A Vallejo police officer was shot and killed in a shootout with a pair of suspected bank robbers, law enforcement officials said.
Police arrested dozens of Occupy SF protesters who stormed a Bank of America branch on California Street in San Francisco during a march Wednesday afternoon, and refused to leave.
Well-known Silicon Valley businessman Mike Fox, Sr., a beer magnate and philanthropist, was to announce on Friday his plans to divest his long-held personal account with Bank of America.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris said Friday that she will not agree to a settlement over foreclosure abuses that federal officials and other state attorneys general are negotiating with major U.S. banks.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of San Francisco Thursday to protest Wall Street banks and six were arrested, police said.
Bank of America, one of California's largest employers, will cut about 30,000 jobs over the next few years in a bid to save $5 billion per year.
Richmond has some of the most strict laws about taking care of foreclosed properties, but residents say three banks have found a way around those regulations.
A rash of robberies along the Highway 80 corridor is forcing a number of East Bay banks to beef up security.
San Francisco's City Attorney has won a fight with the credit card division of the nation's largest bank, which means millions of dollars for the city and tough new consumer protections for customers of Bank of America.
More than 450,000 homeowners who took out mortgages with Countrywide Financial Corp. will soon receive their slice of a nearly $108 million settlement over claims that the lender overcharged borrowers facing foreclosure.
An anonymous tip has helped investigators identify a suspect in the robbery of a Bank of America branch in Santa Rosa on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
Police have released a surveillance image of a man who robbed a bank in Santa Rosa Wednesday afternoon and was believed to have fled in a gray SUV. Anyone with information to contact the Santa Rosa Police Department's violence crimes team at (707) 543-3590.
A large fire burning in Napa County on Thursday afternoon near Calistoga has prompted evacuation orders, authorities said.
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis dispatched his top deputy to California to oversee the handover of a truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida.
Three Alameda County sheriff's deputies will face criminal charges in the 2021 in-custody death of Maurice Monk at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, while charges were dismissed against six other deputies and two civilian employees, prosecutors said Thursday.
Around 5:50 a.m., LAPD officers responded to Ventura Boulevard and Vineland Avenue for a man walking in the street.
A jury on Wednesday convicted a man in a 2023 hate crime shooting at a synagogue in San Francisco, authorities said.
A large fire burning in Napa County on Thursday afternoon near Calistoga has prompted evacuation orders, authorities said.
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis dispatched his top deputy to California to oversee the handover of a truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida.
Three Alameda County sheriff's deputies will face criminal charges in the 2021 in-custody death of Maurice Monk at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, while charges were dismissed against six other deputies and two civilian employees, prosecutors said Thursday.
Around 5:50 a.m., LAPD officers responded to Ventura Boulevard and Vineland Avenue for a man walking in the street.
A jury on Wednesday convicted a man in a 2023 hate crime shooting at a synagogue in San Francisco, authorities said.
A jury on Wednesday convicted a man in a 2023 hate crime shooting at a synagogue in San Francisco, authorities said.
San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus delivered emotional testimony Tuesday as she continued her defense in a hearing that could determine whether she remains in office.
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San Francisco artists are turning heads by turning rubbish into works worthy to be put on display at one of the city's most-renowned galleries.
Golden State is currently 0-2 against the Mercury, having lost 86-77 on June 5 and 78-77 on July 14. This week's games will give them the chance to even the season series.
Three Alameda County sheriff's deputies will face criminal charges in the 2021 in-custody death of Maurice Monk at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, while charges were dismissed against six other deputies and two civilian employees, prosecutors said Thursday.
Jimmy Huang started out as an acrobat in China. Now, he's found success as a restaurant owner in Oakland, using his family recipes that have been passed down for generations.
Burglars in Oakland targeted two banks in the city's Chinatown in smash-and-grab burglary attempts within moments of each other, police said.
Girls in the Bay Area and Paraguay are empowering each other thanks to a Livermore-based nonprofit that a couple began with a decades-old promise kept.
A suspect was arrested in a series of sexual battery incidents in Richmond at the Point Richmond Tunnel, police said.
A vegetation fire was burning in southern Santa Clara County just west of San Martin on Thursday afternoon.
The Sheriff's Office said witnesses told them that around 7 a.m., a passenger was repeatedly pulling the stop request cord, which prompted a confrontation with the bus driver.
San Jose police are investigating what they say is a hate crime after a Jewish-owned HVAC company's vehicles and building were vandalized with swastikas.
A large organized retail theft ring targeting T.J. Maxx stores in the Bay Area and other California locations was broken up, with multiple suspects arrested in San Jose and several others still being sought.
One large camp, in Columbus Park, is scheduled to be dismantled beginning Monday. But some who live there say it feels like the city has been funneling homeless people there for years.
A large fire burning in Napa County on Thursday afternoon near Calistoga has prompted evacuation orders, authorities said.
Several injuries have been reported and dozens of people have been displaced after a fire broke out at an apartment complex in San Rafael early Thursday morning.
Resynergi is holding an open-house event, letting Rohnert Park residents tour the facilities. Many neighbors are skeptical, concerned about the possibility of explosions and fire, or air and ground contamination.
A man was arrested for alleged sexual assault in Santa Rosa that involved the suspect posing as a police officer and threatening to report the victim to immigration authorities, police said Wednesday.
In 1997, the residents hatched a plan to purchase the property, and they've been paying the $17 million city-backed loan ever since. But now that it's almost all paid off, they said the city is telling them they have to pay for it all over again.
The San Francisco 49ers agreed to a deal to acquire receiver Skyy Moore from the Kansas City Chiefs on Wednesday.
Nick Pivetta allowed a leadoff homer by Jung Hoo Lee and then settled down to tie his season high with 10 strikeouts in six innings and lead the San Diego Padres to a 5-1 victory against the San Francisco Giants.
Golden State is currently 0-2 against the Mercury, having lost 86-77 on June 5 and 78-77 on July 14. This week's games will give them the chance to even the season series.
Last week, more than three years after being suspended from coaching, the FBI arrested Sean Gardner, 38, on a federal child pornography charge.
Rhyne Howard had 14 points, six assists and five rebounds, Brionna Jones added 13 points and nine rebounds, and the Atlanta Dream ran away from the Golden State Valkyries in the third quarter for 79-63 win.
Three Alameda County sheriff's deputies will face criminal charges in the 2021 in-custody death of Maurice Monk at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, while charges were dismissed against six other deputies and two civilian employees, prosecutors said Thursday.
A jury on Wednesday convicted a man in a 2023 hate crime shooting at a synagogue in San Francisco, authorities said.
Burglars in Oakland targeted two banks in the city's Chinatown in smash-and-grab burglary attempts within moments of each other, police said.
The Sheriff's Office said witnesses told them that around 7 a.m., a passenger was repeatedly pulling the stop request cord, which prompted a confrontation with the bus driver.
A man was arrested for alleged sexual assault in Santa Rosa that involved the suspect posing as a police officer and threatening to report the victim to immigration authorities, police said Wednesday.
Resynergi is holding an open-house event, letting Rohnert Park residents tour the facilities. Many neighbors are skeptical, concerned about the possibility of explosions and fire, or air and ground contamination.
AT&T is pushing to get rid of its legacy copper landline services and instead replace them with advanced fiber optic networks. But not everyone is on board with getting rid of their landline.
Some educators have been teaching themselves how to use artificial intelligence. In a recent survey, teachers said it saved them time, but some people argue AI discourages students from critical thinking.
Drivers of electric vehicles across California will soon lose privileges to drive in the carpool lane solo, as the Clean Air Vehicle decal program is set to end next month.
Amazon expands same-day grocery delivery service so more customers can get their goods within hours.
Public health officials said the person may have been bitten by an infected flea while camping in the South Lake Tahoe area.
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday appointed San Francisco's former public health director to oversee its own county health department.
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Officials in the East Bay urged residents to take precautions after the invasive Aedes aegypti mosquito was recently found at the Alameda County Fairgrounds.
A tense and confrontational rally unfolded in San Francisco as trans supporters clashed with those who oppose gender affirming surgeries for children.
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis dispatched his top deputy to California to oversee the handover of a truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida.
The new map would shift five of California's Republican House seats to be more favorable to Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections.
The California Supreme Court cleared the way for Democrats to move forward with a plan to redraw congressional districts Thursday.
A federal judge in New York on Wednesday declined the federal government's request to unseal grand jury material in the Jeffrey Epstein case.
The Trump administration has directed officials to probe any "anti-American" views and activities of immigrants applying for immigration benefits like green cards and work permits.
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Police officers in San Francisco said they arrested a man suspected of selling illegal narcotics at the Outside Lands music festival in Golden Gate Park last week.
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oakland Unified School District has seen an alarming spike in the number of unhoused students in the school system who deal with a host of challenges far beyond what most children face.
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Emergency officials provided an update into a fire that damaged an apartment complex on Canal Street in San Rafael early Thursday morning. At least eight people suffered injuries in the fire.
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Firefighters from multiple agencies responded to a fire that broke out at an apartment complex on Canal Street in San Rafael early Thursday morning. Veronica Macias reports.
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